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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0396 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis on the "Merv Griffin Show" and the "Mike Douglas Show" in 1970. Recordings of sound recordings. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #2, Part 1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Tracks 1-8: Recording of the Merv Griffin Show, March 10, 1970, featuring Louis Armstrong: Griffin introduces Louis; upcoming 70th birthday; being born on the Fourth of July; "firecracker baby"; concert tribute planned for Los Angeles; statue; Griffin mentions planned tribute at Madison Square Garden (Louis says "for the Foundation"); Louis talks about taking two years off to play with his tapes; tape collection; indexing; touring Africa in Leopoldville; stopping the war in the Congo for Louis's concert in 1960; playing for King George V; "This one's for you, Rex"; youth in New Orleans; James Alley [Jane Alley]; Colored' Waif's Home; playing the bugle; singing (Louis sings "My Brazilian Beauty"); getting arrested on New Year's Eve; Track 2: singing in new James Bond film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"; "We Have All the Time in the World" (Louis Armstrong); Track 3: "Jeepers Creepers" (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: Griffin talks with Phyllis Diller, then appearing in "Hello, Dolly"; Track 5: Phyllis Diller does "fashion show" stand-up routine; Track 6: Griffin talks with Godfrey Cambridge; Track 7: Griffin talks with Al Capp; Track 8: "Comfort Me" (Oliver). Tracks 9-13: Recording of Jack Teagarden sound recording, "King of the Blues Trombone Volume 1: "Sweetest Melody" (Jack Pettis); Track 10: "Bag O'Blues" (Jack Pettis); Track 11: "Diga Diga Doo" (Goody and His Good Timers); Track 12: "It's So Good" (The Whoopee Makers); Track 13: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Joe Venuti and His New Yorkers); Disc 2, Tracks 1-5: Continuation of recording of Jack Teagarden sound recording, "King of the Blues Trombone Volume 1": "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" (Ben Pollack and his Orchestra); Track 2: "Loveless Love" (Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra); Track 3: "Sweet And Hot" (Ben Pollack and his Orchestra); Track 4: "That's What I Like About You" (Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra); Track 5: "You Rascal, You" (Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra). Tracks 6-15: Recording of the Mike Douglas Show, March 24, 1970, featuring Louis Armstrong: Douglas introduces Louis; Lucille gets introduced and takes a bow; Lucille making soul food and being a great cook; how long they've been together; Louis's house in Corona; "one of those good old castles, or citadels"; remodeling the interior; "wall-to-wall" bed; resting at home, catching up on his tapes and indexing them; "you have to listen to all kinds of music"; classic music; Louis sings a short "Vesti la Giubba"; mentions doing that with Robert Merrill; being in Germany and a woman being surprised that he recorded "Louis and the Good Book"; talks about how he started out in churches; (abrupt cut); Track 7: conversation continues; Louis performing for 54 years; Louis not having any regrets ("I'm not going back to that mule"); driving a coal cart in New Orleans; hanging around the old-timers; how hard he worked in New Orleans, playing for 12 hours; never worried about money; taking care of his money ("Show me anyone else been off for two years and ain't asked for nothing. I must be doing all right."); his manager; needing a good rest; all Louis wanted to do was play the horn--the public made him a success; singing was first; sings "My Brazilian Beauty' getting arrested on New Year's Eve and going to the Colored Waif's Home; naming high points in his life, Louis names playing King Oliver in the third ward in New Orleans; Oliver telling Louis to play more lead; playing in Chicago with Oliver; Track 8: introduction; "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Louis Armstrong); Track 9: Louis's cufflinks; Star of David; mentions Joe Glaser and Dr. Gary Zucker; being at Beth Israel hospital; people turning Jewish; when he was 7-years-old, he worked for the Karnosfky family; sings "Russian Lullaby"; tie clasp that Louis got 40 years earlier; handkerchiefs; using them while "defrosting"; using handkerchiefs while talking to "chicks" in New Orleans; being a "Goodwill Ambassador"; favorite country is still the United States; stopping the war in Leopoldville in the Congo in 1960; carrying him to the bandstand on a chair; Track 10: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong); Track 11: talk about doing a week together in Cleveland in 1964; Armstrong and Douglas sing "Rockin' Chair"; Track 12: Pete Barbutti stand-up comedy routine (plays "Autumn Leaves" on piano); Track 13: Douglas talks briefly with Barbutti and Armstrong (Armstrong makes joke about Barbutti playing with his nose); Donna Theodore talks with Douglas; sharing panel with "institution" like Louis; Louis asks for the title of the song, then asks for a demo; Track 14: "(If You Let Me Make Love to You, Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" (Donna Theodore); Track 15: Douglas introduces Kevin Wall and Dr. C. Eric Lincoln to talk about big business in the area of black history; Wall was a Vice President of marketing for Coca-Cola; Dr. Lincoln was a consultant to Coca-Cola in relation to their promotion of black history; (incomplete). |
Tape Information |
Reel 96 according to ”Tape Catalog #2, Part 1” (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23) |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bailey, Pearl Douglas, Mike Griffin, Merv Teagarden, Jack |
Search Terms |
Corona Merv Griffin Show, The (television program) Mike Douglas Show, The (television program) Queens Tape recordings, Audio |
Year Range from |
1970 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.396 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |