Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans ? - Wikipedia Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans ? This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2008 ) `` Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans '' is a song written by Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter, which was first heard in the movie New Orleans in 1947, where it was performed by Louis Armstrong and sung by Billie Holiday. The song has been recorded by various artists, including : Artist Year Album title Notes Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday 1947 New Orleans soundtrack Armstrong 's rendition of the song was also the theme song for the TV series Frank 's Place Marilyn Maxwell 1947 on The Abbott and Costello Radio Show - April 17, 1947 Eddie Condon 1951 Dr. Jazz Series, Vol. 11 Frankie Laine 1954 A Musical Portrait of New Orleans Fats Domino 1958 Harry James 1958 Harry 's Choice Capitol Records ST1093 Jonah Jones 1958 Jumpin ' With Jonah Pete Fountain 1959 Pete Fountain 's New Orleans Rick Nelson 1961 Rick Is 21 Al Hirt 1962 At the Mardi Gras Marcia Hines 1978 Marcia Hines Live Across Australia Miracle ML703 Stéphane Grappelli 1981 Vintage 1981 Maura O'Connell 1982 Raul Seixas 1984 Lee Wiley 1985 reissue The Legendary Lee Wiley : Collector 's Items, 1931 - 1955 date of original recording unknown Dardanelle 1985 Down Home Alliance Hall Dixieland Band 1988 A Closer Walk Harry Connick Jr. ( with Dr. John ) 1988 20 Connick also performed the song with Wynton Marsalis during a 2005 televised benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina Alison Krauss Fats Domino Yoshio Toyama & Ralph Sutton Duet Martin Taylor featuring Chet Atkins 1995 Portraits Four Vagabonds 1996 reissue Yesteryear 's Memories originally released in 1947 ? on 78 rpm disc Rosemary Clooney Dedicated to Nelson Tara Darnell Let It Shine Janet Carroll 2000 I Ca n't Give You Anything But Love The Manhattan Transfer 2000 The Spirit of St. Louis Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers 2000 Everybody 's Talkin ' ' bout Miss Thing ! Suede On the Day We Met Victoria Williams 2002 Sings Some Ol ' Songs Aki Takase 2003 Plays Fats Waller Preservation Hall Jazz Band 2005 Our New Orleans, 2005 benefit album by various artists for Hurricane Katrina relief Stefano Bollani 2006 Piano Solo Ray Stevens 2007 New Orleans Moon Paul Sanchez / Shamarr Allen 2007 Meet Me On Frenchmen Street Linnzi Zaorski 2007 Hot Wax and Whiskey Take 6 featuring Aaron Neville 2008 The Standard Neon Swing X-perience 2008 Here to Stay Eyran Katsenelenbogen 2009 88 Fingers Jimmy Buffett Encores John Boutté 2013 Dee Dee Bridgewater 2015 Dee Dee 's Feathers with Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Nat King Cole Pilar Gual References Jump up ^ Bruce Forsberg, 2008 Archived June 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Billie Holiday Discography Awards and nominations Albums Billie Holiday Sings / Solitude An Evening with Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Billie Holiday at JATP Stay with Me Music for Torching Velvet Mood Lady Sings the Blues Body and Soul Songs for Distingué Lovers Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport All or Nothing at All Lady in Satin Last Recording The Essential Billie Holiday : Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live Lady in Autumn : The Best of the Verve Years Lady Day : The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933 -- 1944 Remixed and Reimagined Songs `` Ai n't Nobody 's Business '' `` As Time Goes By '' `` Billie 's Blues '' `` Blue Moon '' `` Body and Soul '' `` Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans ? '' `` Do n't Explain '' `` Easy Living '' `` Embraceable You '' `` Everything Happens for the Best '' `` Everything Happens to Me '' `` Fine and Mellow '' `` Gloomy Sunday '' `` God Bless the Child '' `` Good Morning Heartache '' `` I Cover the Waterfront '' `` I Loves You, Porgy '' `` I Thought About You '' `` I 'll Be Seeing You '' `` I 'll Get By '' `` I 've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm '' `` Just One of Those Things '' `` Lady Sings the Blues '' `` Left Alone '' `` Love for Sale '' `` Lover Man ( Oh, Where Can You Be ? ) '' `` Me, Myself, and I '' `` Miss Brown to You '' `` My Man '' `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` Night and Day '' `` No More '' `` Now or Never '' `` Our Love Is Different '' `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Pennies from Heaven '' `` Please Do n't Do It Here '' `` Preacher Boy '' `` Sophisticated Lady '' `` Stormy Blues '' `` Strange Fruit '' `` Summertime '' `` These Foolish Things ( Remind Me of You ) '' `` Too Marvelous for Words '' `` Trav'lin ' Light '' `` What a Little Moonlight Can Do '' `` What Is This Thing Called Love ? '' `` Who Needs You ( Baby ) '' `` Why Was I Born ? '' `` Willow Weep for Me '' `` You Go to My Head '' Related topics `` Angel of Harlem '' Lady Sings the Blues ( book ) Lady Sings the Blues ( film ) Lady Sings the Blues ( soundtrack ) Book This 1940s song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote do you know what it means to miss new orleans
Answer: Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter