Black Fact= 1901 (August 4) – Daniel Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, legendary trumpet player, was born in New Orleans, LA, on this date in 1901. Until recently, Armstrong was believed to have been born July 4, 1900. #theraydiotwins
Black Fact =(1923)Bessie Smith
Black Fact = 1923 (Feb. 16) – On this day Bessie Smith makes her first recording, “Down Hearted Blues,” which sells 800,000 copies for Columbia ...