Louis Armstrong - Sings The Blues

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A1	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Written-By – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
A2	Basin Street Blues Written-By – Spencer Williams
A3	St. Louis Blues Written-By – W. C. Handy
A4	The Blues Are Brewin' Written-By – Eddy DeLange*, Lou Alter*
A5	Rockin' Chair Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael
A6	Where The Blues Were In New Orleans Written-By – Bob Carleton, Cliff Dixon*
B1	Blues For Yesterday Written-By – Carr*, Johnstone*
B2	Jack-Armstrong Blues Written-By – Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong
B3	Blues In The South Written-By – Carr*, Johnstone*
B4	Back O' Town Blues Written-By – Louis Armstrong, Luis Russell
B5	Fifty-Fifty Blues Written-By – Billy Moore, Jr.
B6	Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Written-By – Eddy DeLange*, Lou Alter*

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – George Oldham (tracks: A1 to A3), Scoville Brown (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Banjo – Mike McKendrick (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Ernie Caceres (tracks: A5, B2, B5)
• Bass – Al Hall (tracks: A5, B2, B5), Arvell Shaw (tracks: A4, B4), Bill Oldham (tracks: A1, A2), Red Callender (tracks: A6, B1, B3. B6)
• Clarinet – Barney Bigard (tracks: A6, B1, B3, B6)
• Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Peanuts Hucko (tracks: A5, B2, B5)
• Cover – rmjones*
• Drums – George Ballard* (tracks: B4), Cozy Cole (tracks: A5, B2, B5), Edmund McConney (tracks: A4), Minor Hall (tracks: A6, B6), Yank Porter (tracks: A1 to A3), Zutty Singleton (tracks: B1, B3)
• Guitar – Al Casey (tracks: A5, B2, B5), Allan Reuss (tracks: B1, B3), Elmer Warner (tracks: A4. B4)
• Liner Notes – Bill Zeitung
• Piano – Charlie Beal (tracks: A3, A6, B6), Earl Mason (tracks: A4), Ed Swanston (tracks: B4), Johnny Guarnieri (tracks: A5, B2, B5), Leonard Feather (tracks: B1, B3), Teddy Wilson (tracks: A1, A2)
• Saxophone – Amos Gordon (tracks: A4, B4), Don Hill (tracks: A4, B4), Ernest Thompson (tracks: A4, B4), Joe Garland (tracks: A4, B4), John Sparrow (tracks: A4, B4)
• Tenor Saxophone – Bud Johnson* (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Trombone – Russell Moore* (tracks: A4, B4), Adam Martin (tracks: B4), Al Cobbs (tracks: B4), James Whitney (tracks: A4), Keg Johnson (tracks: A1 to A3), Kid Ory (tracks: A6, B6), Nathaniel Allen (tracks: A4), Norman Powe (tracks: B4), Vic Dickenson (tracks: B1, B3), Waddet Williams (tracks: A4)
• Trombone, Vocals – Jack Teagarden (tracks: A5, B2, B5)
• Trumpet – Andrew Ford (tracks: A4, B4), Bobby Hackett (tracks: A5, B2, B5), Ed Mullens (tracks: A4, B4), Elmer Whitlock (tracks: A1 to A3), Louis Gray (tracks: A4), Ludwig Jordan (tracks: B4), Robert Butler (tracks: A4), Bill Scott* (tracks: A6, B4, B6), Zilmer Randolph* (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong
• Tuba – Bob Ysaguire* (tracks: A3)

Notes

A1 recorded January 26, 1933
A2 recorded January 27, 1933
A3 recorded April 26, 1933
A4, A6, and B6 recorded October 17, 1946
A5, B2, and B5 recorded June 10, 1947
B1, B3 recorded September 6, 1946
B4 recorded April 17, 1946
Collector's Series
Made in Italy
Microsolco 33 1/3 Long-Play

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LJ 50011

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LJM-1005	Louis Armstrong	Sings The Blues ‎(LP, Comp, Gat)	RCA Victor	LJM-1005	US	1954
CATLP130	Louis Armstrong	Sings The Blues ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Not Now Music	CATLP130	Europe	2017
A 430 205	Louis Armstrong	Sings The Blues ‎(LP, Comp)	RCA Victor	A 430 205	Europe	Unknown
07863 66244 2	Louis Armstrong	Sings The Blues ‎(CD, Comp)	RCA, Bluebird	07863 66244 2	Germany	1993
EJC 1005	Louis Armstrong	Sings The Blues ‎(3x7", EP, Comp)	RCA Victor	EJC 1005	Canada	1954