Decca matrix L 6526. Necessary evil / Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald

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Ruppli session note: All titles also issued on Brunswick (France, Germany) 87038, MCA (France) 510176, MCA-Coral (Germany) 6.21904, 52016, COP 7397.
Ruppli additional catalog number(s): MCA-Coral (Germany) 52016, MCA-Coral (Germany) COP 7397.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
Ruppli session personnel note: Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocals), Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), with Dave Barbour's Orchestra: Larry Neill (trumpet), Frank Howard (trombone), Jack Dumont, Heinie Beau, Chuck Gentry (saxophones), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Alvin Stoller (drums), Dave Barbour (guitar?, conductor).
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master Decca 27901 10-in.
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master Brunswick (U.K.) OE 9274 45-rpm
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master MCA (England) MCL-1772 LP
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master MCA (France) 510176 LP
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master Brunswick (France, Germany) 87038 LP
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master MCA-Coral (Germany) 6.21904 LP
11/23/1951 Los Angeles, California A Master Decca 9-27901 45-rpm

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix L 6526. Necessary evil / Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000272949/L_6526-Necessary_evil.

Decca matrix L 6526. Necessary evil / Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000272949/L_6526-Necessary_evil.

"Decca matrix L 6526. Necessary evil / Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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