Louis Armstrong compilation Gold contains tracks which became a Top 40 hits in 1988, some 20 years after were recorded. That is a clue to the approach that the collection takes - this is a hits-oriented album concerned more with Louis Armstrong the pop star of the '50s and '60s than Louis Armstrong the jazz musician of the '20s and '30s.
Track List:
Disc 1: 01. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong 02. Cabaret - Louis Armstrong 03. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Louis Armstrong 04. Mame - Louis Armstrong 05. Solitude - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington 06. Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong 07. You Go to My Head - Louis Armstrong 08. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia 09. Fine Romance - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 10. Georgia on My Mind - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra 11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra 12. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra 13. Mack the Knife - Frankie Armstrong 14. Rockin' Chair [Live] - Louis Armstrong 15. Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 16. Someday (You'll Be Sorry) - Louis Armstrong, Commanders 17. It Takes Two to Tango - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra 18. Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra Disc 2: 01. Gone Fishin' - Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, , John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra 02. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong 03. Vie en Rose - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra 04. My Sweet Hunk O' Trash - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver's Orchestra 05. Blueberry Hill - Louis Armstrong, Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra 06. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue [Live] - Louis Armstrong 07. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven 08. I Wonder - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 09. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 10. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 11. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 12. When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 13. Struttin' with Some Barbeque - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 14. Swing That Music - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 15. Old Man Mose - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 16. I'm in the Mood for Love - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 17. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong 18. Lazy River - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 19. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five 20. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven 21. Wild Man Blues - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers 22. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
