How Did Louis Armstrong Change The World
Not only did Louis Armstrong changed the way music is, but Armstrong owned the definition of perseverance.
“Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.”In this quote, Louis Armstrong is defining what he believes in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz, but he is also changing how musicians and others think in life.
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans,Louisiana. Armstrong raised in the place named ¨The Battlefield¨ located in one of the poorest parts of Louisiana. Shortly after Armstrong was born his father left him and his mother. Even though his mother would leave him with his grandmother frequently because of his mother often leaving to do prostitution to take of her and Armstrong. On New Year's Eve in 1912,Armstrong got arrested on the spot for firing off his stepfather's gun. He was sent to Colored Waif's Home …show more content…
Louis Armstrong set a number of African-American “first.”He became the first African-American to write an autobiography called Swing That Music in 1936.In the same year he was also the first African-American to get featured billing in a major Hollywood production with his turn in Pennies from Heaven starring Bing Crosby.In 1937,he was the first African-American entertainer to host a nationally sponsered radio
“Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.”In this quote, Louis Armstrong is defining what he believes in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz, but he is also changing how musicians and others think in life.
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans,Louisiana. Armstrong raised in the place named ¨The Battlefield¨ located in one of the poorest parts of Louisiana. Shortly after Armstrong was born his father left him and his mother. Even though his mother would leave him with his grandmother frequently because of his mother often leaving to do prostitution to take of her and Armstrong. On New Year's Eve in 1912,Armstrong got arrested on the spot for firing off his stepfather's gun. He was sent to Colored Waif's Home …show more content…
Louis Armstrong set a number of African-American “first.”He became the first African-American to write an autobiography called Swing That Music in 1936.In the same year he was also the first African-American to get featured billing in a major Hollywood production with his turn in Pennies from Heaven starring Bing Crosby.In 1937,he was the first African-American entertainer to host a nationally sponsered radio