Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0226 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recording of the radio play, "Jackpot" starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Truman. Recordings of sound recordings. Louis and friends read birthday cards and telegrams from his hotel room. Recording of radio music. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of the radio play, "Jackpot" starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Truman: Opening of program; Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Truman introduce the play; Track 2: RCA Victor commercial; Track 3: Act I; Track 4: Chesterfield cigarettes commercial (Bing Crosby, Bob Hope); Track 5: Act II; Track 6: Anacin commercial. Track 7: Recording of sound recording: "Have Mercy Baby" (The Dominoes). Tracks 8-10: Louis and friends read birthday cards and telegrams from his hotel room (includes Joe Glaser, Tallulah Bankhead, Bobby Hackett, Vic Dickenson and others): Track 11: Doc Pugh tells a joke about a bear; Louis tells a joke about a man hunting; Tracks 12-13: reading of more birthday cards, including a Catholic prayer from Zilner Randolph; Louis mentions he was raised a Baptist, wears a Star of David and had an audience with the Pope; talks about dying and wanting to be with Bix Beiderbecke, Bunny Berigan, Chu Berry and Sid Catlett; Track 14: Max Gissen from Time Magazine enters the room and speaks with Louis; Track 15: more reading of birthday cards; Tracks 16-17: Velma Middleton reads birthday cards and telegrams with Max and Louis (includes Eddie Condon, Lucille "Sweets" Preston, Stutz Anderson, Tallulah Bankhead, Joe Bushkin, Duke Ellington, Fred Robbins, Ernie Anderson, Fred and Rula Ware, William Green, Velma Middleton, Clarence Armstrong); Disc 2, Tracks 1-6: more reading of birthday cards and telegrams (including Jeann Failows ("Roni"), Doc Pugh, and many fans). Track 7: Continuation of the radio play, "Jackpot": announcer; station identification; Track 8: Act III; Track 9: close of program. Track 10: "Too Late Now"; Track 11: "The Aba-Daba Honeymoon" (incomplete). |
Notes |
The James Stewart and Margaret Truman radio broadcast of "Jackpot" origianlly aired on April 26, 1951. |
People |
Gissen, Max Glaser, Joe Truman, Margaret Stewart, James Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Middleton, Velma |
Search Terms |
Jokes Time (magazine) |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1953 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.226 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |