The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1That's My Home
recording of:
That’s My Home
composer:
Ben Ellison, Leon René and Otis René
3:14
2Medley of Armstrong Hits: I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You / When It's Sleepy Time Down South / Nobody's Sweetheart
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1932-12-21)
alto saxophone:
Arthur Davey (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1932-12-21) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1932-12-21)
banjo, guitar and trombone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1932-12-21)
drums (drum set):
Benny Hill (US jazz drummer, active 1930s) (on 1932-12-21)
piano:
Wesley Robinson (US jazz pianist) (on 1932-12-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ellsworth Blake (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1932-12-21)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-21) and Charlie Gaines (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1932-12-21)
tuba [brass bass]:
Ed Hayes (US jazz bassist/tuba player) (on 1932-12-21)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-21)
medley including a recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1932-12-21)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
medley including a recording of:
Nobody’s Sweetheart (on 1932-12-21)
lyricist:
Ernie Erdman and Gus Kahn
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter) and Elmer Schoebel
medley including a recording of:
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (on 1932-12-21)
lyricist:
Leon René and Otis René
composer:
Clarence Muse
publisher:
Leon Rene Publication, Mills Music, Inc. and Otis Rene Publication
4:26
3I've Got the World on a String
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-26)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1933-01-26)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (Double Bass Player) (on 1933-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1933-01-26)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-01-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-26) and Elmer Whitlock (US trumpet player) (on 1933-01-26)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26)
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String (on 1933-01-26)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:17
4I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-26)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1933-01-26)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (Double Bass Player) (on 1933-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1933-01-26)
guitar:
Big Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1933-01-26)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-01-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-26) and Elmer Whitlock (US trumpet player) (on 1933-01-26)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26)
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (on 1933-01-26)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
3:01
5High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
3:27
6Basin Street Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-27)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1933-01-27)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (Double Bass Player) (on 1933-01-27)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1933-01-27)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-27)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-01-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-27) and Elmer Whitlock (US trumpet player) (on 1933-01-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27)
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1933-01-27)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
3:27
7Mahogany Hall Stomp
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-28)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-28) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-28)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1933-01-28)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-28), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-28) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-28)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (Double Bass Player) (on 1933-01-28)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1933-01-28)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-28)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-28)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-01-28)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-28), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-28) and Elmer Whitlock (US trumpet player) (on 1933-01-28)
recording of:
Mahogany Hall Stomp (on 1933-01-28)
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
2:37
8St. Louis Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-04-26)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-04-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-04-26)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1933-04-26)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-04-26), Budd Johnson (on 1933-04-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-04-26)
drums (drum set):
Harry Dial (on 1933-04-26)
piano:
Charlie Beal (on 1933-04-26)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-04-26)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1933-04-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-04-26), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-04-26) and Elmer Whitlock (US trumpet player) (on 1933-04-26)
tuba:
Bill Oldham (Double Bass Player) (on 1933-04-26)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1933-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
2:44
9Blue Yodel Number 9
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1930-07-16)
piano:
Lillian Hardin Armstrong (on 1930-07-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1930-07-16)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1930-07-16)
recording of:
Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin’ on the Corner) (on 1930-07-16)
writer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
part of:
Blue Yodels by Jimmie Rodgers
32:41
10Long, Long Journey
4:33
11Back O' Town Blues
recording of:
Back o’ Town Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Luis Russell
3:18
12Sugar
cover recording of:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby o’ Mine)
composer:
Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP)
3:26
13Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
recording of:
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange and Cathrine Legardh
composer:
Louis Alter
3:02
14Ain't Misbehavin'
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:55
15Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
5:11
16Jack-Armstrong Blues
recording of:
Jack‐Armstrong Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden
2:59