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When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

14 sources

14 cited facts

  • 1974
  • 3:23
  • 104 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 Leon René, also That’s My Home, Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra) and When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano (The Ink Spots)

  3. Part of The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1930-1931, also Blue Again and Little Joe

  4. Written by Otis René, also That’s My Home, I’m Lost (The Nat King Cole Trio) and Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat (The Ink Spots)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Leon René’s most frequent co-writer is Otis René (5 songs together)

  • Leon René first appears on fono in 1950, 24 years before this song

  • Otis René first appears on fono in 1962, 12 years before this song

Credits

All 13 credits
Written by
Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René
Performed by
Albert Washington, Big Mike McKendrick, Charlie Alexander, George James, Lester Boone, Louis Armstrong, Preston Jackson and Tubby Hall
Part of
The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1930-1931
Released on
Classics

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Sources (14)

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  1. 1MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Albert Washington

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Albert Washington

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Big Mike McKendrick

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Big Mike McKendrick

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Charlie Alexander

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Charlie Alexander

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by George James

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by George James

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Lester Boone

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Lester Boone

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  6. 6MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Louis Armstrong

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Louis Armstrong

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Preston Jackson

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Preston Jackson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Tubby Hall

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was performed by Tubby Hall

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was written by Clarence Muse

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was written by Clarence Muse

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was written by Leon René

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was written by Leon René

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was written by Otis René

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was written by Otis René

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1930-1931

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1930-1931

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz Classics is the label of the song When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

    Classics is the label of the song When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

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  14. 14MusicBrainz When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was released on 1974

    When It’s Sleepy Time Down South was released on 1974

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