Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0229 |
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" (11/18/1951, #35). Recording of radio program, "Late Night Flight Out of the Crow's Nest". Louis and Lucille talk with "Prince Gary" from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. Louis talks with Stuff Crouch. Front of tape box contains a photo of Louis and the All Stars circa 1957 with Billy Kyle, Trummy Young and Squire Gersh visible. Back of tape box contains a photo with Jack Teagarden and three unidentified people. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of radio program, "The Big Show" (11/18/1951, #35): opening theme, "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Meredith Wilson Chorus and Orchestra); Track 2: Tallulah Bankhead reads about Gus Edwards; Bankhead introduces vaudevillians, Track 3: Jack Pearl and Cliff Hall; Jack Peark, Cliff Hall vaudeville routine; Track 4: commercial; Track 5: close of program with Gertrude Berg, Yul Brynner, Maxine Sullivan, Jack Pearl, Cliff Hall, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Shirley Booth and Tallulah Bankhead. Track 6: Recording of the radio program, "Late Night Flight out of the Crow's Nest": "Four Deuces" (Ray Heindorf Orchestra); Track 7: "Because of You" (Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus); Track 8: "I Need You Like I Need a Hole in the Head" (Pearl Bailey); Track 9: public service announcement; Track 10: "Night Watch" (Stan Kenton); Track 11: "I'll Never Smile Again" (Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra). Track 12: Louis talks from his hotel room in Honolulu, Hawaii with Doc Pugh, Prince Gary; Prince Gary tells a joke about German refugees; Track 13: Prince Gary talks about Hawaii (orchids, sugar cane, temperature, rainy season, water supply); Track 14: Prince Gary tells a joke about a boy in a doctor's office; Track 15: Prince Gary introduces Doc Pugh and talks about the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (Louis's hotel bill is $229.40 every five days), palm trees, flowers; Louis says Gary is talking while he is in the bathroom; mentions Christmas, Track 16: and having his picture taken with Mayor Wilson; getting a Hawaiian greeting; mentions photographs of the All Stars in Hawaii (Marty Napoleon, Dale Jones, Russ Phillips, Cozy Cole, Velma Middleton, Barney Bigard (who had just joined Louis's group), Bob McCracken leaving the All Stars)); Louis talks about performing at the airport in a strong wind (Dale Jones almost lost his toupee in the wind); Track 17: Prince Gary introduces Doc Pugh; talks about hula dancers and Hawaiian people; Track 18: Doc Pugh talks with Prince Gary about the Hawaiian language; Prince Gary tells a story about Captain James Cook; Track 19: Doc Pugh talks about Hawaii and Louis's performances at the Brown Derby and throughout Hawaii (for the armed services), and at Tripoli General Hospital; Track 20: Prince Gary talks about the company that built the hospital; Track 21: Prince Gary talks about the Hawaiian and Japanese languages; Louis asks Prince Gary about "crossways" and how it is blown (joke); story about Doc Pugh speaking Hawaiian; Louis donating his time by performing at the hospital (having his picture taken with crippled children), and playing at the Honolulu airport for servicemen; Track 22: Doc Pugh talks about Louis's concert at the airport (in a strong wind); Tom Connolly's speech at the concert (regarding the war); Louis having donated $100 to the Honolulu musician's union; Track 23: Prince Gary and Doc Pugh talk about fish (Tuna, Halibut) (Louis adds a comment); Track 24: Prince Gary reads a radiogram to Louis from Joe Glaser (mentions "Frenchie"); Prince Gary talks about Joe Glaser ("…he is a very wonderful person…"), and says he wants to part of Associated Booking; Track 25: Prince Gary tells a joke about two doctors in Chicago; Track 26- Disc 2, Track 1: Louis tells a joke about a man's wife and a doctor; Track 2: Prince Gary talks about luaus and Hawaiian food; Track 3: Doc Pugh talks about his conversation with the hotel desk clerk (how he has traveled with Louis in Europe and carried his trumpet home after every performance, and about his blond nurse, and how he cleaned Louis's trumpet); the desk clerk talked about going to medical school; hotel clerk , "J.B" talks about the island of Oahu; J.B. talks about Louis performing in Hawaii; Doc Pugh talks with the clerk about his shirt (Louis talks to the clerk about stealing a shirt "making it"); Track 5: Louis and Prince Gary talk about the weather (rain and rainbows) (Louis mentions New Orleans weather); shopping in beach clothing; Louis mentions arriving in Hawaii (police escort, store windows, clothing (Mu-Mus)); Louis talks about women wearing bathing suits instead of underwear; Track 6: Prince Gary asks Louis and Doc Pugh about straw skirts and nylon petticoats; having a good time in Hawaii; Hawaiian patriotism; Hawaii becoming a state; politics; Louis mentions the blues, "You Never Miss Your Water Till Your Well Goes Dry"; racism; American patriotism; Track 7: Louis tells a story about a sailor he met at the Brown Derby (racial story) "I don't like Negroes, but I'm crazy about you. My parents taught me to hate Negroes…"; Louis says that "The majority of white people don't like Negroes, but they always got one Nigger that they just are crazy about…."; Prince Gary states there are only two races, black and white; Track 8: Prince Gary talks about Marcus Garvey; Louis comments on Marcus Garvey (being selfish); Louis talks about West Indian women; Track 9: Louis tells a joke about black man and a Japanese man shooting each other; Track 10: Prince Gary tells a joke about a man and his wife arguing about a mouse and a rat; Track 11: Louis tells a joke about a woman and a preacher; Track 12: Prince Gary tells a joke about a man on a train; Track 13: Louis tells a joke about a rich woman and her maid (Louis talks about having bubble baths in Texas in a maid's quarters before meeting Lucille); Track 14: Prince Gary tells a joke about a man and a farmer; Track 15: Louis tells a joke about a man paying alimony; Track 16: Prince Gary tells a joke about a boy having sex with his grandmother; Louis closes the tape. Track 17: Recording of the radio program, "Crow's Nest" (KHJ, Los Angeles, California): "Sheik of Araby" (Joe Tucker); Track 18: "I Could Write a Book" (Les Brown); Track 19: close of program. Track 20: Louis talks with Stuff Crouch from the Dunbar Hotel, Los Angeles, California: Louis talks about being at the MGM studios for a movie shoot, and recording "Flee as a Bird" and "Didn't He Ramble"; Louis talks about the movie set; Louis mentions Stuff's daughter, Julie's birthday the next day; Louis describes the scene during the performance of "Flee as a Bird" and "Didn't He Ramble"; Stuff Crouch talks about "Didn't He Ramble"; Louis talks about New Orleans funerals; Jack Teagarden; Louis describes the movie company's sound recording of "Flee as a Bird" ; Track 21: "Flee as a Bird" (funeral march) (Louis Armstrong); Track 22: Louis describes the scene from the movie and mentions Leslie Caron; Track 23: "Didn't He Ramble" (Louis Armstrong) (from movie soundtrack); Track 24: Louis talks about the scene in the movie ("Jack and I were swingin' like mad."); Stuff Crouch asks, "How many Colored people were in the scene?"; Louis mentions the French Quarter scenery in the movie; Track 25: "Didn't He Ramble" (from movie soundtrack) (Louis talks over the music, he mentions time change in recording, "Dig this man."); Track 26: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (female vocal); Track 27: "Because of You" (Louis Armstrong); announcer mentions Louis performing with Les Brown on December 7th at the Pasadena Civic Center, in Pasadena, California; Track 28: "I Get Ideas" (Louis Armstrong); Track 29: announcer; commercial. |
People |
Bailey, Pearl Bankhead, Tallulah Baxter, Les Bigard, Barney Brown, Les Caron, Leslie Cole, Cozy Crouch, Stuff Dorsey, Tommy Garvey, Marcus Gersh, Squire Glaser, Joe Heindorf, Ray Jones, Dale Kenton, Stan Kyle, Billy McCracken, Bob Middleton, Velma Napoleon, Marty Phillips, Russ Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Sinatra, Frank Tallerie, Pierre "Frenchy" Teagarden, Jack Tucker, Joe Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Associated Booking Corporation Glory Alley (motion picture) Hawaii Jokes Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Prince Gary |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1957 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.229 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |