Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0408 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis as co-host of the "Mike Douglas Show," May 1970. Recordings of sound recordings. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of the Mike Douglas Show, aired on May 29, 1970 and co-hosted by Louis Armstrong: show opening; Louis introduces guests; Track 2: redo of opening of show; Louis introduces guests; "Feelin' Groovy" (Mike Douglas); Track 3: Douglas introduces Louis; Louis introduces Zutty Singleton and his wife Marge in audience; Track 4: "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Track 5: Mike asks Louis about his list of 5 most admired people (#1 Lucille, Louis talks about his hospital stay, #2 Dr. Gary Zucker, #3 Joe Glaser, #4 King Oliver, #5 his mother (Mayann); Louis talks about laxatives; Mike talks to Louis about awards (Grammy Award for ”Hello Dolly”, gold record for ”Hello Dolly”); telephone rings and Louis answers but no one is on the other end (aborted attempt to get Pearl Bailey on the telephone); ”Hello Dolly” (Louis Armstrong); Track 6: Mike introduces Sammy Davis Jr.; they talk; Sammy praises Louis; they reminisce about shows together; Davis demonstrates dances; Track 7: ”Spinning Wheel” (Sammy Davis Jr.); Track 8: Pearl Bailey talks to Louis on the telephone; talk about Bailey being "Ambassador of Love," Lyndon Johnson, Eisenhower and more; ”Hello Dolly” (Louis with Pearl Bailey on the telephone); Track 9: Mike and Sammy talk about honoring performers like Louis; Louis talks about starting to play again (after his hospital stay); Sammy talks about being refused by Bob Hope for the Vietnam USO tour; talk about Joe Glaser; Louis talks about taking a Rorschach test; Track 10: Stan Kann with funny gadgets (1921 vacuum cleaner, theremin); Stan Kann shows Louis a theramin; Disc 2, Track 1: Mike introduces Pete Fountain; "Jean” (Pete Fountain); Track 2: Mike/Sammy Davis Jr./Pete Fountain talk; Track 3: ”Back Home Again in Indiana” (jam session with Pete Fountain, Sammy Davis Jr.); Track 4: ”Basin Street Blues” (Louis (singing), Pete Fountain, Sammy Davis Jr.); Track 5: ”When the Saints Go Marching In” (Louis (singing), Pete Fountain, Sammy Davis Jr.); Tracks 6-11: "It's So Nice When You're Nice" (demo recording by Horace Gerlach; repeated six times); Track 12: Mike Douglas Show promo. Disc 3: Track 1: "Summertime" (Emily Lontano); Track 2: "Il Mio Amore" (Emily Lotano); Track 3: "Le Serenata Del Primo Amore" (Lara St. Paul); Track 4: "Viva Tirado" (El Chicano); Tracks 5-8: Recordings of Larry Steele demo recordings: "Rio, Rio"; Track 6: "The Greatest Thing in Life is Happiness"; Track 7: "It's the Best"; Track 8: "Native Girl." Disc 2, Track 1: "It's Almost Christmas" (Larry Steele); Track 2: "Good Deal" (Larry Steele); Track 3: "This Black Cat Has Nine Lives" (Lorenzo Pack); Track 4: previously selection repeated; Track 5: "I Hear the Sound of Music" (The Jones Brothers); Track 6: "I Want to Be Loved" (The Jones Brothers); Tracks 7-19: Recording of Don Elliot sound recording with Irma Curry, "Love is a Necessary Evil": "Love is a Necessary Evil"; Track 8: "A Stranger in the City"; Track 9: "Forget About the Boy"; Track 10: "Too Much Too Soon"; Track 11: "When Sunny Gets Blue"; Track 12: "Goin' Back to Joe's"; Track 13: "Forgetful"; Track 14: "Can't Help It"; Track 15: "No Spring This Year"; Track 16: "Ain't Nobody Home"; Track 17: "No One Came to My Party"; Track 18: "Leavin' Town"; Track 19: "Love is a Necessary Evil" (incomplete). Track 20: "Big Daddy" (Beryl Bryden); Track 21: "I've Been Living with the Blues" (Beryl Bryden); Track 22: "Miss Martingale" (Hot Lips Page); Track 23: "There's a Certain Woman" (Angelo Cernido); Track 24: "I'm Gonna Run" (Angelo Cernido); Track 25: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" (Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, 1947 V-Disc); "Mack the Knife" (Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton, acetate). |
Tape Information |
Reel 108 according to ”Tape Catalog #2, Part 1” (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23 |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Armstrong, Mayann Bailey, Pearl Bryden, Beryl Kann, Stan Davis, Sammy Elliot, Don Fountain, Pete Glaser, Joe Holiday, Billie Middleton, Velma Miller, Eddie Oliver, King Pack, Lorenzo Page, Hot Lips St. Paul, Lara Steele, Larry Zucker, Gary |
Search Terms |
Mike Douglas Show, The (television program) |
Year Range from |
1970 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.408 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |