The one and only Satchmo! 50 years ago TODAY, the great jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong, hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Hello Dolly,” making him the oldest artist to hit that spot at the age of 62. It was 1964. His first big solo hit was “St. Louis Blues,” a …

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