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The incredible untold story of Louis Armstrong, an American original, an African American cultural touchstone, one of the most important figures in the history of Jazz, and one of the greatest American entertainers of the 20th century. From a dirt-poor boy raised amid the hustlers, pimps, and whores…

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    • Jul 14, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Part VI: What A Wonderful World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 21:20


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world.

    Part V: Something Louder Than Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 18:33


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world.

    Part IV: Chicago - New York - Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 22:49


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world.

    Part III: Daisy, Fate Marabel and the Mississippi River

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 26:17


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world.

    Part II: The Most Beautiful Thing in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 23:23


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world.

    Part 1: In the Beginning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 23:23


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world.

    Introducing POPS! The Louis Armstrong Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 11:06


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong's journey that took him from the hard streets of New Orleans to the most celebrated stages throughout the world. - Presented by: Drop Biscuit Studios

    Part VI What A Wonderful World

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 21:26


    Haters, too popular to be good, leave it all behind you, Knoxville, President Eisenhower and Little Rock, Africa, a Heart Attack, no slowing down, can I use your toilet?, enough!, Hello Dolly is a fxxking hit!, another Heart Attack, July 6, 1971, What a Wonderful World!,What a Wonderful World!, What a Wonderful World!, What a Wonderful World!, What a Wonderful World!, via Knit

    Part V Something Louder Than Music

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 18:41


    The Vipers and their gage, The king's challenge, Black Tuesday, arrested in LA, the Baltimore cold, back to New Orleans, London, my lip is my instrument, my first Christmas Tree and Poppa Joe dies of a broken heart via Knit

    Part IV Chicago-New York-Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 25:48


    Back with Poppa Joe in Chicago, Meeting Lil Harden, Fat little man with bald head, Linking Gardens, Freddie vs Louis, Lil had a car, "race records", Poppa Joe skimming, Fletcher Henderson, Harlem, The Roseland Ballroom, Back to Chicago, Al Capone, Birth of the Hot Five and Good Bye Momma via Knit

    Daisy, Fate Marabel and the Mississippi River

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 29:15


    Louis fancies Irene but Cheekie Black is not happy about it, the war ends, "no more shoveling coal", King Oliver heads north, Louis and Daisy tie the knot, poor Clarence, Fate Marabel hires Louis on the Dixie bell, playing 7 days a week-6 of them for the white folks and the King calls from Chicago via Knit

    Part II The Most Beautiful Thing In The World

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 24:10


    King Oliver, the Karnofsky's, baby Clarence, that beautiful horn, the end of the whores, drinking with momma and it's time to leave New Orleans...life in Storyville gets more exciting and more dangerous but that beautiful horn just might be the ticket out for Louis via Knit

    Part I Where It All Began

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 24:20


    Young Louis learns how to survive on the rough streets of Storyville, at least until New Years Eve 1912. via Knit

    POPS Sizzle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 11:11


    Reno Wilson brings Louis Armstrong to life in POPS! The incredible story of Louis Armstrong thats never been told. via Knit

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