Louis Armstrong discography
, nicknamed Satchmo 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.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing.
Renowned his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin color was secondary to his music in an America that was extremely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation in the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society which were highly restricted for black men of his era.
Discography
Singles
Year | Title | Label | Credit |
1923 | "Froggie Moore" / "Chimes Blues" | Gennett 5135 | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band |
1923 | "Mandy Lee Blues" / "I'm Going Away to Wear You Off My Mind" | Gennett 5134 | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band |
1923 | "Riverside Blues" / "Mabel's Dream" | Claxtonola 40292 | King Oliver's Jazz Band |
1924 | "Prince of Wails" / "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" | Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra | |
1928 | "Hotter Than That" / "Savoy Blues" | OKeh 8535 | |
1930 | "I Ain't Got Nobody " / "Rockin' Chair" | OKeh 8756 | |
1930 | "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" / "I'm in the Market for You" | Odeon 36141 | |
1930 | "Song of the Islands" / "Blue Turning Grey Over You" | Odeon 36039 | |
1938 | "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity" / "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones" | Decca 15043 | |
1939 | "Jeepers Creepers" / "What Is This Thing Called Swing?" | Decca 2267 | |
1940 | "Marie" / "Sleepy Time Gal" | Decca 3291 | Louis Armstrong and Mills Brothers / Mills Brothers |
1946 | "Endie" / "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" | RCA Victor 20-2087 | |
1949 | "Blueberry Hill" / "That Lucky Old Sun" | Decca 24752 | |
1950 | "La Vie en rose" / "C'est si bon" | Decca 27113 | |
1951 | " I Get Ideas" / "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" | Decca 27720 | |
1952 | "It Takes Two to Tango" / "I Laughed at Love" | Decca 28394 | |
1962 | "Mack the Knife" / "The Faithful Hussar" | CBS CA 281.144 | |
1964 | "Hello, Dolly" / "A Lot of Livin' To Do" | Kapp KL-1364 | |
1967 | "What a Wonderful World" / "Cabaret" | ABC 10982 | |
1968 | "What a Wonderful World" / "Cabaret" | His Master's Voice | |
1968 | "I Will Wait for You" / "Talk to the Animals" |
Original albums
These LPs and EPs were released during Armstrong's lifetime and contained original studio and/or live recordings. The year and label information is for the first vinyl release, unless otherwise noted. Additional information such as number of tracks is given only when necessary to distinguish between different releases under the same title. In most cases, the number of CD releases listed is limited, with preference given to the label that originally released the album.Year | Title | Label | CD release | Credit and additional notes |
1944 | Jazz Classics | Brunswick B-1016 | ||
Unknown | Here's Louis Armstrong | MCA & MCA Coral | Cat# VL7-3851 | |
1951 | Satchmo at Symphony Hall | Decca DL 3087/8038 | 2-LP set; concert recorded November 30, 1947 | |
1951 | Satchmo at Pasadena | Decca | ||
1954 | Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy | Columbia CL 591 | Columbia: 1986, 1997, 1999 | composer W. C. Handy |
1954 | Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers, Volume One | Decca ED 2113 | Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers | |
1955 | Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller | Columbia CL 708 | Columbia: 2000 ; Legacy: 2008 ; Sony Music: 2009 | composer Fats Waller |
1955 | Louis Armstrong at the Crescendo, Vol. 1 | Decca | ||
1956 | Louis Armstrong and Eddie Condon at Newport | Columbia CL-931 | Louis Armstrong & Eddie Condon | |
1956 | Satchmo the Great | Columbia: 1994, 2000 | songs are introduced by excerpts from interviews with Edward R. Murrow | |
1956 | An Evening with Louis Armstrong and His All Stars.. Vols 1 & 2 | In Concert at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium | ||
1956 | Louis Armstrong and His All Stars – Ambassador Satch | Columbia CL 840 | 2009 Legacy: 88697492022 | December 1955 tour of Western Europe, concert recordings Amsterdam, Milan |
1956 | Ella and Louis | Verve MG V-4003 | Verve: 1985, 2000, 2002 | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
1957 | Ella and Louis Again | Verve MGV 4006-2 | Verve: 2003 | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
1957 | I've Got the World on a String | |||
1957 | Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson | Verve | Verve: 1997 | Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson |
1957 | Louis Under the Stars | Verve MGV 4012 | ||
1957 | Louis and the Angels | Decca | Universal/MCA: 2000; Verve: 2001 | |
1958 | Porgy & Bess | Verve MGV 4011-2 | Verve: 1986; Verve Music Group: 2008; Essential Jazz Classics | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
1958 | Louis and the Good Book | Decca DL 8741 | MCA : 1987, 1992; Verve : 2001 | |
1959 | Satchmo in Style | Decca | ||
1959 | The Five Pennies | London SAH-U 6044 | Danny Kaye & Louis Armstrong | |
1959 | Satchmo Plays King Olver | Audio Fidelity ST 91058 | Louis Armstrong | |
1960 | Bing & Satchmo | MGM E3882P | DRG: 2009 | Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong |
1961 | Recording Together for the First Time | Roulette SR52074 | Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington | |
1961 | The Great Reunion | Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington | ||
1962 | The Real Ambassadors | Columbia OL 5850 | CBS: 1990 , 1994 ; Poll Winners: 2012 | with Dave Brubeck, Carmen McRae, and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross |
1964 | Hello, Dolly! | Kapp KL-1364 , KS-3364 | MCA: 2000 | |
1968 | Disney Songs the Satchmo Way | Buena Vista STBV 4044 | Walt Disney: 1996, 2001 | |
1968 | I Will Wait For You | Brunswick BL 754136 | ||
1968 | What a Wonderful World | ABC ABCS 650 | ||
1969 | The One and Only | Vocalion VL 73871 | ||
1970 | Louis Armstrong and His Friends | Flying Dutchman Records AM 12009 |
Posthumous releases
These LPs and CDs were released after Armstrong's 1971 death.- Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits
- Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions
- * Hot Fives & Sevens
- * The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
- Struttin – 8 February 1947 concert with Edmond Hall's All-Stars
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve – repackaging of Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again, and Porgy and Bess
- rereleases of Together For The First Time and The Great Reunion
- * The Great Summit: The Master Takes
- * ' – includes additional CD of alternate takes
- The Legendary Berlin Concert – 22 March 1965 concert with Billy Kyle, Tyree Glenn, Eddie Shu, Arvell Shaw and Danny Barcelona
- The Katanga Concert'' – previously unreleased November 1960 concert in Katanga, Africa with Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Danny Barcelona and Velma Middleton. Also contains 17 tracks that were previously issued on one of two earlier Milan CDs, Blueberry Hill and What a Wonderful World: The Elizabethtown Concert
List of songs recorded
Song title | Year recorded |
Just Gone | 1923-04-05 |
Canal Street Blues | 1923 |
Mandy Lee Blues | 1923 |
I'm Going Away to Wear You Off My Mind | 1923 |
Chimes Blues | 1923 |
Weather Bird Rag | 1923 |
Dipper Mouth Blues | 1923, 1946 |
Froggie Moore | 1923 |
Snake Rag | 1923 |
Sweet Lovin' Man | 1923 |
High Society Rag | 1923 |
Sobbin' Blues | 1923 |
Where Did You Stay Last Night? | 1923 |
Jazzin' Babies' Blues | 1923 |
Buddy's Habit | 1923 |
Tears | 1923 |
I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody | 1923 |
Room Rent Blues | 1923 |
Riverside Blues | 1923 |
Sweet Baby Doll | 1923 |
Workin' Man Blues | 1923 |
Mabel's Dream | 1923 |
Chattanooga Stomp | 1923 |
London Blues | 1923 |
Camp Meeting Blues | 1923 |
New Orleans Stomp | 1923 |
Manda | 1924 |
Go 'Long, Mule | 1924 |
Tell Me Dreamy Eyes | 1924 |
My Rose Marie | 1924 |
Don't Forget You'll Regret Day by Day | 1924 |
Shanghai Shuffle | 1924 |
See See Blues | 1924 |
See See Rider Blues | 1924 |
Jelly Bean Blues | 1924 |
Countin' the Blues | 1924 |
Texas Mooner Blues | 1924 |
Early in the Morning | 1924 |
Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me | 1924 |
One of These Days | 1924 |
My Dream Man | 1924 |
The Meanest Kind of Blues | 1924 |
Naughty Man | 1924 |
How Come You Do Me Like You Do | 1924 |
Araby | 1924 |
Everybody Loves My Baby | 1924 |
Papa, Mama's All Alone Blues | 1924 |
Changeable Daddy of Mine | 1924 |
Terrible Blues | 1924 |
Santa Claus Blues | 1924 |
Baby I Can't Use You No More | 1924 |
Trouble Everywhere I Roam | 1924 |
Prince of Wails | 1924 |
Mandy Make Up Your Mind | 1924 |
Poor House Blues | 1924 |
Anybody Here Want to Try My Cabbage | 1924 |
Thunderstorm Blues | 1924 |
If I Lose, Let Me Lose | 1924 |
Screamin' the Blues | 1924 |
Good Time Flat Blues | 1924 |
I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird | 1924 |
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' | 1924 |
Early Every Morn | 1924 |
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon | 1925 |
I'll See You in My Dreams | 1925 |
Sobbin' Hearted Blues | 1925 |
Cold in Hand Blues | 1925 |
Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? | 1925 |
Bye and Bye | 1925 |
Play Me Slow | 1925 |
Alabamy Bound | 1925 |
Swanee Butterfly | 1925 |
Poplar Street Blues | 1925 |
12th Street Blues | 1925 |
Me Neenyah | 1925 |
You've Got to Beat Me to Keep Me | 1925 |
Mining Camp Blues | 1925 |
Cast Away | 1925 |
Papa De-Da-Da | 1925 |
The World's Jazz Crazy and So Am I | 1925 |
Railroad Blues | 1925 |
Shipwrecked Blues | 1925 |
Court House Blues | 1925 |
My John Blues | 1925 |
Memphis Bound | 1925 |
When You Do What You Do | 1925 |
Just Wait 'Til You See My Baby Do the Charleston | 1925 |
Livin' High Sometimes | 1925 |
Coal Cart Blues | 1925 |
T N T | 1925 |
Carolina Stomp | 1925 |
Squeeze Me | 1925, 1928 |
You Can't Shush Katie | 1925 |
Lucy Long | 1925 |
I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 1925 |
Low Land Blues | 1925 |
Kid Man Blues | 1925 |
Lazy Woman's Blues | 1925 |
Lonesome Lovesick | 1925 |
Gambler's Dream | 1925 |
Sunshine Baby | 1925 |
Adam and Eve Had the Blues | 1925 |
Put it Where I Can Get it | 1925 |
Washwoman Blues | 1925 |
I've Stopped My Man | 1925 |
My Heart | 1925-11-12 |
Yes! I'm In The Barrel | 1925-11-12 |
Gut Bucket Blues | 1925-11-12 |
Come Back Sweet Papa | 1926 |
Lonesome, All Alone And Blue | 1926 |
Trouble In Mind | 1926 |
A Georgia Man | 1926 |
You've Got To Go Home On Time | 1926 |
What Kind O' Man Is That | 1926 |
Deep Water Blues | 1926 |
G'wan, I Told You | 1926 |
Lonesome hours | 1926 |
Georgia Grind | 1926 |
Heebie Jeebies | 1926 |
Cornet Chop Suey | 1926 |
Oriental Strut | 1926 |
You're Next | 1926 |
Muskrat Ramble | 1926 |
A Jealous Woman Like Me | 1926 |
Special Delivery Blues | 1926 |
Jack O'diamond Blues | 1926 |
The Mail Train Blues | 1926 |
I Feel Good | 1926 |
A Man For Every Day Of The Week | 1926 |
After I Say I'm Sorry | 1926 |
Georgia Bo Bo | 1926 |
Static Strut | 1926 |
Stomp Off, Let's Go | 1926 |
Drop That Sack | 1926 |
Willie the Weeper | 1927 |
Wild Man Blues | 1927 |
Melancholy | 1927 |
Dead Drunk Blues | 1927 |
Have You Ever Been Down? | 1927 |
Lazy Man Blues | 1927 |
The Flood Blues | 1927 |
Chicago Breakdown | 1927 |
Alligator Crawl | 1927 |
Potato Head Blues | 1927 |
Weary Blues | 1927 |
Twelfth Street Rag | 1927 |
Keyhole Blues | 1927 |
S. O. L. Blues | 1927 |
Gully Low Blues | 1927 |
That's When I'll Come Back To You | 1927 |
The Last Time | 1927 |
Struttin' With Some Barbeque | 1927 |
Got No Blues | 1927 |
Once In A While | 1927 |
I'm Not Rough | 1927 |
Hotter Than That | 1927 |
Savoy Blues | 1927 |
A Monday Date | 1928 |
Don't Jive Me | 1928 |
West End Blues | 1928 |
Sugar Foot Strut | 1928 |
Two Deuces | 1928 |
Save It Pretty Mama | 1928 |
Weather Bird | 1928 |
Muggles | 1928 |
I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 1928 |
Baby! | 1928 |
I Sweathearts On Parade | 1928 |
I Must Have That Man! | 1928 |
I Heah Me Talkin' To Ya? | 1928 |
St. James Infirmary | 1928 |
St. James Infirmary Blues | 1928 |
Tight Like This | 1928 |
Knockin' A Jug | 1929 |
Mahogany Hall Stomp | 1929 |
S'Posin' | 1929 |
To Be In Love | 1929 |
Funny Feathers | 1929 |
How Do You Do It That Way? | 1929 |
When You're Smiling | 1929 |
After You've Gone | 1929 |
I Ain't Got Nobody | 1929 |
Dallas Blues | 1929 |
Saint Louis Blues | 1929 |
Rockin' Chair | 1929 |
Ain't Misbehavin' | 1929 |
Song of the Islands | 1930-01-24 |
What It Takes To Bring You Back | 1930 |
Bessie Couldn't Help It | 1930-02-01 |
Blue Turning Grey Over You | 1930-02-01 |
Dear Old Southland | 1930-04-05, 1947 |
My Sweet | 1930-04-05 |
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me | 1930-04-05 1956-12-11 |
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy | 1930-07-21 |
If I Could Be with You | 1930-08-19 |
EX-FLAME | 1930 |
Body and Soul | 1930-10-09 |
Memories of You | 1930-10-16 |
You're Lucky to Me | 1930-10-16 |
Sweethearts on Parade | 1930-12-23 |
Just a Gigolo | 1931-03-09 |
Shine | 1931 |
Walkin' My Baby Back Home | 1931 |
I Surrender Dear | 1931 |
When It's Sleepy Time Down South | 1931, 1944 |
Blue Again | 1931 |
Little Joe | 1931 |
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You | 1931 |
Them There Eyes | 1931 |
When Your Lover Has Gone | 1931 |
Lazy River | 1931 |
Chinatown, My Chinatown | 1931, 1932 |
You Can Depend on Me | 1931 |
Georgia On My Mind | 1931 |
The Lonesome Road | 1931 |
I Got Rhythm | 1931 |
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 1932 |
Kickin' the Gong Around | 1932 |
All of Me | 1932 |
Rhapsody in Black and Blue | 1932 |
High Society | 1932, 1933 |
That's My Home | 1932 |
Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train | 1932 |
I Hate to Leave You Now | 1932 |
You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born | 1932 |
Love, You Funny Thing | 1932 - charted in March |
I've Got the World on a String | 1933 |
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 1933 |
Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby | 1933 |
Sittin' in the Dark | 1933 |
He's a Son of the South | 1933 |
Some Sweet Day | 1933 |
Basin Street Blues | 1933 |
Honey, Do! | 1933 |
Snow Ball | 1933 |
Swing You Cats | 1933 |
I'm in the Mood for Love / You Are My Lucky Star | 1935 |
Alexander's Ragtime Band | 1937 |
Public Melody Number One | 1937 |
When the Saints Go Marching In | 1938, 1946 |
No Love No Nothing | 1944 |
Is My Baby Blue Tonight | 1944 |
Blues in the Night | 1944 |
Keep on Jumpin' | 1944 |
Harlem on Parade | 1944 |
1944-06-07 | |
King Porter Stomp | 1944 |
It's Love, Love, Love | 1944 |
Whatcha Say | 1944 |
Groovin' | 1944 |
Baby Don't You Cry | 1944 |
Louise | 1944 |
Goin' My Way? | 1944 |
Sweet and Lovely | 1944 |
Is You or Is You Ain't My Baby | 1944 |
Perdido | 1944 |
Me and Brother Bill | 1944 |
Swingin' on a Star | 1944 |
Confessin' | 1944 |
It Had to be You | 1944 |
Solid Sam | 1944 |
Dance with the Dolly | 1944 |
I'll Walk Alone | 1944 |
Jack-Armstrong Blues | 1944 |
Confessin' that I Love You | 1944 |
I Wonder | 1945 |
Raymond Street Blues | 1946 |
Flee as a Bird | 1946 |
Shimme-Sha-Wabble | 1946 |
Ballin' the Jack | 1946 |
Brahms' Lullaby | 1946 |
The Blues Are Brewin' | 1946 |
Endie | 1946 |
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? | 1946 |
Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans | 1946 |
You Won't Be Satisfied | 1946 and 1947 |
Stompin' at the Savoy | 1947 |
If I Loved You | 1947 |
Mop Mop | 1947 |
Back O'Town Blues | 1947 |
Roll 'Em | 1947 |
I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder | 1947 |
I Believe | 1947 |
Why Douby My Love? | 1947 |
It Takes Time | 1947 |
You Don't Learn That in School | 1947 |
Reminiscin' with Louis | 1947 |
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans and Intro | 1947 |
1947 | |
'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | 1947 |
Pennies from Heaven | 1947 |
Royal Garden Blues | 1947 |
Panama | 1947 |
Someday You'll Be Sorry | 1947 |
Tiger Rag | 1947 |
Before Long | 1947 |
Lovely Weather We're Having | 1947 |
Black and Blue | 1947 |
Lover | 1947 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street | 1947 |
Baby Won't You Please Come Home | 1947 |
That's My Desire | 1947 |
C-Jam Blues | 1947 |
How High the Moon | 1947 |
Boff Boff | 1947 |
Blues from the Sky | 1948 |
The Flat Footed Foogie | 1948 |
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly | 1948 |
Roll | 1948 |
Blue Skies | 1948 |
Velma's Blues | 1948 |
I Cried Last Night | 1948 |
Steak Face | 1948 |
Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues | 1948 |
Stars Fell on Alabama | 1948 |
Buzz Me Baby | 1948 |
Tea for Two | 1948 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 1948 |
Honeysuckle Rose | 1948 |
The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else | 1948 |
Together | 1948 |
Don't Fence Me In | 1948 |
That's a Plenty | 1948 |
East of the Sun | 1948 |
Tin Roof Blues | 1948 |
Little White Lies | 1948 |
Shadrack / When the saints go marching in | 1948 |
Maybe You'll Be There | 1948 |
When We Are Dancing | 1951 |
April in Paris | 1956 |
Autumn in New York | 1957 |
Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way | 1957 |
Hello, Dolly! | 1964 |
What a Wonderful World | 1967 |
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah | 1968 |
Back Home Again in Indiana | 1951 |
Big Butter and Egg Man | 1926 |
Blueberry Hill | 1947 |
C'est si bon | 1950 |
Can't We Be Friends | 1956 |
Cheek to Cheek | 1956 |
Cold, Cold Heart | 1951 |
Cool Yule | 1953 |
Dream a Little Dream of Me | 1950 |
El Choclo | 1952 |
Frankie and Johnny | 1959 |
Get Together | 1970 |
Gone Fishin' | 1951 |
The Gypsy in My Soul | 1957 |
Hey Lawdy Mama | 1941 |
High Society Calypso | 1956 |
I Get Ideas | 1951 |
It's Been a Long, Long Time | 1964 |
Jeepers Creepers | 1938 |
A Kiss to Build a Dream On | 1951 |
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | 1957 |
Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love | 1957 |
Mack the Knife | 1955 |
Moon River | 1964 |
Moonlight in Vermont | 1956 |
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | 1938 |
Now You Has Jazz | 1956 |
On a Little Bamboo Bridge | 1937 |
On My Way | 1958 |
Red Sails in the Sunset | 1935 |
Skokiaan | 1954 |
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | 1958 |
If We Never Meet Again | 1930 |
Standing on the Corner | 1930 |
Stardust | 1931 |
Takes Two to Tango | 1952 |
That Lucky Old Sun | 1949 |
They All Laughed | 1957 |
Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby | 1959 |
La Vie en rose | 1950 |
We Have All the Time in the World | 1969 |
Willow Weep for Me | 1957 |
Winter Wonderland | 1952 |
Makin' Whoopee | 1957 |
I Get a Kick out of You | 1957 |