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Catalog Number |
2003.197.31 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Satchmo Collection |
Description |
Scope: 1965 radio program, ”The Louis Armstrong Story” with announcer, Humphrey Lyttelton. Louis is a guest on the radio program, ”Desert Island Discs.” Recording of "The Big Show" broadcast from March 23, 1952. Louis and friends talk about "Glory Alley." Louis's television appearances on "The Perry Como Show" and "See It Now." Recordings of sound recordings by Charlie Ventura and Elvis Presley. Originally cataloged in ”Tape Catalog #2, Part 1” (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Radio program from June 3, 1965, "The Louis Armstrong Story" with announcer, Humphrey Lyttleton, and the All Stars (Eddie Shu, Tyree Glenn, Billy Kyle, Buddy Catlett, Danny Barcelona): "When it's Sleepy Time Down South" (Louis Armstrong); Track 2: announcer; Track 3: "The Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: Louis talks about New Orleans funerals; Storyville; singing on street corners as a child (sings "Down on the Amazon (My Brazilian Beauty)"); talk about the Waifs' Home; Kid Ory; coal carts; Buddy Bolden; Joe Oliver; Louis talks more about Joe Oliver; talk about closing Storyville; Fate Marable; going to Chicago to play with Joe Oliver; Track 5: "Royal Garden Blues" (Louis Armstrong); Track 6: talk about Chicago; Louis talks about playing with Kid Ory and going to Chicago; talk about Louis's first recordings; Lil Hardin; Louis talks about the origins of jazz; announcer; talk about Louis going to New York; Track 7: "Back O'Town Blues" (Louis Armstrong); Track 8: talk about Louis returning to Chicago; the Hot Five; scat singing; Joe Glaser; talk about Jack Teagarden; Louis talks about playing at Bop City with Jack Teagarden; talk about the late 1920s; Earl Hines; going to New York in 1929; Hollywood; Track 9: "Black and Blue" (Louis Armstrong); Track 10: talk about the 1931 return to New Orleans; 1932 European tour; Louis tells the story about his nickname, "Satchmo"; Louis talks about performing in Europe; Track 11: "Ole Miss" (Louis Armstrong); Track 12: talk about Louis's return to the United States in 1935; the Luis Russell band; Louis talks about "clowning" on stage; talk about Louis going to Hollywood; the Swing era; talk about the renewed interest in New Orleans music; formation of the All Stars; Track 13: "Muskrat Ramble" (Louis Armstrong); Track 14: talk about Louis's world travels; his film career; his illness in Spoleto, Italy; Louis talks about his illness in Spoleto, Italy; announcer; close of program; Louis talks about enjoying music; the Beatles; "Hello Dolly" (Louis Armstrong). Track 15: Louis is a guest on the radio program, "Desert Island Discs": opening of program; announcer talks with Louis about how he chose his desert island discs; Track 16: "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Track 17: talk with Louis about "Mack the Knife"; Track 18: "Mack the Knife" (Louis Armstrong); Track 19: talk with Louis about Buddy Bolden; Louis's childhood; the Waifs' Home; Fate Marable; going to Chicago to play with Joe Oliver; Track 20: "People" (Barbara Streisand); Track 21: announcer talks with Louis about playing with Joe Oliver; going to New York to play with Fletcher Henderson; reading music; singing in church; Louis tells the story about his divorce from Alpha; Louis's first band; Guy Lombardo; Track 22: "Bye Bye Blues" (Guy Lombardo); Track 23: announcer talks with Louis about his professional longevity; taking time off; his health; "Leave it all behind ya"; Disc 2, Track 1: Continuation of Louis as a guest on the radio program, "Desert Island Discs": Louis introduces next recording with Ella Fitzgerald; Track 2: "Bess You is My Woman Now" (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald); Track 3: announcer talks with Louis about Bobby Hackett; Track 4: "New Orleans" (Bobby Hackett); Track 5: announcer talks with Louis about how he spends his spare time; how he would fare on a desert island; Track 6: "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Jack Teagarden); Track 7: talk about "What a Wonderful World"; Track 8: "What a Wonderful World"; Track 9: announcer asks Louis what he would like to take with him to a desert island (records, books, trumpet); close of program; Track 10: Recording of "The Big Show" broadcast from March 23, 1952; Paul Douglas stars in a long excerpt from "Michael Finney and the Little Men"; Track 11: Tallulah Bankhead and Paul Douglas banter; Track 12: "South Rampart Street Parade" (Louis Armstrong from the soundtrack to "Glory Alley"; Louis can be heard talking in the background); Track 13: "Glory Alley" (Louis Armstrong); Track 14: Louis talks about the song "Glory Alley" and some of the additions he's making when he films it; Louis and Lucille joke around; jokes about Louis's glasses; Louis tells a story that his dentist Dr. Manuel Gottlieb told him about a person who came in with hair on his teeth; after much laughter Louis says they're running out of tape and will rehearse tomorrow; Louis says they'll rehearse tomorrow and offers a can of beer; "It's a Most Unusual Day" (Louis Armstrong) (incomplete); Track 15: Back to the recording of "The Big Show" broadcast from March 23, 1952; Tallulah Bankhead comedy routine (incomplete); Track 20: Tallulah Bankhead comedy routine with Morton Downey; Bankhead sings "You Go to My Head" (there's another program running backwards at the same time); Track 16: "I Get Ideas" (Morton Downey) (other program still runs backwards throughout) (incomplete); Disc 3, Track 1: Perry Como television program, March 23, 1956. "Mack the Knife" (Louis Armstrong); Track 2: Louis talks with Perry; mentions Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, England; Louis says, "Cats is cats in any language"; Track 3: "Ko Ko Mo" (Louis Armstrong, Perry Como); Track4: "See it Now" television program with Edward R. Murrow and Louis Armstrong. Opening of show; Armstrong quote; introduction; Louis's European tour; Track 6: "When it's Sleepy Time Down South"; Track 7: Switzerland; Louis talks while a Swiss band plays; Louis plays along; fragment of "When the Saints Go Marching In"; Track 8: fragment of "Back O'Town Blues"; Palermo; fragment of "Mop Mop"; Track 9: "Paris Loves Satchmo"; fragment of "C'est Si Bon". Track 9: Louis and Lucille visit a Paris jazz club; fragment of "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (Claude Luter); Track 9: interview with Louis in Paris; "salad" story; going to Russia; playing in Berlin in 1953; explanation of jazz terms: "Gutbucket" (talk about going to La Scala opera house); talk about Joe Oliver; "Cool"; "Bop"; "Cat"; "Barrelhouse"; nicknames Dipper and Satchmo. Talk about retirement; hard work; Track 12: fragment of "12th Street Rag"; Track 13: continuation of "12th Street Rag"; Disc 4, Track 1: Continuation of "See It Now"; commercial; fragment of "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; Track 2: fragment of "That's My Desire"; Melbourne, Australia; "Blueberry Hill"; Helsinki, Finland; "Kokomo"; Italy; Murrow quotes Hughes Panassie; fragment of "Basin Street Blues"; Tracks 3-14: Recording of 1957 Charlie Ventura sound recording "Charlie Ventura Plays Hi-Fi Jazz." "Running Wild"; Track 4: "Honeysuckle Rose"; Track 5: "When the Saints Go Marchin' In"; Track 6: "It's Only a Paper Moon"; Track 7: "Sweet Sue"; Track 8: "Dark Eyes"; Track 9: "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home"; Track 10: "Stardust"; Track 11: "Sweet Lorraine"; Track 12: "Harvest Moon"; Track 13: "Exactly Like You"; Track 14: "I've Got You Under My Skin"; Tracks 15-25: Recording of 1957 Elvis Presley sound recording "Elvis' Christmas Album." "Santa Claus is Back in Town"; Track 16: "White Christmas"; Track 17: "Here Comes Santa Claus"; Track 18: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"; Track 19: "Blue Christmas"; Track 20: "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me); Track 21: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"; Track 22: "Silent Night"; Track 23: "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)"; Track 24: "I Believe"; Track 25: "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." |
Tape Information |
Reel 29 according to ”Tape Catalog #2, Part 1” (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23) |
People |
Armstrong, Alpha Smith Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bankhead, Tallulah Barcelona, Danny Bolden, Buddy Catlett, Buddy Como, Perry Douglas, Paul Downey, Morton Fitzgerald, Ella Glaser, Joe Glenn, Tyree Gottlieb, Manuel Hackett, Bobby Henderson, Fletcher Hines, Earl Kyle, Billy Lombardo, Guy Luter, Claude Lyttelton, Humphrey Marable, Fate Murrow, Edward R. Oliver, King Ory, Kid Panassie, Hugues Presley, Elvis Russell, Luis Shu, Eddie Teagarden, Jack Ventura, Charlie |
Search Terms |
Beatles Chicago Colored Waif's Home England Glory Alley (motion picture) Italy London Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five New Orleans Paris Satchmo the Great (motion picture) Spoleto (Italy) Switzerland |
Year Range from |
1969 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
2003.197.31 |
Accession number |
2003.197 |