Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.5.40 |
Title |
1971 News Clippings. |
Object Type |
News Clippings |
Collection |
Jack Bradley Collection |
Description |
The majority of this folder is made up of obituaries and tributes to Louis after his death on July 6. Before that, contents include: A January "After Beat" profile titled "The Indestructible 'Satchmo'"; Jack Bradley's "Coda" columns of January, February and April; a write-up on the film of Louis's 70th birthday tribute at the Newport Jazz festival in 1970; a mention of the premiere of the "Pear Bailey Show" with a photo of Bailey with Louis, Bing Crosby and Andy Williams; TV Guide entry for the "Pearl Bailey Show" with a photo of Bailey and Louis; "Jet" magazine blurb about Bing Crosby being told that Louis once said he had never been to Crosby's house; blurbs and advertisement for Armstrong and Crosby's appearance on the "David Frost Show," filmed in January and aired on February 10; John S. Wilson review of Louis's Waldorf-Astoria engagement in the New York Times; Time magazine photograph of Louis in his mirrored bathroom; multiple stories about Louis being admitted to the hospital with a heart ailment in March; an April 3 story mentions Louis's condition to be critical; Ed Sullivan writes that Louis, while still at Beth Israel Hospital, told him to thank all those who have written him, including the late Joe Glaser's secretary, Anne Newman; a "Dear Abby" advice column asks many well-known trumpeters if kissing affects their lips. Lucille answers for Louis; May 19 issue of Variety lists Louis's "Give Peace a Chance" as one of the "Top Sings of the Week";photos of Louis back home, playing his trumpet and smiling, in late June; Jack Bradley's June column wishes Louis a happy birthday and mentions his donating $1,000 to the Milne Boys Home in New Orleans; a UPI profile on Louis that ran two days before his death features many quotes about his illness, recovery and need to go back work; photo of Louis and Tyree Glenn at Louis's house on June 23; a blurb in "Time" magazine that ran on July 12 talks about Louis's plans to go back to work. Death coverage includes: New York Daily News, New York Post, Boston Globe, Miami News, Boston Record American obituaries; a New York Times editorial on Louis; a Boston appreciation, "Armstrong the incomparable"; a New York Post story, "Satchmo & His Neighbors"; Associated Press article about Britain mourning Louis's death; various previews of Louis's funeral; remembrances of Louis's live performances in the Lynn Daily Evening Item; coverage of the funeral in the New York Post, Stereo Review (written by Willis Conover), the New York Times, the New York Daily News, and others; UPI story about tributes to Louis in New Orleans; article about the "no-music decree" at the funeral; photo of Lil Armstrong at her final concert, moments before she died; editorial cartoon tribute to Louis from the Boston Herald Traveler; tribute article written by the NAACP's Roy Wilkins; remembrance of Armstrong by Freddie Williamson of Associated Booking; remembrance of Louis by Addie Teagarden, Jack's widow; Life magazine tribute by Richard Meryman; New York Times tribute by Dizzy Gillespie; tribute for The New Yorker by Whitney Balliett; magazine tributes in Newsweek and Time; poem on Louis from Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko; story about Armstrong and Corona in the Corona East Elmhurst Transition Press; New York Times appreciation by Craig McGregor from August; French tribute by Paul Haedens; A Downbeat appreciation by Don DeMichael and coverage of Louis tributes in New Orleans; multiple articles and tributes in the New York Amsterdam News. Also included: an obituary of trumpeter Charlie Shavers; a mention of Louis's recording "Jodie Man" in a newspaper column; a story on young British trumpet Enrico Tomasso; a remembrance of Lil Hardin Armstrong by Chris Albertson in Stereo Review; Ed Sullivan mentions that Tony Bennett lists Louis as one of his favorite singers; Whitney Balliett discusses Armstrong's funeral and a reissue of his RCA Victor recordings in The New Yorker; James Goodfriend reviews two Armstrong memorial albums for Stereo Review; Tyree Glenn writes about his experiences with Louis for Reader's Digest; an August blurb about Lucille quotes her desire to donate her home to the City of New York; multiple reviews of Hugues Panassie's Armstrong biography, as well as Max Jones and John Chilton's "Louis." |
People |
Albertson, Chris Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bailey, Pearl Balliett, Whitney Bennett, Tony Bradley, Jack Chilton, John Crosby, Bing DeMichael, Don Frost, David Gillespie, Dizzy Glaser, Joe Glenn, Tyree Goodfriend, James Haedens, Paul Jones, Max McGregor, Craig Meryman, Richard Newman, Anne Panassie, Hugues Shavers, Charlie Sullivan, Ed Teagarden, Addie Tomasso, Enrico Wilkins, Roy Williams, Andy Williamson, Freddie Wilson, John S. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny |
Search Terms |
After Beat (magazine) Associated Booking Corporation Beth Israel Boston Globe Boston Record American Coda (magazine) Corona Down Beat (magazine) Jet (magazine) Life (magazine) Lynn Daily Evening Item Miami News Milne Boys Home (New Orleans, LA) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People New Orleans New York Daily News New York Post New York Times New Yorker (magazine) Newport Jazz Festival Newsweek (magazine) Queens RCA Victor Records Reader's Digest (magazine) Stereo Review (magazine) Time (magazine) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) |
Date |
1971 |
Accession number |
2008.5 |