Louis Armstrong is an example of a person who was moved from rags to riches. His family was poor and lived in the slums of New Orleans. He was an orphan of age ten, yet he learned to play the trumpet in the orphanage and become one of the greatest entertainers in the world. He had sung and played the trumpet in motion pictures, radio, television, and nightclubs. He has been asked to play for audiences in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has become successful by giving people pleasure through music.