An American Icon, Volume 1

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
recording of:
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange and Cathrine Legardh
writer:
Louis Alter and Eddie DeLange
composer:
Louis Alter
3:02
2Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:45
3Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
recording of:
Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby
lyricist and composer:
Herb Magidson
3:00
4I Want a Little Girl
recording of:
I Want a Little Girl
lyricist:
Billy Moll (songwriter)
composer:
Murray Mencher
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:02
5Sugar
cover recording of:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby o’ Mine)
writer:
Edna Pinkard, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
composer:
Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP) and Robbins Music Corp.
3:26
6(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
recording of:
Black and Blue
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
4:16
7That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
recording of:
That Lucky Old Sun
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1949)
composer:
Beasley Smith (in 1949)
publisher:
Beasley Smith Music, Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co. and Robbins Music Corp.
3:06
8You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
recording of:
You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:16
9That’s for Me
recording of:
That’s for Me (State Fair)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1945)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1945)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair
5:14
10My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
3:46
11La Vie En Rose
cover recording of:
La Vie en rose (English translation)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi)
translator:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
3:26
12Someday
recording of:
Someday
composer:
Louis Armstrong
4:14
13You Can Depend on Me
recording of:
You Can Depend on Me
composer:
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
4:09
14Baby, It’s Cold Outside
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1948 song by Frank Loesser)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1949 winner)
5:46
15You’re Just in Love
performer:
Bing Crosby
recording of:
You’re Just in Love (Call Me Madam)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1950)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Call Me Madam
2:43
16If
recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
3:23
17Gone Fishin’
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1951-04-27)
double bass:
Phil Stephens (bass and tuba player) (on 1951-04-27)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1951-04-27)
guitar:
Perry Botkin (on 1951-04-27)
piano:
Buddy Cole (on 1951-04-27) and Mel Henke (on 1951-04-27)
saxophone:
Warren Baker (on 1951-04-27), Matty Matlock (on 1951-04-27), Irving “Babe” Russin (on 1951-04-27) and Philip Shuken (on 1951-04-27)
trombone:
Bill Atkinson (on 1951-04-27), Wendell Mayhew (on 1951-04-27) and Dick Taylor (jazz trombonist) (on 1951-04-27)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1951-04-27), Bobby Guy (on 1951-04-27) and Red Nichols (on 1951-04-27)
lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1951-04-27) and Bing Crosby (on 1951-04-27)
orchestra and performer:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1951-04-27)
conductor:
John Scott Trotter (on 1951-04-27)
arranger:
John Scott Trotter (on 1951-04-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Music Ltd. (in 1951)
recording of:
Gone Fishin’ (on 1951-04-27)
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
2:33
18A Kiss to Build a Dream On
recording of:
A Kiss to Build a Dream On
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1935) and Bert Kalmar (in 1935)
composer:
Harry Ruby (in 1935)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
part of:
The 24th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The Strip (1951 film)
3:04
19(When We Are Dancin’) I Get Ideas
3:27
20Kiss of Fire
recording of:
Kiss of Fire
lyricist:
Lester Allen (wrote “Kiss of Fire”) and Robert Hill (wrote “Kiss of Fire”)
composer:
Ángel Villoldo (Argentinian musician, lyricist and poet)
version of:
El choclo (Villoldo's original version, written circa 1898–1903)
3:06
21Hesitating Blues
cover recording of:
The Hesitating Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
5:20