''Beauty and the Beard'' is an album by Al Hirt and

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released by RCA Victor in 1964. The album was arranged by

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and produced by

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. The album reached No. 84 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart in 1964 and #47 on the Cashbox Top 100 Albums.

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awarded the album 'Special Merit' in their review column, stating that the record was "a wild and woolly combination. Ann-Margret and Al Hirt dish out a togetherness-type swingers. Ann-Margret does the huffin' while Al Hirt does the puffin'...duo provides much listenable entertainment." In their review of the album, '' Cashbox'' praised the album as "delightfully entertaining...the trumpeter also turns singer here as he and the lark give good humoured readings of "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "Everybody Loves My Baby" and "The Best Man" and nine other lively tunes. Some brisk trumpet rides by Hirt add colour to the session." The album was reissued on compact disc in 2010 by

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under the title ''Personalities - The Velvet Lounge''. It contained three bonus tracks never before released.https://www.bear-family.com/ann-margret-personalities.html

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals * Al Hirt – trumpet, vocals *

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– guitar *Fred Crane – piano *Lowell Miller – bass *Jimmy Zitano – drums *

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– vibraphone *Eddie Miller – tenor saxophone *Gerry Hirt – trombone *Pee Wee Spitelera – clarinet *

– arrangements, conductor

Charts

References

1964 albums Al Hirt albums Ann-Margret albums Albums produced by Steve Sholes Albums arranged by Marty Paich RCA Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub