Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Hugh Laurie and his band perform a tune which was based on an English folk song called "The Unfortunate Rake". This arrangement was made famous in 1928 by Louis Armstrong and has the feel of a New Orleans funeral march with its slow, macabre start and rhythmic finish. The composer is unclear but often credited to Irving Mills from sometime in the early 1920s.
Hugh Laurie and his band perform a tune which was based on an English folk song called "The Unfortunate Rake". This arrangement was made famous in 1928 by Louis Armstrong and has the feel of a New Orleans funeral march with its slow, macabre start and rhythmic finish. The composer is unclear but often credited to Irving Mills from sometime in the early 1920s.
