There's another great American who'd look good on the currency.
Born to a prostitute in a dirt-floor shack in Storyville on 4 July 1900 (or so he claimed), and educated in part at the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs, Armstrong grew up to become America's greatest ambassador of jazz and one of the first African-American musicians to "cross over" and achieve popularity with white audiences.
When he and the Hot Five played for King George V in 1932, Satchmo looked up at the royal box and introduced a number by saying, "This one's for you, Rex."
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There's another great American who'd look good on the currency.
Born to a prostitute in a dirt-floor shack in Storyville on 4 July 1900 (or so he claimed), and educated in part at the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs, Armstrong grew up to become America's greatest ambassador of jazz and one of the first African-American musicians to "cross over" and achieve popularity with white audiences.
When he and the Hot Five played for King George V in 1932, Satchmo looked up at the royal box and introduced a number by saying, "This one's for you, Rex."