The Great American Songbook

Album The Great American Songbook by Louis Armstrong

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The Great American Songbook
Disc #-Track #Song
Composer Lyrics Arranger
Musicinas
Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists
Recording DateRecording LocationAttribution
1-1Stardust

Music:Hoagy Carmichael , Lyrics:Mitchell Parish
Lester Boone(as,cl),George James(as,ss,cl),Albert Washington(ts,bs,cl),Zilner Randolph(tp),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Preston Jackson(tb),Mike McKendrick(bjo),Charlie Alexander(p),John Lindsay(b),Tubby Hall(d) 11/4 1931
  • Chicago,IL
    1-2I’ve Got The World On A String

    Music:Harold Arlen , Lyrics:Ted Koehler
    Louis Armstrong(vo,tp),George Oldh,Scoville Johnson(as,cl),Albert “Budd”(ts,cl),Ellis Whitlock,Zilner Randolph(tp),Keg Johnson(tb),Mike McKendrick(bjo),Teddy Wilson(p),Bill Oldham(b),Yank Porter(d) 1/26 1933
    • Chicago,IL
      1-3Memories Of You

      Music:Eubie Blake , Lyrics:Andy Razaf
      Marvin Johnson(as),Les Hite(as,bs),Charlie Jones(ts,cl),George Orrendorff,Harold Scott(tp),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Luther Graven(tb),Joe Bailey(tub,b),Bill Perkins(bjo),Henry Prince(p),Lionel Hampton(d,vib) & His New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra 10/16 1930
      • LA,CA
        1-4I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me

        Music:Jimmy McHugh , Lyrics:Clarence Gaskill
        Louis Armstrong(vo,tp),Theodore McCord(as),Bobby Holmes(as,cl),Castor McCord(ts,cl),Ed Anderson(tp),Henry Hicks(tb),Lavert Hutchinson(tub),Bernard Addison(gt),Joe Turner[OR Buck Washington](p),Willie Lynch(d) 4/5 1930
        • NY,NY
          1-5When Your Lover Has Gone

          Music:Einar A. Swan
          Lester Boone(as,cl),George James(as,ss,cl),Albert Washington(ts,bs,cl),Zilner Randolph(tp),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Preston Jackson(tb),Mike McKendrick(bjo),Charlie Alexander(p),John Lindsay(b),Tubby Hall(d) 4/29 1931
          • Chicago,IL
            1-6I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby

            Music:Jimmy McHugh , Lyrics:Dorothy Fields
            Louis Armstrong(vo,tp),Albert Nicholas,Charlie Holmes(as),Teddy Hill(ts),J.C. Higginbotham(tb),Lonnie Johnson(gt),Eddie Condon(bjo),Luis Russell(p),Pops Foster(b),Paul Barbarin(d) 3/5 1929
            • NY,NY
              1-7All Of Me

              Music:Gerald Marks , Lyrics:Seymour Simons
              Lester Boone(as,cl),George James(as,ss,cl),Albert Washington(ts,bs,cl),Zilner Randolph(tp),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Preston Jackson(tb),Mike McKendrick(bjo),Charlie Alexander(p),John Lindsay(b),Tubby Hall(d) 1/27 1932
              • Chicago,IL
                1-8Body And Soul

                Music:Johnny Green , Lyrics:Edward Heyman,Frank Eyton,Robert Sour
                Marvin Johnson(as),Les Hite(as,bs),Charlie Jones(ts,cl),George Orrendorff,Harold Scott(tp),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Luther Graven(tb),Joe Bailey(tub,b),Bill Perkins(bjo),Henry Prince(p),Lionel Hampton(d,vib) & His New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra 10/9 1930
                • LA,CA
                  1-9(Up A) Lazy River

                  Music:Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin
                  Lester Boone(as,cl),George James(as,ss,cl),Albert Washington(ts,bs,cl),Zilner Randolph(tp),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Preston Jackson(tb),Mike McKendrick(bjo),Charlie Alexander(p),John Lindsay(b),Tubby Hall(d) 11/3 1931
                  • Chicago,IL
                    1-10Ain’t Misbehavin’

                    Music:Fats Waller,Harry Brooks , Lyrics:Andy Razaf
                    Peanuts Hucko(cl),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Bobby Hackett(cor),Jack Teagarden(tb),Dick Carey(p),Bob Haggart(b),Sid Catlett(d) 5/17 1947
                    • Town Hall,NY,NY
                      1-11Pennies From Heaven

                      Music:Arthur Johnston , Lyrics:Johnny Burke
                      Peanuts Hucko(cl),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Bobby Hackett(cor),Jack Teagarden(tb),Dick Carey(p),Bob Haggart(b),Sid Catlett(d) 5/17 1947
                      • Town Hall,NY,NY
                        1-12On The Sunny Side Of The Street

                        Music:Jimmy McHugh , Lyrics:Dorothy Fields
                        Trummy Young(vo),Edmond Hall(cl),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Billy Kyle(p),Arvell Shaw(b),Barrett Deems(d) 1/1 1957
                          1-13Rockin’ Chair

                          Music:Hoagy Carmichael
                          Louis Armstrong(vo,tp),Peanuts Hucko(cl),Bobby Hackett(cor),Jack Teagarden(tb),Billy Kyle(p),Mort Herbert(b),Danny Barcelona(d) 7/6 1958
                          • Freebody Park,Newport,RI
                            1-14Mack The Knife (Moritat)

                            Music:Kurt Weill , Lyrics:Bertolt Brecht,(Eng: Marc Blitzstein)
                            Barney Bigard[OR Edmond Hall](cl),Louis Armstrong(tp,vo),Trummy Young(tb),Billy Kyle(p),Arvell Shaw(b),Barrett Deems(d) 9/28 1955
                            • LA,CA