Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0223 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recording of radio program, "The Big Show" (WBZ, Boston, MA) (#29, 10/7/1951). Recording of the Phil Harris/Alice Fay radio program. Recording of radio music. Recordings of sound recordings (Louis makes comments). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of the radio program, "The Big Show": station identification; opening of program; Track 2: commercial; Track 3: Tallulah Bankhead talks with Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa; Track 4: Bankhead introduces Josephine Baker; Tracks 5-7: [3 unidentified French selections] (Josephine Baker); Track 8: commercial; Track 9: Bankhead introduces a dramatic reading; Track 10: Bankhead talks with an unidentified person and Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa); Track 11: commercial; Track 12: station identification; Track 13: Bankhead introduces George Sanders; Track 14: dramatic reading (Joan Fontaine, George Sanders); Track 15: Bankhead talks with Joan Fontaine and Fred Allen; Track 16: comedy sketch with Bankhead and Allen; Track 17: close of program; Track 18: station identification; commercial. Track 19: Recording of the Phil Harris/Alice Fay radio program: opening of program; commercial; Track 20: part one of program; Track 21: "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (Alice Fay). Disc 2, Track 1: Recording of radio music: announcer; "I Get Ideas" (Earl Sheehan, Evening Serenade Orchestra); Track 2: announcer; "It's a Lovely Day Today"; Track 3: announcer; "The Song is Ended"; Track 4: [unidentified solo piano selection]. Track 5: Recordings of sound recordings: Louis reads record liner notes; Track 6: "Chinatown, My Chinatown" (Geordie Hormel); Track 7: Louis makes comments; Track 8: "Lay Something on the Bar Besides Your Elbow" (Jerry Lewis); Track 9: Louis makes comments; Track 10: "The Sheik of Araby" (Geordie Hormel); Track 11: Louis makes comments; Track 12: "I Love Girls" (Jerry Lewis); Track 13: Louis makes comments; "Glory Alley" (Louis Armstrong); Track 14: "It's a Most Unusual Day" (Louis Armstrong). Track 15: Continuation of "The Big Show" radio broadcast: Bankhead introduces George Sanders; "Be My Love" (George Sanders); Track 16: Bankhead talks with Meredith Wilson and George Sanders; Track 17: "I Want to Be Near You" (Meredith Wilson Orchestra and Chorus); Track 18: Bankhead talks with William Gargan; sketch with Bankhead, Sanders, Gargan and Portland Hoffa; Track 19: Bankhead introduces George Gravet; Track 20: "Love Walked In" (George Gravet); Track 21: station identification; commercial; Track 22: Bankhead introduces Gracie Fields; Track 23: "I Whistle a Happy Tune" (Gracie Fields); Track 24: commercial; Track 25: Bankhead introduces Joan Fontaine; Track 26: dramatic reading of the "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (Joan Fontaine, George Sanders). |
People |
Baker, Josephine Bankhead, Tallulah Faye, Alice Harris, Phil Hormel, Geordie Lewis, Jerry |
Search Terms |
Glory Alley (motion picture) |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.223 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |