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 for 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 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

78 and 45 rpm

YearTitleLabelCredit
1923"Froggie Moore" / "Chimes Blues"Gennett 5135King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1923"Mandy Lee Blues" / "I'm Going Away to Wear You off My Mind"Gennett 5134King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1923"Riverside Blues" / "Mabel's Dream" Claxtonola 40292King Oliver's Jazz Band
1923"New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" / "Jazzin' Babies' Blues"OKeh 4975Clarence Williams' Blue Five / King Oliver's Jazz Band
1923"Dipper Mouth Blues" / "Weather Bird Rag"Gennett 5132King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1923"Just Gone" / "Canal Street Blues"Gennett 5133King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1923"High Society Rag" / "Snake Rag"Gennett 5184OKeh 4933
1923"Sobbin' Blues" / "Sweet Lovin' Man"Okeh 4906King Oliver's Jazz Band
1923"Chattanooga Stomp" / "New Orleans Stomp"Columbia 13003DKing Oliver's Jazz Band
1923"Dipper Mouth Blues" / "Where Did You Stay Last Night?"Okeh 4918King Oliver's Jazz Band
1923"London Blues" / "Camp Meeting Blues"Columbia 14003-DKing Oliver's Jazz Band
1924"Working Man Blues" / "Riverside Blues"Okeh 40034King Oliver's Jazz Band
1924"Prince of Wails" / "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind" Puritan 11367Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1924"Manda" / "Go 'Long, Mule"Columbia 228-DFletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1924"Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot" / "Mama's Gonna Slow You Down"The New Emerson 10713Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1924"Some Other Day – Some Other Girl" / "My Rose Marie"Silvertone 1298Lanin's Arcadians / Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1924"Krooked Blues" / "Alligator Hop"Gennett 5274King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1924"Zulus Ball" / "Workingman Blues"Gennett 5275King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1924"Tears" / "Buddy's Habit"Okeh 40000King Oliver's Jazz Band
1924"Room Rent Blues" / "I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody"Okeh 8148King Oliver's Jazz Band
1924"The Southern Stomps" / "Dearborn Street Blues"Paramount 12088King Oliver's Jazz Band / Dearborn Street Blues
1925"Everybody Loves My Baby" / "Of All The Wrongs You Done to Me"OKeh 8181Clarence Williams' Blue Five
1925"Cake Walking Babies from Home" / "Banjo Rag"OKeh 40321Clarence Williams' Blue Five / Chauncey C. Lee only
1925"Come On, Coot Do That Thing" / "Have Your Chill, I'll Be Here When Your Fever Rises"Paramount 12317Coot Grant and "Kid" Wesley Wilson with Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1925"Bye and Bye" / Play Me Slow"Columbia 292-DFletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1925"When You Do What You Do" / "Memphis Bound"Vocalion 15030Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1925"Tiger Rag" / "Don't Forget You'll Regret Day By Day"Perfect 144470Five Birmingham Babies / Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1925"Sugar Foot Stomp" / "What-Cha-Call 'Em Blues"Columbia 395-DFletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1926"Gut Bucket Blues" / "Yes! I'm in the Barrel"OKeh 8261Louis Armstrong's Hot Five
1926"Oriental Strut" / "You're Next"OKeh 8299Louis Armstrong's Hot Five
1926"Muskrat Ramble" / "Heebie Jeebies"OKeh 8300Louis Armstrong's Hot Five
1926"Georgia Grind" / "Come Back, Sweet Papa"OKeh 8318Louis Armstrong's Hot Five
1926"Dropping Shucks" / "Who'sit"OKeh 8357Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1926"Don't Forget to Mess Around" / "I'm Gonna Gitcha"OKeh 8343
1926"King of the Zulus" / "Lonesome Blues"OKeh 8396
1926"Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa" / "Sweet Little Papa"OKeh 8379
1926"Cornet Shop Suey"/ "My Heart"OKeh 8320
1926"When Your Man is Going to Put You Down " / "Find Me at the Greasy Spoon "Paramount 12337Coot Grant and "Kid" Wesley Wilson with Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1926"T N T" / "Carolina Stomp"Columbia 509-DFletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
1927"Big Butter and Egg Man from the West" / "Sunset Cafe Stomp"OKeh 8423
1927"You Made Me Love You" / "Irish Black Bottom"OKeh 8447Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1927"Skid-Dat-De-Dat" / "Jazz Lips"OKeh 8436
1927"Wild Man Blues" / "Gully Low Blues"OKeh 8474Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
1927"Alligator Crawl" / "Willie the Weeper"OKeh 8482Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
1927"Keyhole Blues" / "Melancholy Blues"OKeh 8496Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
1927"Potato Head Blues" / "Put 'Em Down Blues"OKeh 8503Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
1927"Weary Blues" / "That's When I'll Come Back to You"OKeh 8519Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1927"I'm Goin' Huntin'" / "If You Want to Be My Sugar Papa"Vocalion 1099Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards
1927"Wild Man Blues" / "Melancholy"Brunswick 3567Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
1928"Hotter Than That" / "Savoy Blues"OKeh 8535Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1928"Struttin' with Some Barbecue" / "Once in a While"OKeh 8566Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1928"West End Blues" / "Fireworks"OKeh 8597Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1928"A Monday Date" / "Sugar Feet Strut"OKeh 8609Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
1928"Skip The Gutter" / "Knee Drops"OKeh 8631
1928"Got No Blues" / "I'm Not Rough"OKeh 8551
1928"Weary Blues" / "New Orleans Stomp"Vocalion 15632Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
1929"Ain't Misbehavin'" / " Black And BlueOKeh 8714
1929"Two Deuces" / "Squeeze Me"OKeh 8641
1929"That Rhythm Man" / "Sweet Savannah Sue"OKeh 8717
1929"When You're Smiling" / "Some of These Days"OKeh 8729
1929"No" / "Basin Street Blues"OKeh 8690
1929"Knockin' a Jug" / "Muggles"OKeh 8703
1929"St. James Infirmary" / "Save it Pretty Mamma"OKeh 8657
1929"Mahogany Hall Stomp" / "Beau Koo Jack"OKeh 8680
1929"Tight Like This" / "Heah Me Talkin' to Ya?"OKeh 8649
1929"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" / "No One Else But You"OKeh 8669
1930"I Ain't Got Nobody " / "Rockin' Chair"OKeh 8756
1930"After You've Gone" / "Saint Louis Blues"OKeh 41350
1930"I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" / "I'm in the Market for You"OKeh 41442
1930"Song of the Islands" / "Blue Turning Grey Over You"OKeh 41375
1930"Exactly Like You" / "Indian Cradle Song"Okeh 41423
1930"Memories of You" / "You're Lucky to Me"Okeh 41463
1930"Dallas Blues" / "Bessie Couldn't Help It"Okeh 8774
1930"Dinah" / "Tiger Rag"Okeh 8800
1930"My Sweet" / "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me"Okeh 41415
1930"Confessin' " / "If I Could Be with You "Okeh 41448
1931"Star Dust" / "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams "Okeh 41530
1931"The Lonesome Road" / "You Can Depend on Me"Okeh 41538
1931"Blue Again" / "When Your Lover Has Gone"Okeh 41498
1931"When It's Sleepy Time Down South" / "I'll Be Glad When Your Dead, You Rascal You"OKeh 41504
1931"Just a Gigolo" / "Shine"Okeh 41486
1931"Them There Eyes" / "Little Joe"Okeh 41501
1931"Walkin' My Baby Back Home" / "I Surrender, Dear"Okeh 41497
1931"You're Driving Me Crazy! " / "The Peanut Vendor"Okeh 41478
1932"I Got Rhythm" / "You Can Depend on Me"Columbia 2590-D
1932"Lazy River" / "Georgia on My Mind"Okeh 41541
1932"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" / "Kickin' the Gong Around"Okeh 41550
1932"Body and Soul" / "Shine"Columbia 2707-D
1932"Keeping Out of Mischief Now" / "Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long"Columbia 2646-D
1932"Rockin' Chair" / "Sweethearts on Parade"Columbia 2688-D
1932"Chinatown, My Chinatown" / "Star Dust"Columbia 2574-D
1932"Home" / "All of Me"Okeh 41552
1932"That's My Home" / "Hobo You Can't Ride That Train"Victor 24200
1933"Mahogany Hall Stomp" / "High Society"Victor 24232
1933"Mississippi Basin" / "Sweet Sue-Just You"Victor 24321
1933"You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born" / "I Hate to Leave You Now"Victor 24204
1933"Snow Ball / Honey, Do!"Victor 24369
1933"St. Louis Blues" / "Dusky Stevedore"Victor 24320
1933"Honey, Don't You Love Me Anymore?" / "There's a Cabin in the Pines"Victor 24335
1933"I've Got the World on a String" / "Sittin’ in the Dark"Victor 24245
1933"Medley of Armstrong Hits Part 1" / "Medley of Armstrong Hits Part 2"Victor 36084
1933"He's a Son of the South" / "Some Sweet Day"Victor 24257
1933"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" / "Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby"Victor 24233
1933"I Wonder Who" / "Don't Play Me Cheap"Victor 24425
1934"Laughin' Louie" / "Tomorrow Night"Bluebird B-5363
1935"I'm in the Mood for Love" / "Got a Bran' New Suit"Decca 579
1935"You are My Lucky Star" / "La Cucaracha"Decca 580
1936"The Skeleton in the Closet" / "Hurdy Gurdy Man"Decca 949Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1936"I'm Shooting High" / "I've Got My Fingers Crossed"Decca 623
1936"I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music" / "Shoe Shine Boy"Decca 672
1936"Rhythm Saved the World" / "Mahogany Hall Stomp"Decca 824
1936"Thanks a Million" / "Solitude"Decca 666
1936"Somebody Stole My Break" / "I Come From a Musical Family"Decca 797
1936"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" / "Yes-Yes! My-My!"Decca 698
1936"If We Never Meet Again" / "Dipper Mouth"Decca 906/ Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1936"When Ruben Swings the Cuban" / "Red Nose"Decca 1049Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra /
1936"Old Man Mose" / "Falling in Love with You"Decca 622
1936"Swing That Music" / "Thankful"Decca 866
1936"The Music Goes 'Round and Around" / "Rhythm Saved the World"Decca 685
1936"On Treasure Island" / "Red Sails in the Sunset"Decca 648
1936"Lyin' to Myself" / "Ev'ntide"Decca 835
1937"Cuban Pete" / "She's the Daughter of a Planter from Havana"Decca 1353
1937"I've Got a Heart Full of Rhythm" / "Alexander's Ragtime Band"Decca 1408
1937"Once in a While" / "On the Sunny Side of the Street"Decca 1560
1937"Public Melody Number One" / "Red Cap"Decca 1347
1937"Yours and Mine" / "Sun Showers"Decca 1369
1938"Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity" / "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones"Decca 15043
1938"Shadrack" / "Jonah and the Whale"Decca 1913
1938"Let That Be a Lesson to You" / "Struttin' with Some Barbecue"Decca 1661
1938"On the Sentimental Side" / "It's Wonderful"Decca 1841
1938"As Long as You Live You'll be Dead if You Die" / "When the Saints Go Marching In"Decca 2230
1938"I've Got a Pocketfull of Dreams" / "Naturally"Decca 1937
1938"I Double Dare You" / "Satchel Mouth Swing"Decca 1636
1938"Love Walked In" / "Something Tells Me"Decca 1842
1939"Jeepers Creepers" / "What is This Thing Called Swing?"Decca 2267
1939"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" / "Shanty Boat on the Mississippi"Decca 2729
1939"If it's Good " / "West End Blues"Decca 2480
1939"Savoy Blues" / "Me and Brother Bill"Decca 2538
1939"Confessin' That I Love You" / "Our Monday Date"Decca 2615
1939"Save It Pretty Mama" / "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya"Decca 2405
1939"You're a Lucky Guy" / "You're Just a No Account"Decca 2934
1940"Marie" / "Sleepy Time Gal"Decca 3291Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers
1940"Bye and Bye" / "Poor Old Joe"Decca 3011
1940"You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business" / "Cain and Abel"Decca 3204
1940"Sweethearts on Parade" / "Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty"Decca 3235
1940"Swing That Music" / "Wolverine Blues"Decca 3105Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra /
1940"You've Got Me Voodoo'd" / "Harlem Stomp"Decca 3092
1940"Hep Cats' Ball" / "Lazy 'Sippi Steamer"Decca 3283
1941"Long, Long Ago" / "I Cover the Waterfront"Decca 3700
1941"I'll Get Mine Bye and Bye" / "Yes Suh!"Decca 3900
1941"I Used to Love You" / "Leap Frog"Decca 4106
1941"Ev'rything's Been Done Before" / "In the Gloaming"Decca 3825
1941"New Do You Call That a Buddy" / "Hey Lawdy Mama"Decca 3756
1942" Cash for Your Trash" / "I Never Knew"Decca 4229
1942"Among My Souvenirs" / "Coquette"Decca 4327
1945"I Wonder" / "Jodie Man"Decca 18652
1946"Endie" / "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"RCA Victor 20-2087
1946"Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans" / "Mahogany Hall Stomp"RCA Victor 20-2088
1946"Back O'Town Blues" / "Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby"RCA Victor 20-1912
1946"No Variety Blues" / "Whatta Ya Gonna Do"RCA Victor 20-1891
1947"It Takes Time" / "I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder"RCA Victor 20-2228
1947"You Don't Learn That in School" / "I Believe"RCA Victor 20-2240
1948"I Want a Little Girl" / "Joseph and His Brudders"RCA Victor 20-2612
1948"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" / "Ain't Misbehavin"Decca 25355
1949"Blueberry Hill" / "That Lucky Old Sun"Decca 24752Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
1949"Maybe It's Because" / "I'll Keep the Lovelight Burning"RCA Victor 24751
1950"La Vie en rose" / "C'est si bon"Decca 27113
1950"Can Anyone Explain?" / "Dream a Little Dream of Me"Decca 27209Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald
1950"Life is So Peculiar" / "You Rascal You"Decca 27212Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan
1951" I Get Ideas" / "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"Decca 27720
1951"Cold, Cold Heart" / "Because of You"Decca 27816
1951"Necessary Evil" / "Oops!"Decca 27901Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald
1951"If" / " You're Just in Love"Decca 27481/ Louis Armstrong with Velma Middleton
1951"Gone Fishin'" / "We All Have a Song in Our Heart"Decca 9-27623Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby / Bing Crosby only
1952"It Takes Two to Tango" / "I Laughed at Love"Decca 28394
1952"You're the Apple of My Eye" / "Big Butter and Egg Man"Decca 27931Louis Armstrong with Velma Middleton
1952"Chlo-E" / "Listen to the Mocking Bird"Decca 28524Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
1952"Jeannine " / "Indian Love Call"Decca 28076Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
1952"Kiss of Fire" / "I'll Walk Alone"Decca 9-28177
1952"Once in a While / "Confessin' "Decca 9-28306
1953Zat You, Santa Claus?" / "Cool Yule"Decca 28943
1953"Your Cheatin' Heart" / "Congratulations to Someone"Decca 28628
1953"Sittin' in the Sun" / "Dummy Song"Decca 28803
1953"Basin Street Blues - Part 1" / "Basin Street Blues - Concluded"Decca 29102
1953"April in Portugal" / "Ramona"Decca 9-28704
1954"Trees" / "Spooks!"Decca 29352Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
1954"On a Cocoanut Island" / "To You Sweetheart Aloha"Decca 29117
1954"Skokiaan " / "Skokiaan "Decca 33806
1954"The Whiffenpoof Song" / "Bye and Bye"Decca 29153
1955"Sincerely" / "Pledging My Love"Decca 29421
1955"Ko Ko Mo " / "Struttin' with Some Barbecue"Decca 29420Louis Armstrong with Gary Crosby
1955"Muskrat Ramble" / "Someday You'll be Sorry"Decca 29280Louis Armstrong with the Commanders
1955"Moments to Remember" / "Only You"Decca 29694
1955"Christmas in New Orleans" / "Christmas Night in Harlem"Decca 29710
1955"Baby - Your Sleep is Showing" / "Pretty Little Missy"Decca 29546
1955"Mack the Knife" / "Back o'Town Blues"Columbia 4-40587
1955"St. James Infirmary / "Rockin' Chair"RCA Victor 447-0067
1955"Basin Street Blues" / "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"RCA Victor 447-0066
1956"High Society Calypso" / "Now You Has Jazz"Capitol Records F3506Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby
1956"Easy Street" / "Lazybones"Decca 29921Louis Armstrong with Gary Crosby
1956"Can't We be Friends?" / "Stars Fell on Alabama"Verve Records V-2023x45Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald
1956"Rain, Rain" / "I Never Saw a Better Day"RCA Victor 47-6630
1957"The Prisoner's Song" / "I'll String Along with You"Decca 25646Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
1957"You're a Heavenly Thing" / "The Prisoner's Song"Decca 30309Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
1957"This Younger Generation" / "In Pursuit of Happiness"Decca 9-30188
1959"The Five Pennies Saints" / "Just the Blues"Dot Records 15941Louis Armstrong with Danny Kaye
1959"Onkel Satchmo's Lullaby" / "Only You "Decca 30980Louis Armstrong with Gabriele /
1959"The Beat Generation" / "Some Day You'll be Sorry"MGM Records K12809
1962"Mack the Knife" / "The Faithful Hussar"CBS CA 281.144
1964"Hello, Dolly" / "A Lot of Livin' to Do"Kapp KL-1364
1964"So Long Dearie" / "Pretty Little Missy"Mercury 72338
1964"Nomad" / "Summer Song"Columbia 4-43032Louis Armstrong with Dave Brubeck
1964"Hello, Dolly" / "That's All I Want the World to Remember Me By"Kapp K-2145
1964"Faith" / "Bye 'n Bye"Mercury 72371
1964"I Still Get Jealous" / "Someday"Kapp Records K-597
1966"Cabaret" / "Canal St. Blues"Columbia 4-43819
1966"Mumbo Jumbo" / "Come Along Down"Capitol Records 5716Louis Armstrong with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadiens
1966"Cheesecake" / "Bye 'n Bye"Mercury 72371
1967"What a Wonderful World" / "Cabaret"ABC 10982
1967"Step Down, Brother, Next Case" / "Louie's Theme"Brunswick 55328
1967"Daydream" / "Northern Boulevard"Brunswick 55318
1967"Rosie" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"Brunswick 55350
1968"I Will Wait for You" / "Talk to the Animals"Brunswick 55380
1968"When You Wish Upon a Star" / "Heigh Ho"Buena Vista Records F-470
1968"Hello Brother" / "The Sunshine of Love"ABC Records 45-11126
1968"No Time is a Good Goodbye Time" / "We're a Home"United Artists Records UA 50251
1968"The Life of the Party / You are Woman, I am Man"Kapp Records K-901
1968"Wilkommen" / "The Happy Timen"Brunswick 55360
1969"We Have All the Time in the World" / "We Have All the Time in the World"IME 269870
1970"We Shall Overcome - Part 1" / "We Shall Overcome - Part 2"Amsterdam AM 85013
1970"Give Peace a Chance" / "The Creator Has a Master Plan "Amsterdam AM 85016