Hollywood Be Thy Name

Hollywood Be Thy Name is a live album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. It was produced by producer Bob Ezrin. The recording venue, Willie Purple's Niteclub, was in reality Cherokee Recording Studios with a live audience.

Hollywood Be Thy Name
Live album by Dr. John
Released	October 6, 1975
Recorded	1975
Venue	Willie Purple's Niteclub, Los Angeles
Studio	Cherokee (Hollywood, California)
Genre	New Orleans R&B R&B funk
Length	40:45
Label	United Artists
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Dr. John chronology
Desitively Bonnaroo (1974) Hollywood Be Thy Name (1975) City Lights (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C−[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"New Island Soiree"		3:13
2.	"Reggae Doctor"		3:19
3.	"The Way You Do the Things You Do"	Robert Rogers, William Robinson	3:46
4.	"Swanee River Boogie"		2:51
5.	"Yesterday"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	5:21
6.	"Babylon"	Bob Ezrin, Dr. John	6:11
7.	"Back by the River"	Bill Quateman	4:01
8.	"Medley: It's All Right With Me Blue Skies Will the Circle Be Unbroken"	Cole Porter Irving Berlin A.P. Carter	5:32
9.	"Hollywood Be Thy Name"		3:16
10.	"I Wanna Rock"	John Marascalco, Bumps Blackwell, Roy Montrell	3:15

All tracks are written by Dr. John; except where indicated

Personnel

Musicians

• Dr. John – keyboards, vocals
• Ronnie Barron – keyboards, vocals on "Will The Circle Be Broken"
• Steve Hunter – guitar
• Kenny Ascher – keyboards
• Johnny Badanjek – drums
• John Boudreaux – drums
• Tommy Vig – percussion
• Bob Ezrin – keyboards, vocals
• Julius Farmer – bass
• Alvin Robinson – guitar, vocals on "It's All Right With Me"
• James Herb Smith – guitar
• Tommy Bolin - guitar
• Clifford Solomon – tenor saxophone
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Chauncey Welsch – trombone
• Warren Luening – trumpet
• Bobby Torres – conductor

The Creolettes

• Venetta Fields – backing vocals
• Robbie Montgomery – backing vocals
• Tammy Lann – backing vocals

Technical

• Bob Ezrin – producer, engineer, arranger
• Bruce Robb, Colonel Tubby, David Hines, Dee Robb, George Tutko – assistant engineers
• Jim Frank – mixing engineer
• Fred Wesley, Julius Farmer – horn arrangements
• Bob Cato – art direction, design
• Doug Metzler – artwork, photography
• Paul Ruscha – photography

References

1. Campbell, Al. "Hollywood Be Thy Name - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.