louis armstrong - just a gigolo (recorded '31)

[terrasque]

Sometimes I stop and think.. What an amazing world we live in now.. Within seconds I can hear what a legendary artist performed over 80 years ago.. Within seconds.. Recorded before my parents were born, when my grand parents were still young... This new possibility open to us the last century will change the world profoundly. Now you can see and hear the legends of old, not just be told stories about them.

Welcome to the future, people. It's now.

[kjetin99]

If this is Armstrong he resembles a lot of Prima?

[NiCocaineable]

I love this song..It' s absolutely one of my favorites songs

It describes my life is so sad ..

[hader84djo]

this we miss w lot this kind of pure music

[Floodlezoot]

people copy each other.......for the better. But nowadays, if someone is alive, give him his due, don't steal, pay him.. Fuck his kids though. Get a job!

[gilougaillard]

just beautiful

[2007adilungu]

What a wonderfull singer...

[ericdisney1]

good ol jazz, al caponio you aint nothin but a gigolo, love ya big fellow

[fingerscarr]

saw him live at a concert in arusha , 1960 ! ! ! ! nonpareil ! !

[1orlandoreis1]

@fingerscarr there are some lucky people. It's a all life memory for you.

55 years after you still remember that concert, i'm sure.

[Bronckin]

Far from David Lee Roth....way better eh...

[marchu50]

just...amazing!!!!

[atlantic3009]

Good music is still priceless after 80 years ...For sure Louis was the best (and most influential) musician of the 20th century.

[cher128bx]

To this day, this man has no equal!!!

[Rufskin13]

What an amazing jammer here, pretty rad chune.

[Couchpotato9110]

when music was actually good

[irhum2]

faut être fou pour ne pas aimer... big respect

[Kneleist]

i wonder whos the guy who disliked

[kfc21194]

@Kneleist probably David Lee Roth...

[houzedacraic]

@Kneleist I really don't know why they disliked either, it baffles me!

[MrUboat13]

@Kneleist the two who disliked the song were probally david lee roth fans but luis armstrong sang the song 50 earlier

[thegas70]

@MrUboat13

nah dude, village people fans!

[AlexRaveloTV]

i never watched this why is it saying i did on my history?

[Edv468]

David Lee Roth lifted note for note Louis Primas version right down to Sam Buteras sax solo and never mentioned the fact. He could have shown some class and acknowledged it and gave some credit. Too bad.

[dal4018]

@Edv468 Yes that would have been great if Louis Prima was in that video as well.

[PeterHBne1]

Imagine a time machine - Louis and David Lee Roth doing this song. Man that would be worth seeing.

Oh - you do know he says "when the end comes I know they'll just play another jig I know" Gigolo is never said.

Call me a philistine - I prefer daves version. But hats off to the creator.

[TuxKamen]

@PeterHBne1 He does say "gigolo" in the first line, but it is different on the last line as you pointed out

[kkmatt]

i wasn't smiling before i heard this song, and now i can't stop...god bless Mr. Armstrong.

[doko73]

A true pioneer....

[chasdffdf]

@doko73 indeed my friend indeed

[MADRAVN420]

New Orleans @ its best

[shockwave144]

This song is not this complicated ... It's simply a gift.

[pyllarin]

CELESTIAL.Good man,eso si en el cielo esta segurisimo.Te lo has ganado a pulso.

[vt92psyc]

Oh that sweet, sultry horn. He said it all without saying a thing.

[MrAudioProducer]

It was recorded no later 1930.

[headshrink1]

This is a great find. Thanks for posting! Jazz is the Only True American Music and Louis brought it to the forefront! He is the Father of Jazz!

[TheHomy70]

Fabulous...never forget Louis...his music lives forever

[TheMCPPants]

HELL YES

{~_~}

[BetterCheckYourself]

love the way it jumps up in tempo.

[rosse86]

Great work Louis! 

[jazzfreundXY]

Louis Armstrong´s music is an highly gifted , endless rhapsody. With every tone, phrase of his trumpet or his voice he presents us a wonderful gift.

Thanks a lot Louis I saw you in concert three times. This dates are great moments of my life. Your records are eternal works of culture. Mr. Louis Armstrong is not dead he is immortal.

Think about Mr.schradebrigade!

[harmonictime]

what album can i find this on?

[masquenada8]

A homage to all gigolos of the world.

[TheSpatzie]

A luv Louis Armstrong...his trumpet play a soul...his voice is cult...love the Alex Harvey version too though.

[bone101ify]

No mistaking those golden pipes!!!!

[MangoSuperTango]

iLovee This Song ;D

[FlamingoKicker]

the idea of Louie Armstrong being a gigolo is hilarious...yeah, and I am

Superman

[OvayBrandao]

oh :))=)) he's also the best cyclist of the world. Did ya know that ? =))

[OvayBrandao]

that guy with " how many people know he was also the first man on the moon" made my day. :))=)) i think he's the man on the moon :)))))=))

Dude, where ya been livin till now ? u skipped elementary huh ?

[budrakerz]

@daremoagain69square  well said my man i can relate.

[JamesTKirkCobain]

This guy was greta but how many peopel know he was also first man on the moon?

[alexander4200]

@JamesTKirkCobain i hope you're just trolling, otherwise you're quite the insult to the human race

[stEPHIQUE]

@JamesTKirkCobain i only have 4 letters for you:

R

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F

L

[Jusssyy]

genius

[daremoagain69squared]

can one think to ever gaze out a window, and be lost in the simplicity of life and yet be aware of its significance like they did in those days? When I try to look out the window, I hear the Wii game my kids play, they 'jersilicious' crap show our 16 yr old girl watching and even my wonderful missus caught up with the game channel's new show 'baggage'. What ever happened to the innocent self reflecting act of a person just looking out the window and finding something important about hisself?

[schradebrigade]

@daremoagain69squared

give your kids some damn culture! All is not lost, believe it or not children can be greatly influenced by their parents. Take them to see an awesome concert, encourage them to take music classes. How I wish my mom did that for me. If you have boys tell them that girls dig musicians and vice verse. I think that a girl that can play the guitar,piano, bass, anything is one hundreds times more attractive then any bimbo on mtv or in the magazines

[mario441797]

@daremoagain69squared mass capitalism.

PD:im no communist.

[phenomenus01]

and the best version

[sirjuandabicho]

Bellisimo, muchas gracias.

!Viva Louie!

[KnockelII]

Yes, a genius and a good man. 

[STU676]

he's goooooooood !!

[anthonynami2]

louis prima did a mad better job than armstong

[iam01]

it's not about who's better. it's about interpretation. they're mostly all good version

[crackheadmanning]

all this time i thought david lee roth only sang this 1931

[Corrie121]

Great post.

Thanks for sharing.

[Rudipolt]

Fine Song Louis!

Thanks for Posting!

Aloha from Hawaii!

[bmario85]

i love rock version of david lee roth!

[atomkfull]

si tendre face à l'original de Louis Prima

[zappbrannigan420]

@atomkfull Song is older than Louis Prima, it originated as an Austrian lament for the losses inflicted by World War 1. Lrn to musical history beaner.

[Kelnx]

@zappbrannigan420

Did you call a guy speaking French a "beaner"?

That would be a fail my friend.

[zappbrannigan420]

@Kelnx Incorrect my friend. French isn't a real language, at least not a real human language, so I have to go to the closet thing, Spanish. Thus beaner. You sir, are fail.

[sirjuandabicho]

Bellisimo, que viva Louie y muchisimas gracias.

[wernilovesyou]

Unbeatable!!!! Thanks Louis....

[ItsChrisCross90]

thats THE shit yaahaa 5* : ]

[Fodderfossil]

Some come along that can't be replaced but will always be remembered.

Thanks Louie

[IlGiglioNero]

Speechless :-O

[markobegus]

no trumpeth will ever be played like this again...louis is ethernal!

[Basjuhdeuil]

yo bitch blows my trumpet like this all the time

[senorsquiid]

@Basjuhdeuil Make a video of you saying that in a Louis Armstrong voice and link me son

[yamahonkawazuki]

@markobegus agreed. nothign like satchmo Eh? love this version. like all the versions out there. BUT this one IMHO is best

[gomongio]

@markobegus it shouldn't be any "th" in your statement.... but I completely agree with you, man ;)

[mariahvandekamp]

What a genius!!!!! So great!!!

[debbysing]

Fantastico!! Stupendo!! *___*

[powavan]

great great great

[fillra]

Excellent, bejgu7! Thankyou.

Louis Armstrong And His New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra,

March 9, 1931, Los Angeles, CA.

Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal)

Lots more about Louis. plus audio-clips, at dippermouth dot blogspot