Cotton Candy
Studio album by Al Hirt
Released	1964
Studio	RCA Victor ( Nashville)
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:45
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Chet Atkins
Al Hirt chronology
Sugar Lips (1964) Cotton Candy (1964) The Best of Al Hirt (1965)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Cotton Candy is an album by Al Hirt that was released in 1964 by RCA Victor. The album features the Anita Kerr Singers. ^[3]

The title track hit No. 3 on the Easy Listening chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[4] "Walkin'" was released as the B-Side to "Cotton Candy" and reached No. 103 on the Billboard 100. ^[5] The album landed on the Billboard 200 chart in 1964, reaching #6. ^[6]

Track listing

1. " Cotton Candy" (Russ Damon)
2. " Hello, Dolly!" ( Jerry Herman)
3. "Django's Castle" ( Django Reinhardt)
4. "Moo Moo" ( Allen Toussaint)
5. " Last Date" ( Floyd Cramer)
6. "Big Man" ( Beasley Smith)
7. "Walkin'" ( Jerry Reed)
8. "Too Late (Trop Tard)" ( Charles Aznavour)
9. "Rumpus" (Shurelon J. Jones)
10. "Melissa" ( Tupper Saussy)
11. "Walkin' with Mr. Lee" ( Lee Allen)
12. " 12th Street Rag" ( Euday L. Bowman)

Personnel

• Al Hirt - trumpet
• Al Hirt and His Orchestra - orchestra
• Al Hirt and His Chorus - chorus
• Bob Moore, Boots Randolph, Buddy Harman, Dutch McMillin, Floyd Cramer, Grady Martin, Ray Edenton, The Anita Kerr Singers - musicians

Technical

• Chuck Seitz - recording engineer

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