Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi and Louis Armstrong as orchestra leader singing the title song in Hello, Dolly! (1969), directed by Gene Kelly. Hello, Dolly! won three Academy Awards: for Best Art Direction, Best Score of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, and was nominated for four other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Hello, Dolly! was one of the highest-grossing films of 1969 in the United States. ► A recording of Hello, Dolly! by Louis Armstrong released in 1964 was a widely popular success, winning the Song of the Year and Male Vocal Performance awards at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards. Armstrong's rendition was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. ► Barbra Streisand's gold-beaded gown (designed by Irene Sharaff) in the Harmonia Gardens scene weighed 40 pounds, and cost $8,000. The original design included a 2-1/2-foot train, which was removed after she and other dancers tripped over it during rehearsals. The train is visible when Streisand starts down the stairs, then disappears.