Waif's Home

Snake Rag
Sweet Lovin' Man
High Society Rag
Sobbin' Blues
Where Did You Stay Last Night?
Dipper Mouth Blues
Jazzin' Babies' Blues

Recording Session

October 1923

(Richmond)

Alligator Hop
Zulus Ball
Workingman Blues
Krooked Blues

Recording Session

October 1923

Chattanooga Stomp
Camp Meeting Blues
New Orleans Stomp
London (Cafe) Blues
Buddy's Habit
Tears
I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody
Room Rent Blues
Riverside Blues
Sweet Baby Doll
Working Man Blues
Mabel's Dream

Recording Session

December 1923

Mabel's Dream
The Southern Stomps
Riverside Blues

Collection Item

1923

Armstrong Milestone

September 1924

Armstrong Moves to New York to Join Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra

Collection Item

1924

Recording Session

November 1925

Gut Bucket Blues
My Heart
Yes! I'm in the Barrel

Collection Item

1925

Recording Session

February 1926

Come Back, Sweet Papa
Georgia Grind
Heebie Jeebies
Cornet Chop Suey
Oriental Strut
You're Next
Muskrat Ramble

Recording Session

May 1926

Georgia Bo Bo
Drop That Sack

Recording Session

June 1926

Don't Forget to Mess Around
I'm Gonna Gitcha
Droppin' Shucks
Who'sit
Sweet Little Papa
King of the Zulus
Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa
Lonesome Blues
Jazz Lips

Recording Session

November 1926

Skid-Dat-De-Dat
Big Butter and Egg Man
Sunset Cafe Stomp
You Made Me Love You
Irish Black Bottom
Put 'Em Down Blues

Collection Item

1926

Recording Session

April 1927

Weary Blues
New Orleans Stomp
Wild Man Blues
Melancholy

Recording Session

May 1927

Willie the Weeper
Wild Man Blues
Chicago Breakdown
Alligator Crawl
Potato Head Blues
Melancholy
Weary Blues
Twelfth Street Rag
Keyhole Blues
S.O.L. Blues
Gully Low Blues
That's When I'll Come Back to You

Recording Session

September 1927

You're a Real Sweetheart
Was It a Dream?

Recording Session

December 1927

Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me
Put It Where I Can Get It
I'm Not Rough
Hotter Than That
Savoy Blues
I'm Not Rough

Collection Item

1927

Recording Session

June 1928

Fireworks
Skip the Gutter
A Monday Date
Don't Jive Me
West End Blues
Sugar Foot Strut
Two Deuces
Squeeze Me
Knee Drops
Squeeze Me

Recording Session

July 1928

Knee Drops

Recording Session

December 1928

No One Else But You
Beau Koo Jack
Save It, Pretty Mama
Muggles
Weather Bird
Knockin' a Jug
St. James Infirmary
Basin Street Blues
Tight Like This
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

Collection Item

1928

Recording Session

March 1929

I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Mahogany Hall Stomp

Armstrong Milestone

June 1929

Armstrong Returns to New York, Stars on Broadway in Hot Chocolates

Recording Session

July 1929

Ain't Misbehavin
Black and Blue
That Rhythm Man
Sweet Savannah Sue

Recording Session

September 1929

Some of These Days
Some of These Days (vocal version)
When You're Smiling
When You're Smiling (vocal version)

Cultural Context

October 1929

The Great Depression Begins, Straining the Recording Industry

Recording Session

November 1929

After You've Gone

Recording Session

December 1929

I Ain't Got Nobody
Dallas Blues
Rockin' Chair
St. Louis Blues

Collection Item

1929

Okeh 8680 | Mahogany Hall Stomp | Mahogany Hall Stomp

Recording Session

January 1930

Song of the Islands

Recording Session

February 1930

Bessie Couldn't Help It
Blue Turning Grey Over You

Recording Session

April 1930

My Sweet
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me

Recording Session

May 1930

Indian Cradle Song
Exactly Like You
Dinah
Tiger Rag

Recording Session

July 1930

I'm on the Market for You
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)

Recording Session

August 1930

If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

Recording Session

October 1930

Body and Soul
Memories of You
You're Lucky to Me

Recording Session

December 1930

Sweethearts on Parade
You're Drivin' Me Crazy
The Peanut Vendor

Collection Item

1930

Recording Session

March 1931

Just a Gigolo
Shine

Recording Session

April 1931

Walkin' My Baby Back Home
I Surrender Dear
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Blue Again
Little Joe
You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)
Them There Eyes
When Your Lover Has Gone

Recording Session

November 1931

Lazy River
Chinatown, My Chinatown
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Stardust
You Can Depend on Me
Georgia on My Mind
The Lonesome Road
I Got Rhythm

Collection Item

1931

Recording Session

January 1932

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Kickin' the Gong Around
All of Me
Home (When Shadows Fall)

Recording Session

March 1932

Love, You Funny Thing
The New Tiger Rag
Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long

Armstrong Milestone

July 1932

Armstrong Embarks on His First European Tour

Recording Session

December 1932

(Camden)

That's My Home
Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
I Hate to Leave You Now
You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born

Recording Session

January 1933

I've Got the World on a String
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby
Sittin' in the Dark
High Society
He's a Son of the South
Some Sweet Day
Basin Street Blues
Honey, Do!
Snowball
Mahogany Hall Stomp
Swing You Cats

Recording Session

April 1933

Honey, Don't You Love Me Anymore?
Mississippi Basin
Laughin' Louie
Dusky Stevedore
Tomorrow Night (After Tonight)
There's a Cabin in the Pines
Mighty River
Sweet Sue, Just You
I Wonder Who
St. Louis Blues
Don't Play Me Cheap

Armstrong Milestone

July 1933

Manager Johnny Collins Strands Armstrong in Europe

Collection Item

1933

Recording Session

November 1934

(Paris)

St. Louis Blues
Tiger Rag
Will You, Won't You Be My Baby
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Part 1 & 2)
Song of the Vipers

Collection Item

1934

"To Harry" Publicity Shot

Armstrong Milestone

May 1935

Armstrong Hires Joe Glaser as His New Manager

Recording Session

October 1935

I'm in the Mood for Love
You Are My Lucky Star
La Cucaracha
Got a Bran' New Suit

Recording Session

November 1935

I've Got My Fingers Crossed
Old Man Mose
I'm Shooting High
Was I to Blame for Falling in Love With You

Recording Session

December 1935

Red Sails in the Sunset
On Treasure Island
Thanks a Million
Shoe Shine Boy
Solitude
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music

Collection Item

1935

Recording Session

January 1936

The Music Goes 'Round and Around
Rhythm Saved the World

Recording Session

February 1936

I'm Puttin' All My Eggs in One Basket

Recording Session

April 1936

Somebody Stole My Break
I Come From a Musical Family
If We Never Meet Again

Recording Session

May 1936

Lyin' to Myself
Ev'ntide
Swing That Music
Thankful
Red Nose
Mahogany Hall Stomp

Collection Item

1936

"Pennies from Heaven" Publicity Shot

Recording Session

July 1937

Public Melody Number One
Yours and Mine
Red Cap
She's the Daughter of a Planter From Havana
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Cuban Pete
I've Got a Heart Full of Rhythm
Sun Showers

Recording Session

November 1937

Once in a While
On the Sunny Side of the Street

Recording Session

January 1938

Satchel Mouth Swing
Jubilee
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
The Trumpet Player's Lament
I Double Dare You
True Confession
Let That Be a Lesson to You
Sweet as a Song

Recording Session

May 1938

Mexican Swing
When the Saints Go Marching In
On the Sentimental Side
It's Wonderful
Something Tells Me
Love Walked In

Recording Session

June 1938

Naturally
I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Ain't Misbehavin

Collection Item

1938

Photograph with Presto Record Lathe

Recording Session

January 1939

Jeepers Creepers
What Is This Thing Called Swing?

Recording Session

April 1939

Hear Me Talkin' to Ya
Save It Pretty Mama
West End Blues
Savoy Blues
Confessin' That I Love You
Our Monday Date
Me and Brother Bill

Recording Session

June 1939

Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Shanty Boat on the Mississippi

Cultural Context

September 1939

World War II Begins, Disrupting Touring and Record Production

Recording Session

December 1939

Poor Old Joe
You're a Lucky Guy
You're Just a No Account
Bye and Bye

Collection Item

1939

Recording Session

March 1940

Hep Cats' Ball
You've Got Me Voodoo'd
Harlem Stomp
Wolverine Blues
Lazy 'Sippi Steamer

Recording Session

April 1940

W.P.A.
Boog-It
Cherry
Marie

Recording Session

May 1940

Sweethearts on Parade
You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business
Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty
Cain and Abel
Perdido Street Blues
2:19 Blues
Down in Honky Tonk Town
Coal Cart Blues

Collection Item

1940

Recording Session

March 1941

Ev'rything's Been Done Before
I Cover the Waterfront
In the Gloaming
Long, Long Ago

Recording Session

April 1941

Hey Lawdy Mama
I'll Get Mine Bye and Bye
Now Do You Call That a Buddy
Yes Suh!

Recording Session

November 1941

When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Leap Frog
I Used to Love You (But It's All Over Now)
You Rascal You

Recording Session

April 1942

(Get Some) Cash for Your Trash
Among My Souvenirs
Coquette
I Never Knew

Cultural Context

August 1942

First AFM Recording Ban Begins - major labels halt studio recording amid musicians' union dispute

Collection Item

1942

1942 Matchbook Cover

Armstrong Milestone

1943

Armstrong Settles Permanently in Corona, Queens

Collection Item

1943

Cultural Context

November 1944

First AFM Recording Ban Ends - Victor and Columbia settle with the union

Recording Session

January 1945

Jodie Man
I Wonder

Cultural Context

August 1945

World War II Ends

Recording Session

January 1946

Long, Long Journey
Snafu
You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
The Frim Fram Sauce

Recording Session

April 1946

Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
Whatta Ya Gonna Do
No Variety Blues
Joseph 'N' His Brudders
Back O' Town Blues

Recording Session

September 1946

I Want a Little Girl
Sugar
Blues for Yesterday
Blues in the South

Recording Session

October 1946

Endie
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans
Mahogany Hall Stomp

Collection Item

1946

1946 Photo Folder Souvenir

Recording Session

March 1947

I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
I Believe
It Takes Time
You Don't Learn That in School

Recording Session

May 1947

Ain't Misbehavin'
Rockin' Chair
Back O' Town Blues
Pennies From Heaven
Save It Pretty Mama
St. James Infirmary

Recording Session

June 1947

Jack-Armstrong Blues
Rockin' Chair
Some Day You'll Be Sorry
Fifty-Fifty Blues

Recording Session

October 1947

A Song Was Born
Please Stop Playin' Those Blues, Boy
Before Long
Lovely Weather We're Having

Collection Item

1947

Cultural Context

January 1948

Second AFM Recording Ban Begins - second industry-wide halt on studio recording

Cultural Context

December 1948

Second AFM Recording Ban Ends

Collection Item

1948

Recording Session

September 1949

Maybe It's Because
I'll Keep the Lovelight Burning
That Lucky Old Sun
Blueberry Hill
You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
My Sweet Hunk o' Trash

Collection Item

1949

Shreveport Newspaper Advertisement

Recording Session

April 1950

New Orleans Function (Part 1)
New Orleans Function (Part 2)

Recording Session

June 1950

La Vie En Rose
C'est Si Bon

Recording Session

August 1950

Life Is So Peculiar
You Rascal You
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!)
Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat
That's What the Man Said

Recording Session

February 1951

You're Just in Love
If

Recording Session

April 1951

Unless
You're the Apple of My Eye
(Give Me) A Kiss to Build a Dream On (All-Stars version)
Gone Fishin'

Recording Session

July 1951

A Kiss to Build a Dream On
I Get Ideas

Recording Session

September 1951

Cold, Cold Heart
Because of You

Recording Session

November 1951

Necessary Evil
Oops!
Would You Like to Take a Walk
Who Walks In (When I Walk Out)
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
It's All in the Game

Recording Session

December 1951

When It's Sleepy Time Down South (remake)

Recording Session

April 1952

(Denver)

I'll Walk Alone
Kiss of Fire

Recording Session

August 1952

I Laughed at Love
It Takes Two to Tango

Recording Session

September 1952

White Christmas
Winter Wonderland

Collection Item

1952

Recording Session

February 1953

(Detroit)

Your Cheatin' Heart
Congratulations to Someone

Recording Session

April 1953

April in Portugal
Ramona

Recording Session

October 1953

'Zat You, Santa Claus?
Cool Yule
Someday You'll Be Sorry (Commanders version)
The Gypsy
I Can't Afford to Miss This Dream

Collection Item

1953

1953 Concert Program

Recording Session

March 1954

Basin Street Blues

Recording Session

August 1954

Skokiaan, Part I
Skokiaan, Part II

Recording Session

September 1954

Muskrat Ramble

Collection Item

1954

Recording Session

January 1955

Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
Sincerely
Pledging My Love
Struttin' With Some Barbecue (with Gary Crosby)

Recording Session

April 1955

Baby, Your Sleep Is Showing
Pretty Little Missy

Recording Session

September 1955

Christmas in New Orleans
Christmas Night in Harlem
Easy Street
Lazy Bones
Only You (And You Alone)
Moments to Remember
A Theme from the Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)
Back O'Town Blues

Collection Item

1955

Looking Up Publicity Shot

Recording Session

December 1956

When You're Smiling
Some of These Days
This Younger Generation
In Pursuit of Happiness

Collection Item

1956

1956 British Concert Program

Armstrong Milestone

September 1957

Armstrong Publicly Rebukes Eisenhower Over the Little Rock Crisis

Collection Item

1957

1957 Concert Program

Recording Session

October 1958