Louisiana Music in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry


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Louisiana Music in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry
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Louisiana Music in the Library of Congress
year	who	recording
1918	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag
1922	Kid Ory	Ory's Creole Trombone
1923	King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band	Canal Street Blues
1925	Louis Armstrong *	Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
1925	Fletcher Henderson *	Sugar Foot Stomp
1923	Clarence Williams' Blue Five f/ Sidney Bechet	Wild Cat Blues
1926	Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers	Black Bottom Stomp
1928	Joseph Falcon	Allons a Lafayette
1929	Amadé Ardoin and Dennis McGee	Cajun-Creole Columbia releases
1931	The Boswell Sisters	It's the Girl
1933	Lead Belly	Goodnight, Irene
1938	Jelly Roll Morton	Alan Lomax interviews
1938	Louis Armstrong	When the Saints Go Marching In
1940	Jimmie Davis	You Are My Sunshine
1941	Memphis Minnie	Me and My Chauffeur Blues
1946	Harry Choates	Jole Blon
1948	Iry LeJeune	Evangeline Special / Love Bridge Waltz
1948	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up a Little Higher
1952	Various *	Anthology of American Folk Music
1952	Kitty Wells *	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
1953	Professor Longhair	Tipitina
1955	Little Richard *	Tutti Frutti
1956	Louis Armstrong	Mack the Knife
1956	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill
1957	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
1958	Van Cliburn	Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto, No. 1
1964	Sweet Emma & Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band	Sweet Emma & Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band
1965	Junior Wells (and Buddy Guy)	Hoodoo Man Blues
1973	Various *	Crescent City Living Legends Collection
1974	Labelle *	Lady Marmalade
1976	Clifton Chenier	Bogalusa Boogie
1976	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Wild Tchoupitoulas
1985	Wynton Marsalis	Black Codes (From The Underground)
1986	Paul Simon *	Graceland
Library of Congress Notes: Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings were made between 1925 and 1928. The 'Anthology of American Folk Music' is a six-album compilation, edited by Harry Smith, released by Folkways Records. The collection includes: "La Danseuse" by Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard (1929); "Saut Crapaud" by Columbus Fruge (1929); "Acadian One Step" by Joseph Falcon (1929); "Home Sweet Home" by The Breaux Freres (1933); "I Woke Up One Morning In May" by Didier Hebert (1929); "James Alley Blues" by Richard "Rabbit" Brown (1927); "Le Vieux Soulard et Sa Femme" by Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon (1928); "Poor Boy Blues" by Ramblin' Thomas (1928); and "C'est Si Triste Sans Lui" by Cleoma Breaux and Ophy Breaux with Joseph Falcon (1929). The Kitty Wells single "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" was written by producer, musician and songwriter (and Iota, Louisiana native) J. D. "Jay" Miller. Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" was recorded at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans, and was co-written by New Orleanian Dorothy LaBostrie. The backing band featured NOLA studio all-stars Earl Palmer, Frank Fields, Justin Adams, Huey Smith, Alvin "Red" Tyler and Lee Allen. The Crescent City Living Legends Collection contains over 7,000 hours of live jazz and blues recordings spanning 15 years, contributed by New Orleans radio station WWOZ-FM. Listen to selected recordings from the WWOZ Collection. Paul Simon's "Graceland" featured guest appearances by Sherman Robertson, Alton Rubin, Sr. (aka Rockin' Dopsie), David Rubin (Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.), and Alton Rubin, Jr. (Tiger Dopsie). LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" was produced and arranged by Allen Toussaint. Personnel on the track included Toussaint, Art Neville, George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, Edward Levone 'Rev' Batts, Herman "Roscoe" Ernest, James "Budd" Ellison, Earl Turbinton, Alvin Thomas, Clyde Kerr Jr., Lester Caliste, Carl Blouin, and Clarence Ford. It was recorded at Sea-Saint Studios in New Orleans. Fletcher Henderson's "Sugar Foot Stomp" featured Louis Armstrong on trumpet. For more info, see the Library of Congress Recording Registry.