Album
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Why this album mattered
The Best Of Al Hirt (1965) is a Al Hirt album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #13 and charted for 43 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Cotton Candy".
The music
- 1
I Love Paris
- 2
Stella by Starlight
- 3
Holiday for Trumpet
- 4
Bourbon Street Parade
- 5
Stranger in Paradise
- 6
When the Saints Go Marching In
- 7
The Best Man
- 8
Poor Butterfly
9 Java
10 Cotton Candy
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jan 30, 1965#113
A rocket up the chart — jumping 44 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #113, exploded upward for 11 weeks to reach #13 and fell quickly across 43 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
