The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Louis Armstrong Rare Items 1935-1944


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue NumberDL 79225
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Decca
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number000045
Number of Tracks14
Date Recorded1935-1944
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Thanks A Million
Composer(s) : Arthur Johnston; Gus Kahn
2 - Lyin' To Myself
Composer(s) : Hoagy Carmichael
3 - En'ntide
Composer(s) : Hoagy Carmichael
4 - Swing That Music
Composer(s) : Horace Gerlach; Louis Armstrong
5 - Thankful
Composer(s) : Sammy Cahn; Saul Chaplin
6 - The Skeleton In The Closet
Composer(s) : Arthur Johnston; Johnny Burke
7 - Jubilee
Composer(s) : Hoagy Carmichael; Stanley Adams
8 - Struttin' With Some Barbecue
Composer(s) : L. H. Armstrong
9 - I Double Dare You
Composer(s) : Terry Shand; Jimmy Eaton
10 - It's Wonderful
Composer(s) : Mitchell Parish; Stuff Smith; Cameron Salter Wells
11 - You're A Lucky Guy
Composer(s) : Sammy Cahn; Saul Chaplin
12 - Ev'rything's Been Done Before
Composer(s) : Harold Adamson; Edwin Knopf; Jack King
13 - Hey Lawdy Mama
Composer(s) : N/A
14 - Groovin'
Composer(s) : Ted McRae; Frank Brown; R. O'Nan