[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name "Lewis"

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Wow! some of the younger guys in my band have been calling me "POPS" 
does that mean I am getting some R E S P E C T as Aretha sings or are 
they calling me an Old fart? Or are they actually referring to me as 
POPs Goes the Weasel ? humm thoughts to ponder.

 Cheers,

 Tom Wiggins

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
 To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
 Sent: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:53:24 -0400
 Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong pronounced his name "Lewis"

 Listmates:

 >From the Louis Armstrong Archives Official Website - FAQ.

 ------- start quote
 "Is Louis's name pronounced "Lewis" or "Louie"?"

  "Judging from home recorded tapes now in the Archives, Louis 
pronounced his
  own name as "Lewis." On his 1964 record "Hello, Dolly," he sings, 
"This is
  Lewis, Dolly" but in 1933 he made a record called "Laughin' Louie." 
Many
  broadcast announcers, fans, and acquaintances called him "Louie" and 
the
  Armstrong Archives has a 1983 videotape of Lucille Armstrong in which 
she
  calls her late husband "Louie." Musicians and close friends usually 
called
 him 'Pops.'"
 ------- end quote

 >From my own experience in meeting him (introduced by Alec Templeton in
 Greenwich Connecticut in the 50s), he preferred "LEWIS".

  Waiting to be introduced, I said to Arvell Shaw that I was just 
thrilled to
  be meeting LOUIE Armstrong. Shaw said to me, something like the 
following:

  "Young man, call him Satch or Pops, but not Louie. Only people who 
don't
  know any better call him Louie. You want to considered in the know, 
call him
  Lewis, or better, since you are a jazz musician, call him "POPS" as a 
sign
 of respect."

 Cheers,
 Steve Barbone


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