Lil Hardin Armstrong
Her compositions include "Struttin' with Some Barbecue", "Don't Jive Me", "Two Deuces", "Knee Drops", "Doin' the Suzie-Q", "Just for a Thrill" (which was a hit when revived by Ray Charles in 1959), "Clip Joint", and "Bad Boy" (a hit for Ringo Starr in 1978). Armstrong was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2014. |
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 216 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gennett | 11636 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | Working man blues | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 11637 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | Someday, sweetheart | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 11638 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | Krooked blues | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 11639 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | If you want my heart (You got to 'low it, babe) | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Decca | 61945 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Born to swing | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61946 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | (I'm on a) Sit down strike for rhythm | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61947 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Bluer than blue | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61948 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | I'm knockin' at the cabin door | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 62442 | 10-in. | 7/23/1937 | Lindy hop | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 62443 | 10-in. | 7/23/1937 | When I went back home | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 62444 | 10-in. | 7/23/1937 | Let's call it love | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 62445 | 10-in. | 7/23/1937 | You mean so much to me | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 63189 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | Wild man blues | Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63190 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | Melancholy | Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63191 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | 29th and Dearborn | Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63192 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | Blues galore | Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63193 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | Stack O'Lee blues | Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63194 | 10-in. | 1/21/1938 | Shake your can | Johnny Dodds and his Chicago Boys | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63236 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Let's get happy together | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 63237 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Happy today, sad tomorrow | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 63238 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | You shall reap what you sow | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 63239 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Oriental swing | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | vocalist | ||
Decca | 64325 | 10-in. | 7/20/1938 | I got a feeling for you | Tiny Mayberry | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64326 | 10-in. | 7/20/1938 | Someday, someday | Tiny Mayberry | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64327 | 10-in. | 7/20/1938 | Oh! That nasty man | Tiny Mayberry | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Armstrong, Lil Hardin," accessed May 13, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109791.
Armstrong, Lil Hardin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109791.
"Armstrong, Lil Hardin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 May 2024.
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