Tag: On the Sunny Side of the Street

From the Studio #24 – On the Sunny Side of the Street – This is a real standard tune. Louis Armstrong’s different versions have given the song depth, and another favorite is Lionel Hampton’s 1939 recording with the opening chorus by Johnny Hodges on alto sax (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #175 – On the Sunny Side of the Street – This is a great recording, but somehow hidden. I don’t think that I ever had it on an LP, but I had it recorded on reel-to-reel tape from the radio. In the beginning of the 30s, Louis Armstrong (…) read more and listenread more and listen