Armstrong, Louis

Professor Newman exhibited a great fondness for jazz, undoubtedly a result of his exposure to such music in his formative years. This brought Mel into a close friendship with Louis Armstrong whom he introduced to Bob Woodward at a time when both were simultaneously in Columbus. As the story goes, Mel said to Louie Bob is to organic chemistry what you are to jazz." A party overhearing this responded "Dr. Woodward, you must be a hell of a chemist."... 

Among the tunes that topped the black hit list of the era were Louis Armstrong s "Muggles", Cab Calloway s "That Funny Reefer Man", Fats Waller s "Viper s Drag", and many more by lesser known artists, like "Viper s Moan", "Texas Tea Party", "Smokin Reefers", "Mary Jane", and the "Mary Jane Polka", recorded by studios like Columbia, Victor and Brunswick. Even Benny Goodman got into the act with "Sweet Marihuana Brown". 

MJ Struelens. Hospital infection control. In D Armstrong, J Cohen, eds. Infectious Diseases. Vol. 1. St. Louis Mosby, 1999. 

Mouad Alami Toyohiko Aoyama Alan Armstrong Luca Banfi Louis Barriault Richard A. Berglund Justin Du Bois Derek R. Buckle Benjamin R. Buckley Kevin Burgess Christopher P. Burke Gerard Cahiez Drury Caine J. Suhash Chandra Calvin J. Chany II Andre Charette... 

Barry s music has a tendency to reappear in surprising ways. For example, 25 years after its original release, when it wasn t a commercial success, Louis Armstrong s We Have All the Time in the World had a second life on the eharts due to its use in Guiness beer ads. John Bany tributes and coneert performanees eontinue internationally, with his Bond... 

Barry, John and Hal David. 1969. We Have All the Time in the World. Louis Armstrong. United Artists single 35059. 

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