Is Louiss name pronounced Lewis or Louie?
Judging from home recorded tapes now in our Museum Collections, Louis pronounced his own name as Lewis. On his 1964 record Hello, Dolly, he sings, This is Lewis, Dolly but in 1933 he made a record called Laughin Louie. Many broadcast announcers, fans, and acquaintances called him Louie and in a videotaped interview from 1983 Lucille Armstrong calls her late husband Louie as well. Musicians and close friends usually called him Pops.
