Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 506 (Q11302)

That was 1969. They started off in Washington, D.C., before it went on Broadway. Then in '72, I think, they opened up in New York. That was quite an opening. Carol Channing was there. She sat next to me in the front row. Carol Channing was the first one to do Hello Dolly. Then Louis Armstrong made a hit record out of it. But I sat next to Carol Channing. There were certain standing ovations th ...