I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You

Louis Armstrong · 1932 · Betty Boop, 1932

Context

Fleischer Studios Betty Boop cartoon (Paramount, November 25, 1932), in which Louis Armstrong and his orchestra play "You Rascal You," "High Society Rag," and "Chinatown." The song, written by Sam Theard, dates from 1931.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Swing, big bands, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

By the same artist

• West End Blues (1928)
• Weather Bird (1928)
• Beau Koo Jack (1928)
• Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong) (1928)
• Potato Head Blues (1927)
• Hotter Than That (1927)

Sources

• EN: I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You

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