I Just Dropped by to Say Hello

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{{Infobox album

| name = I Just Dropped By to Say Hello

| type = studio

| artist = Johnny Hartman

| cover = I Just Dropped by to Say Hello.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = October 9 & 17, 1963
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 33:09

| label = Impulse!
A-57

| producer = Bob Thiele

| prev_title = John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = The Voice That Is!

| next_year = 1965

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151957|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 97

}}

| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|url = https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook|url-access = registration|edition = 7th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2004|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 9780141014166}}

}}

I Just Dropped by to Say Hello is a studio album by jazz singer Johnny Hartman, released by Impulse! Records in 1964.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151957|label=I Just Dropped By to Say Hello}} It was the second of three albums Hartman recorded for Impulse!, and followed John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, recorded a few months earlier.

Track listing

  1. "Charade (from Charade)" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:38
  2. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 2:49
  3. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 2:15
  4. "Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 4:14
  5. "Kiss & Run" (Rene Denoncin, William Engvick, Jack Ledru) – 3:35
  6. "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 2:52
  7. "I Just Dropped by to Say Hello" (Sid Feller, Rick Ward) – 4:10
  8. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:09
  9. "Our Time" (Stanley Glick, Johnny Hartman) – 3:00
  10. "Don't Call It Love" (Ronnell Bright) – 2:07
  11. "How Sweet It Is to Be in Love" (George Cardini, Danny DiMinno) – 2:20

Tracks 1, 6 recorded on October 9, 1963; the remainder on October 17, 1963.

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