Hollywood Be Thy Name
{{One source|date=June 2015}}{{Infobox album
| name = Hollywood Be Thy Name
| type = live
| artist = Dr. John
| cover = Hollywood_Be_Thy_Name.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = October 6, 1975
| recorded = 1975
| venue = Willie Purple's Niteclub, Los Angeles
| studio = Cherokee (Hollywood, California)
| genre = *New Orleans R&B
| length = 40:45
| label = United Artists
| producer = Bob Ezrin
| prev_title = Desitively Bonnaroo
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = City Lights
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35575|label="Hollywood Be Thy Name - Dr. John" |first=Al |last=Campbell |accessdate=8 October 2011}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = C−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: D|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Hollywood Be Thy Name is a live album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. It was produced by producer Bob Ezrin. The recording venue, Willie Purple's Niteclub, was in reality Cherokee Recording Studios with a live audience.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Dr. John; except where indicated
| title1 = New Island Soiree
| length1 = 3:13
| title2 = Reggae Doctor
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = The Way You Do the Things You Do
| writer3 = Robert Rogers, William Robinson
| length3 = 3:46
| title4 = Swanee River Boogie
| length4 = 2:51
| title5 = Yesterday
| writer5 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney
| length5 = 5:21
| title6 = Babylon
| writer6 = Bob Ezrin, Dr. John
| length6 = 6:11
| title7 = Back by the River
| writer7 = Bill Quateman
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Medley:
| writer8 =
Cole Porter
Irving Berlin
A.P. Carter
| length8 = 5:32
| title9 = Hollywood Be Thy Name
| length9 = 3:16
| title10 = I Wanna Rock
| writer10 = John Marascalco, Bumps Blackwell, Roy Montrell
| length10 = 3:15
}}
Personnel
=Musicians=
- Dr. John – keyboards, vocals
- Ronnie Barron – keyboards, vocals on "Will The Circle Be Broken"
- Steve Hunter – guitar
- Kenny Ascher – keyboards
- Johnny Badanjek – drums
- John Boudreaux – drums
- Tommy Vig – percussion
- Bob Ezrin – keyboards, vocals
- Julius Farmer – bass
- Alvin Robinson – guitar, vocals on "It's All Right With Me"
- James Herb Smith – guitar
- Tommy Bolin – guitar
- Clifford Solomon – tenor saxophone
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
- Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
- Chauncey Welsch – trombone
- Warren Luening – trumpet
- Bobby Torres – conductor
=The Creolettes=
- Venetta Fields – backing vocals
- Robbie Montgomery – backing vocals
- Tammy Lann – backing vocals
=Technical=
- Bob Ezrin – producer, engineer, arranger
- Bruce Robb, Colonel Tubby, David Hines, Dee Robb, George Tutko – assistant engineers
- Jim Frank – mixing engineer
- Fred Wesley, Julius Farmer – horn arrangements
- Bob Cato – art direction, design
- Doug Metzler – artwork, photography
- Paul Ruscha – photography
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Dr. John}}
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Category:Albums produced by Bob Ezrin
Category:United Artists Records live albums
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