The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Crimson (DNA)
• ASIN: B000007P27
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,767 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. What a Wonderful World

2. C'Est Si Bon - Louis Armstrong,

3. Hello, Dolly!

4. Blueberry Hill - Louis Armstrong,

5. Cabaret

6. On the Sunny Side of the Street

7. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)

8. Jeepers Creepers

9. Mack the Knife

10. Georgia on My Mind

11. Gone Fishin' - Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby

12. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, ,

13. Only You (And You Alone) - Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter

14. Vie en Rose

15. Sweet Georgia Brown

16. Dream a Little Dream of Me

17. Moon River - Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

18. Give Me Your Kisses (I'll Give You My Heart)

19. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday

20. Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure sunshine, April 29, 2001

By	"pspa" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

There are innumerable Louis Armstrong compilations out there, but this one is well worth owning particularly if your tastes run more to popular music than to pure jazz. This is Louis at his melodic best, putting his own stamp on familiar numbers, with both his horn and his voice radiating warmth and humanity. It's impossible to feel blue listening to this CD. There isn't a weak song here, and many are timeless classics. By the way for people who want to explore the jazz side of Louis. I cannot recommend highly enough "Plays W.C. Handy" and "The Great Reunion" with Duke Ellington.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars happiness happens!, January 12, 2001

By	Karl Hickel (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews

This is the kind of music that transends great joy and celebrates life and love. You can tell the old man was smiling in his soul the whole time he performed. Its contagious. When you go to heaven you will not be surprised to see him perform. If you never listened to Mr. Armstrong's music buy this cd and let happiness be the choice.

26 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one and only 100 % complete "very best" CD., July 17, 2000

By	Vadim Diaconescu (Dracula's Castle) - See all my reviews

Wonderful CD! All his greatest and most popular songs are here, concentrated on one single CD, which is a truely great performance. There is nothing to be said about the music. Everybody knows it, dreams it... It is just divine. A maximum note for Crimson Records: it is definitively the best representation of Satchmo's legacy I have ever listen to. 5 x 5 stars for this. 23 songs that are now 20th century culture.