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It's been said, Pops, that you were brought upin abject poverty

Name: It's been said, Pops, that you were brought upin abject poverty
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T09:51:16+00:00
Duration: 5 s
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

It's been said, Pops, that you were brought up
in abject poverty

Full Transcript

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It's been said, Pops,

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that you were brought up in abject poverty.

Duration

5 seconds

Views

20

Timestamp in Movie

00:15:28

Uploaded

Apr 30, 2025

Genres

documentary, biography, music

Production

Imagine Documentaries,Polygram Entertainment,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Follow the life and legacy of the master and so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star, and cultural ambassador.

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We always had money. I could shoot craps, sold newspapers,

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You know, in 1915, you had five dollars, you had a whole lot...

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I was born in James Alley, they called it.

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It's back of town. That's the real New Orleans.

${\an8}- Yeah. That's my mother there, Mayann. - How did she discipline you? - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:04
{\an8}- Yeah. That's my mother there, Mayann. - How did...

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I mean, I'm only going by what they tell me along that ...

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My mother could take 15 cents and go to the Poydras Market

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In those days, you could take a newspaper,

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Just plain, chopped-off fish heads

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- Yeah. - My mother would get them fish heads

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Boy, you talking about beautiful food. And delicious.

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And the next morning, I'd go to school with a cabbage s...

${\an8}Everyone, no doubt, had a different style. They had every class. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:06
{\an8}Everyone, no doubt, had a different style. They had ev...

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They had a rags-and-bones yard.

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And then we used to go down to the red-light district

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♪ I've got those coal cart blues

${\an8}"The Negroes were only allowed to work in the red-light district. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:05
{\an8}"The Negroes were only allowed to work in the red...

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They were paid good salaries and had a longtime job.

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The pay was swell no matter what your vocation was.

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No mixing at the guest tables at no time.