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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0428 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Louis and Lucille in Corona with Lucille Boyd. Audio letter from Floyd Levin. Originally meant to be cataloged in ”Tape Catalog #2, Part 1” (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23), but Louis passed away before entering it. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Dirty, party record (Louis has identified it as "Pussy Story"); Track 2: David Frost interviews Andy Williams (Frost mentions Louis and Swiss Kriss) (speed problems); Track 3: "Rambling Rose" (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: "Crazy Arms" (Louis Armstrong); Track 5: "Don't Fence Me In" (Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton) (low level); Tracks 6-18 : Recording of novelty sound recordings and party records compiled by Tony Janak for Louis Armstrong: "I'm So Horny for Ezio Pinza"; Track 7: unintelligible man shouting; Track 8: comedy routine about man diagnosed with piles; Track 9: "Shave 'Em Dry" (Lucille Bogan); Track 10: "International Crepitation Contest: Lord Windismere's Defiance"; Track 11: "International Crepitation Contest" continued; Track 12: "Silent George"; Track 13: "Ice Man"; Track 14: "Love's Sweet Story"; Track 15: "Love's Sweet Story" continued; Track 16: fake trailer for Lana Turner film, "Betrayed"; Track 17: "Garbage Man" (The Four Aces); Track 18: repeat of "Pussy Story" from track 1. Tracks 19-21: Recording of Louis Armstrong sound recording, "Louis and the Good Book": "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"; Track 20: "Shadrack"; Track 21: "Go Down Moses"; Disc 2, Tracks 1-3: Continuation of "Louis and the Good Book": "Rock My Soul"; Track 2: "Ezekiel Saw De Wheel"; Track 3: "On My Way." Tracks 4-9: Recording of Louis Armstrong sound recording, "Louis and the Angels": "When Did You Leave Heaven"; Track 5: "You're a Heavenly Thing"; Track 6: "I Married an Angel"; Track 7: "A Sinner Kissed an Angel"; Track 8: "Angela Mia"; Track 9: "Angel Child." Tracks 10- : Recording of Louis Armstrong sound recording, "Louis and the Good Book": "Down By the Riverside"; Track 11: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"; Track 12: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child." Tracks 13-22: Louis Armstrong at home in Corona Queens with Lucille Armstrong and Lucille Boyd, August 1970: Louis makes audio message from his "study" ("that's a new name for den," he says) introducing Lucille Boyd; talk about tape recorders; making a copy of this tape for Boyd; Louis lets Boyd sit in his chair; Track 14: Boyd makes an audio message to her grandson Charles; Louis coaches her through it; Louis says he's going back to work now "on those one-nighters" and expects to end up in Norfolk at some point; Track 15: Boyd mentions seeing Louis on television; Louis puts on tape of his 70th birthday concert in Los Angeles at the Shrine; crowd sings "Happy Birthday to You"; Track 16: audio of Hoagy Carmichael and Louis cutting the cake; "Hello, Dolly!" (Louis Armstrong, from the Shrine); while listening, Louis points out they're watching the Mitch Miller Show on TV (then broadcasting on WOR); Track 17: audio report of CBS's coverage of Louis's 70th birthday tributes in Los Angeles; interview him at airport; Louis talks about having enough money to not need to work; plays trumpet every day at home but doctor won't allow it on stage; reporter asks why Louis was so far ahead and Louis responds, "Ask the public" before comparing himself to Joe Louis; Track 18: Louis turns tape off and turns Mitch Miller up; "Rosie" (Mitch Miller); "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" (Mitch Miller); Louis gets tape recorder set up to capture it; Louis says he'll have Jack Bradley make a record of this tape; Louis starts playing the trumpet mouthpiece along with the television; Track 19: Louis warms up on the trumpet during a commercial break, gradually getting stronger in the upper register; "Sound Off" (Mitch Miller); Louis associates "Sound Off" with Chesterfield jingles; Louis sings along a bit; Louis mentions a diet; Track 20: Louis and company watch a march routine and make comments; Louis mentions the "rhythm" of their movements; Track 21: Lucille Armstrong enters with cards for Louis to fill out; notices they're enjoying drinks; they converse; Track 22: conversation continues; Lucille mentions a low-calorie granulated sugar, "Sugar Twin"; commercials on TV; Lucille gets upset about somebody; Disc 3, Tracks 1-5: Conversation with Lucille Boyd continues: Lucille helps Louis spell names and he makes out cards; says he doesn't have his dictionary; "Halls of Montezuma" (Mitch Miller); Miller concludes the episode with a hymn; Track 2: commercials (one for "Holiday on Ice" at Madison Square Garden); small talk continues as Louis continues making out cards; Track 3: conversation about radio; scary movie comes on ("I don't go for this," Lucille says. "It worries me all the time"); more conversation while watching television; Track 4: conversation; mention of Swiss Kriss; Louis says goodbye to Boyd (tells her to hold rail on way down the stairs); Track 5: Louis plays "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" unaccompanied on the trumpet. Track 6: Audio letter from Floyd Levin to Louis, October 24, 1970: mentions Ned Brundage sent a tape of an interview he did with Louis in Las Vegas; mentions hearing Dr. Schiff, Tyree Glenn and Ira Mangel in the background; mentions Louis going to London for the Prince; Louis promised to mail a mouthpiece to Levin; mentions they had a ball in Vegas and they made reservations to see him at the Tropicana; photos they took in Los Angeles; asks about "Vicki"; praises Louis for "The Flip Wilson Show"; Levin's wife says he looked "cute" in his baseball cap; Levin gives Louis his phone number; stops tape briefly to check the level; Levin mentions seeing Barney and Dottie Bigard; Barney just played with "stimulating" musicians in Colorado; Bigard wants to take it easy; going to the Coconut Grove to see Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald; Levin mentions Slim Evans writing long letters; Levin addresses Lucille Armstrong; Track 7: Levin letter continues, with his wife Lucille singing "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" (tape warps); Tracks 8-16: Recording of "The Flip Wilson Show," aired October 22, 1970, featuring Louis: Opening of program; Flip's opening monologue; Track 9: commercial for "Kool Cigarettes"; Track 10: comedy routine featuring Flip, Charlie Kallas, Pat Morita and Laura Greene; Track 11: introduction; Flip sings altered version of "Hello, Dolly!" welcoming Louis; Track 12: "Mack the Knife" (Louis Armstrong); Track 13: comedy routine with Flip, Laura Greene and Charlie Kallas; Track 14: commercial for Rolaids; Track 15: commercial for Trident sugarless gum; Track 16: Flip reads letters from children; comedy routine: Freddie the Swinger (incomplete). |
Tape Information |
Reel 128 according to original tape contents sheet found in box (c. 1970-19 |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Boyd, Lucille Frost, David Levin, Floyd Middleton, Velma Williams, Andy Wilson, Flip |
Search Terms |
Corona David Frost Show, The (television program) Flip Wilson Show (television program) Jokes Louis and the Good Book (album) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Queens |
Year Range from |
1970 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.428 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |