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Horn A-Plenty is a big band album by Al Hirt that was released in 1962 by RCA Victor. The album was arranged and conducted by Billy May and performed by a group of top Hollywood session musicians.

Track listing:
“Holiday for Trumpet” (Mario Ruiz Armengol)
“That Old Feeling” (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown)
“Easy Street” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
“Baby Won’t You Please Come Home” (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams)
“Till There Was You” (Meredith Willson)
“Margie” (Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, Benny Davis)
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (Traditional)
“Theme from Carnival” (“Love Makes the World Go ‘Round”) (Bob Merrill)
“Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me” (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
“Rumpus” (Ann Ronell)
“Memories of You” (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake)
“I’ll Take Romance” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland)

Personnel:

Arranged By – Billy May
Bass – Ralph Peña
Conductor – Billy May
Drums – Irv Cottler
French Horn – Arthur Frantz (tracks: A3, A6, B1, B5), Jack Cave (tracks: A3, A6, B1, B5), Jim Decker* (tracks: A3, A6, B1, B5), Sinclair Lott (2) (tracks: A3, A6, B1, B5), William Hinshaw (tracks: A3, A6, B1, B5)
Guitar – Al Hendrickson
Harp – Verlye Brilhart
Percussion – Lou Singer
Piano – Jimmie Rowles
Producer – Steve Sholes
Saxophone [Saxes] – Charles Gentry (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2 to B4, B6), Harry Klee (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2 to B4, B6), Jules Jacob (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2 to B4, B6), Ted Nash (2) (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2 to B4, B6), Wilbur Schwartz (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2 to B4, B6)
Trombone – Bill Schaefer, Richard Noel (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6 to B2, B5, B6), Ed Kusby, Milton Bernhart, Tommy Pederson (tracks: A2, A5, B3, B4,)
Trumpet – Al Hirt, Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, Mannie Klein, Uan Rasey
Tuba – John Kitzmiller

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Released: 1962
Label: RCA Victor
Producer: Steve Sholes