Good News Network: In 1901 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was born on this day, August 4.
'120 years ago today (in 1901), the beloved American jazz trumpeter, composer, and singer Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans. Nicknamed Satchmo, or Pops, Armstrong was one of the most influential figures in jazz, with a trail-blazing career that spanned more than five decades.
With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong broke ground as he demonstrated great dexterity as an improvisational crooner and scat singer, bending the lyrics and melody to make any song more expressive.
Armstrong kept up his busy tour schedule until a few years before his death in 1971—and acted in cameo film roles, including his 1964 Grammy Award-winning vocal performance in Hello, Dolly!, co-starring Barbara Streisand.
One of his most memorable songs, What a Wonderful World, epitomizes the man, of whom Duke Ellington said, “He was born poor, died rich, and never hurt anyone along the way".'
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060804/
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Bonus link to a man worth studying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong
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