Louis Armstrong Highlights from His American Decca Years

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The disc is a co production with MCA but although the discogs entry mentions the MCA cat number (052638-2) there is no sign of it on the CD, case or booklet.

Annotation last modified on 2022-06-18 14:22 UTC.

Tracklist

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1The Song Is Ended
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-06-13)
guitar:
Norman Brown (Jazz guitar player active in the 1930s & 1940s) (on 1938-06-13)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1938-06-13)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1938-06-13)
bass vocals:
John Mills, Sr. (on 1938-06-13)
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1938-06-13) and Herbert Mills (on 1938-06-13)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1938-06-13) and The Mills Brothers (on 1938-06-13)
recording of:
The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On) (on 1938-06-13)
lyricist:
Irving Berlin
composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1927)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
3:14
2You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-18)
alto saxophone:
George Koenig (on 1946-01-18) and Bill Stegmeyer (on 1946-01-18)
baritone saxophone:
Milton Schatz (on 1946-01-18)
bass:
Trigger Alpert (on 1946-01-18)
clarinet and reeds:
Bill Stegmeyer (on 1946-01-18)
double bass:
Trigger Alpert (on 1946-01-18)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1946-01-18)
guitar:
Danny Perri (on 1946-01-18)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1946-01-18)
solo trumpet:
Louis Armstrong
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1946-01-18) and Jack Greenberg (on 1946-01-18)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1946-01-18) and Billy Butterfield (on 1946-01-18)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1946-01-18) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1946-01-18)
orchestra:
Bob Haggart and His Orchestra (on 1946-01-18)
conductor:
Bob Haggart (on 1946-01-18)
arranger:
Bob Haggart
cover recording of:
You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (on 1946-01-18)
writer:
Freddy James and Larry Stock
42:55
3You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
recording of:
You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:16
4You Rascal You
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:08
5Gone Fishin’
recording of:
Gone Fishin’
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
52:34
6That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
recording of:
That Lucky Old Sun (on 1949-09-06)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1949)
composer:
Beasley Smith (in 1949)
publisher:
Beasley Smith Music, Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co. and Robbins Music Corp.
3:07
7My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
3:46
8La vie en rose
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-06-26)
alto saxophone:
Hymie Schertzer (on 1950-06-26) and Milt Yaner (on 1950-06-26)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1950-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1950-06-26)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1950-06-26)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1950-06-26)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1950-06-26) and Bill Holcombe (US composer and flutist) (on 1950-06-26)
trombone:
Morton Bullman (on 1950-06-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1950-06-26), Melvin Solomon (on 1950-06-26), Bernie Privin (on 1950-06-26) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1950-06-26)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1950-06-26)
orchestra:
Sy Oliver’s Orchestra (on 1950-06-26)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1950-06-26)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
cover recording of:
La Vie en rose (English translation) (on 1950-06-26)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi)
translator:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
43:26
9Someday
recording of:
Someday
composer:
Louis Armstrong
4:00
10Baby, It’s Cold Outside
live cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1948 song by Frank Loesser)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1949 winner)
5:44
11Your Cheatin’ Heart
cover recording of:
Your Cheatin’ Heart
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Fred Rose Music (BMI-affiliated), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-10-31), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 until 2021-01-06) and Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) (from 2021-01-06 to present)
2:44
12The Gypsy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-10-22)
double bass:
Sandy Block (Jazz bassist, band leader) (on 1953-10-22)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Grady (US jazz drummer) (on 1953-10-22)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1953-10-22)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1953-10-22)
saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1953-10-22)
tenor saxophone:
Al Klink (on 1953-10-22)
trombone:
Cutty Cutshall (on 1953-10-22), Phil Giardina (on 1953-10-22), Lou McGarity (on 1953-10-22) and Jack Satterfield (on 1953-10-22)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1953-10-22), Billy Butterfield (on 1953-10-22), Andy Ferretti (on 1953-10-22) and Carl Poole (US trumpeter) (on 1953-10-22)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1953-10-22)
arranger:
Toots Camarata
recording of:
The Gypsy (on 1953-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
3:19
13Tin Roof Blues
recording of:
Tin Roof Blues (original instrumental version)
composer:
Georg Brunis, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Leon Roppolo and Mel Stitzel
4:53
14Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
producer:
Milt Gabler
bass:
Mort Herbert (on 1958-02-07)
clarinet:
Hank D'Amico (on 1958-02-07)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1958-02-07)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1958-02-07)
organ:
Nickie Tagg (on 1958-02-07)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1958-02-07)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1958-02-07)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1958-02-07)
choir vocals:
The Sy Oliver Choir (on 1958-02-07)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1958-02-07)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1958-02-07)
3:31
15When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)
cover recording of:
When You’re Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You)
lyricist:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter) and Joe Goodwin
composer:
Larry Shay
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
4:04
16Memories of You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-13)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-13) and Hilton Jefferson (on 1956-12-13)
baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and bass saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-13)
bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-13)
flute:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-13)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-13)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-13)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-13)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-13)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-13)
recording of:
Memories of You (on 1956-12-13)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:34
17King of the Zulus
compilation of:
Introduction by Louis Armstrong and King of the Zulus by Louis Armstrong
recording of:
King of the Zulus
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
4:40