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| Favorite songs from the jazz legend include What A Wonderful World, Hello Dolly and others, plus Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby duets. |
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| 1 What a Wonderful World |
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| 2 Cabaret |
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| 3 Dream a Little Dream of Me |
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| 4 Hello, Dolly! |
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| 5 Our Love Is Here to Stay |
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| 6 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues |
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| 7 Georgia on My Mind |
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| 8 When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) |
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| 9 On the Sunny Side of the Street |
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| 10 Mack the Knife |
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| 11 Basin Street Blues |
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| 12 Someday (You'll Be Sorry) |
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| 13 It Takes Two to Tango |
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| 14 Gone Fishin' |
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| 15 A Kiss to Build a Dream On |
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| 16 That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) |
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| 17 Blueberry Hill |
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| 18 Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? |
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| 19 I Want a Little Girl |
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| 20 Ain't Misbehavin' |
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| 21 Struttin' with Some Barbecue |
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| 22 When the Saints Go Marching In |
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| 23 When It's Sleepy Time Down South [Live] |
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Album Review
"The Definitive Collection" devoted to Louis Armstrong takes a reverse chronological view of the pop giant's career, a format that functions surprisingly well considering its intended purpose. Beginning with his last major performance, 1967's "What A Wonderful World," the disc takes listeners on a 75-minute tour that pays closest attention to his pop and vocal landmarks of the '50s and '60s with his All-Stars group, but also reaches back to 1938 to pick up the best moments of his excellent big band. (That leaves, of course, his seminal Hot Five sides out in the cold, to be picked up elsewhere.) Also briefly surveyed are his multi-album collaboration with Ella Fitzgerald, his lush "Louis with strings" albums arranged by Russ Garcia, his hit duet with Bing Crosby on "Gone Fishin'," and the series of songs ("Blueberry Hill," "Mack The Knife") that lengthened his sheet to include not only Jazz Age hero and swing progenitor, but also postwar pop stalwart. Clearly, the career of Louis Armstrong the jazz artist can't be covered thoroughly with anything but a box set that selects material from his entire working life, but as an overview of Louis Armstrong the pop singer, "The Definitive Collection" is peerless. One caveat: Armstrong's best latter-day pop song, "We Have All The Time In The World" (from the 1969 James Bond vehicle "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"), is sadly missing in action. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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