I’m a 63 white male. I watched Mr. Armstrong on TV when I was young. This man represents the best of America. When I watch him now, I can’t help but shed a tear. We need more people like him now.
I am 59 and also white (female). I grew up with this music in my house. My parents loved both him and Ella Fitzgerald. I am very lucky that my parents had a musical background and I was introduced to so much growing up.
That is not one bit of exaggeration. His influence on New Orl eans jazz, and swing and then big band cannot be over stated. His career started in early 1920s He is often called Louis. His cornet,then early switch to trumpet are of major importance in development of jazz and America's contribution to music. He is one of the IMPORTANT ones. I think he died in the 1970s. You sensed his remarkable presence and it is enough to bring chills.
I totally agree. He inspired many artists all over the world. Who would think that a 3 years old toddler in Norway was so inspired by him and at the age of 8 she performed this song at a Nobel Peace Prize concert. Yes, that girl is Angelina Jordan and here is that performance ruclips.net/video/IVyjEqBHCaE/видео.htmlsi=RQ6AHuuSdtlwlxQP
Simply put, Louis Armstrong is the most important, most influential American musician who has ever lived. And yeah, when "Pops" and Ella got together it was pure magic 🪄
Ella Fitzgerald, who arguably had the finest singing voice of all time, and Louis Armstrong are jazz legends. Ella's collaborations with Louis Armstrong are just as legendary as their solo work. Btw, they were both amazing scat singers.
There is a list of great Americans in my mind that make me say, "Someday, I hope my nation behaves as though it deserves these great men and women that it has produced." That list includes Louis Armstrong, Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, and Dolly Parton among others. My deepest wish and prayer for my country is that someday we behave as though we deserve to have had these people.
For a man who lived through the height of Jim Crow to have such a positive outlook on the world goes to show that at the end of the day, life is what you make of it.
And he stood up to the government well. He wasn’t going to be a musical ambassador to Russia until LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act. And they did. We can thank Louis.
@@Littlebigbot LBJ despite being President when Civil Right Act passed was a card carrying bigot! he said passing that will will have those ***** voting democrat for 50 yrs or some such thing....
Louis Armstrong is one of the most important and influential musicians of all time. Not only a great singer and scat artist, but an especially brilliant trumpet player, breaking the mold and creating a whole new style by himself back in the 1920s. The man was and is a legend.
Louis Armstrong {Satchmo}, has been playing trumpet and singing since 1918. He has been one of my favorites since I was a little boy in the early 1950s. "Hello Dolly" is another of his signature songs. He is the goat of goats. Somewhere on RUclips is a video of him singing a duet with the great Ella Fitzgerald.
Armstrong was the ambassador of kindness around the world. He was a great trumpet player,Band leader,Scat ,vocalist. His childhood was hard in a way people couldn’t grasp today but he always chose to see the beauty. Many famous people wrote him into movies to push the color barriers and because he was so engaging he was beloved across the world. Anyone can be negative and bitch but to really have something to complain about but choose to bring a positive light is magnificent
The information I found below really says it all.... "What a Wonderful World" is about appreciating the beauty of our surroundings. Armstrong really connected with it and delivered a very convincing vocal. Armstrong married his wife Lucille in 1942 and soon after, the couple moved into the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York, where they were still living when he recorded the song in 1967. According to the Louis Armstrong House museum, he drew from life in that neighborhood as inspiration for his vocal. "I saw three generations come up on that block," he said. "They're all with their children, grandchildren, they come back to see Uncle Satchmo and Aunt Lucille. That's why I can say, 'I hear babies cry, I watch them grow, they'll learn much more then I'll never know.' And I can look at all them kids's faces. And I got pictures of them when they was five, six and seven years old. So when they hand me this 'Wonderful World,' I didn't look no further, that was it." Armstrong brought the same kind of joy to his trumpet playing. "I just think about all my happy days and memories and the notes come out," he said.
Absolute truth! I feel blessed to have grown up in the sixties and seventies when I would occasionally hear him on the radio or see him on TV. One of the earliest memories of going to a movie with my family is watching “Hello, Dolly!” (starring Barbra Streisand). He had such an amazing presence. I feel for kids growing up today because I know many of them don’t get to experience someone like Louis Armstrong.
4:18- That was his Vibe, B.P...he was the most warm, real and loved musicians worldwide for 50 years. Lived in Queens his whole life, threw ice-cream socials for the neighborhood kids after every tour, wouldn't accept gigs if the audiences were segregated, etc. The man literally lived to make people happy, and blew one of the meanest Trumpets ya ever heard. At his funeral, the line went for blocks: Celbs and politicians from all over the world." Hello Dolly" is another big hit from him.
Yeah, he really does. Louis has been someone I've loved and enjoyed since I was a kid in England in the late 50s-early 60s listening to my dad's jazz records Sunday afternoons. After coming to Canada in '64, there was 'Hello Dolly' and this one, as beautiful and loving as music gets, imo. Rest In Peace, Satchmo. 🤟🏼😍🎙🎺🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
IKR One of the most unintentionally funny things I’ve ever heard. Is the Pope gonna pray? Is Michael Jordan gonna play bball? OMG. I want to see the reaction when he learns about Louis Armstrong’s history.
You said “I feel like this is pops!” Coincidentally, “Pops” was one of the nicknames that fellow musicians used for him. It is impossible to overstate his importance to music. Wynton Marsalis said: “Louis Armstrong invented modern time” He not only pioneered a whole new way of playing and singing, he created a his own vernacular - he was the first to call a girl a “chick” and a guy a “”cat”. He was the first to refer to his musical ability as his “chops”. Etc, Etc. if you really want to check out some hot music, go to “Dinah” a live performance in the 30’s in Scandanavia start there and get ready for a wild ride!
Louis Armstrong's first solo performance was on "Chimes Blues" 1923 when he was 21. His biggest hit was "Hello Dolly" from the movie adaptation of the Broadway Musical "Hello Dolly"
He actually recorded the song when it was Hello Dolly was still just a stage show on Broadway. He was asked to sing it in the movie because he had already made it a hit.
@@r3adrpro811 Oh, Thank you. I didn't look up the time frame. I only knew that he was in Hello Dolly the Movie Musical. I also knew that Hello Dolly was a Broadway Musical first. I didn't know that his recording was before his movie camo. So Thank you.
@@AnneRGregory His recording actually helped make the show a hit on Broadway and on its first road company tour - even those in the hinderlands knew the song. And getting him to do the cameo in the movie as Dolly comes down the stairs at the Harmonia Gardens was a huge deal. Even Streisand could not complain about being upstaged by Armstrong.
@@AnneRGregory Armstrong was culturally a more important star than she was. She couldn't pull her I am the greatest star (apologies to Funny Girl there) diva attitude with him especially as there was always a humble quality about Armstrong. For instance, he lived on a middle class neighborhood in a fairly modest house in Corona, Queens, New York (near the Worlds Fair Grounds), not on a huge estate or in a gated community. (It was near to my grandmother's house so we went by it).
This song makes remember and celebrate my daddy. He always thought the world around him was wonderful. When he was literally dying of cancer, he was asked if he was mad, and he responded, "I've been faithful to the woman I love for 45 years and she to me and I've left her well provided for. My kids have grown into adults I'm proud of and I've held all my grandchildren in my arms. Why should I feel anything but blessed?" Sing it Satchmo!
Right? It always makes me emotional and I often have to blink back tears - especially the part about the kids learning much more than he will ever know.
My husband danced his mother/son dance at our wedding to this tune. Absolute classic and it always brings a tear to my eye. Mr. Armstrong had to be the sweetest man. His sweet smile couldn’t hide anything bad. ❤
I was nine in 1964. I'd sing "Hello Dolly" with a rolled-up piece of paper as my trumpet! "Well, hello, Dolly -- this is Louis, Dolly"... Everybody loved him!
He is one of the FATHERS of jazz music. Period. Led bands way back in the Thirties with a DIxieland Jazz Style. Legendary bandleader and trumpet player. This was done shortly before his death. Not renowned as a singer, but this performance is iconic. No one will ever sing this as well as he did. No one on earth has ever had a bad word to say about this man. Loved all over the world. He was asked why he didn't do more to advance the cause of civil rights. His answer was that he broke down barriers with his music and with who he was as an artist and a human being. one of the greatest that ever lived.
Satch is one of the few who can make me smile and cry at the same time. Smiling from the sheer joy and hope that shines in his performances, and crying from the nostalgia.Try his 'A KIss to Build a Dream On' and you will hear that his trumpet playing is every bit as distinctive as his iconic voice. BTW, either pronunciation of Louis is fine. You can also call him Satchmo. Or even, as you said, Pops.
Mind you, This was during the civil rights era. He didn't have the same privileges as his white counterparts. He had to use the servant's entrance, etc. But he projected such a positive attitude through all of that. He was a treasure.
The most recognizable voice on Earth belongs to one Mr Louis Armstrong. EVERYONE imitated and adored him. One of the founders of JAZZ music with his brilliant trumpet playing. Check him out scatting with the Queen, Ella Fitzgerald.
I don't trust anybody that doesn't start smiling in the first few bars of this song. LA is one of the greats. He was a famous jazz trumpeter. You ought to review some of his trumpet work. He did a performance at the BBC where there is a lot of video available. Anything from that concert is great.
Sachmo was the nickname of Louis Armstrong. I played this as the last song at my mom's and son's viewing at the funeral home. Even as a child i love this song, it gave me hope in the world. Here's something some of the younger generations may not know, Sachmo, like many of us smoked weed before going on stage. Most Jazz musicians took a toke. This is the most beautiful song around.
My personal favorite of Louis Armstrong's many great hits is Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans. He makes you feel it. Such a great talent and beautiful human being. The world is better because he was here.
My ex husband's grandpa played trumpet in a Chicago jazz band that got signed to a label, and just before going on tour he chose to leave the band because he found out he was going to be a father (to my father-in-law). He was so good, that they didn't think they would find someone to fill his shoes in the band. Louis Armstrong took his spot!!!! My father-in-law said, "Man...I can find a way to F*** up anything." I miss grandpa Bob. Such a sweetheart.
Louis (pronounced Louie) Armstrong is one of the all-time great jazz musicians....wildly popular in Europe, particularly in Paris. Check out his playing in Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. He and his band were also featured in a movie with Bing Crosby called High Society. Lots of terrific music from Satchmo (his nickname)!
My mom was born in 1927 and she absolutely adored Louis Armstrong and his songs so much. I do too! "Hello Dolly", "Star Dust" , La Vie En Rose", "When You're Smiling", and one of my all time fav songs ever is "Dream a Little Dream of Me", Thanks BP!
I have another title for you. Imagine an old artist, veteran of a musical style that is no longer fashionable, invited to a popular TV musical show. As he thinks he will only talk about times gone by, he comes alone. The production offers him during the live show to sing one of his greatest hits and as he does not have his group, the production offers him a group of young musicians who must come after no problem and who arrive on stage the Rolling Stones who are honored to be the musicians of "Muddy Waters" and to play "Manich Boy"
Welcome to the greatest trumpeter ever. He was known as Satchmo, and as Stevie Wonder said in his wonderful song Sir Duke "For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo and the king of all, Sir Duke. And with a voice like Ella's ringing out, there's no way the band can lose". Louis Armstrong is a complete legend.
Pops chose positivity. Despite many hardships and occasional criticisms, he opted for the world as it could be while also dealing with the world as it was. He said, “Seems to me, it ain't the world that’s so bad but what we’re doin’ to it. And all I’m saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we’d give it a chance. Love baby, love. That’s the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we’d solve lots more problems. And then this world would be a gasser.” ...and he could play a fair lick on the horn, too.
No one else like Louis Armstrong. This song makes me smile and feel good every time I hear it. This song by Louis has been used in movies and tv commecials as well. You must hear him play that trumpet, he's one of the best. Here are 2 suggestions; "Summertime" A duet with Ella Fitzgerald (one of the best jazz singers and scat singers). And this suggestion: Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby duet..."Now You Has Jazz" ( video from the movie, High Society). In both of these Louis sings and plays that trumpet. Here's one more where Louis sings by himself....."Hello Dolly". This man exudes joy.
He was loved by his fans and others. He was a great man and symbolized peace and love. Love this song by him. No one does it better. Your comments that something about Louis is comforting is so true. Thank you for this. I like that you like to mix it up. Great channel. 👏👏👏🥰
Satchmo is way more than a lovable old man. You owe it to yourself to google him and learn about his legendary career going back nearly a century ago. A jazz treasure vocally and especially on the trumpet. He’s one you need to know. 🎺🎼
For a whole new appreciation of this song, you MUST watch (or re-watch) the movie Good Morning Vietnam. This is the background music in a sequence long enough to play most of the song. If you are paying attention, it will bring you to tears.
Always brings a tear to my eye. Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong ... Now you has jazz from the film High Society is something special too. Louis plays the trumpet ❤
Louie Armstrong song Hello Dolly reached number one in 1964 topping all the pop groups including the Beatles. It brought a tear to my eye that the song what a wonderful world sung by Armstrong a fellow black person in the time of the civil rights struggles found the beauty in life. It was really uplifting.
He was a genius! He was born in 1900 or 1901. Big in the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Big in my parents time. Check out Cheek to cheek, When You're Smiling, Hello Dolly, Oh When the Saints Come Marching in, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, and (you may have heard this one) the theme song from 007 Her Majesty's Secret Service, We Have All The Time in the World. Deep dive and they'll all end up on your playlists. Oh, he pronounced his name Louey so you were right Louey Armstrong.
Shockingly when going through some photos at my grandma's house some years back. I found a picture of my Uncle Richard with Louis Armstrong!!! I knew my uncle played piano and played at different places, but never expected this pic!! What a treasure for me!! I'm not sure where it was taken, Chicago or most likely Kankakee, IL! Since he leaved near Kankakee. I'd say it was taken in the 50"s it is black n white pic. Love Louis voice and trumpet playing!!
The utmost pride of New Orleans! Look up his story. It is so interesting. That smile has been recreated in so many ways. So much talent. Check out Louis and Barbara Streisand in Hello Dolly.
If you pick the Top Ten people in the history of the United States who most influenced popular music, you would have to include Louis Armstrong on that list. The rhythms and chord patterns he created and introduced in his early career changed the entire course of our music and are still followed today.
You've now been introduced to the wonderful Satchmo. Just listening to him always makes me smile 😊😊 Please do 'Hello, Dolly' from the movie of the same name starring Barbara Streisand and also 'We Have All The Time In The World', that one just makes me feel so relaxed.
In my opinion, Luise Armstrong is the Godfather of Jazz together with Duke Ellington. He paved the way for later legends like Parker, Davis, Coltrane, Monk, Minus etc. etc. Combilations Hot Fives and Sevens (1925-30), Big Band Sides(1930-32) etc pp belong in every jazz collection.
Louis Armstrong is the only musician whose music I can listen to all day long and never get tired of listening. Personally, I love his recordings from the 1920's with his group "Hot Seven" most of all. That is not a typo; I said 1920's. Songs like "SOL Blues" and "That's When I'll Come Back To You". Also, the song "Black & Blue". Louis Armstrong was known to by two nicknames: "Satchmo" and "Pops". He is one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. You MUST listen to more of Louis Armstrong.
Beautiful song from a beautiful man both inside and out. Need to read about his life when he was a child. He is definitely one of the greatest souls ever ❤❤❤
Raspy and Silky ALL at the same time! Such an Amazing voice, and yet he and that Trumpet will make you forget about that voice. Louie B Armstrong(phonetics).
He was the best. This man enjoyed life and he appreciated just being around people. He was born to entertain. The next one you do must have him playing trumpet. He had a style like no other trumpet player. I will never forget his appearance on the Johnny Cash Show
My father was a Satchmo fan from his young years and I gained appreciation of him from my early childhood. Dad had masses of 78's and LP's of his music as well as a couple of books by him. He was truly great and when the Golden Trumpet fell silent many a tear was shed.
Louie! His smile just makes you happy. I am 68 and watched him when I was young. I loved him. Listening to him sing and play his trumpet. He was in Hello Dolly. Man I LOVE THIS, thank you for bringing him back. I wish I could give him a hug.
Louis Armstrong is a national treasure. His smile is infectious, and you can tell his is a true gentleman. I have loved him since I was about 4 and I am 61 now. Please react to more of his wonderful music.
In 1969, Barbra Streisand starred in the movie version of the Broadway musical "Hello Dolly", where she got to sing the title song with the great Louis Armstrong. Definitely worth watching this scene from the movie!
Louis Armstrong is one of if not the most influential musician of all time. One of the first global solo superstars as a black man from the 1920s onwards, also averaged about 300 shows a year for about 30 years and dueted with and influenced god knows how many and even at the age of 63 in 1964 he knocked peak Beatles off the top of the charts
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong released this song in 1967. His career began in the 1920's and his first recorded trumpet solo was on "Chimes Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, recorded on April 5, 1923, when he was 21. He was the first Black Jazz musician to write an autobiography, "Swing That Music" published in 1936. He was also the first to get featured billing in a major Hollywood film starring in the 1936 film "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby. In 1964 his song, "Hello Dolly" went to #1 and ended The Beatles three-week run at #1 with "Can't Buy Me Love". This also made him the oldest male artist to have a #1 song. Louis performed the song with Barbra Streisand in the 1969 film, "Hello Dolly". He passed away in 1971 just a month before his 70th birthday.
You think he has vocal chops? You should hear him blow a trumpet!!! Satchmo is the GOAT! This is just a tease ...
Yup!👍
You betcha Red Rider. You ain't heard nothing yet.
When I was growing up , everyone loved this man , and his trumpet skills are amazing.
100% Top Notch, unrefuted GOAT!
True enough...
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
I’m a 63 white male. I watched Mr. Armstrong on TV when I was young. This man represents the best of America. When I watch him now, I can’t help but shed a tear. We need more people like him now.
And that's me too....exactly !!
I'm a 60 year old woman from Australia this song and his trumpet playing is just beautiful
I'm a 66 year old white female and I love this song sung by the amazing Mr. Armstrong ❤❤❤
He was called Louie.
I am 59 and also white (female). I grew up with this music in my house. My parents loved both him and Ella Fitzgerald. I am very lucky that my parents had a musical background and I was introduced to so much growing up.
Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians the world has ever known.
That is not one bit of exaggeration. His influence on New Orl eans jazz, and swing and then big band cannot be over stated. His career started in early 1920s
He is often called Louis.
His cornet,then early switch to trumpet are of major importance in development of jazz and America's contribution to music. He is one of the IMPORTANT ones.
I think he died in the 1970s.
You sensed his remarkable presence and it is enough to bring chills.
I totally agree. He inspired many artists all over the world.
Who would think that a 3 years old toddler in Norway was so inspired by him and at the age of 8 she performed this song at a Nobel Peace Prize concert. Yes, that girl is Angelina Jordan and here is that performance
ruclips.net/video/IVyjEqBHCaE/видео.htmlsi=RQ6AHuuSdtlwlxQP
He's iconic.
Simply put, Louis Armstrong is the most important, most influential American musician who has ever lived.
And yeah, when "Pops" and Ella got together it was pure magic 🪄
Ella Fitzgerald, who arguably had the finest singing voice of all time, and Louis Armstrong are jazz legends. Ella's collaborations with Louis Armstrong are just as legendary as their solo work. Btw, they were both amazing scat singers.
I can remember sitting next to my father’s record player listening to Ella’s Christmas album. They told me later, I started doing that at age 3
I also love his duets with Bing Crosby and Barbara Streisand
Ella Fitzgerald & Louie’s Dream a little dream is just pure joy
my favorite duets EVER
They recorded Porgy and Bess together- it’s divine.
He made his fame with his trumpet playing. The voice just icing on the cake
He was a hug in a world that needs them.
There is a list of great Americans in my mind that make me say, "Someday, I hope my nation behaves as though it deserves these great men and women that it has produced." That list includes Louis Armstrong, Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, and Dolly Parton among others.
My deepest wish and prayer for my country is that someday we behave as though we deserve to have had these people.
I always feel like I just had a warm hug from an old friend when I hear this song.
This an amazingly simple way to express exactly what Louis Armstrong was! Thank you for expressing it so perfectly!
Most wholesome and nostalgic song ever performed and Louie’s smile is beautiful
Glad you found Louis he's awesome...Is it time for BP to discover Luther Vandross...Super Star cover of The Carpenters.
For a man who lived through the height of Jim Crow to have such a positive outlook on the world goes to show that at the end of the day, life is what you make of it.
And he stood up to the government well. He wasn’t going to be a musical ambassador to Russia until LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act. And they did. We can thank Louis.
@@TheDivayenta It doesn't say much for LBJ does it?
@@Littlebigbot LBJ despite being President when Civil Right Act passed was a card carrying bigot! he said passing that will will have those ***** voting democrat for 50 yrs or some such thing....
@@Littlebigbot LBJ only did it to control the Black vote. 60 years later, the Dems are same as they ever were....
He is arguably the greatest trumpet player to have ever graced the planet. Sachmo! GOAT! 🎵🎺
Louis Armstrong is one of the most important and influential musicians of all time. Not only a great singer and scat artist, but an especially brilliant trumpet player, breaking the mold and creating a whole new style by himself back in the 1920s. The man was and is a legend.
The best ever. Louis doesn't play the trumpet, he IS the trumpet.
Louis Armstrong {Satchmo}, has been playing trumpet and singing since 1918. He has been one of my favorites since I was a little boy in the early 1950s. "Hello Dolly" is another of his signature songs. He is the goat of goats. Somewhere on RUclips is a video of him singing a duet with the great Ella Fitzgerald.
Armstrong was the ambassador of kindness around the world. He was a great trumpet player,Band leader,Scat ,vocalist. His childhood was hard in a way people couldn’t grasp today but he always chose to see the beauty. Many famous people wrote him into movies to push the color barriers and because he was so engaging he was beloved across the world. Anyone can be negative and bitch but to really have something to complain about but choose to bring a positive light is magnificent
The information I found below really says it all....
"What a Wonderful World" is about appreciating the beauty of our surroundings. Armstrong really connected with it and delivered a very convincing vocal. Armstrong married his wife Lucille in 1942 and soon after, the couple moved into the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York, where they were still living when he recorded the song in 1967.
According to the Louis Armstrong House museum, he drew from life in that neighborhood as inspiration for his vocal. "I saw three generations come up on that block," he said. "They're all with their children, grandchildren, they come back to see Uncle Satchmo and Aunt Lucille. That's why I can say, 'I hear babies cry, I watch them grow, they'll learn much more then I'll never know.' And I can look at all them kids's faces. And I got pictures of them when they was five, six and seven years old. So when they hand me this 'Wonderful World,' I didn't look no further, that was it."
Armstrong brought the same kind of joy to his trumpet playing. "I just think about all my happy days and memories and the notes come out," he said.
Thank you!
Beautiful
One of the great Jazz musicians America has produced!!!
How you describe your feelings seeing Mr.Armstrong is how a lot of us felt seeing him back in the day regardless of our skin color.
Absolute truth! I feel blessed to have grown up in the sixties and seventies when I would occasionally hear him on the radio or see him on TV. One of the earliest memories of going to a movie with my family is watching “Hello, Dolly!” (starring Barbra Streisand). He had such an amazing presence. I feel for kids growing up today because I know many of them don’t get to experience someone like Louis Armstrong.
4:18- That was his Vibe, B.P...he was the most warm, real and loved musicians worldwide for 50 years. Lived in Queens his whole life, threw ice-cream socials for the neighborhood kids after every tour, wouldn't accept gigs if the audiences were segregated, etc. The man literally lived to make people happy, and blew one of the meanest Trumpets ya ever heard. At his funeral, the line went for blocks: Celbs and politicians from all over the world." Hello Dolly" is another big hit from him.
You wouldn't believe how much I laughed when you said dude he's about to play the trumpet... Oh you have so much to learn...
Yeah, he really does. Louis has been someone I've loved and enjoyed since I was a kid in England in the late 50s-early 60s listening to my dad's jazz records Sunday afternoons. After coming to Canada in '64, there was 'Hello Dolly' and this one, as beautiful and loving as music gets, imo. Rest In Peace, Satchmo.
🤟🏼😍🎙🎺🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
IKR One of the most unintentionally funny things I’ve ever heard. Is the Pope gonna pray? Is Michael Jordan gonna play bball? OMG. I want to see the reaction when he learns about Louis Armstrong’s history.
He’s such an icon in New Orleans, they named the airport for him.
I love the statue of him in the airport! I had to have my friend take a picture of me next to him!
Well, that made me cry. I'm almost 70 and remember watching Mr. Armstrong on tv in the 60's, probably saw this very show. Truly one of a kind.
You said “I feel like this is pops!” Coincidentally, “Pops” was one of the nicknames that fellow musicians used for him. It is impossible to overstate his importance to music. Wynton Marsalis said: “Louis Armstrong invented modern time”
He not only pioneered a whole new way of playing and singing, he created a his own vernacular - he was the first to call a girl a “chick” and a guy a “”cat”. He was the first to refer to his musical ability as his “chops”. Etc, Etc. if you really want to check out some hot music, go to “Dinah” a live performance in the 30’s in Scandanavia start there and get ready for a wild ride!
As soon as I hit the arrow, I saw that you made the same comment.
You can learn a lot about Louis Armstrong from the PBS documentary about Jazz
At 59 and the countless times I've heard him sing this, it still brings tears, Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole had two of the most amazing voices 🇬🇧
They were both just incredible - absolute GOATs!!
Louis Armstrong's first solo performance was on "Chimes Blues" 1923 when he was 21. His biggest hit was "Hello Dolly" from the movie adaptation of the Broadway Musical "Hello Dolly"
He actually recorded the song when it was Hello Dolly was still just a stage show on Broadway. He was asked to sing it in the movie because he had already made it a hit.
@@r3adrpro811 Oh, Thank you. I didn't look up the time frame. I only knew that he was in Hello Dolly the Movie Musical. I also knew that Hello Dolly was a Broadway Musical first. I didn't know that his recording was before his movie camo. So Thank you.
@@AnneRGregory His recording actually helped make the show a hit on Broadway and on its first road company tour - even those in the hinderlands knew the song. And getting him to do the cameo in the movie as Dolly comes down the stairs at the Harmonia Gardens was a huge deal. Even Streisand could not complain about being upstaged by Armstrong.
@@r3adrpro811 😁This is a great bit of fun trivia. I've always loved trivia. There's something about Steisand, I wonder if she was starstruck???🤔
@@AnneRGregory Armstrong was culturally a more important star than she was. She couldn't pull her I am the greatest star (apologies to Funny Girl there) diva attitude with him especially as there was always a humble quality about Armstrong. For instance, he lived on a middle class neighborhood in a fairly modest house in Corona, Queens, New York (near the Worlds Fair Grounds), not on a huge estate or in a gated community. (It was near to my grandmother's house so we went by it).
This song makes remember and celebrate my daddy. He always thought the world around him was wonderful. When he was literally dying of cancer, he was asked if he was mad, and he responded, "I've been faithful to the woman I love for 45 years and she to me and I've left her well provided for. My kids have grown into adults I'm proud of and I've held all my grandchildren in my arms. Why should I feel anything but blessed?"
Sing it Satchmo!
You need to deep dive this man's music. He was known more for his trumpet skills. Total artist
This is the only man who can sing this song. You smile, feel good and it brings tears to your eyes. You need you to watch the longer version.
Right? It always makes me emotional and I often have to blink back tears - especially the part about the kids learning much more than he will ever know.
He was called “Pops” and was the GOAT! Was a jazz great for fifty years. His collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington are LEGENDARY!
My husband danced his mother/son dance at our wedding to this tune. Absolute classic and it always brings a tear to my eye. Mr. Armstrong had to be the sweetest man. His sweet smile couldn’t hide anything bad. ❤
I was nine in 1964. I'd sing "Hello Dolly" with a rolled-up piece of paper as my trumpet! "Well, hello, Dolly -- this is Louis, Dolly"... Everybody loved him!
He is one of the FATHERS of jazz music. Period. Led bands way back in the Thirties with a DIxieland Jazz Style. Legendary bandleader and trumpet player. This was done shortly before his death. Not renowned as a singer, but this performance is iconic. No one will ever sing this as well as he did. No one on earth has ever had a bad word to say about this man. Loved all over the world. He was asked why he didn't do more to advance the cause of civil rights. His answer was that he broke down barriers with his music and with who he was as an artist and a human being. one of the greatest that ever lived.
Satch is one of the few who can make me smile and cry at the same time. Smiling from the sheer joy and hope that shines in his performances, and crying from the nostalgia.Try his 'A KIss to Build a Dream On' and you will hear that his trumpet playing is every bit as distinctive as his iconic voice. BTW, either pronunciation of Louis is fine. You can also call him Satchmo. Or even, as you said, Pops.
Louis Armstrong is the most influential figure in the history of Jazz.
Louis Armstrong is magic. The song speaks to a place where we are all cherished for the color we bring to the world.
Louis Armstrong was a Giant in the Jazz World and a cultural Icon
Mind you, This was during the civil rights era. He didn't have the same privileges as his white counterparts. He had to use the servant's entrance, etc. But he projected such a positive attitude through all of that. He was a treasure.
I'm an old white man. Satchmo was one of the greatest. Nobody sang so pleasant and so, for lack of a better term, greatfull. He was a genuine article.
Grew up listening to his music considered one of the great trumpet players ever, he makes me cry
He was one of those special talents that touch your soul.
One thing about Louis Armstrong is he exudes joy and happiness in this song.
The most recognizable voice on Earth belongs to one Mr Louis Armstrong. EVERYONE imitated and adored him. One of the founders of JAZZ music with his brilliant trumpet playing.
Check him out scatting with the Queen, Ella Fitzgerald.
I don't trust anybody that doesn't start smiling in the first few bars of this song. LA is one of the greats. He was a famous jazz trumpeter. You ought to review some of his trumpet work. He did a performance at the BBC where there is a lot of video available. Anything from that concert is great.
Sachmo was the nickname of Louis Armstrong. I played this as the last song at my mom's and son's viewing at the funeral home. Even as a child i love this song, it gave me hope in the world. Here's something some of the younger generations may not know, Sachmo, like many of us smoked weed before going on stage. Most Jazz musicians took a toke. This is the most beautiful song around.
I’m sorry you lost your mom and son, but what a beautiful way to end the viewing.
ONE OF THE GREATS! ❤❤❤ YOU HAVE TO HEAR HIM ON THE TRUMPET..NOTHING LIKE IT!
Yes a great singer and entertainer but one of the best trumpet players ever. Go down the rabbit hole.
It's one of those songs, he's one of those performers...it's a perfect piece of art, perfectly represented.
I love to watch him sing that song. He's pointing out there is good all around and that's what he focuses on.
This man is major legendary not just voice but trumpet player AMAZING.
My personal favorite of Louis Armstrong's many great hits is Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans. He makes you feel it. Such a great talent and beautiful human being. The world is better because he was here.
His version of Mac the Knife is amazing
My ex husband's grandpa played trumpet in a Chicago jazz band that got signed to a label, and just before going on tour he chose to leave the band because he found out he was going to be a father (to my father-in-law). He was so good, that they didn't think they would find someone to fill his shoes in the band. Louis Armstrong took his spot!!!! My father-in-law said, "Man...I can find a way to F*** up anything." I miss grandpa Bob. Such a sweetheart.
My Uncle wanted us to play this at his funeral. So yea, I'm crying now. When I hear this I always think of him. He died way too soon.😢
Louis Armstrong is one of the greatest. You have to check out more about these singer/musicians from another era of class, style and originality.
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Louis (pronounced Louie) Armstrong is one of the all-time great jazz musicians....wildly popular in Europe, particularly in Paris. Check out his playing in Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. He and his band were also featured in a movie with Bing Crosby called High Society. Lots of terrific music from Satchmo (his nickname)!
My mom was born in 1927 and she absolutely adored Louis Armstrong and his songs so much. I do too! "Hello Dolly", "Star Dust" , La Vie En Rose", "When You're Smiling", and one of my all time fav songs ever is "Dream a Little Dream of Me", Thanks BP!
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Imagine an old artist, veteran of a musical style that is no longer fashionable, invited to a popular TV musical show.
As he thinks he will only talk about times gone by, he comes alone.
The production offers him during the live show to sing one of his greatest hits and as he does not have his group, the production offers him a group of young musicians who must come after
no problem and who arrive on stage
the Rolling Stones
who are honored to be the musicians of "Muddy Waters" and to play "Manich Boy"
Welcome to the greatest trumpeter ever. He was known as Satchmo, and as Stevie Wonder said in his wonderful song Sir Duke "For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo and the king of all, Sir Duke. And with a voice like Ella's ringing out, there's no way the band can lose". Louis Armstrong is a complete legend.
Pops chose positivity. Despite many hardships and occasional criticisms, he opted for the world as it could be while also dealing with the world as it was. He said, “Seems to me, it ain't the world that’s so bad but what we’re doin’ to it. And all I’m saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we’d give it a chance. Love baby, love. That’s the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we’d solve lots more problems. And then this world would be a gasser.”
...and he could play a fair lick on the horn, too.
No one else like Louis Armstrong. This song makes me smile and feel good every time I hear it. This song by Louis has been used in movies and tv commecials as well. You must hear him play that trumpet, he's one of the best. Here are 2 suggestions; "Summertime" A duet with Ella Fitzgerald (one of the best jazz singers and scat singers). And this suggestion: Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby duet..."Now You Has Jazz" ( video from the movie, High Society). In both of these Louis sings and plays that trumpet. Here's one more where Louis sings by himself....."Hello Dolly". This man exudes joy.
He was loved by his fans and others. He was a great man and symbolized peace and love. Love this song by him. No one does it better. Your comments that something about Louis is comforting is so true. Thank you for this. I like that you like to mix it up. Great channel. 👏👏👏🥰
Satchmo is way more than a lovable old man. You owe it to yourself to google him and learn about his legendary career going back nearly a century ago. A jazz treasure vocally and especially on the trumpet. He’s one you need to know. 🎺🎼
This is the all-time greatest happiness song... anybody who can feel hate while listening to this song is beyond helping.
For a whole new appreciation of this song, you MUST watch (or re-watch) the movie Good Morning Vietnam. This is the background music in a sequence long enough to play most of the song. If you are paying attention, it will bring you to tears.
Always brings a tear to my eye.
Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong ... Now you has jazz from the film High Society is something special too. Louis plays the trumpet ❤
Louis' spoken intro' to this song on video truly is both priceless & timeless! 🫡👍
Louie Armstrong, Iconic Blues & Jazz singer and trumpet player. So many fantastic performances over several decades.
Louie Armstrong song Hello Dolly reached number one in 1964 topping all the pop groups including the Beatles. It brought a tear to my eye that the song what a wonderful world sung by Armstrong a fellow black person in the time of the civil rights struggles found the beauty in life. It was really uplifting.
Mr. Armstrong is a legend and a Icon.
I got watery eyes listening and watching this! One of my all time favorite songs ♥️
He was a genius! He was born in 1900 or 1901. Big in the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Big in my parents time. Check out Cheek to cheek, When You're Smiling, Hello Dolly, Oh When the Saints Come Marching in, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, and (you may have heard this one) the theme song from 007 Her Majesty's Secret Service, We Have All The Time in the World.
Deep dive and they'll all end up on your playlists.
Oh, he pronounced his name Louey so you were right Louey Armstrong.
Don’t forget his rendition of “Mack the Knife”!
Lou-ey, yes. While singing "Hello Dolly" he does sing "This is Lou-iss" for effect, which could confuse someone who may not know.
One of his nicknames was Pops. You nailed it.
If there is a band in heaven, Louis Armstrong plays in it!
Shockingly when going through some photos at my grandma's house some years back. I found a picture of my Uncle Richard with Louis Armstrong!!! I knew my uncle played piano and played at different places, but never expected this pic!! What a treasure for me!! I'm not sure where it was taken, Chicago or most likely Kankakee, IL! Since he leaved near Kankakee. I'd say it was taken in the 50"s it is black n white pic. Love Louis voice and trumpet playing!!
The utmost pride of New Orleans! Look up his story. It is so interesting. That smile has been recreated in so many ways. So much talent. Check out Louis and Barbara Streisand in Hello Dolly.
'Louie' Was a tremendous talent. We miss you brother.
If you pick the Top Ten people in the history of the United States who most influenced popular music, you would have to include Louis Armstrong on that list. The rhythms and chord patterns he created and introduced in his early career changed the entire course of our music and are still followed today.
I think I saw this performance on tv when I was very young. I know I've loved Louis Armstrong my whole life! He was a true gift from God!
You've now been introduced to the wonderful Satchmo. Just listening to him always makes me smile 😊😊
Please do 'Hello, Dolly' from the movie of the same name starring Barbara Streisand and also 'We Have All The Time In The World', that one just makes me feel so relaxed.
In my opinion, Luise Armstrong is the Godfather of Jazz together with Duke Ellington.
He paved the way for later legends like Parker, Davis, Coltrane, Monk, Minus etc. etc.
Combilations Hot Fives and Sevens (1925-30), Big Band Sides(1930-32) etc pp belong in every jazz collection.
Oh how we need Louie . Just love this man. We all loved him back in the day. Still do❤️
He's the best! Once you hear him you'll know his voice immediately. You should listen to him sing "Hello Dolly". I really love your show!!!
Saw him on stage with Carol Channing in "Hello Dolly" where he plays trumpet and sings the title song.
@@starman2337 so lucky.
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American jazz. American pop. American soul. Thank Louis Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong is the only musician whose music I can listen to all day long and never get tired of listening. Personally, I love his recordings from the 1920's with his group "Hot Seven" most of all. That is not a typo; I said 1920's. Songs like "SOL Blues" and "That's When I'll Come Back To You". Also, the song "Black & Blue". Louis Armstrong was known to by two nicknames: "Satchmo" and "Pops". He is one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. You MUST listen to more of Louis Armstrong.
my favorite of his: "You Go to My Head."
Satchmo is a legendary trumpet player but his voice is absolutely incredible! What a treasure! 🎺❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
Beautiful song from a beautiful man both inside and out. Need to read about his life when he was a child. He is definitely one of the greatest souls ever ❤❤❤
Raspy and Silky ALL at the same time! Such an Amazing voice, and yet he and that Trumpet will make you forget about that voice. Louie B Armstrong(phonetics).
He was the best. This man enjoyed life and he appreciated just being around people. He was born to entertain. The next one you do must have him playing trumpet. He had a style like no other trumpet player. I will never forget his appearance on the Johnny Cash Show
My father was a Satchmo fan from his young years and I gained appreciation of him from my early childhood. Dad had masses of 78's and LP's of his music as well as a couple of books by him. He was truly great and when the Golden Trumpet fell silent many a tear was shed.
Beautiful, beautiful man you can do nothing more than love him, great reaction, thankyou
His whole face smiled ❤
Louis Armstrong is multi-talented, an absolute Legend and a true Treasure.
This particular song gives me chills every single time I hear it. ❤
Makes you smile with a tear in your eye!! LOVE this!!!!! Ol' Satchmo!!
Louie! His smile just makes you happy. I am 68 and watched him when I was young. I loved him. Listening to him sing and play his trumpet. He was in Hello Dolly. Man I LOVE THIS, thank you for bringing him back. I wish I could give him a hug.
To me he is king of jazz. Certainly there at the beginning. What a talent!! And so authentic
Louis Armstrong is a national treasure. His smile is infectious, and you can tell his is a true gentleman. I have loved him since I was about 4 and I am 61 now. Please react to more of his wonderful music.
In 1969, Barbra Streisand starred in the movie version of the Broadway musical "Hello Dolly", where she got to sing the title song with the great Louis Armstrong. Definitely worth watching this scene from the movie!
I can literally hear him singing this in my head!!!...Can't believe I forgot "Hello, Dolly."
Louis Armstrong is one of if not the most influential musician of all time. One of the first global solo superstars as a black man from the 1920s onwards, also averaged about 300 shows a year for about 30 years and dueted with and influenced god knows how many and even at the age of 63 in 1964 he knocked peak Beatles off the top of the charts
One of the world's greatest trumpet players and singers. ❤
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong released this song in 1967. His career began in the 1920's and his first recorded trumpet solo was on "Chimes Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, recorded on April 5, 1923, when he was 21. He was the first Black Jazz musician to write an autobiography, "Swing That Music" published in 1936. He was also the first to get featured billing in a major Hollywood film starring in the 1936 film "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby. In 1964 his song, "Hello Dolly" went to #1 and ended The Beatles three-week run at #1 with "Can't Buy Me Love". This also made him the oldest male artist to have a #1 song. Louis performed the song with Barbra Streisand in the 1969 film, "Hello Dolly". He passed away in 1971 just a month before his 70th birthday.
There's a really cool song called Now You has Jazz he does with Bing Crosby in the movie High Society. There he sings and plays the trumpet.
It may have been awhile since we have seen this but this is what happiness looks like. The man is just happy and I am here for it.