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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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New Orleans
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Satchmo
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
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White folks still in the lead.
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At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the mis-de and you just got meaner and meaner.
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Red beans and ricely yours.
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There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.
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What we play is life.
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I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.
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It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.
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