Hello Young Lovers (Nancy Wilson album)

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from August 11, 1962 commented that "The thrush shows off her own, stylish way with a pop song on this album cover over a lush string choir...Lass does a fine job here".

Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that the album "...contains Wilson's standard program of easy swingers and ballads that show off her impeccable phrasing while sporting George Shearing's luxurious string charts in hits hits like "Little Girl Blue" and "Back in Your Own Backyard." One also hears Wilson's burgeoning talent for vocal drama as she evokes a variety of moods on "Miss Otis Regrets" and "Little Girl Blue."...the listening pleasure is found mostly in her signature urbane pop sound".

Track listing

1. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (Eddie Green) – 3:03
2. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:08
3. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:34
4. "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 2:29
5. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) – 2:52
6. "Nina Never Knew" (Louis Alter, Milton Drake) – 2:48
7. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 2:37
8. "Put On a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 1:54
9. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:58
10. "Listen, Little Girl" (Frances Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 3:15
11. "Miss Otis Regrets" (Cole Porter) – 3:29
12. "Back in Your Own Backyard" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 2:52

Personnel