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| label = [[Dot Records|Dot]]
| label = [[Dot Records|Dot]]<ref name=CL/>
| producer = [[Randy Wood (record producer)|Randy Wood]]
| producer = [[Randy Wood (record producer)|Randy Wood]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-me-randy-wood-20110414-story.html|title=Randy Wood dies at 94; music industry innovator founded Dot Records|date=April 14, 2011|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
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| prev_title = [[Pat Boone (1956 album)|Pat Boone]]
| prev_year = 1956
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| next_title = [[Pat (album)|"Pat"]]
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|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/howdy%21-mw0000785833</ref>
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|rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
|rev2score = positive ("Spotlight" pick)<ref>{{cite book | author = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | date = 15 September 1956 | title = Billboard | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | pages = 22– | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5kQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |pages=756–757}}</ref>
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'''''Howdy!''''' is the 1956 debut studio album by [[Pat Boone]]. It followed a previous self-titled album compilation of previously released singles.<ref>Colin Larkin ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' 2011 - Page 2006 "ALBUMS: Pat Boone (Dot 1956), Howdy! (Dot 1956) , 'Pat' (Dot 1957), Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin (Dot 1957), Hymns We Love (Dot</ref>
'''''Howdy!''''' is the second studio album by [[Pat Boone]], released in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/pat-boone/|title=Pat Boone|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=21 June 2015 }}</ref> It followed a self-titled compilation album of previously released singles, making ''Howdy!'' Boone's studio album debut.<ref name="auto"/>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' listed ''Howdy!'' as the 19th best selling pop album of 1956, and as the 17th most played by radio.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68|title=1956's Top Popular Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=January 26, 1957|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
[[AllMusic]] wrote: "Boone's musical instincts are keenly evident to the senses: never too much when exercising his strong young voice on 'Lucky Old Sun', never too little with the sweet subtlety of 'Would You Like to Take a Walk?'."<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/howdy%21-mw0000785833</ref>
[[AllMusic]] wrote: "Boone's musical instincts are keenly evident to the senses: never too much when exercising his strong young voice on 'Lucky Old Sun', never too little with the sweet subtlety of 'Would You Like to Take a Walk?'."<ref name="auto"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
:A1 "[[Begin The Beguine]]" ([[Cole Porter]])
:A1 "[[Begin the Beguine]]" ([[Cole Porter]])
:A2 "Hummin' the Blues" ([[Beasley Smith]], [[Billy Vaughn]])
:A2 "Hummin' the Blues" ([[Beasley Smith]], [[Billy Vaughn]])
:A3 "[[Would You Like to Take a Walk?]]" ([[Billy Rose]], [[Harry Warren]], [[Mort Dixon]])
:A3 "[[Would You Like to Take a Walk?]]" ([[Billy Rose]], [[Harry Warren]], [[Mort Dixon]])
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Latest revision as of 01:33, 4 December 2024

Howdy!
Studio album by
Pat Boone
ReleasedSeptember 1956
LabelDot[1]
ProducerRandy Wood[2]
Pat Boone chronology
Pat Boone
(1956) 		Howdy!
(1956) 		"Pat"
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Billboardpositive ("Spotlight" pick)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

Howdy! is the second studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1956.[5] It followed a self-titled compilation album of previously released singles, making Howdy! Boone's studio album debut.[3]

Billboard listed Howdy! as the 19th best selling pop album of 1956, and as the 17th most played by radio.[6]

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote: "Boone's musical instincts are keenly evident to the senses: never too much when exercising his strong young voice on 'Lucky Old Sun', never too little with the sweet subtlety of 'Would You Like to Take a Walk?'."[3]

Track listing

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A1 "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter)
A2 "Hummin' the Blues" (Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn)
A3 "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" (Billy Rose, Harry Warren, Mort Dixon)
A4 "All I Do Is Dream Of You" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown)
A5 "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie)
A6 "Beg Your Pardon" (Beasley Smith, Francis Craig)
B1 "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" (Harry Stone, Jack Stapp)
B2 "With You" (Irving Berlin)
B3 "Every Little Thing" (Beasley Smith)
B4 "Forgive Me" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager)
B5 "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Jule Styne, Ned Miller)
B6 "Harbor Lights" (Jimmy Kennedy, P.K. DeGooreynd)

References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. pp. 756–757.
  2. ^ "Randy Wood dies at 94; music industry innovator founded Dot Records". Los Angeles Times. April 14, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Howdy! - Pat Boone | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (15 September 1956). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 22–. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Pat Boone". www.cbsnews.com. 21 June 2015.
  6. ^ "1956's Top Popular Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 26, 1957 – via Google Books.
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