How did Louis Armstrong get the nickname Satchmo?
Louis had many nicknames as a child, all of which referred to the size of his mouth: Gatemouth, Dippermouth, and Satchelmouth. During a visit to Great Britain, Louis was met by Percy Brooks, the editor of Melody Maker magazine, who greeted him by saying, Hello, Satchmo! (He inadvertently contracted Satchelmouth into Satchmo.) Louis loved the new name and adopted it for his own. It provides the title to Louiss second autobiography, is inscribed on at least two of Louis’s trumpets, and is on Louiss stationery.
