On My Way (Louis Armstrong song)

"On My Way"
Single by Louis Armstrong
from the album Louis and the Good Book
Released	1959
Format	Single
Recorded	1958
Genre	Jazz

"On My Way" is a Louis Armstrong song that appeared on the album Louis and the Good Book in 1958 and was issued with "I'll String Along with You" as a single in 1959.^[1] It features a solo section with Louis and Trummy Young.^[2]

A variant of I'm on My Way (traditional song), Armstrong's version starts with "On My Way" or "I'm on My Way" (or similar phrases in various versions) and then goes into a chorus "On my way now, got on my traveling shoes...".

The song is no relation to "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!", a song sung by Ella Fitzgerald the previous year (1957) on the Porgy and Bess album by Fitzgerald and Armstrong. That song begins: "Porgy and all, I'm on my way to a heav'nly lan'".^[3]

References

↑ Popoff, Martin, Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948-1991, 2010, p. 61, "I'll String Along with You / On My Way (Out on My Traveling Shoes) 1959".
↑ Nollen, Scott Allen, Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music, and Screen Career, 2004, Page 142, "On My Way" is a blues with a train-like locomotion and a smokin' solo section featuring Louis and Trummy".
↑ Wojcik, Pamela Robertson and Knight, Arthur, Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music, 2001 p. 329, "... At the time they recorded Porgy and Bess, neither Louis Armstrong nor Ella Fitzgerald was much seen as an oppositional, ... namely with "Summertime" and "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way" — and thus strongly suggesting the show's narrative arc."

Louis Armstrong

Biography Recordings Songs Films, broadcasts & literature Awards Civil Rights proponent Style Concerts

Top Ten singles	Muskrat Ramble (1926) Hotter than That West End Blues (1928) Ain't Misbehavin' (song) (1929) "Chinatown, My Chinatown" (1932) You Can Depend on Me (song) All of Me (Ruth Etting song) "Love, You Funny Thing" "Sweethearts on Parade" "Body and Soul" (1932) "Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train" (1933) "I'm in the Mood for Love"/"You Are My Lucky Star"(1935) "Public Melody Number One" (1937) "When the Saints Go Marching In" (1939) "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (1946) "When We Are Dancing" (1951) "Hello, Dolly! (song)" (1964) "What a Wonderful World" (1968)

Albums	Satchmo at Pasadena (1951) Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1955) Louis Armstrong at the Crescendo, Vol. 1 (1955) Louis and the Angels (1957) Struttin' (1996) Bing & Satchmo The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve The Great Summit Hot Fives & Sevens Louis and the Good Book Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy Satchmo In Style

With Ella Fitzgerald	Armstrong-Fitzgerald history Ella and Louis (1956) Ella and Louis Again (1957) Porgy and Bess (1957)

With Duke Ellington	Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit/Complete Sessions (1961)

Other collaborations	Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957) The Real Ambassadors (1961)

Songs	Willie the Weeper "West End Blues" (1928) Ain't Misbehavin' (song) When the Saints Go Marching In "Mack the Knife" (1956) Autumn in New York (song) "On My Way" (1959) "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (1959) "Hello, Dolly!" (1964) "What a Wonderful World" (1967) "We Have All the Time in the World" (1969) Alexander's Ragtime Band April in Paris (song) Back Home Again in Indiana Basin Street Blues Big Butter and Egg Man Blue Turning Grey Over You Blueberry Hill (song) C'est si bon Can't We Be Friends Cheek to Cheek Cold, Cold Heart Cool Yule (song) Dippermouth Blues Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Dream a Little Dream of Me East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) El Choclo Everybody Loves My Baby Frankie and Johnny (song) Georgia on My Mind Get Together (The Youngbloods song) Gone Fishin' (song) The Gypsy in My Soul Heebie Jeebies (composition) Hello, Dolly! (song) Hey Lawdy Mama (blues song) High Society Calypso I Get Ideas I Wonder (1944 song) I've Got the World on a String It's Been a Long, Long Time Jeepers Creepers (song) A Kiss to Build a Dream On (Up A) Lazy River Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love Mack the Knife Moon River Moonlight in Vermont (song) Muggles (recording) Muskrat Ramble Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Now You Has Jazz On a Little Bamboo Bridge On My Way (Louis Armstrong song) On the Sunny Side of the Street Pennies from Heaven (song) Potato Head Blues Red Sails in the Sunset (song) Rockin' Chair (1929 song) Saint Louis Blues (song) Shine (1910 song) Skokiaan Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child St. James Infirmary Blues Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9) Stardust (song) Stars Fell on Alabama Takes Two to Tango (song) That Lucky Old Sun That's My Desire There Must Be Somebody Else They All Laughed (song) Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby La Vie en rose When It's Sleepy Time Down South When You're Smiling Willow Weep for Me Winter Wonderland Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

Compilation albums	Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions (1925-28) The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997) Hot Fives & Sevens (2000) The Great Summit: The Master Takes (2001)

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