Music Pick: Louis Armstrong

Louis at his peak, October 21, 1933, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He spent much of 1933 and '34 touring Europe to escape the mobbed up managers who threatened to kill him if they couldn't secure his services. First film extant of an incandescent star utterly bursting with talent and energy. Am I the only one who sees a bit of Michael Jackson in his prancing at he beginning of the feature "Dinah"? When he returned to the US at the end of '34, he hooked with powerful Capone era mobster booking agent Joe Glaser who ended the talent war and guided Pops to world wide stardom for he next 33 years.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVdLd43bDI&list=PLD86099B30849C02E