Episode Thirteen: Lil Hardin

In the season one finale, Jack finds his way through the life and career of jazz legend Lil Hardin Armstrong, who performed on exactly one country record: the groundbreaking Blue Yodel #9 with Jimmie Rodgers and her husband Louis Armstrong.

Songs:

Trisha Yearwood - Xs and Os (an American Girl)

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

Fisk Jubilee Singers - Brethren Rise!

WC Handy - St. Louis Blues

Jelly Roll Morton - The Crave

Alberta Hunter - He’s Got a Punch Like Joe Lewis

King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues

Alberta Hunter - Everybody Loves My Baby

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Yes, I’m in the Barrell

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Gut Bucket Blues

Louis Artmstrong - Dinah

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five - Struttin with some Barbeque 

Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra - Just for a Thrill

Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel #9

Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra - Brown Gal

Lil Hardin Armstrong - Clip joint

References:

Albertson, C. (1971/2009) Lil, Louis, Lil, and the little gangster. Stomp Off: A blog of memories and opinions. http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2009/09/louis-lil-and-little-gangster.html

Armstrong, L. (2001). Louis Armstrong, in his own words: selected writings. Oxford University Press, USA.

Armstrong, L. H. (2007). Satchmo and Me. American Music, 106-118.

Bergreen, L. (2012). Louis Armstrong: an extravagant life. Crown.

Dickerson, J. L. (2002). Just for a thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, first lady of jazz. Cooper Square Press.

Ewing, K. T. (2017). Lillian" Lil" Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971).

Gleason, H. (Ed.). (2017). Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives. University of Texas Press.

Glenn-Nelson, K. (February 28, 2019), An American Girl: Alice Randall's Journey as a Black Female Country Songwriter. https://www.ascap.com/news-events/articles/2019/02/bhm-alice-randall-country

Hardin, L. Interview clips retrieved from https://rwj-a.stanford.edu/bonus-content/lil-hardin-interview-clips

Porterfield, N. (2007). Jimmie Rodgers: the life and times of America's blue yodeler. Univ. Press of Mississippi.

Teachout, T. (2009). Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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