Louis Armstrong - Moon River - What A Wonderful World

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Louis Armstrong Moon River What A Wonderful World ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.satchmo.net http://blueopossum.homestead.com/Armstrong.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Louis Daniel Armstrong August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971 Born in New Orleans, Louisiana "All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song." - Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong, born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901, grew up poor, often singing on the street for change. In 1912, he was arrested for firing a pistol on New Year's Eve and was remanded to a youth home. It was there Armstrong first learned to play the coronet - a trumpet-like brass instrument. When he was released in 1914, he began playing in local Jazz bands. He soon caught the attention of Jazz godfather King Oliver, who found Armstrong jobs in more prominent groups. In the early '20s, Armstrong joined Oliver's group, with whom he made his earliest recordings, then moved to New York to work with Fletcher Henderson's Jazz orchestra. Throughout the 1920s, Amstrong recorded a series of classic singles, both with Henderson's group and with noted Blues and Jazz singers. He later formed his own bands, the Hot Five and the Hot Seven, and earned the nickname "Satchmo" - short for "Satchel Mouth" - thanks to his huge, trumpet-inflated cheeks. In 1927, Armstrong switched from coronet to trumpet. That same year, he popularized nonsense-syllable "scat" with the single "Heebies Jeebies." As the years wore on, Armstrong's popularity only grew, as his swinging style and unique, gravelly voice dominated the radio airwaves, making him the most famous Jazz musician. In the mid-'30s he toured Europe, the first of many foreign tours that introduced the entire world to America's most vital new musical style. Armstrong's trumpet style and vocal phrasing became enormously influential for both Jazz musicians and Pop singers. Additionally, his prominent solos transformed Jazz from an ensemble form of music to one based heavily on solos and the interplay of individual musicians. Unfortunately, by the mid-1940s, Jazz had begun to shift towards "Bop," and Armstrong's style was no longer considered current. Breaking up his big band, Armstrong founded a sextet called the "All-Stars," a Dixieland/swing group with a humorous stage-presence. He continued touring until his death in New York on July 6, 1971. As popular as ever, Satchmo has been honored on a U.S. postage stamp, and his music remains widely available with nearly every cut he ever recorded available on countless reissues.

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Louis Armstrong - Moon River - What A Wonderful World

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  • i love the trumpet ...

    i love the trumpet in this song!!

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  • MemphoT, Thank u so ...

    MemphoT,
    Thank u so much for this wonderful recording~! =)

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    Brilliant!
    That's all I want to say!

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    thank you! whoever put this on. this is so very cool! ty-C-

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  • yes what a ...

    yes what a wonderful world it is"""" please people enjoy all you see around the world and gve thank's to GOD for all and be happy or leess try it see other people that can't see pray for them and enjoy...

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    Moon River was featured in "Breakfast At Tiffany's" w/ Audrey Hepburn - and I remember it was in "Love Affair" starring Warren Beatty & Annette Bening. It's probably shown up in a few other movie soundtracks (Orlando Bloom's "Elizabethtown" being another one), but I don't recall a movie called Moon River. It is probably the most romantic tune of all time! That is SO SWEET that "Wonderful World" was played at your mom's funeral! That song has always evoked strong feelings with me. Great lyrics!

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    Moon River was my mum's favourite movie and Wonderful World her favourite song...lots of great childhood memories ....she wanted that song to be played at her funeral...she passed away in 1994 and it was played

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    thanks for posting..tears just kept flowing

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  • Oh Louis, I get ...

    Oh Louis, I get goose-bumps just listenning to you playing nthat trumpet! Funny too that very young photo!

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  • Everyone has sung ...

    Everyone has sung this song because its so beautiful, but THE best version is Andy Williams. Frank Sinatra, Elton John, and the rest don't come close.

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  • What a wondrful song

    What a wondrful song

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    Thank you does quite well! You're welcome. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. :-)

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    Thank you seems so small and trite a thing to say for something that gives me this much pleasure. But it is all I have.... Thank you.

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    You are very welcome. Glad you liked.

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    You are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed...

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  • Awesome, thanks for ...

    Awesome, thanks for posting that!

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  • Loui gonig to live ...

    Loui gonig to live forever!

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  • Wonderful. Now I ...

    Wonderful. Now I can breathe.
    A Maestro.
    Thanks Mempho Tenn.

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    Thank you. For the videos, the magic, the music. Louis, you are wondrful.

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  • This is very sweet. ...

    This is very sweet. Sorry it makes you cry, but I have a feeling they're sweet tears, no?

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  • Bea, Memph... this ...

    Bea, Memph... this is the song my dad loves, his died 9 hears ago, im 21, and.. i love "what a wonderfull world" its make me cry alwais, sry for this bad engl.. im glad you love it too, becouse you make me my father lives again and again with louis..
    Yes I think to myself .......what a wonderful world.

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  • Andalító muzsika. ...

    Andalító muzsika. Könnyes lett a szemem.

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  • Aw, how sweet... ...

    Aw, how sweet... I'm glad you enjoyed them.

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    Love this!

    I love Louis Armstrong, and "What A Wonderful Life" has always been one of my fav's!

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  • Oh, no... That... ...

    Oh, no... That... that's not nice...
    You made me cry. Completly. God.
    I think there has never been any song more heartbreaking ( i don't even know why... ) than Moon River sung by Louis. And now What A Wonderful World has started. You wanna kill me or what?
    (no kidding, this is beautiful)

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