The song that Lorelai sings in a Louis Armstrong voice to annoy Luke.
“Hello, Dolly!” is the title track to the popular 1964 musical of the same name, the song was written by Jerry Herman. It was first sung by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production, which opened to great success. Louis Armstrong‘s recording of the song was released shortly afterwards, which reached #1 in the US, ending The Beatles‘ streak of three chart-topping hits over fourteen weeks.
“Hello, Dolly!” is Louis Armstrong’s most commercially successful song. It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1965, and Armstrong received the Grammy for Best Vocal Performance, Male. Louis Armstrong performed the song with Barbra Streisand in the 1969 film version of Hello, Dolly! [pictured]
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