Louis Armstrong heard about a 16 year old Hugh Masekela’s penchant for music and mailed the young man his trumpet. Masekela would go on to become the celebrated father of South African Jazz.

The famous cover of traditional Mardi Gras Indian song “Iko Iko” by The Dixie Cups was recorded without the band’s knowledge — they were just jamming between takes in a studio, and someone recorded it.

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