
First Song - Miserlou
Broadcast: May 28, 1950
Starring:
Louis Armstrong,
Rod O'Connor,
Terry O'Sullivan,
Harry Lawrence,
Louis Graf,
Frank De Vol,
Earl Fatha Hines,
Henderson Chambers,
Cozy Cole,
Barney Bigard,
Arvell Shaw
Added: May 12 2018
John Conte opens the show, introducing Harry Sosnik and the Savings Bond Orchestra who play a special arrangement of the hauntingly beautiful song, Miserlou. Next up, there are no flower phrases needed to introduce today's star; we need only say, here's Her Nibs, Miss Gibbs, who sings The Birth of the Blues.