"Focuses on his vocals and his contribution to popular music during thirty of his prime years, 1938 to 1967 with duets with legendary performers like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, and Louis Jordan"--Container.

On December 3, 1963, at age 62, when most folks are thinking about retirement, Louis Armstrong recorded the sprightly Hello, Dolly!, the title song for a Broadway show. Thus began a six-year-long series of recordings that arguably brought one of the most important 20th century musicians back into the limelight and gave him some of his greatest recording successes.