Louis Armstrong

Songwriter: Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart

Sit there, hmm, count your fingers
What else, what else is there to do?
Oh and I know how you feel
I know you feel that you're through
Oh wah wah ah sit there, hmm, count
Ah, count your little fingers
My unhappy oh little girl, little girl blue, yeah

Oh sit there, oh count those raindrops
Oh, feel 'em falling down, oh honey all around you
Honey don't you know it's time
I feel it's time
Somebody told you 'cause you got to know
That all you ever gonna have to count on
Or gonna wanna lean on
It's gonna feel just like those raindrops do
When they're falling down, honey, all around you
Oh, I know you're unhappy

Oh sit there, ah go on, go on
And count your fingers
I don't know what else, what else
Honey have you got to do
And I know how you feel
And I know you ain't got no reason to go on
And I know you feel that you must be through
Oh honey, go on and sit right back down
I want you to count, oh count your fingers
Ah my unhappy, my unlucky
And my little, oh, girl blue
I know you're unhappy
Ooh ah, honey I know
Baby I know just how you feel

Louis Armstrong, known throughout his lengthy career by nicknames like “Satchmo”, “Pops” and simply “Louie”, was a trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor, as well as one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz.

Born and raised in New Orleans, where jazz itself is alleged to have began, Armstrong started his career in 1918, playing the cornet in brass bands and riverboats along the Mississippi River. There, he caught the attention of his future mentor, King Oliver, joining his band in Chicago, where he networked with other popular jazz musicians like Hoagy Carmichael and his first wife Lil Hardin Armstrong.

In 1924, Louie relocated to New York City playing for the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. It was at this time he switched over from cornet to trumpet in order to blend in better with the other musicians in his section. It was also when he developed his emotional playing style, which included singing and telling tales of his life back in New Orleans.

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