Louis Armstrong on 2UE

When Armstrong visited Australia for the third time in 1963, popular music had changed drastically with the ever-growing popularity of rock. In an interview with Bob Rogers on Sydney radio, Armstrong stated that he was happy to share the spotlight with a younger generation of rock ‘n’ roll stars (who Armstrong no doubt helped pave the way for) – he nonchalantly commented 'to me rock ‘n’ roll is just like any other church music out of New Orleans in the early days, we used to call that sanctified music… every style that you hear in music is still the same old soup warmed over.'