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Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty”

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

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12 cited facts

  • 1989
  • 2:32
  • 172 BPM · G minor

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  1. Released on Classics, also Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Muggles and Solo Flight (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)

  2. Written by Don Raye, also Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (The Andrews Sisters), I’ll Remember April (Miles Davis) and You Don’t Know What Love Is (Sonny Rollins)

  3. Part of The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1940-1942, also Yes Suh!

  4. Written by Van Alexander, also A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket (Chick Webb and His Orchestra)

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Written by
Don Raye and Van Alexander
Performed by
Charlie Holmes, George "Pops" Foster, Joe Garland, Lee Blair, Louis Armstrong, Luis Russell and Sid Catlett
Part of
The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1940-1942
Released on
Classics

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Charlie Holmes

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Charlie Holmes

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by George "Pops" Foster

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by George "Pops" Foster

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Joe Garland

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Joe Garland

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Lee Blair

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Lee Blair

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Louis Armstrong

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Louis Armstrong

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Luis Russell

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Luis Russell

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Sid Catlett

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was performed by Sid Catlett

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was written by Don Raye

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was written by Don Raye

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was written by Van Alexander

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was written by Van Alexander

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1940-1942

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1940-1942

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz Classics is the label of the song Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty”

    Classics is the label of the song Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty”

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was released on 1989

    Cut Off My Legs and Call Me “Shorty” was released on 1989

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026