Life is as quick as the Blink of an Eye

Louis Daniel Armstrong, popularly known later as "Satchmo" and "Pops" was a pioneer in the search for Black success in Music Entertainment. Armstrong was best known for his virtuosity with the cornet and trumpet. He was accepted as a great musician everywhere but was treated badly at first in the United States. Eventually he became an Uncle Tom, which is a derogatory term for a black person who cooperates with white people or protests injustice mildly instead of violently, or who is otherwise perceived to act in a servile and insincere

way around white people. He made an example for future entertainers to make the smile, laugh, make fun of themselves, and do silly things to endear themselves to audiences, great talents and small. He was the first Black Artist to win over audience’s predominately white by doing this. Armstrong saw no conflict between being a serious musician and being a popular entertainer. Although he didn’t live the high life all the time, people still watched him play and sing throughout his 30 plus year career. He may not have been a legend in his day, but his music would stay around and his legacy would be accepted later in years to pass. He did what he had to so that others following him could make the break through music not their race.

One musician had such a profound notable influence that one of his songs "Johnny B. Goode" was on the copper records aboard the Voyager Space Probes, launched into outer space in 1977. On of the first men who made Black Success possible in Music Entertainment was Chuck Berry. One main reason for his success is because he is the first rock and roller to write words that were relevant and entertaining to his young white audience with out alienating his core black audience. Chuck Berry was one of the first black musicians to be successful with a white audience. Because of his middle class background, his energetic performing style, and his teen youth associated lyrics, Chuck Berry broke through the race barrier and became one of the first "rock stars." Berry, even though Black, became a representative of the teenage generation and experience, even though he recorded his first single at the age of 29. His experience growing up, though he was almost 15 years older than many of his fans, was similar enough to the suburban experience that he could easily identify with the restless attitude of white middle class teens. He had found a bond with teenagers that not one no

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