Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0167 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings; Louis talking with friends on Christmas day; All Stars radio broadcast; recording of radio music; live [rehearsal?]; recordings of Christmas records. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "West End Blues" (Louis Armstrong); Track 2: "It's too soon to know" (Ella Fitzgerald); Track 3: Louis talking with Stuff Crouch and Julie (Stuff's daughter) on Christmas day in 1950; Track 4: Louis makes General (dog) "talk" (bark); Track 5: Louis sends a message to Julie's mother (Dotsie); Track 6: Julie talks to her mother; Track 7: Stuff sends a message to his wife; Track 8: Lucille sends a message to Dotsie; Track 9: Julie talks; Track 10: "Waiting for My Baby To Come Back Home". Recording of sound recordings: Tracks 11-12: "Ole Miss/Bugle Blues" [1950 Decca versions]; Track: 13 "If" (Perry Como). Track 14: Louis talks with General (dog). "Musical Map of America" radio broadcast from 1950: Track 15: "Struttin' with Some Barbecue"; Track 16: "Up a Lazy River"; Track 17: "Panama"; Track 18: "Back o Town Blues" (Louis talks and plays in the background); Track 19: close of program (Louis plays in the background). Track 20: Recordings of sound recordings: "Crazy He Calls Me" (Billie Holiday); Track 21: "Only Make Believe"; Track 22: "Dedicated to You" (Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan); Track 23: "Star Spangled Banner"; Track 24: "Lady Be Good" (Ella Fitzgerald). Disc 2, Track 1: Live recording: "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Armstrong); Track 2: conversation; Track 3: "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden); Track 4: "Muskrat Ramble"; Track 5: "Basin Street Blues"; Track 6: "Struttin' With Some Barbecue"; Track 7: "St. Louis Blues". Recordings of sound recordings: Track 8: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (Bing Crosby); Track 9: "White Christmas" (Louis says, "Merry Christmas" in background); Track 10: "Silent Night"; Track 11: "Christmas Song" (Nat Cole); Track 12: "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen" (Bing Crosby); Track 13: "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" (Nat Cole); Track 14: "Jingle Bells" (Bing Crosby). Track 15: "Merry Christmas" from Stuff Crouch and Louis. Recordings of sound recordings: Track 16: "O Come all ye Faithful"; Track 17: "Silent Night"; Track 18: "Good King Wensceslas". Louis and Stuff Crouch introduce the next song and tell story about playing the tune with Les Hite; Track 19: "Will You, Won't You be my Baby?"; Track 20: "St. Louis Blues". |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Crosby, Bing Crouch, Julie Crouch, Stuff Eckstine, Billy Fitzgerald, Ella Hite, Les Holiday, Billie Teagarden, Jack Vaughan, Sarah |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1953 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.167 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |