Artist: Russ Morgan Orch.
Author: Mack David
Label: Decca
Year: 1949
Author Mack David also wrote Bibbedi Bobbedi Boo and the English translations of Cerisier rose et pommier blanc and La Vie en rose.
Covers:
Jérolas [as Hello Dolly in French and before Armstrong]
Carol Channing [as Hello Dolly in musical Hello Dolly; author Jerry Herman claimed he never heard Sunflower, but in the interest of the Broadway production and the release of the film (which was in jeopardy), he paid a settlement]
Louis Armstrong [n°1 US as Hello Dolly; recorded six weeks before Channing]
Kenny Ball [idem]
Bachelors [hit UK]
Barbra Streisand & Louis Armstrong [as Hello Dolly in film Hello Dolly]
Cab Calloway [in new Broadway version of Hello Dolly]
Bette Midler [all as Hello Dolly]
Glen Campbell's Sunflower ('77) was written by Neil Diamond.
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