Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0130 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis and friends talk in Quebec City. Louis talks with friends from his Dusable Hotel (Chicago, IL) room (suite 703). Louis and friends talk at home in Corona. Recordings of sound recordings. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Louis and friends talk in Quebec City: [unidentified selection]; Track 2: Louis introduces his friends (tourists from Harlem) who say hello and talk with Louis and Velma Middleton; Track 3: Louis thanks his friends. Track 4: Louis and friends talk from his Dusable Hotel (Chicago, IL) suite (703): Louis gives the microphone to Ted Watson and Doc Pugh; Nada Bryant reads a poem; Track 5: Watson and Pugh comment on the poem; Pugh talks about Morgan College and their athletic program (his uncle, Eddie Hurt, was the athletic director); Pugh gets interrupeted by a telephone call; Track 6: Watson talks about his Grandfather, Henry J. Stargell, and his association with Morgan College; Watson and Nada say goodnight; Track 7: transcription disc recording of an interview with Louis in Chicago (poor recording); radio music (talk in background); Track 8: "Smile Your Troubles Away" (Red Saunders Orchestra); Track 9: "I'll be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You" (Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan). Track 10: Louis at home in Corona with friends: Louis talks with Charles and Fred Ware; Charles and Louis talk about Louis's tape system; Track 11: Louis, Al Jackson (of Patterson & Jackson, Charles Jones and Lucille say hello and goodbye; Louis and Al talk about Mario Lanza and Bisma Rex; Track 12: "The Fat Man's Dilemma" poem; Track 13: dirty version of a horse race; Track 14: Al tells a joke about a little boy asking his father questions; Track 15: Louis and Al ask Jeanette to tell a joke; Track 16: Louis introduces his "new bass man" Dale Jones; Lucille refuses to tell a joke; Lucille tells a story about Walter Winchell; Louis tells a joke about Sid Catlett; Track 17: "My Heart Stood Still" (fragment); Track 18: Lucille asks Louis to read a letter from an English fan who talks about the jazz scene in England; Track 19: Louis and Lucile talk about jazz; reading of the letter continues; Track 20: "So Worried" (Zilner Randolph's children); Track 21: "I Get Ideas" (Louis Armstrong); Track 22: Lucille reads baseball stories from "Everybody's Digest"; Louis talks about the Dogers and the Yankees. Disc 2, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "Mama's Back in Town" (Velma Middleton); Track 2: "You are the Reason" (Velma Middleton); Track 3: "Cold Moon" (Velma Middleton); Track 4: "Good Riddance" (Velma Middleton); Track 5: "The Way You Say Goodnight" (Dean Martin); Track 6: "Tennessee Waltz" (Spike Jones); Track 7: "Three Whole Nights" (Spike Jones); Track 8: "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" (Patti Page); Track 9: "Silent Night" (Sister Rosetta Tharpe); Track 10: "Oh Babe" (Louis Prima); Track 11: "Beale Street on a Saturday Night" (Scatman Crothers); Track 12: General (dog), barks for Louis; Track 13: "Teardrops from my Eyes" (Ruth Brown); Track 14: "Am I Making the Same Mistake Again" (Ruth Brown); Track 15: "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Al Hibbler); Track 16: "Happy Music" (Peggy Lee); Track 17: "Memories of You" (Dave Howard); Track 18: "Go Tell it to the Mountain" (Mahalia Jackson); Track 19: "White Christmas" (Sister Rosetta Tharpe); Track 20: "April is Young" (Dave Howard); Track 21: "Happy Birthday" (Bing Crosby); Track 22: "Anniversary Waltz" (Bing Crosby); Track 23: "Gone Fishin'" (Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby). |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Brown, Ruth Bryant, Nada Catlett, Sid Crosby, Bing Crothers, Scatman Hibbler, Al Howard, Dave Jackson, Al Jackson, Mahalia Jones, Charles Jones, Dale Jones, Spike Lanza, Mario Lee, Peggy Martin, Dean Middleton, Velma Page, Patti Prima, Louis Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Randolph, Zilner Tharpe, Sister Rosetta Ware, Fred Watson, Ted Winchell, Walter |
Search Terms |
Bisma Rex Canada Corona Jokes Queens |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1954 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.130 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |