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Thirty Key Recordings by Louis Armstrong

Compiled by Terry Teachout in Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong

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1. "Chimes Blues" (Gennett, 1923, with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band)

2. "Texas Moaner Blues" (OKeh, 1924 with Sidney Bechet and Clarence Williams Blue Five)

3. "St. Louis Blues" (Columbia, 1925 with Bessie Smith)

4. "Heebie Jeebies" (OKeh, 1926, with the Hot Five)

5. "Cornet Chop Suey" (OKeh, 1926, with the Hot Five)

6. "Potato Head Blues" (OKeh, 1927, with the Hot Seven)

7. "Hotter than That" (OKeh, 1927, with Lonnie Johnson and the Hot Five)

8. "West End Blues" (OKeh, 1928, with Earl Hines and the Hot Five)

9. "Weather Bird" (OKeh, 1928, with Earl Hines)

13. "Star Dust" (OKeh, 1931, first take)

15. "Darling Nelly Gray" (Decca, 1937, with the Mills Brothers)

16. "Jubilee" (Decca, 1938)

18. "Jeepers Creepers" (Decca, 1939, with Sid Catlett)

19. "Sleepy Time Down South" (Decca, 1941)

20. "Snafu" (Victor, 1946, with the Esquire All-American 1946 Award Winners)

21. "Back o'Town Blues" (Victor, 1947, with Jack Teagarden, Bobby Hackett, and Sid Catlett at Town Hall)

22. "Blueberry Hill" (Decca, 1949)

23. "New Orleans Function" (Deca, 1950, with EarlHines, Jack Teagarden, and the All Stars)

24. You Rascal You" (Decca, 1950, with Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five)

25. "Mack the Knife" (Columbia, 1955, with the All Stars)

26. "King of the Zulus" (Decca, 1957, with the All Stars, from Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography)

27. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Verve, 1957, with the Oscar Peterson Trio, from Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson)

28. "Black and Tan Fantasy" (Impulse, 1961, with Duke Ellington and the All Stars, from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington)

29. "Summer Song" (Columbia, 1961, with Dave Brubeck, from the Real Ambassadors)

30. "Hello, Dolly!" (Kapp, 1963, with the All Stars)