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Artwork for Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, The Sy Oliver Choir

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, The Sy Oliver Choir

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13 cited facts

  • 1958
  • 3:29
  • 132 BPM · E minor

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  1. Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)

  2. Produced by Milt Gabler, also Lover Man (Billie Holiday), Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) and Caldonia (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)

  3. Part of Louis and the Good Book, also Zat You Santa Claus? (Louis Armstrong), Cool Yule (Louis Armstrong) and Christmas in New Orleans (Louis Armstrong)

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Produced by
Milt Gabler
Performed by
Barrett Deems, Billy Kyle, Everett Barksdale, Hank D'Amico, Louis Armstrong, Mort Herbert, Nick Tagg, The Sy Oliver Choir and Trummy Young
Part of
Louis and the Good Book
Released on
Decca Records

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Barrett Deems

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Barrett Deems

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Billy Kyle

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Billy Kyle

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Everett Barksdale

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Everett Barksdale

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Hank D'Amico

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Hank D'Amico

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Louis Armstrong

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Louis Armstrong

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Mort Herbert

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Mort Herbert

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Nick Tagg

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Nick Tagg

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by The Sy Oliver Choir

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by The Sy Oliver Choir

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Trummy Young

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was performed by Trummy Young

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was produced by Milt Gabler

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was produced by Milt Gabler

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child is part of the release Louis and the Good Book

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child is part of the release Louis and the Good Book

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Decca Records is the label of the song Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was released on 1958

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child was released on 1958

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026