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"Hello, Young Lovers"
Song
Published	1951
Songwriter(s)	Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers

"Hello, Young Lovers" (a.k.a. "Hi folks, it's boot") is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by Anna, played by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production; by Valerie Hobson in the original London West End production; and by Deborah Kerr in the film version (although voiced-over by Marni Nixon).

The heroine Anna sings this song when she tells the wives of the King of Siam about her late husband, and sympathises with the plight of Tuptim, the Burmese slave girl and newest wife of the king.

Cover versions

Among popular versions are those by:

Frank Sinatra - recorded March 2, 1951 with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra., as well as on 1965's September of My Years.
Perry Como - recorded March 20, 1951 with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra. This charted briefly in the United States, reaching No. 27 in the Billboard charts.
Bing Crosby - recorded April 9, 1951 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.
Guy Lombardo (with vocal by Kenny Martin) (1951).
Andy Williams included his version of it on the 1959 album Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Paul Anka had a significant revival in 1960, in the swinging Bobby Darin style on his album Paul Anka – Swings for Young Lovers.(#5Can)
Hank Mobley included an instrumental jazz version on his in 1961 recorded album Another Workout.
Nancy Wilson recorded it as the title track of her 1962 album with string arrangements by George Shearing.
Lesley Gore had a live version in 1965 on The Ed Sullivan Show while promoting her single "Look of Love".
The Temptations recorded it for their 1967 album The Temptations in a Mellow Mood.
Stevie Wonder recorded 1969 for album My Cherie Amour
Ella Fitzgerald - included in the 'live' album Ella in Budapest (1970).

References

"Frank Sinatra Discography". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
"Perry Como Discography". kokomo.ca. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 99. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
"A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
"Discogs.com". Discogs.com. May 1951. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
"www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
"Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
"CHUM Top 20 Singles - September 12, 1960".
Hank Mobley: Hello, Young Lovers (Remastered 2006)
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v t e Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
Stage musicals	Oklahoma! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella
Productions	I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright
Films	State Fair (1945) Oklahoma! Carousel The King and I (1956 film) South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair (1962) The Sound of Music The King and I (1999 film)
Television	Cinderella Carousel Cinderella (1997) The Sound of Music Live! The Sound of Music Live
Songs	"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many a New Day" "It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Lonely Room" "The Farmer and the Cowman" "All Er Nuthin'" "Oklahoma" "If I Loved You" "Soliloquy" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "It Might as Well Be Spring" "That's for Me" "A Fellow Needs a Girl" "So Far" "Some Enchanted Evening" "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" "Bali Ha'i" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" "Younger Than Springtime" "Happy Talk" "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" "I Whistle a Happy Tune" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Getting to Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "I Have Dreamed" "Shall We Dance?" "No Other Love" "I Enjoy Being a Girl" "The Sound of Music" "Maria" "My Favorite Things" "Do-Re-Mi" "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" "The Lonely Goatherd" "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "So Long, Farewell" "No Way to Stop It" "Edelweiss"
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v t e Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam
Characters	Anna Leonowens Mongkut, King of Siam Prince Chulalongkorn Louis T. Leonowens
Films	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) The King and I (1956) The King and I (1999) Anna and the King (1999)
TV	Anna and the King
Stage	The King and I (musical)
Songs	"I Whistle a Happy Tune" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Getting to Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "I Have Dreamed" "Shall We Dance?"
Albums	Original cast recording (1951) London cast recording (1953) jazz version by The Mastersounds (1957) Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley album (1992)

v t e Paul Anka
Discography
Albums	Paul Anka 3 Great Guys 30th Anniversary Collection Amigos Rock Swings Classic Songs, My Way
Singles	"Diana" "You Are My Destiny" "Crazy Love" "Lonely Boy" "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" "It's Time to Cry" "Puppy Love" "My Home Town" "Hello Young Lovers" "In the Still of the Night" "Do I Love You" "(You're) Having My Baby" "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" "Times of Your Life" "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes"
Songs	"Send for Me" "Everything's Been Changed" "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Johnny's Theme" "My Way" "She's a Lady" "This Is It" "(I'm Watching) Every Little Move You Make"
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