Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0139 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Television interview with Louis (WSTV, Steubenville, OH). Recording of the play, "Don Juan in Hell". Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Back of tape box includes photo of Louis and Mezz Mezzrow. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "You Are Too Beautiful" (The Platters); Track 2: "Mean to Me" (Zola "the girl who sang with them"); Track 3: "The Darktown Strutters Ball" (The Platters); Track 4: "No Power on Earth" (The Platters); Track 5: "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (The Platters); Track 6: "Time and Tide" (The Platters); Track 7: "Love, You Funny Thing" (The Platters); Track 8: "In the Middle of Nowhere" (The Platters); Track 9: "O Promise Me" (The Platters); Track 10: "Don't Forget" (The Platters); Track 11: "Only Because" (The Platters); Track 12: "Sweet Sixteen" (The Platters); Track 13: "The Way You Say It" (Charlie Phipps); Track 14: "Put Your Rocks in a Box" (Charlie Phipps); Track 15: "A Lonely Heart Knows" (Hank Thompson and his Brazo Valley Boys); Track 16: "The New Green Light" (Hank Thompson and his Brazo Valley Boys); Track 17: "Story of Red Riding Hood" (Al "Jazzbo" Collins); Track 18: "Story of the Three Little Pigs" (Al "Jazzbo" Collins); Track 19: "Wasted Tears" (Georgia Carr); Track 20: "Lonely" (Georgia Carr); Track 21: "Sincerely" (the McGuire Sisters); Track 22: "No More" (The McGuire Sisters); Track 23: "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Bobby Maxwell, Joe Venuti); Track 24: "Zone 26" (Bobby Maxwell, Joe Venuti); Disc 2, Track 1: "Music to Shave By" (Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong, the High-Los. Track 2: Television interview with Louis (WSTV, Steubenville, OH): Louis talks about Joe Oliver; European tour; progressive jazz; "The Five Pennies"; beatniks; health remedies; travel plans; future plans. Track 3: Recordings of sound recordings: "River Blues" (Carl Shamburger); Track 4: "Satan" (Carl Shamburger); Track 5: "Good Lord" (Carl Shamburger); Track 6: "I Know the Backroad of Love" (Carl Shamburger); Track 7: "Knockin' a Jug" (Louis Armstrong); Track 8: "Muggles" (Louis Armstrong). Track 9: Recording of the play, "Don Juan in Hell" (First Drama Quartet with Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwick and Agnes Moorhead). |
People |
Clooney, Rosemary Collins, Al "Jazzbo" Crosby, Bing Maxwell, Bobby Mezzrow, Mezz Oliver, King Phipps, Charlie Thompson, Hank Venuti, Joe |
Search Terms |
Five Pennies (motion picture) Platters, The |
Year Range from |
1959 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.139 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |