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I Early life: Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in the Storyville District of New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 4, 1901, he always celebrated his birth as July 4, 1900 because that is what he was told and believed. His real date of birth was not known until after his death July 6, 1971.
B: Louis Armstrong was 'streetwise'. From the first he learned how to hustle for money and it was a lesson he never forgot. Even late in life, when he was rich and famous, he would still regard his career as a 'hustle'. As a child, apart from regular work, among the means he had of earning money was singing at street corners in a semi-formal group.
C: Armstrong's early years in New Orleans taught him valuable lessons about music. Working for a junk dealer, delivering coal, and unloading boats brought him into contact with Jewish and Italian immigrant families. These formative experiences helped him in shaping his earliest taste in record collecting.
II Family: "He grew up deprived both physically and emotionally to an exceptional degree, and the experience left him scarred with a deep-seated, lifelong sense of insecurity...