Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0074 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of Mitch Miller and Carmen McRae sound recordings. A little girl talks and sings; "Quiz Kids" 500th radio broadcast. Jam session with Charlie Parker and Big Nick Nicholas. Collage on front of tape box features two candid photos of Louis, plus one of an unidentified woman. Back of the tape box includes a photo of Lucille Armstrong. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of Mitch Miller sound recording, "Sing Along with Mitch": "That Old Gang of Mine"; Track 2: "Down by the Old Mill Stream"; Track 3: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"; Track 4: "You Are My Sunshine"; Track 5: "Smile a While"; Track 6: "Til We Meet Again"; Track 7: "Sweet Violets"; Track 8: medley: "Six Pence", "I've Been Working on the Railroad", "That's Where My Money Goes"; Track 9: "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"; Track 10: "Don't Fence Me In"; Track 11: "There's a Tavern in the Town"; "Show Me the Way to go Home"; Track 12: "Bell Bottom Trouser"; Track 13: "Be Kind to Your Web Footed Friends". Track 14: Recordings of Carmen McRae sound recording, "Mad About the Man": "Mad About the Man"; Track 15: "I'll See You Again"; Track 16: "Someday I'll Find You"; Track 17: "A Room with a View"; Track 18: "World Weary"; Track 19: "I Can't Do Anything at All"; Track 20: "Mad About the Boy"; Track 21: "Poor Little Rich Girl"; Track 22: "I'll Follow My Secret Heart"; Track 23: "If Love Were All". Disc 2, Track 1: A little girl talks and sings; Track 2: man talks with the girl about Italy; Track 3: girl sings, "Yes Jesus Loves Me". Track 4: "Quiz Kids" 500th radio broadcast: announcer talks to the quiz kids; close of program; commercials. Track 5: Jam session in Buddy (or Bobby) Johnson's basement with Charlie Parker, Big Nick Nicholas: [marked by Louis as "Bop Bop Bop" in his tape catalog]; Track 5: "Three Little Words"; Track 6: "Three Little Words" continued; Track 7: [unidentified selection]; Track 8: "Lady is a Tramp"; Track 9: "9:20 Special" (Count Basie); Track 10: "I May Be Wrong" (unidentified baritone saxophonist and rhythm section). |
Notes |
Albums on disc 1 were released in 1958 and tape is in Tape Catalog #1, meaning it was made during Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tapes. However, most of Disc 2, including the Charlie Parker jam session, is from an earlier date, most likely sometime in 1954. |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson McRae, Carmen Miller, Mitch Nicholas, Big Nick Parker, Charlie |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.74 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |