[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong's Social Security Number application
rahberry at comcast.net
rahberry at comcast.net
Fri Jul 20 09:42:05 PDT 2012
I do have egg on my face for my post about the Social Security
application.
I dug out my copy and realized that the new info learned from that
form, signed by Louis, was that he knew the year he was born
although he later changed it.
I also heard that Michael Cogswell told an interviewer on NPR
"Now we have THREE dates for Louis's birthday." He had seen
the article my musician friend had written for the Mississippi Rag.
This would have been in about 2001 or 2002.
I hope I got this right this time!
-- Rae Ann
www.sfraeann.com
www.youtube.com/sfraeann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton Crouch" <anton.crouch at optusnet.com.au>
To: rahberry at comcast.net
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:27:04 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong's Social Security Number application
Hello all
Three cheers for Rae Ann Berry, Håkan Forsberg and Ricky Riccardi. Even
though the Social Security Number application doesn't resolve the issue
of which birth date Armstrong believed, it's wonderful to have the
document. And it was there in the Armstrong House Museum all the time.
It's existence can be verified by going to the Museum site:
http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/collections/online_catalog.htm
Click on "keyword search"; enter 2001.91.1; click "search"
There is no graphic but there may be a way to get it posted to a site
accessible to DJMLers.
For those interested in the minutiae of Armstrong's life, the
application was made in Los Angeles on 25 May 1937 when Armstrong was in
Hollywood to record a number for the Paramount picture /Artists and
models/. Details of the recording session are given in Jos Willems'
discography (page105).
All the best,
Anton
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