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Unheard Louis Armstrong recordings to be released


What a Wonderful World and You’ll Never Walk Alone are among five unreleased tracks on compilation Louis in London, performed at the BBC in 1968

A compilation titled Louis in London, available in July, will feature well-known numbers The Bare Necessities, Mack the Knife and Hello, Dolly!, the latter of which premieres today with a video of Armstrong performing at BBC Studios. There are also five recordings that have never been released: (Back Home Again) In Indiana, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Ole Miss, Blueberry Hill and What a Wonderful World. A tape owned by Louis Armstrong of his 1968 BBC recordings.Armstrong received a copy of the 1968 London recording at the time, and affixed a note to it reading “for the fans”.

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