Louis Armstrong

When Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, La., his father left. Armstrong was forced to quit school, and to go to work just after the fifth grade. Armstrong was employed by a local Jewish family to do simple jobs like collecting junk, and delivering coal. He learned to play the trumpet at a boys’ home. Armstrong would up at the boys home at age 11, when he shot his stepfather’s gun into the air. In result, he was arrested on the spot. Armstrong recorded many albums in his long career. Some of his most famous songs include “What A Wonderful World,” “La Vie En Rose,” and “StarDust.”