Larry Newton (né Louis I. Nutinsky[1] May 7, 1920 – January 30, 2005) was an American record company entrepreneur who, earlier in his career, worked with several independent labels.
He oversaw what became a major multimarket, multi-label company, which, for its jazz subsidiary Impulse!, included Ray Charles, Oliver Nelson, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, and John Coltrane.
[6] In 1955, Newton became General Manager of Murray Katz's Treat Records, then located at 236 West 55 Street in Manhattan.
During the session, the whistles of passing Union Pacific freight trains, which prompted Armstrong and the musicians to work overtime following a late night concert at the Tropicana resort in Las Vegas,[7] also contributed to the slow production of the single.
It remained essentially unknown in the United States until 20 years later, when it gained popularity after being used in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam.