From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie is a 1964 album by Bobby Darin. The album was arranged and conducted by Richard Wess.[1]
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated December 26, 1964, and remained on the chart for 8 weeks, peaking at number 107.[2]
The album was released on compact disc by EMI on December 11, 2001, paired with Darin's 1962 album Oh! Look at Me Now.[3]
Music critic Richie Unterberger wrote in his AllMusic review "It's got the competent verve you'd expect from Darin's mid-'60s pop'n'swing vocals, though not so exceptional that you'd recommend it as the cream of the crop. The highlight, if only because it doesn't sound like more of the same, is the dramatic, somber ballad "The End of Never," with its unexpected melodic arches and Darin's committed singing."[4]
Billboard gave the album a postive reviews, saying "he delivers a sensitive first-rate rendition of "Days of Wine and Roses"[7]
Variety notes "Darin belts with considerable savvy neatly changing pace between the solid beat of "Call Me Irresponsible" and the slow torch attack on "Where Love Has Gone"[8]
Record Mirror described the album as "his best album" noted it features "mostly good songs with "Look at Me", [and] "Once in a Lifetime"[5]
Michael Seth Starr called it "a Big Band, brassy, show-tuney album"[1]
Armand Kaproff, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten, Raphael Kramer – cello
Jules Jacob, Ronald Langinger – flute
Jules Jacob – oboe
Joseph DiFiore, Alvin Dinkin, Harry Hymas, Alexander Nieman – viola
Jacob Krachmalnick, Stanley Plummer, Myron Sandier, Marshall Sosson, Lou Raderman, Harry Bluestone, Marvin Limonick, Henry Roth, Elliott Fisher, Arnold Blenick, Paul Shure, Bernard Kundell, Darrel Terwilliger, Alvin Dinkin – violin