Louis Armstrong autographs a French punk’s head, 1961.

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by GENESIOBR

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  1. That guy just had a shaved head. The genre and artistic movement known as punk wouldn’t take place until the mid 1970s. The guy getting signed wouldn’t know any punk bands because none existed in 1961.

  2. Punks didn’t exist in 1961. Punk movement wasn’t really started until the Velvet Underground and Iggy and the Stooges in the late 60s

  3. >**blouson noir**
    In French contexts: a young person (esp. a young man) belonging to a youth subculture of the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by the wearing of black leather jackets, denim jeans and plaid shirts, listening to (American) rock and roll music, riding motorcycles or mopeds, and popularly associated with involvement in minor crime and antisocial behaviour. More generally: a young hooligan; a delinquent.

    https://www.oed.com/dictionary/blouson-noir_n?tl=true

    Hth.

  4. Random related question

    I occasionally come across old records specialising in jazz legends like Satchmo, Sinatra, Ella and Nat King Cole, and have heard a few songs or arrangements which I don’t think I’ve heard anywhere else.

    Is there somewhere I can contribute this or check if it’s important somehow?

  5. Now I wish I still had that picture of Weird Al signing my friend’s head. Would have fit here perfectly.

  6. 1961? Punk? We were more at the start of traditional rock and roll in 1961 weren’t we? Punk didn’t really come about until the 1970s

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