Fresh Air
How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star
Ricky Riccardi
So the records he makes in the 1920s, which are at the heart of Stomp Off, Let's Go, they were known at the time as race records, records aimed at cities and urban areas and the black community in general. And, you know, a lot of blues and a lot of instrumental jazz. But West End blues wasn't a runaway pop hit.
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