(Week of 4/3/04 - 4/9/04)

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"Darling Nelly Gray"/"Carry Me Back To Old Virginny"
by Louis Armstrong And The Mills Brothers
on Decca 1245
released in 1937

Above: Photo of Louis Armstrong in a scene with Martha Raye (far right) from the Paramount musical "Artists And Models" (1937).

Above: Label image of Decca 1245 A recorded on April 7, 1937. At this time, The Mills Brothers consisted of Herbert, Donald, Harry, and John Sr. (replacing John Jr., who had died the year before).

Listen to this week's selections:

A) Click on an option below to listen to Louis Armstrong And The Mills Brothers using Streaming Windows Media Player.

"Darling Nelly Gray" - Decca 1245 A - 1937
"Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" - Decca 1245 B - 1937
"BOTH SONGS" NOT FUNCTIONAL!

B) Click on an option below to listen to Louis Armstrong And The Mills Brothers using Downloading Windows Media Player.

"Darling Nelly Gray" - Decca 1245 A - 1937 (file size=433KB)
"Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" - Decca 1245 B - 1937 (file size=476KB)

MORE LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE MILLS BROTHERS:
Click HERE for "The Flat Foot Floogee".
Click HERE for "W.P.A.".

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