Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 1 (Q10797)

It was in the magazines for years. Leonard Feather had it 26 of July, but it's really July 6th. I was born Louie Bellson. With that I could [? ] the cello and play it. But that's my full name. The reason it was changed, because Dad had a music store at home. Nobody could really think of all those names, and they misspelled Balassoni. So that's why it became Louie Bellson or Louie Bellson.