Hello Broadway

by Marvin Gaye

Hello Broadway cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 November 1964
  • Label: Tamla
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:23
  • Community rating: 2.55/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

In an attempt to position himself as a versatile pop crooner, Marvin Gaye recorded this collection of Broadway standards. The performances reveal his technical control over melodic phrasing, even as they distance him from the developing gritty soul identity that would eventually define his output.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Hello Broadway (3:11)
  2. People (3:12)
  3. The Party's Over (3:02)
  4. On The Street Where You LIve (2:24)
  5. What Kind Of Fool Am I (3:40)
  6. My Kind Of Town (2:36)
  7. Days Of Wine And Roses (3:36)
  8. This Is The Life (2:36)
  9. My Way (2:52)
  10. Hello Dolly (2:53)
  11. Walk On The Wild Side (2:18)

Credits

  • Marvin Gaye - primary artist
  • Gene Page - arranged by [arranger]
  • Jerry Long - arranged by [arranger]
  • Bill Kennedy - sleeve notes
  • Ronald Miller - written-by
  • William O'Malley - written-by
  • Bob Merrill - written-by
  • Jule Styne - written-by

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