Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0163 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis talks from his Texarkana, TX hotel room. Recordings of sound recordings. Louis reads an analysis of Hamlet. Front of tape contains a photo of Louis and Alex Welsh along with clippings from a holiday card sent by Welsh to Louis. Louis has typed "Merry Swiss Kriss and Happy Bis Ma Rex. Wow." Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Louis talks from his Texarkana, TX hotel room: Louis talks about a Les Baxter sound recording "Passions"; Lucille reads the liner notes. Recordings of sound recordings: Track 2: "Despair"; Track 3: "Ecstasy"; Track 4: "Hate"; Track 5: "Lust"; Track 6: "Terror"; Track 7: "Jealousy"; Track 8: "Joy"; Track 9: "Pledging My Love" (Louis Armstrong); Track 10: (previous selection repeated); Track 11: "Sincerely" (Louis Armstrong). Track 12: Louis reads an "Introduction to Hamlet" by Mark Van Doren (difficult to hear; goes on for nearly 30 minutes); Disc 2, Tracks 1-7: Recordings of Babs Gonzales sound recording "Voila: "Le Continental"; Track 2: "Me, Spelled, M-e, Me";; Track 3: "Dem Jive New York People"; Track 4: "Lullaby of the Doomed"; Track 5: "The Preacher"; Track 6: "Night in Tunisia"; Track 7: Movin' and Groovin'". Tracks 8-10: Recordings of Louis Armstrong on "The Bell Telephone Hour," January 1, 1960: "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; "Lazy River"; Track 9: "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child"; Track 10: "Muskrat Ramble"; Recordings of sound recordings: Track 11: "Your Feets too Big" (Willard McDaniel); Track 12: "I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In" (Willard McDaniel); Track 13: "Dream" (Dinah Washington); Track 14: "I Don't Hurt Anymore (I Don't Hurt Anymore); Track 15: "Shirley Lee" (Bobby Lee Trammell); Track 16: "I Sure Do Love You Baby" (Bobby Lee Trammell); Track 17: "I'm Just a Rolling Stone" (Lonnie Donnegan); Track 18: "My Dixie Darling" (Lonnie Donnegan); Track 19: "He's too Fat for the Chimney" (Gisele Mackenzie); Track 20: "Jingle Bells" (Gisele Mackenzie); Track 21: "If I Forget You" (Gordon McRae); Track 22: "Now" (Gordon McRae). |
People |
Baxter, Les Donnegan, Lonnie Gonzales, babs MacKenzie, Gisele Welsh, Alex |
Search Terms |
Bell Telephone Hour (television program) Bisma Rex Swiss Kriss |
Year Range from |
1960 |
Year Range to |
1962 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.163 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |