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Track Listing
1. What a Wonderful World
2. Hello, Dolly
3. Sittin' in the Sun
4. Mack the Knife
5. Kiss to Build a Dream On, A
6. It Takes Two to Tango
7. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
8. Kiss of Fire
9. I Get Ideas, (When We Are Dancin')
10. Gone Fishin' - (with Bing Crosby)
11. Skokiaan
12. La Vie en Rose
13. Dummy Song, The
14. Chloe
15. I Still Get Jealous
16. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
17. Blueberry Hill
18. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Bing Crosby (vocals); Dan Trimboli (alto & tenor saxophone, flute); Jerome Richardson (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Raymond Stanfeld (baritone saxophone); Joe Wilder, Clark Terry, Red Nichols, Charlie Shavers, Bernie Previn (trumpet); Urbie Green, J.J. Johnson, Trummy Young (trombone); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Hank Jones, Bill Kyle, Earl Hines, Buddy Cole, Marty Napoleon, Dave Martin, Bernie Leighton (piano); Art Ryerson, Willard Suyker (guitar); Tony Gattuso (banjo); Russell Savakus, Danny Barcelona, Joe Benjamin, Phil Stevens (bass); Grady Tate, Cozy Cole (drums); Warren Hard (percussion).
Producers include: Bob Thiele, Michael Kapp.
Compilation producer: Andy McKaie.
Recorded between 1949 and 1964. Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald.
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).
As noted jazz historian Will Friedwald points out in his extensive, erudite liner notes for MCA's 1994 compilation LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS, Armstrong had sung throughout his lengthy recording career. But it was only after younger black singers such as Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole broke through pop music's color barrier that producer Milt Gabler repositioned Armstrong as a popular singer in the Crosby/Sinatra mold. It was a wise decision. Even if Armstrong had not made his name as one of the most influential players and bandleaders in jazz history, the image of Louis Armstrong in the last two decades of his career-nattily attired in an immaculate suit behind the microphone, white handkerchief in one hand and rarely-played trumpet in the other-is one of popular music's most enduring archetypes. This well-chosen 18-track compilation collects all of Armstrong's best and most beloved vocal performances and features excellently remastered sound.
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