Lil Hardin Armstrong - Brown Gal 1936

Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong. Written by (Lil Armstrong / Avon Long) 10-27-1936. Recorded in Chicago, Illinois. Decca 1092 A. Lil Hardin Armstrong (February 3, 1898 -- August 27, 1971) was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader, and the second wife of Louis Armstrong with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s.
When louis Armstrong died, in 1971, Hardin was deeply shaken by the loss. She traveled to New York for the funeral and rode in the family car. "I think Louis would have found a way getting back at me if I hadn't put Hardin in that car", his widow, Lucille, told Albertson. Returning to Chicago, Hardin felt that work on her autobiography could now continue, but the following month, performing at a televised memorial concert for Louis, Lil Hardin Armstrong collapsed at the piano. She died an hour later, aged 73.In the aftermath of her funeral, her letters and the unfinished manuscript of her autobiography disappeared from her house.

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Love Lil's music. And it was her who lifted Louis up to his top status

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Wow! We wondered why she had a writers credit on Bad Boy by the Jive Bombers. How interesting.

[@imagine07018]

Yes, it is credited to her.

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what a talent!

[@JBCo2012]

A Major Unheralded Talent!

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Bad boy

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love this

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Rip

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oh yes

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01:54 Is that Coleman Hawkins' tenor sax solo?

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