How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star

1627.185 - 1647.872 Ricky Riccardi

Until the 1990s, when it was discovered that Armstrong had copyrighted the song two years earlier and he had written down the whole solo note for note. And then in the 1950s, when that record was played for some of his old New Orleans contemporaries, they all said, oh, my goodness, that's Buddy Petit. And Buddy Petit was a cornet player that Armstrong heard and admired when he was a kid.