Show #148: NYE '07

December 31st, 2007

2007 is winding down and no doubt many of you are preparing to welcome the new year in classic fashion. To help you along, we have a New Year’s Eve show from 53 years ago featuring the great Louis Armstrong.

(Photo from Yotta Music.)

If you’re not familiar with Satchmo, as Armstrong was called, then follow the link to Sony’s webpage about the man to read up and learn. Even if you don’t know much about him, you probably know “What a Wonderful World”. It’s been used in countless films and TV shows as well as the end music for the first Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series.

This is Louis Armstrong & The Allstars at the Downbeat Club in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 1954. It is a short set which was broadcasted by CBS Radio.

Setlist:

When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
Indiana
Big Butter & Egg Man
High Society
Auld Lang Syne

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Louis Armstrong

And I found some Satchmo from ‘54 on YouTube for your enjoyment as well.

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