Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0038 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: "The Big Show" (4/1/1951) continued from tape 37. Recording of the sound recording, "Sy Oliver plays Lunceford". Recordings of African sound recordings. Billy May's Orchestra plays a Jimmy Lunceford tribute. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). 1987_3_0038-1 Recording of "The Big Show" (4/1/1951) (continued from tape 1987.3.37): station identification; public service announcement for the telephone company; Tallulah Bankhead talks with Groucho Marx and Ezio Pinza; "Non piu andrai farfallone amoroso" from "The Marriage of Figaro" (Ezio Pinza); commercial for RCA Victor; Bankhead introduces a poem, "Andante" recited by Ethel Barrymore with music by Lionel Barrymore); Bankhead talks with Ethel Barrymore; commercial for Chesterfield Cigarettes by Bob Hope; Bankhead talks with Joan Davis and Ethel Barrymore; ["Happiness"?] (Joan Davis, Groucho Marx, Ezio Pinza, Bob Hope, Van Johnson). 1987_3_0038-2 Recording of Sy Oliver sound recording, "The Original Arrangements of Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi": "For Dancers Only"; "Margie"; "Four or Five Times"; "I Dream of You"; "Ain't She Sweet"; "Organ Grinder's Swing"; "T'ain't What You Do"; "My Blue Heaven"; "Cheatin' on Me"; "River of Saint Marie." 1987_3_0038-3 Continuation of the recording of the Sy Oliver sound recording, "The Original Arrangements of Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi": "River of Saint Marie"; "Walking Through Heaven"; "Rhythm is Our Business". Recordings of African recordings: "Mansu" (Hi Life Band, Ghana); "Abango" (Hi Life Band, Ghana); "Repent" (Hi Life Band, Ghana). Recording of Billy May sound recording, "Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi" (featuring Trummy Young vocals): "T'ain't What You Do"; "Ain't She Sweet"; "Charmaine"; "Uptown Blues"; "Margie." 1987_3_0038-4 Continuation of the recording of Billy May sound recording, "Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi": "Little Coquette"; "Annie Laurie"; "Well Alright Then"; "Blues in the Night"; "My Blue Heaven"; "Four Five Times"; "Walking Through Heaven"; "For Dancers Only"; "Cheatin' on Me"; "Rhythm is Our Business." |
Notes |
"The Big Show" is continued from 1987.3.0038, but the rest of the music was originally released in 1957, and Louis transferred it to a new tape during his 1959-1961 recataloging of his tape collection. |
People |
Bankhead, Tallulah Lunceford, Jimmie May, Billy Oliver, Sy Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Accra, Ghana Africa |
Year Range from |
1958 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.38 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |