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  • “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” – Louis Armstrong (1951) 🎺 Original 78 rpm Single 🎺

    “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” – Louis Armstrong (1951) 🎺 Original 78 rpm Single 🎺

    One of Satch’s most well-loved pop records – and one that he himself was reportedly quite fond of: “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”. The song was written in 1935 for a Marx Brothers film in which it never appeared. It languished for 15 years before it was picked up for use in another film, The Strip, starring Mickey Rooney.

    This record enjoys popularity today among video game fans who know it from the game Fallout 2.

    Recorded in New York City on July 24, 1951.
    Released as Decca 27720.

    Credits:
    Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet
    Sy Oliver – director, arranger
    Cutty Cutshall – trombone
    Milt Yaner – clarinet, alto sax
    George Dorsey – alto sax
    Fred Williams, Al Klink – tenor sax
    Billy Kyle – piano
    Everett Barksdale – guitar
    Sandy Block – bass
    Bunny Shawker – drums

    Source:
    https://michaelminn.net/discographies/armstrong/all-stars/index.html#19510724