NEW YORK (AP) — The new stage musical about Louis Armstrong on Broadway opens with the jazz icon in a rehearsal room alongside an anonymous piano player. Keep an eye on the guy on keys.
as Lincoln Perry leads the ensemble in “When You’re Smiling”, a rousing tap number. The entire company joins in the finale, the poignant “What a Wonderful World”, one of Armstrong’s last recorded hits ...
When Decca brought Louis Armstrong ... song and, in June 1950, he recorded his own big-band version, with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra. Crosby’s honeyed-voice version was a double hit ...