Hello, Dolly! (original Broadway cast recording)

Hello, Dolly!: The Original Broadway Cast Recording

Cast recording by the original Broadway cast
Released	1964 (1964)
Recorded	1964 (1964)
Genre	Show tunes
Label	RCA Victor

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Hello, Dolly!, subtitled The Original Broadway Cast Recording, is the album containing the original studio cast recording of the 1964 musical Hello, Dolly!.^[2] The album was released in the same year on RCA Victor.

The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top LPs chart for the week of June 6^[3]^[4] and finished 1964 as the best-selling album of the year in the United States according to Billboard.^[5]

Track listing

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LP – RCA Victor LOC 1087 (mono), LSO 1087 (stereo)

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture"
2.	"I Put My Hand In"
3.	"It Takes a Woman"
4.	"Put On Your Sunday Clothes"
5.	"Ribbons down My Back"
6.	"Motherhood"
7.	"Dancing"

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Before the Parade Passes By"
2.	"Elegance"
3.	"Hello, Dolly!"
4.	"It Only Takes a Moment"
5.	"So Long Dearie"
6.	"Finale"

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs^[4]	1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1964)	Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	1

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ "Hello, Dolly! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]". AllMusic.
^ "Hello, Dolly! – Original Broadway Cast Recording 1964". The Official Masterworks Broadway Site. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
^ "The Billboard Book of Number One Albums" – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Album / Original Cast / Hello, Dolly!". elpee.jp.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200 (1965)". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Hello, Dolly!". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 19, 2025.

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