The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars

~ Release by Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Muskrat Ramble
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-09-01)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1954-09-01)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1954-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1954-09-01)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1954-09-01)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1954-09-01)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1954-09-01)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1954-09-01)
recording of:
Muskrat Ramble (1950 vocal version) (on 1954-09-01)
lyricist:
Ray Gilbert
composer:
Kid Ory
version of:
Muskrat Ramble (1926 original instrumental version)
2:44
2Medley: Tenderly / You'll Never Walk Alone
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-09-01)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1954-09-01)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1954-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1954-09-01)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1954-09-01)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1954-09-01)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1954-09-01)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Tenderly (on 1954-09-01)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
medley including a instrumental recording of:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) (on 1954-09-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), T.B. Harms Company, The Welk Music Group, Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
7:23
3Yeh!
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1955-04-25)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-04-25)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-04-25)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-04-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-04-25)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-04-25)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25) and Velma Middleton (on 1955-04-25)
2:57
4Mm-Mm
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1955-04-25)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-04-25)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-04-25)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-04-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-04-25)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-04-25)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25) and Velma Middleton (on 1955-04-25)
2:32
5Baby, Your Sleep Is Showing
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1955-04-25)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-04-25)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-04-25)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-04-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-04-25)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-04-25)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25) and Velma Middleton (on 1955-04-25)
2:39
6Tin Roof Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1955-04-25)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-04-25)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-04-25)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-04-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-04-25)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-04-25)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25)
recording of:
Tin Roof Blues (original instrumental version) (on 1955-04-25)
composer:
Georg Brunis, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Leon Roppolo and Mel Stitzel
3:19
7Pretty Little Missy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1955-04-25)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-04-25)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-04-25)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-04-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-04-25)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-04-25)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-04-25)
recording of:
Pretty Little Missy (on 1955-04-25)
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Billy Kyle
3:04
8Easy Street
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-09-09)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-09-09)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-09-09)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-09-09)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-09-09)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-09-09)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-09-09)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-09-09) and Gary Crosby (son of Bing) (on 1955-09-09)
recording of:
Easy Street (on 1955-09-09)
lyricist and composer:
Alan Rankin Jones
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Johnstone-Montei Music and Robert Mellin Ltd.
2:50
9Lazy Bones
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-09-09)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1955-09-09)
double bass:
Arvell Shaw (on 1955-09-09)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1955-09-09)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1955-09-09)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1955-09-09)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-09-09)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1955-09-09) and Gary Crosby (son of Bing) (on 1955-09-09)
recording of:
Lazy Bones (on 1955-09-09)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
2:59
10If I Could Be With You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-11)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-11)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-11)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1956-12-11)
double bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-11)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-12-11)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (on 1956-12-11)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1926)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1926)
3:21
11Lazy River
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-11)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-11)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-11)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1956-12-11)
double bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-11)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-12-11)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
Lazy River (on 1956-12-11)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Sidney Arodin and Hoagy Carmichael
3:52
12I Can't Give You Anything but Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-11)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-11)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-11)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1956-12-11)
double bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-11)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-12-11)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1956-12-11)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (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)
4:24
13On the Sunny Side of the Street
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-11)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-11)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-11)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1956-12-11)
double bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-11)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-12-11)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1956-12-11)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
5:52
14I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-11)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-11)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-11)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1956-12-11)
double bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-11)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-12-11)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me (on 1956-12-11)
lyricist:
Clarence Gaskill
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
3:30
15Body and Soul
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-11)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1956-12-11)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1956-12-11)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1956-12-11)
double bass:
Squire Gersh (US jazz bassist/tuba player, aka Squire Girsback) (on 1956-12-11)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (on 1956-12-11)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1956-12-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1956-12-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1956-12-11)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1956-12-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-12-11)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1956-12-11)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1956-12-11)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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