How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star

612.406 - 636.594 Terry Gross

So that was Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, recorded in 1926, heebie-jeebies, which is considered the first recorded scatting. It's interesting, when he played in New Orleans with King Oliver, and when he played in New York with Fletcher Henderson before starting his own bands, nobody wanted him to sing. And he became so famous and so loved for his singing. Why didn't they want him to sing?