1. Louis Armstrong and Contemporary Popular Music
Popular music is an ever changing landscape where the styles that dominate the industry and airwaves switch from year to year. Due to this, musicians of an older era often dislike or disapprove of more modern, popular music. ... When Armstrong stated,"The government can go to hell, it's getting so bad a coloured man hasn't got a country," (Louis Armstrong Biography) in reference to the segregation problems going on in Little Rock, Arkansas, he angered many of his fans, a few to the point where they boycotted his performances. ... The only way Armstrong was allowed to put his emo...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate