As Luck Would Have It

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As Luck Would Have It
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Take 1, Part 2

A look at another article that changed radically before it reached the shops.

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Jul 22, 2025
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Great Lives
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Louis Armstrong
August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971

"Musicians don't retire: they stop when there's no more music in them." In the light of this wisdom from Louis Armstrong, let's us begin a long way from the beginning when 'Satchmo' didn't have all the time in the world.

It's autumn 1969 and the previous 18 months have been impossibly hard on New…

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