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Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town is the fourth studio album from Australian recording artist Judith Durham. The album was Durham's first released via Pye Records in June 1974.

Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town
Studio album by Judith Durham
Released	1974 3 June 1974 (UK)
Recorded	Roy Chen Studio, San Francisco February/ March 1973
Genre	Jazz, folk, world music
Label	Pye Records
Producer	Ron Edgeworth
Judith Durham chronology
Here Am I (1972) Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town (1974) Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town Volume 2 (1974)

The album was re-released on CD and for digital download in 2012.[1]

Reception

Bruce Eder from AllMusic gave the album 4 1/2 out of 5 saying; "Former The Seekers lead singer Judith Durham returned to her jazz roots with this extraordinary album of big-band blues and jazz standards, augmented by three excellent originals by the singer herself. Durham belts these numbers out like a latter-day Ethel Merman, only bigger voiced and with an excellent feel for the genre and the sound in which she's working. The album is also a dazzling showcase for the Hottest Band in Town, who display a love and familiarity with this repertory the equal of Durham's. There's not a weak moment on the album, which is a must-own for fans of big-band jazz or blues vocals."[2]

Track listing

LP/ Cassette

1. "I Wanna Dance to Your Music" (Judith Durham)
2. "Am I Blue" (Harry Akst/Grant Clarke)
3. "Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer" (Wesley Wilson)
4. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton/Johnny Green)
5. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer/Turner Layton)
6. "Cakewalking Babies From Home" (Smith/Troy/Williams)
7. "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (Armand Piron/Clarence Williams)
8. "Mama's Got the Blues" (Judith Durham)
9. "The World's Jazz Crazy" (Huft/Blythe/Arr. Ron Edgeworth)
10. "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine" (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II)
11. "I've Got What It Takes" (Harold Jenkins/Clarence Williams)
12. "Oh Daddy Blues" (Ed Herbert/Will Russell)
13. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin)

External links

• Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town at Discogs

References

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