[78-L] POPS - Lou-eeee or lou-esss ?

[Cary Ginell]

He pronounces is "Louie" on "C'est Si Bon." And there was also the Bluebird recording of "Laughin' Louie." 

There are some who think that the "Hello, Dolly" pronunication was merely a send-up of himself so he could emphasize his name better with the "s" sound. According to someone who examined Armstrong's home recorded tapes now in the Archives, Louis pronounced
his own name as "Lewis." 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," so what's in a name? I suppose in the end, it's just a matter of taste. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:49:45 -0500
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] POPS - Lou-eeee or lou-esss ?
> 
> But what of the over-emphasized "Lou-ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" on Hello 
> Dolly?
> 
> dl
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> > I think that Wynton Marsalis started this Lew-iss thing in order to defray the prevailing notion that Armstrong was merely a minstrel entertainer employed to serve whites. In other words, "Louie" was his slave name. "Louis" was more respectable. I don't think Armstrong gave a whit either way.
> > 
> > Cary Ginell
> > 
> >> From: steveramm78l at hotmail.com
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:25:26 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] POPS - Lou-eeee or lou-esss ?
> >>
> >>
> >> You might be right about DAn, Jeff, but Vince Pelote at IJS always calles him Louis when he's around me.
> >>
> >>
> >>  
> >>> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:52:37 -0500
> >>> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Terry Teachout on POPS
> >>>
> >>> I specifically remember Dan Morgenstern, a great friend of Louis, saying
> >>> that Armstrong preferred "Louie."
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Sultanof
> >>>
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