Louis Armstrong
(August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)
Born eleven decades ago in New Orleans, Satchmo was the most influential and popular figure in the history of jazz. He started playing cornet as a child in the band at the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs, a home for juvenile delinquents. As he grew older he played in the many local brass bands in parades and on riverboats, learning from some of the best musicians of the time. He moved from New Orleans to Chicago to New York to Los Angeles, playing with many influencial outfits like the King Ory Band, the Tuxedo Brass Band, the Creole Jazz Band, and the Fletcher Henderson Band; and starting his own groundbreaking groups like the Hot Five, the Hot Seven, and the Stompers. Dippermouth switched from cornet to trumpet and began singing with as much color and charisma as he played. He appeared in several motion pictures and had a national radio broadcast. Gatemouth got in trouble with the mob and left the country to tour Europe for a while, eventually returning to settle in Queens, New York. Over the last three decades of his life he played more than three hundred gigs a year, becoming the unofficial ambassador of jazz to new generations. Pops died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971, less than a month before his 70th birthday. In 1990, Armstrong was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an "early influence".
The optimistic classic 'What A Wonderful World' was hit last hit.
'As Time Goes By' was made famous for it's appearance in 'Casablanca'.
'Hello Dolly' was the biggest hit of Armstrong's career, knocking the Beatles out of the number one spot in the midst of Beatlemania in 1964. He won a Grammy for Best Vocal Performance, Male and later performed the song with Barbra Streisand in the movie 'Hello, Dolly!'.
'When You're Smiling'
'A Kiss To Build A Dream On'
'Dippermouth Blues' gave Armstrong one of his many nicknames.
'Lazy River'
'La Vie En Rose'
'On The Sunny Side Of The Street'
'We Have All The Time In The World' was featured in the James Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
'When The Saints Go Marching In'
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