Howdy! (Pat Boone album)

Howdy! is the second studio album by Pat Boone, released in 1956. It followed a self-titled compilation album of previously released singles, making Howdy! Boone's studio album debut.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums chart, during a four-week run on the chart. On Cashbox, the album peaked at No. 12. Billboard listed Howdy! as the 19th best selling pop album of 1956, and as the 17th most played by radio.

Reception

AllMusic wrote: "Boone's musical instincts are keenly evident to the senses: never too much when exercising his strong young voice on 'Lucky Old Sun', never too little with the sweet subtlety of 'Would You Like to Take a Walk?'."

Billboard noted that Boone eschews rock and roll, to "concentrate on standards, old and new, in a variety of moods from happily smooth-out blues to soft-throated ballads."

Track listing

A1 "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter)

A2 "Hummin' the Blues" (Beasley Smith, Billy Vaughn)

A3 "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" (Billy Rose, Harry Warren, Mort Dixon)

A4 "All I Do Is Dream Of You" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown)

A5 "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie)

A6 "Beg Your Pardon" (Beasley Smith, Francis Craig)

B1 "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" (Harry Stone, Jack Stapp)

B2 "With You" (Irving Berlin)

B3 "Every Little Thing" (Beasley Smith)

B4 "Forgive Me" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager)

B5 "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Jule Styne, Ned Miller)

B6 "Harbor Lights" (Jimmy Kennedy, P.K. DeGooreynd)

Charts

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