Our Man in New Orleans
{{Infobox album
| name = Our Man in New Orleans
| type = Album
| artist = Al Hirt{{cite book|author=Tom Lord|title=The Jazz Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8xHAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Lord Music Reference|isbn=978-1-881993-08-7}}
| cover = Our Man in New Orleans.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = RCA (Hollywood, California)
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Steve Sholes
| prev_title = Honey in the Horn
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Beauty and the Beard
| next_year = 1964
}}
Our Man in New Orleans is an album by Al Hirt (RCA-LPM-2607) released by RCA Victor.{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=The Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album That Made the Billboard 200 Chart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jQ5AQAAIAAJ|date=15 April 2007|publisher=Record Research Incorporated|isbn=978-0-89820-166-6}} The album was conducted and arranged by Marty Paich and produced by Steve Sholes.[http://www.discogs.com/Al-Hirt-Our-Man-In-New-Orleans/release/1528310 Al Hirt, Our Man in New Orleans] Retrieved April 10, 2013
The album landed on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1963,{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Page One Albums: New Action LP's |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_eQsEAAAAMBAJ |date=16 March 1963 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=34 |issn=0006-2510}} reaching No. 44.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/our-man-in-new-orleans-special-music-mw0000279639/awards Al Hirt, Our Man in New Orleans Chart Position] Retrieved April 9, 2013
Track listing
- "Clarinet Marmalade" (Henry Ragas, Larry Shields)
- "Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
- "New Orleans" (Hoagy Carmichael)
- "Panama" (William H. Tyers)
- "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown)
- "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton)
- "Wolverine Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton, Benjamin Franklin Spikes, John Spikes)
- "Oh Dem Golden Slippers" (James A. Bland)
- "When the Saints Go Marching In"
- "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René)
- "Muskrat Ramble" (Edward "Kid" Ory)
- "Dear Old Southland" (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer)
Chart positions
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!Chart (1963) !Peak |
Billboard Top LPs
|align="center"|44 |
References
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