#stachmo

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Billy Daniels with Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway at a party in his honor, 1955.

Photos by David Sutton

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PHOTO: Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Sings Spirituals EP (Brunswick)

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Louis Armstrong aka Satchmo or Pops - What a Wonderful World

"Some of you young folks been saying to me " Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about hunger and pollution? That ain't so wonderful either." Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute. Seems to me, it aint 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 gasser. That's wha' ol' Pops keeps saying." I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom, for me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue, and clouds of white The bright blessed day, dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces, of people going by I see friends shaking hands, sayin', "How do you do?" They're really sayin', "I love you" I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know And I think to myself What a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world Oh yeah!

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Day 21 Black History Fast Fact: Musician Louis Armstrong earned the nickname "Satchmo" which was a shortened version of the moniker "satchel mouth."

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Louis Armstrong (Stachmo) - St. James Infirmary