On this date in 1964, Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly” recording becomes his first and only number one record. Armstrong(August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed ‘Satchmo’ or ‘Pops’, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was […]