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Who First Recorded "Heebie Jeebies"?

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published February 10, 2016 at 3:23 PM EST
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

This month, in 1926, trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader Louis Armstrong recorded the first jazz scat vocal, "Heebie Jeebies." WRTI’s Susan Lewis looks at the life and legacy of a musician who propelled jazz onto a mainstream stage.  She speaks with Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal drama critic, playwright, and author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong.

http://youtu.be/lRsreijPClY

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Listen to more of Susan Lewis' interview with Terry Teachout.
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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