Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0255 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: "The Sky's the Limit" radio program (Vancouver, Canada); recordings of sound recordings; Louis and friends reading birthday cards. Louis and friends, Slim Thompson, Cedric, Kenny and Mr. Louis Sibley talk and play records; recording of radio program. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "Stardust" (Artie Shaw); Track 2: announcer; Tracks 3: "Gypsy Love Song"; Track 4: "I'll Get By"; Track 5: announcer (Louis is talking in the background); Track 6: "My Silent Love" (Harry James with Dick Haymes); Track 7: "Ain't Misbehavin'"; Track 8: "Little White Lies" (Oscar Peterson); Track 9: "Lover" (Oscar Peterson); Track 10: "The Voot is Here to Stay" (Ivie Anderson). Track 11: silence; Track 12: Louis, Velma Middleton and Elsie Blow organizing tapes; Track 13: reading telegrams wishing Louis a happy birthday from: Track 14: "Big Sid" [Catlett], Track 15: Myra Menville, the secretary of the New Orleans Jazz Club, Track 16: [unidentified person], Track 17: Dizzy Gillespie, Track 18: [Vermel Swain?] ("your masseur from Chicago"), Track 19: Buck Clayton, Track 20: Louis' niece Elizabeth, Track 21: "Daddy-O" from Chicago, Track 22: Jack and Addie Teagarden, Track 23: Maurice Durand from San Francisco; Juanita "Happy Talk" Hall, Track 24: George Shearing, Track 25: E.H. Smith, Track 26: Lucille & Mac, Track 27: Vicki, Johnny and Al Veigel, Track 28: Timmy Rodgers, Track 29: Al Barnes, Track 30: Dr. Manuel Gottleib (dentist), Track 31: Genevieve, Track 32: Bernie Miller, Track 33: Avonell and Dottie, Track 34: Simone, Track 35: Ernie Anderson (Louis comes back in the room and starts talking about someone that he doesn't like), Track 36: Amin David ("The Blue Mirror, Washington"), Track 37: Charles Carpenter, Track 38: Lindy (nurse), Track 39: Helen Jones (Louis's godchild). Track 40: Louis tells a story about the "Swing Club" in San Francisco and three boppers watching Louis and calling his band some "lucky sonsofbitches"; Louis talks about Gloria; mentions Mayann; Louis talks about the movie, "Father's Little Dividend"; Louis talks about Earl Hines; mentions kids at the Savoy in Chicago; Charles Carpenter; Track 41: about ungrateful musicians and hotshots; Sid Catlett; Track 42: Louis demonstrates his tape machine and talks about his gadgets. Track 43: More birthday greetings: Louis reads from Glenny & Polly Polachek Track 44: (the waiters at Bop City), Track 45: Bing Crosby (Louis tells a story about Bing), Track 46: Fay Wray (dancer at Bop City). Track 47: Louis talks about Bix Beiderbecke; Track 48: Louis tells a story about Slim Thompson; Track 49: Louis talks about Arlenia Martin ("a kid I was raised up with in New Orleans."). Disc 2, Track 1: Louis and Slim Thompson talk about learning lines for the movie, "Pennies from Heaven." Track 2: Recordings of sound recordings: "Pastel" (Erroll Garner) (conversation in the background); Track 3: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: "I Get Ideas" (Louis Armstrong). Track 5: Louis tries to get a woman to sing; Thompson sings "That's My Desire"; Track 6: Louis tells a dirty joke; Track 7: Louis tells a story about [Argo?] Hotel, riding around with Slim and June Clark in their Packard; Joe Glaser would furnish it; they didn't work as much back then; Louis would type letters; "Kenny" and "Cedric" and "Mr. and Mrs. Sibley" are present; Louis mentions that June Clark and Jackie Mabley (Moms Mabley) is coming over later; Track 8: Slim Thompson sings "I've Got the World on a String"; Track 9: Louis tells the story about "All of Me," coming back from Europe and going to Mike's and watching Slim lead "40 cats" in singing the tune along with Armstrong's recording; Track 10: Slim Thompson sings "All of Me" exactly like Armstrong's 1932 recording; Track 11: Louis tells a story about a trip from Europe; Louis and Alpha were coming back to America on the Majestic and promised to take an English trumpeter to Big John's in Harlem; when they got there, everybody had nicknames except the trumpet player so someone called him "Majestic Face"; Track 12: Louis and Slim sing "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; Track 13: Louis sings "Just One More Chance"; Slim mentions that he started with Louis in 1931 and how they would sing lyrics like "dirty motherfucker"; someone made a record off of it; Track 14: Louis sings "A Song was Born"; changes tempo; Armstrong sings Jack Teagarden's chorus but can't remember the lyrics; Louis sings Dvorak's "Going Home"; Slim joins him; Track 15: Louis tells a story about "Soldier Boy" (driver); when Louis made the film "New Orleans," they had strawberry shortcake for dessert at the commissary; Soldier Boy asked for "whupped cream"; Track 16: Slim tells a story about Louis and pork chops; they reenact the story and do it a few different ways, "mugging" more and more each time, cracking everyone up; Track 17: Louis cues up another tape; "Knee Drops" (fragment); plays a tape of Lucille telling a story from Victoria, Texas, getting hung up on the punch line of a joke (original tape can be found at 1987.3.220). Tracks 18-28: Recording of a radio program: "Roly-Poly"; Track 19: radio show routine featuring a character who hates "western music"; Track 20: "Near You"; Track 21: closing classical theme; Track 22: comedy routine with announcer; "All or Nothing at All"; "What is This Thing Called Love"; Tracks 23-25: announcer talks over samba selection; Track 26: announcer says "good morning" to various groups of listeners while fading in and fading out of different songs; Track 27: [two unidentified classical selections]; Track 28: announcer talks about music with an "amorous feeling" and says hello to various listeners; Track 29: [unidentified selection]. |
People |
Anderson, Ernie Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Catlett, Sid Clayton, Buck Crosby, Bing Durand, Maurice Garner, Erroll Gillespie, Dizzy Gottlieb, Manuel Hall, Juanita Menville, Myra Middleton, Velma Rogers, Timmie Shaw, Artie Shearing, George Teagarden, Addie Teagarden, Jack Thompson, Slim |
Search Terms |
Chicago Pennies From Heaven (motion picture) San Francisco |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1951 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.255 Back |
Accession number |
1987.3 |