High Society

~ Recording by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2High Society?:??Louis Armstrong and His OrchestraI Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / High SocietyLouis Armstrong and His OrchestraSingle
  • US1937-01-27
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-6771
1.2High Society?:??Louis Armstrong And His OrchestraI Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / High SocietyLouis Armstrong And His OrchestraSingleBluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-6771

Relationships

recording of:High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)

High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)

lyricist:Walter Melrose
composer:Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
later translated versions:Van 1, 2, 3
is based on:High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
is the basis for:High Society (Armand J. Piron/Clarence Williams)