Al Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of this song, Java, and for the theme music to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound." RCA Victor, for which Hirt had recorded most of his best-selling recordings and for which he had spent most of his professional recording career, had simply dubbed him "The King." Java is an instrumental adaptation from a 1958 LP of piano compositions, The Wild Sounds of New Orleans, by Tousan, also known as New Orleans producer/songwriter Allen Toussaint. As was the case of the rest of Toussaint's LP, Java was composed in studio, primarily by Toussaint. In 1963, Hirt recorded the instrumental, and the track was the first single from his album Honey In The Horn. It was Hirt's first and biggest hit on the US pop charts, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 29, 1964 and spending four weeks at number 1 on the Easy Listening chart in early 1964. This single is in Very Good Plus condition with a small number sticker on the side A label, and comes with a sparkly original record company sleeve.

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