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Louis Armstrong: Satchmo

Jim Irvin, Word, The, August 2011

POP OWES much to Louis Armstrong, the first great star of racy music with a groove, making him the effective forefather of Elvis, James Brown, even Lady Gaga (not actually a stretch, jazz trumpet featured heavily in her recent live shows).

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