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At a recording session for Okeh Records, when the sheet music supposedly fell on the floor, and the music began before Armstrong could pick up the pages, he simply started singing nonsense syllables while Okeh President E.A. Fearn, who was at the session, kept telling him to continue. Armstrong did, thinking the track would be discarded, but ...
Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" [2] and it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951. [ 1 ] It was also performed by Mickey Rooney with William Demarest , by Sally Forrest , and by Kay Brown (virtually the entire cast performed part or all of the song) in the 1951 film The Strip , and was a sort of ...
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), nicknamed Satchmo [1] or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of American popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz.
At the end of his career, every note from Louis Armstrong still exuded the joy of being alive. The 13-track set captures Armstrong and a strong five-piece backing combo recorded before an audience ...
"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.
Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter all that much." Dryden praised Armstrong's duet with Velma Middleton on "You're Just In Love", and "I Want a Butter and Eggman". [1]
The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1938 movie Going Places. [1] It was premiered by Louis Armstrong and has been covered by many other musicians. [2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938 but lost to "Thanks for the Memory". [3]
"Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (also known under its German title "Onkel Satchmo's Lullaby") is a 1959 song, written by Erwin Halletz and Olaf Bradtke, and sung by Louis Armstrong and German singer Gabriele Clonisch, better known as Gabriele, who was 12 years old at the time.