The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Louis Armstrong

Originals

Covers

Cover of I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS in 1925
Cover of TIGER RAG in 1925
Cover of ALABAMY BOUND in 1925
Cover of ADAM AND EVE HAD THE BLUES in 1926
Cover of WEST END BLUES in 1928 - three weeks later, with Earl Hines on piano; turned out one of his key standards; it's out there, way in the galaxy, as musical sample on board the Voyager mission
Cover of KING PORTER (A STOMP) in 1928 - idem
Cover of SQUEEZE ME in 1928
Cover of I AIN'T GOT NOBODY in 1929
Cover of WHEN YOU'RE SMILING (THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU) in 1929 - top 20 US
Cover of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' in 1929 - in '44 also in film Atlantic City; see note
Cover of AFTER YOU'VE GONE in 1929 - a hit in '32
Cover of DINAH in 1930
Cover of I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE in 1930
Cover of I WANT A LITTLE GIRL in 1930
Cover of ST. LOUIS BLUES in 1930
Cover of I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME in 1930
Cover of DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND in 1930
Cover of LOOKIN' FOR ANOTHER SWEETIE in 1930 - as I'm Confessin'
Cover of MEMORIES OF YOU in 1930
Cover of MANISERO, EL in 1930 - idem
Cover of SCHÖNER GIGOLO, ARMER GIGOLO in 1930 - idem
Cover of BODY AND SOUL in 1930 - & his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra
Cover of LAZY RIVER in 1931
Cover of STARDUST in 1931 - his version taught the world to swing; what's more: his Potato Head Blues inspired the melody
Cover of WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE in 1931
Cover of GEORGIA ON MY MIND in 1931
Cover of I SURRENDER, DEAR in 1931
Cover of WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME in 1931
Cover of YOU RASCAL, YOU (I'LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD) in 1931 - also used in a Betty Boop cartoon
Cover of THEM THERE EYES in 1931
Cover of I GOT RHYTHM in 1931 - for Okeh
Cover of ALL OF ME in 1932 - n°1 US
Cover of BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA in 1932
Cover of CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN in 1932
Cover of I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES in 1932
Cover of HOME (WHEN SHADOWS FALL) in 1932
Cover of LONESOME ROAD, THE in 1932
Cover of SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE (NOVIOS DE PARADA) in 1932 - top 10 US; B-side of Rockin' Chair
Cover of LITTLE BUTTERCUP in 1932
Cover of SHINE in 1932
Cover of SWEET SUE JUST YOU in 1933 - scatting: Budd Johnson
Cover of I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING in 1933
Cover of YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU in 1935
Cover of I'M SHOOTING HIGH in 1935
Cover of I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE in 1935
Cover of YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR in 1935
Cover of CUCARACHA, LA in 1935
Cover of CARRY ME BACK TO OLE VIRGINNY in 1936
Cover of PENNIES FROM HEAVEN in 1936
Cover of MUSIC GOES AROUND AND AROUND, THE in 1936
Cover of I'M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET in 1936
Cover of RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET in 1936
Cover of ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND in 1937 - hit US
Cover of CUBAN PETE in 1937
Cover of ONCE IN A WHILE in 1938 - for Decca; not to be confused with the Once In A While he cut with his Hot 5 in 1927
Cover of SHADRACH (A BIBLE STORY) in 1938 - for Decca
Cover of NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I SEE in 1938 - with choir
Cover of SHOUT ALL OVER GOD'S HEAVEN in 1938 - as Going To Shout All Over God's Heaven; top 20 US
Cover of LOVE WALKED IN in 1938
Cover of WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN in 1939
Cover of WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, BY AND BY in 1939
Cover of LAZYBONES in 1939
Cover of PERDIDO STREET BLUES in 1940
Cover of WOLVERINE BLUES in 1940
Cover of DO YOU CALL THAT A BUDDY? in 1941
Cover of I COVER THE WATERFRONT in 1941
Cover of LONG LONG AGO in 1941
Cover of SOUVENIRS in 1942
Cover of OH, DIDN'T HE RAMBLE in 1942
Cover of BUDDY BOLDEN'S BLUES in 1943 - idem
Cover of IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T (MA' BABY) in 1944
Cover of COQUETTE in 1945
Cover of I WONDER in 1945
Cover of BLUES IN THE NIGHT in 1945
Cover of MILENBERG JOYS in 1946
Cover of AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE in 1946
Cover of SINCE I FELL FOR YOU in 1947
Cover of C JAM BLUES in 1947 - with Barney Bigard and in '61 as Duke's Place with Duke Ellington
Cover of WIEGENLIED (GUTEN ABEND, GUTE NACHT) OP. 49, N°4 in 1947 - idem
Cover of THAT'S MY DESIRE in 1947
Cover of WHISPERING in 1948
Cover of BLUE MOON in 1949
Cover of THAT LUCKY OLD SUN in 1949
Cover of BLUEBERRY HILL in 1949
Cover of C'EST SI BON in 1950 - English words: Jerry Seelen
Cover of VIE EN ROSE, LA in 1950
Cover of FLEE AS A BIRD in 1950
Cover of BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT, THE in 1950
Cover of BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME in 1950s
Cover of KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON, A in 1951 - later used in film Sleepless In Seattle
Cover of COLD COLD HEART in 1951
Cover of IF in 1951
Cover of HUCKLEBUCK, THE in 1951
Cover of ADIOS MUCHACHOS in 1951 - idem
Cover of IT'S ALL IN THE GAME in 1952
Cover of WHITE CHRISTMAS in 1952
Cover of WINTER WONDERLAND in 1952
Cover of THAT'S A PLENTY in 1952 - vocal version
Cover of I'LL WALK ALONE in 1952
Cover of ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH (FAR AWAY) in 1952 - as (Back Home Again In) Indiana
Cover of ES WAR EINMAL EIN TREUER HUSAR in 1952 - as The Faithful Hussar
Cover of CHOCLO, EL in 1952 - idem
Cover of YOUR CHEATIN' HEART in 1953
Cover of GYPSY, THE in 1953
Cover of COIMBRA (E UMA LIÇÃO DE AMOR) in 1953
Cover of I LOVE PARIS in 1954
Cover of LOST JOHN in 1954 - as Long Gone From Bowling Green
Cover of YELLOW DOG RAG in 1954
Cover of MEMPHIS BLUES, THE in 1954
Cover of BEALE STREET BLUES in 1954
Cover of MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR in 1954 - as Atlanta Blues
Cover of WHIFFENPOOF SONG in 1954 - as Boppenpoof Song
Cover of SKOKIAAN in 1954
Cover of OCHI CHORNYE in 1954
Cover of HONEYSUCKLE ROSE in 1955
Cover of MORITAT VON MACKIE MESSER, DIE in 1955 - first as Theme From The Threepenny Opera, reissued in '59 as Mack The Knife in the watered-down Max Blitzstein version
Cover of SLY MONGOOSE in 1955
Cover of SINCERELY in 1955
Cover of PLEDGING MY LOVE in 1955
Cover of KO KO MO (I LOVE YOU SO) in 1955
Cover of EASY STREET in 1955
Cover of CHEEK TO CHEEK in 1956 - with Ella Fitzgerald
Cover of STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY in 1956
Cover of YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE in 1956
Cover of SOME OF THESE DAYS in 1956
Cover of TENDERLY in 1956 - with Ella Fitzgerald
Cover of HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? in 1957 - with Oscar Peterson
Cover of I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU in 1957
Cover of LET'S DO IT (LET'S FALL IN LOVE) in 1957
Cover of WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN in 1957
Cover of YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME in 1957
Cover of HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? in 1957
Cover of FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD) in 1957
Cover of YOU GO TO MY HEAD in 1957
Cover of CONCERTO FOR COOTIE in 1957
Cover of YOU'RE THE TOP in 1957
Cover of STILLER BULGARISH, DER in 1957
Cover of BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE in 1958
Cover of SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT in 1958 - on LP Swing Low, Sweet Satchmo
Cover of DIDN'T IT RAIN in 1958
Cover of DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY in 1958 - as Ezekiel Saw De Wheel, with the Sy Oliver Choir
Cover of GO DOWN MOSES in 1958
Cover of ROCK MY SOUL in 1958
Cover of YOU'RE BLASE in 1958
Cover of EZEKIEL SAW DE WHEEL in 1958 - with the Sy Oliver Choir
Cover of EAST OF THE SUN (AND WEST OF THE MOON) in 1958
Cover of NEL BLU DIPINTO DI BLU (VOLARE) in 1958
Cover of THAT OLD FEELING in 1959
Cover of ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) in 1959
Cover of I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT in 1960
Cover of DOCTOR JAZZ in 1960
Cover of JELLY ROLL BLUES in 1960
Cover of JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE in 1960
Cover of IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING) in 1961 - with the Duke
Cover of MOOD INDIGO in 1961 - with Duke
Cover of NEVER NO LAMENT in 1961 - with Duke
Cover of SOLITUDE in 1961 - with Duke
Cover of HEY LOOK ME OVER in 1964
Cover of HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN, A in 1964
Cover of IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG TIME in 1964
Cover of SUNFLOWER in 1964 - n°1 US as Hello Dolly; recorded six weeks before Channing
Cover of I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO in 1965
Cover of SOMEDAY SWEETHEART (YOU'LL BE SORRY) in 1966
Cover of CABARET in 1966 - n°1 UK
Cover of WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR in 1968
Cover of ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH in 1968
Cover of SUNRISE SUNSET in 1968
Cover of YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE in 1968 - on Louis In London ('24)
Cover of BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT in 1968
Cover of MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE in 1970
Cover of WE WILL OVERCOME in 1970 - his last recording

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