Station Archive

Tonight’s show is a retrospective on Louis Armstrong’s career, with selections from across the decades:

• Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, Potato Head Blues, 1927

From 1928 – 31: 

• What Did I Do to Be So Black And Blue
• The Peanut Vendor
• Louis Armstrong Orchestra:
• When You're Smiling
• On the Sunny Side of the Street
• Red Sails in the Sunset
• Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday, Farewell to Storyville
• Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Atlanta Blues
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Can't We Be Friends
• Louis Armstrong & Russell Garcia, Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way
• Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Struttin' with Some Barbecue
• Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver, I Can't Give You Anything but Love
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, Dec. 17, 1961)
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Azalea

Louis Armstrong vocals, 1960s:

• A Kiss to Build a Dream On
• What a Wonderful World