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The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

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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: #202,846 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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)
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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.

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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.

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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.

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