With Thanksgiving approaching, I thought What a Wonderful World would be a great song to discuss this week. Louis Armstrong recorded this song by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss in 1967. He was only paid $250 for the original recording. He accepted the spec payment to ensure the orchestra would also be paid. Read More
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Louis Armstrong, The Jazz Master
Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901 in New Orleans. He was born into a very poor family and the grandson of slaves. He credited Joe “King” Oliver with teaching him to play the trumpet by ear. By the age of eleven, he’d dropped out of school and was singing on the streets for money. Read More