The great Louis Armstrong was born today in New Orleans, 1901 (died 1971). The legendary jazz trumpet player and singer recorded with Jimmie Rodgers back in 1930 on a song called Blue Yodel No. 9- making history at combining two incredible genres together.Forty years later, Louis Armstrong was a guest on the Johnny Cash Show. This video is from episode 38 of the Johnny Cash Show originally shown on October, 28, 1970. It was one of the great Satchmo's last performances.
Louis Armstrong cracks everybody up at the start of the song, “Let's give it to 'em in black and white…” Watch it here...
Cash and Satchmo. Could there be better representatives for two genres of music than those two legends? Wow- great post.
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