Louis Armstrong: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1990

His life and career in links.

Museum site:
http://louisarmstronghouse.org/

Rock Hall Bio:
http://rockhall.com/inductees/louis-armstrong/bio/

Joined King Oliver’s band in 1922 and later became a band leader himself.

Heebie Jeebies (1926):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmGt2U-xTE

Potato Head Blues (1927):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGZB78R7uw

West End Blues (1928):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W232OsTAMo8

Muggles was a slang term for marijuana.

Muggles (1928):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6Yo6lE-Jg

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0Es-Hdpn0

Lazy River (1931):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NqFE9xdIr0

In 1931, he received a suspended sentence on a marijuana conviction. Around the same time, mobsters ran him out of Chicago.

All of Me (1932):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kyfyZJkzL0

When the Saints Go Marching In:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA

In 1937, he became the first African American to host a national radio program.

Stardust (1947):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r94-7nJt-WM

Hello Dolly! (1964):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp4PbwqNdwo

He was the oldest musician with a number 1 when he unseated the Beatles atop the charts in 1964.

What a Wonderful World (1968):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE

We Have All the Time in the World (1969): James Bond soundtrack “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJsPoI2w6-A

Blue Yodel #9 w/Johnny Cash (1970):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4RhtRo6-Zs

Louis Armstrong died on July 6, 1971.

“What a Wonderful World” appeared on the Good Morning Vietnam soundtrack from 1987.