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How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star

326.416 - 345.838 Ricky Riccardi

And lo and behold, the pop records were selling. So in 1929... Armstrong comes to New York and begins his reign as a full-blown pop artist for OK, recording things like I Can't Give You Anything But Love and Ain't Misbehavin' and When You're Smiling. And by 1932, he's the biggest selling recording artist in the entire industry.

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