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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0001 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis talks with Jerry Bright and Lucille. Recordings of sound recordings. Lucille is interviewed on the radio show, "The Homemaker's Club". Doc Wheeler radio program, "This Morning's Spirituals". 1987.3.0001_1 Louis talks with Jerry Bright and Lucille: talk about health; doctors; Pluto Water; Dr. Crohn; Bisma Rex; Louis asks Lucille to read something; she declines; recording of "I Get Ideas" (Louis Armstrong); "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong) (talk over music: Louis talks about show business, Benny Goodman, Louis's tour with Goodman; Louis complains about working with Goodman and trying to stage a finale with him; stories about Goodman, asking George Handy to write arrangements for him). Recordings of Armstrong concert recordings from summer of 1953 (with Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Marty Napoleon, Arvell Shaw, Cozy Cole and Velma Middleton): "Shadrack"; "When the Saints Go Marching In"; "A Kiss to Build a Dream On.” 1987.3.0001_2 Continuation of the recording of 1953 All Stars concert: "Muskrat Ramble"; "C Jam Blues"; "Limehouse Blues"; "Margie"; "Since I Fell for You"; "Stompin' at the Savoy"; "When it's Sleepy Time Down South"; "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" (Louis Armstrong backed by Benny Goodman Orchestra, led by Gene Krupa) (incomplete). 1987.3.0001_3 Radio interview with Lucille on radio program, "The Homemaker's Club": talk (radio plays in background); interview continues (sound quality improves); Lucille talks about her days as a showgirl (difficult to hear); traveling to Europe; vaccinations; talk about Louis; what kind of a person Louis is; their home; Hilda Haynes describes Louis's den; Louis's interest in food; Lucille as a homemaker; cooking for Louis on the road; Louis's diet; his favorite foods; first time making red beans and rice; Louis's hobbies; typing; traveling; Italy; foreign languages; upcoming trip to the Far East; famous people she has met (Marian Anderson, Bing Crosby, Jose Ferrer, kings and queens); gold trumpet; Louis's trumpets; Waifs' home; donating trumpets to needy children; Louis's autobiography. Doc Wheeler radio program, "This Morning's Spirituals": commercial for Gold's Music Shop in Flushing; opening of program; [unidentified selection]; announcer; "I John Saw a Mighty Number" (the Flying Clouds); announcer; commercial for the Majestic Theater, and Reliable Parlor Suite Co.; "Since Jesus Came into My Heart" (the Angelic Gospel Singers); announcer; commercial for Father John's Cold Medicine, and Oaklite Cleaner. 1987.3.0001_4 Continuation of the recording of “This Morning’s Spirituals”: "Amen" (Edna Gallmoncook); commercials for Zeno's Food Market and Carnation Evaporated Milk; "Too Close to Heaven" (Prof. Alex Bradford); announcer; commercial for Cantor's Department store; "Jesus Loves Me" (Marie Knight); announcer; commercial for Findley Strauss Jewelers; "Tree of a Level"; commercial for Four Way Cold Relief; news report; weather report; announcer; commercial for Delaney Frozen Vegetables; "The Old Ship of Zion" (The Colemenaires); announcer; commercial for Carnation Evaporated Milk and Active Sales (Bible sales); "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" (Cleophus Robinson); announcer; commercial for the RKO Regent and Alhambra Theaters; "Down Here I've Done My Best" (Selah Singers); announcer; commercial for Manischewitz kosher wine endorsed by Erskine Hawkins. |
Notes |
This tape is from 1953. In the conversation, Louis mentions the Benny Goodman tour of April 1953 and in the interview with Lucille, she mentions getting ready to go to Japan in December 1953. Most likely, this tape is from the fall of 1953 when Louis had a short vacation. |
People |
Anderson, Marian Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Crosby, Bing Ferrer, Jose Goodman, Benny Handy, George Wheeler, Doc |
Search Terms |
Bisma Rex Colored Waif's Home Italy Queens Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (book) Selmer trumpet |
Date |
1953 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.1 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |