Hooked on Swing

K-tel had scored a major success with the release in 1981 of Hooked on Classics, a classical crossover album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark. The album consisted of medleys of familiar themes in classical music. K-tel recorded a similar medley album of swing music in Australia, titled "Switched on Swing," and pitched it to RCA. RCA declined, but suggested the concept be pursued with Larry Elgart. He agreed to produce a recording of swing medleys.{{cite book |last=Elgart |first=Lynn and Larry|title=The Music Business and The Monkey Business |publisher=Archway Publishing |date=2014 |page=93}} K-tel announced its plans for Hooked on Swing in May 1982, and the album, credited to Larry Elgart and His Manhattan Swing Orchestra, was recorded and released later that month.{{cite magazine |author= |title=K-tel Plans 'Hooked on Swing' | magazine=Billboard |location=New York, NY |date=May 8, 1982 | page=6}}

With a half million sales in the three months after the album was released, Hooked on Swing was RIAA-certified gold in July 1982.{{cite magazine |author=Paul Green |title=July RIAA Certifications; Gold Singles Up For Pop-Rock | magazine=Billboard |location=New York, NY |date=August 14, 1982 | page=62 }} It rose to a high of No. 24 after spending nine weeks on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, and stayed on the chart for 37 weeks.

In July 1982, Billboard reported that "Larry Elgart's 'Hooked on Swing' collection is currently climbing the top 30. Hip industry insiders may think the medley craze is old hat, but evidently word hasn't filtered down to the public, which is still buying them in a big way."{{cite magazine |author= |title=Top Album Picks; Pop | magazine=Billboard |location=New York, NY |date=July 24, 1982 | page=60}}

In January 1985, Hooked on Swing was certified platinum, with a million sales.{{cite magazine |author=|title=1985 RIAA Platinum Awards; Albums | magazine=Cash Box |location=New York, NY |date=July 27, 1985 | page=3 }}

The lead off track of the album, titled "Hooked on Swing," was released as a single, and began a climb up the music charts in June 1982. It spent nine weeks on the Billboard Top 50 Adult Contemporary chart, rising to No. 20 by July 27, 1982.

File:Larry_Elgart_Hooked_on_Swing 2.jpg The success of Hooked on Swing prompted K-tel and Elgart to produce a sequel, Hooked on Swing 2, released in February 1983. It debuted at No. 161 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, rising as high as No. 127, and fell off the chart by June.

1. Hooked On Swing
2. *In The Mood
3. *Cherokee
4. *American Patrol
5. *Sing, Sing, Sing
6. *I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
7. *Johnson Rag
8. *Don’t Be That Way
9. *Little Brown Jug
10. *Opus Number One
11. *Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
12. *Take the "A" Train
13. *String Of Pearls
14. *In The Mood (Reprise)
15. Hooked On Big Bands
16. *Chattanooga Choo Choo
17. *9:20 Special
18. *Frenesi
19. *Stompin’ at the Savoy
20. *Skyliner
21. *Moten’s Swing
22. *You’re Driving Me Crazy
23. *Bandstand Boogie
24. *Chattanooga Choo Choo (Reprise)
25. Hooked On A Star
26. *New York, New York
27. *All Of Me
28. *They Can't Take That Away from Me
29. *Come Fly With Me
30. *I've Got a Crush on You
31. *Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)
32. *Night And Day
33. *All The Way
34. *My Way
35. *This Heart of Mine
36. *Wee Small Hours
37. *Witchcraft
38. *All or Nothing at All
39. *Chicago
40. *My Kind of Town
41. *New York, New York (Reprise)
42. *Love and Marriage
43. Hooked On Astaire
44. *Cheek to Cheek
45. *It's De-Lovely
46. *Change Partners
47. *Flying Down To Rio
48. *The Continental
49. *The Way You Look Tonight
50. *Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
51. *Puttin' On The Ritz
52. *Let Yourself Go
53. *Let's Face the Music and Dance
54. *Dancing In The Dark
55. *I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
56. *Lovely To Look At
57. *Isn’t This A Lovely Day
58. *Shine On Your Shoes
59. *Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
60. Hooked On The Blue(s)
61. *St. Louis Blues
62. *Blues in the Night
63. *Am I Blue
64. *Birth Of The Blues
65. *Wabash Blues
66. *Basin Street Blues
67. *St. Louis Blues (Reprise)
68. Hooked On Broadway
69. *Lullaby Of Broadway
70. *Fanny
71. *Sound Of Music
72. *Hello Dolly
73. *Luck Be a Lady
74. *I Got The Sun in the Morning
75. *On the Street Where You Live
76. *People Will Say We're in Love
77. *One
78. *Tomorrow
79. *Mame
80. *Broadway
81. *42nd Street
82. *Cabaret

1. Hooked On Dixie
2. *South Rampart Street Parade
3. *Mack the Knife
4. *Everybody Loves My Baby
5. *Twelfth Street Rag
6. *Sweet Georgia Brown
7. *Muskrat Ramble
8. *Tiger Rag
9. *Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
10. *That's a Plenty
11. *Jazz Me Blues
12. *Royal Garden Blues
13. *There'll Be Some Changes Made
14. *Down by the Riverside
15. *Limehouse Blues
16. *Darktown Strutters' Ball
17. *Bill Bailey
18. *When The Saints Go Marchin' In
19. Hooked On Swing 2
20. *Let’s Dance
21. *Leap Frog
22. *Jersey Bounce
23. *Perdido
24. *Rockin' in Rhythm
25. *It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
26. *Minnie the Moocher
27. *Christopher Columbus
28. *Tippin' In
29. *For Dancers Only
30. *Intermission Riff
31. *Woodchopper's Ball
32. *King Porter Stomp
33. *Let’s Dance—Reprise
34. Save The Last Dance For Me
35. *Goodbye
36. *Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
37. *In a Sentimental Mood
38. *Going Home
39. *Yesterdays
40. *Goodnight Sweetheart
41. Hooked On The Roaring ’20s
42. *Charleston
43. *Button Up Your Overcoat
44. *Stumbling
45. *Ain't She Sweet
46. *Chicago
47. *Fascinating Rhythm
48. *Japanese Sandman
49. *Whispering
50. *Varsity Drag
51. *Black Bottom
52. *The Man I Love
53. *The Best Things In Life Are Free
54. *Charleston—Reprise
55. Swingin’ The Classics
56. *Song Of India
57. *Carnival Of Venice
58. *Golden Wedding
59. *L'Arlésienne Suite
60. *Martha (Oh, So Pure)
61. *Humoresque
62. *Fantaisie-Impromptu
63. *Caprice No. 24
64. *Prelude In C-Sharp
65. *Piano Concerto No. 1
66. *Anitra’s Dance
67. *Sonata For Piano In C
68. Swing With Bing
69. *Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
70. *White Christmas
71. *Swinging on a Star
72. *The Road To Morocco
73. *Pennies From heaven
74. *Just One More Chance
75. *I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)
76. *In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
77. *Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
78. *How Deep is the Ocean
79. *Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
80. *The Bells Of St. Mary’s
81. *Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s An Irish Lullaby)
82. *Where The Blue Of The Night—Reprise

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