Album artist 454 - Louis Armstrong

This page lists the album chart runs of Louis Armstrong. A list of songs by Louis Armstrong can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

One would imagine that a 77 year career, from 1923-2000 would be enough for Louis Armstrong to hold the longevity record. In fact Enrico Caruso holds the record, at 95 years, but only due to a freak minor album hit in Austria. Of course with more than 6 times as many hits Satchmo's career is much more impressive.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Louis Armstrong	Hello Dolly!	1964	Billboard 1 - May 1964 (75 weeks) (6 weeks at number 1) (19 weeks in top 10), US 1 of 1964, US num 1 for 6 weeks - Jun 1964, US BB 4 of 1964, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1964), UK 11 - Jun 1964 (6 weeks), US CashBox 15 of 1964, RYM 132 of 1964
2	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong Plays WC Handy	1954	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1954), BEA 6 of 1954, Acclaimed 1036 (1954), RYM 2 of 1954
3	Louis Armstrong	Satch Plays Fats	1955	BEA 2 of 1955, US BB 55 of 1955, RYM 5 of 1955
4	Louis Armstrong	The Hot Fives & Sevens, Volume 1	1926	Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1926)
5	Louis Armstrong	What A Wonderful World	1968	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 2001), UK 37 - Nov 1968 (3 weeks)
6	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo the Great	1957	Italy 74 of 1994, RYM 61 of 1957
7	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong At The Crescendo	1956	UK 4 - Jul 1956 (1 week)
8	Louis Armstrong	The Good Book	1968	France Gold (certified by SNEP Nov 1997), France (InfoDisc) 31 of 1968 (peak 2, 82 weeks)
9	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo Plays King Oliver	1960	UK 20 - Oct 1960 (1 week), RYM 36 of 1960
10	Louis Armstrong	We Have All The Time In The World - The Very Best Of Louis Armstrong	1994	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1994), UK 10 - Dec 1994 (12 weeks)
11	Louis Armstrong	The Very Best Of Louis Armstrong	1982	Sweden 12 - Jul 2000 (5 weeks), UK 30 - Feb 1982 (3 weeks)
12	Louis Armstrong	Jazz Classics	1961	UK 20 - Oct 1961 (1 week)
13	Louis Armstrong	The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Louis Armstrong	2000	Billboard 192 - Jul 2000 (1 week)
14	Louis Armstrong	Memorial	1971	Norway 18 - Aug 1971 (5 weeks)
15	Louis Armstrong	Ken Burns Jazz - The Definitive Louis Armstrong	2001	Billboard 142 - Jan 2001 (5 weeks)
16	Louis Armstrong	Pure Gold	1995	Norway 3 - Aug 1995 (9 weeks)
17	Louis Armstrong	The Ultimate Collection	1994	UK 48 - May 1994 (3 weeks)
18	Louis Armstrong	Sugar	1946	RYM 6 of 1946
19	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo at Pasadena	1951	RYM 19 of 1951
20	Louis Armstrong	Evening with Louis Armstrong at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Vol 2	1951	RYM 45 of 1951
21	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo Serenades	1952	RYM 14 of 1952
22	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines	1953	RYM 66 of 1953
23	Louis Armstrong	At His Very Best	2003	UK 75 - Oct 2003 (1 week)
24	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong Sings the Blues	1954	RYM 52 of 1954
25	Louis Armstrong	Ambassador Satch	1955	RYM 16 of 1955
26	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo Sings	1955	RYM 186 of 1955
27	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson	1957	RYM 25 of 1957
28	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography	1957	RYM 166 of 1957
29	Louis Armstrong	Louis & The Good Book	1958	RYM 42 of 1958
30	Louis Armstrong	Hello Louis	1991	Italy 85 of 1991
31	Louis Armstrong	All-Time Greatest Hits	unknown	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1999)
32	Louis Armstrong	20th Century Masters - The Best Of Louis Armstrong	unknown	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 2004)

In addition to the above listed albums Louis Armstrong also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis	1956	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 (1956), BEA 2 of 1956, US BB 38 of 1956, UK 43 - Sep 2004 (1 week), WXPN 759 (1956), WTMD 785, Acclaimed 1370 (1956), RYM 2 of 1956, WFUV 62
2	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Porgy & Bess	1958	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1958), France (InfoDisc) 81 of 1969 (peak 5, 27 weeks), Acclaimed 1373 (1956), RYM 25 of 1958
3	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis Again	1956	Acclaimed 2967 (1956), RYM 21 of 1957
4	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington	The Great Summit	1961	BEA 9 of 1961
5	Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong	Bing & Louis	1960	RYM 185 of 1960
6	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington	Together for the First Time	1961	RYM 39 of 1961
7	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington	The Great Reunion	1963	RYM 38 of 1963

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19 May 2015

#34 - Hello Dolly

This album also made the UK Charts (#45 - 2 weeks). It's listed under Original Soundtrack.

We had it (wrongly) listed under "Original Cast" rather than "Original Soundtrack", so there are two 1964 albums ("Original Cast" and "Louis Armstrong") and the 1970 one is under Barbra Streisand

Thanks for the fix