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Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story, 1900–1971. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306803246. Riccardi, Ricky (2012). What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years. New York: Vintage. ISBN 9780307473295. OCLC 798285020. —— (2020). Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. New York: Oxford University Press.
In the film Going Places, Louis Armstrong sang the song to a racehorse named Jeepers Creepers. [1] The phrase "jeepers creepers", a minced oath for "Jesus Christ", predates both the song and film. [1] Mercer said that the title came from a Henry Fonda line in an earlier movie. [2] The lyrics include: Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
"We Have All the Time in the World" is a James Bond theme song performed by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David.It is a secondary musical theme in the 1969 Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the title theme being the instrumental "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", also composed by Barry.
The second section especially quotes directly from the spiritual; and it dominates the texture of the fourth section. [ 9 ] American violinist Maud Powell was the first white solo concert artist to perform classical arrangements of spirituals in concerts, and that is where she also interpreted classical and contemporary pieces by composers like ...
Louis Armstrong made his first, and highly influential, recording of the song in August 1930, [3] and continued to play it throughout his career. [4] Unlike the crooners, Armstrong did not try to deliver the original song's lyrics or melody; instead, he smeared and dropped lyrics and added melodic scat breaks. [5]
"Heebie Jeebies" is a composition written by Boyd Atkins which achieved fame when it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1926. [2] Armstrong also performed "Heebie Jeebies" as a number at the Vendome Theatre. [3] The recording on Okeh Records by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five includes a famous example of scat singing by Armstrong. [4]
The "What a Wonderful World" singer had a voracious appetite. He loved New Orleans classics like gumbo, po' boys and Chartres Street trout. The post Louis Armstrong’s Top 10 Favorite Foods ...
[2] The lyrics take the form of threats and complaints leveled against a man who has repaid the singer's hospitality and kindness by running off with the singer's wife. Popular versions of the song were released by The Mills Brothers (#3 Pop, 1932), Red Nichols & His Five Pennies (#17 Pop, 1931), Cab Calloway (#17 Pop, 1931) and Louis Armstrong ...