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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0046 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis on the "Johnson's Wax" television program. Recordings of sound recordings. Recording of Louis and the All Stars live in Pasadena and Boston. Louis and friend, Nick Aldrich, talk. Recordings of sound recordings. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). 1987_3_0046-1 Recording of Louis as a guest on the Johnson's Wax television program, May 25, 1958: (Steve Allen, host, guests: Van Cliburn, Barbara McNair, Peter Ustinov, Louis Armstrong): "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (Louis Armstrong, Gabrielle); opening of show; Steve Allen introduces Van Cliburn and Barbara McNair; "Too Late the Spring" (Barbara McNair); commercial for Johnson's Furniture Wax; Steve Allen introduces Peter Ustinov; comedy sketch (Peter Ustinov); commercial; comedy sketch (take off on "Omnibus") (Steve Allen); commercial; Steve Allen introduces Louis; "Mack the Knife" (Louis Armstrong); Louis reads, "A Red Red Rose" (poem by Robert Burns) to a blues accompaniment; "I'm Confessin'" (Louis Armstrong). 1987_3_0046-2 Continuation of the recording of Steve Allen’s Johnson Wax program: commercial for Raid; comedy sketch (Steve Allen, Peter Ustinov); Steve Allen introduces Shirley Peterson; Henry Fonda, Mel Torme, Shari Lewis, Terry Gibbs are all introduced; commercial; Steve Allen introduces Van Cliburn; they talk with Skitch Henderson; finale from Tchaikovsky piano concerto no. 1 (Van Cliburn); Steve Allen thanks Van Cliburn; close of program. Recording of sound recordings: "Desert Sands" (Stuff Smith) (incomplete); closing of Johnson's Wax program; "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (Louis Armstrong, Gabrielle) (repeated twice). 1987_3_0046-3 "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (Louis Armstrong, Gabrielle); Recording of Stuff Smith and Oscar Peterson sound recording, "Stuff Smith": "Desert Sands" (Stuff Smith); "Soft Winds" (Stuff Smith) (Louis warms up in the background); "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Stuff Smith); "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (Louis Armstrong, Gabrielle). Louis tells a joke. Recording “Satchmo in Pasadena”: "Back Home Again in Indiana.” 1987_3_0046-4 Continuation of the recording of “Satchmo at Pasadena”: "Baby it's Cold Outside". Louis and friend, Nick Aldrich talk: Louis talks about Ray Robinson at the Chicago Theater; Nick and Louis talk about belching and farting; Louis tells a joke about a fat woman shoplifting (Louis warms up). Recording of “Satchmo at Pasadena”:: "Our Monday Date"; "Our Monday Date"; Track "You Can Depend On Me" (incomplete). "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton) (incomplete); "You Can Depend On Me" (Louis Armstrong) (incomplete); "That's a Plenty" (Louis Armstrong); Louis introduces the tape and next songs from “Satchmo at Symphony Hall”:, "I Cried for You" (Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton); "Since I Fell for You"; "Steak Face" (incomplete). |
Notes |
The segment of Louis with Nick Aldrich is most likely from Canada in November 1954, but the tape also contains the Stuff Smith album released in August 1957, the Steve Allen show from May 25, 1958, "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" from May 20, 1959 and is in Tape Catalog #1, so it is part of Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tape collection. |
People |
Aldrich, Nick Allen, Steve Burns, Robert Cliburn, Van Fonda, Henry Gibbs, Terry Henderson, Skitch Lewis, Shari McNair, Barbara Peterson, Shirley Robinson, Sugar Ray Smith, Stuff Torme, Mel Ustinov, Peter |
Search Terms |
Jokes Louis Armstrong and His All Stars |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Year Range to |
1958 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.46 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |