The Guardian: Transfer roundup: Moyes wants to keep Armstrong while Forest agree Muñoz deal
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among the most influential figures in jazz, his career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of the genre. Armstrong received numerous accolades, including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for "Hello, Dolly!" in 1965, as well as a posthumous win fo…
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2026· 65 entries
Sky Sports: US Open 2026: Order of Play and match schedule for Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and more
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BBC: Forest to bid £40m for Everton teenager Armstrong
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ESPN: Louis Armstrong Stadium (3/9/26) - Stream en vivo
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Time Out Worldwide: The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute | The Palace Theater | Music in San Francisco
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TOD: US Open Louis Armstrong Stadium Mixed Doubles - First Round & Quarter
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ESPN: Louis Armstrong Stadium (2/9/26) - Stream en vivo
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Pleasanton Weekly: Bordes back at Firehouse: Pleasanton native's Louis Armstrong tribute helps kick off fall season at hometown theater
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Karlobag.eu: US Open Tennis at Louis Armstrong Stadium NYC Tickets
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Karlobag.eu: US Open Tennis en Louis Armstrong Stadium - Entradas
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The Aquarian: The Lumineers at Louis Armstrong Stadium / August 21, 2026
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Mshale: AEW: Double Or Nothing (2026) Official Matchcard | Louis Armstrong Stadium @ NYC Ft. Terror Remarkably Bright Creatures (kk9GUF037e)
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Shore Local Newsmagazine: Jazz@ThePoint celebrates Louis Armstrong with three-day Somers Point festival
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ESPN: Louis Armstrong Stadium / Mixed Doubles Championship (25/8/26) - Stream en vivo
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El Nuevo Siglo: Buika, Armstrong y Corea en el Festival de Jazz del CNA
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Karlobag.eu: US Open Tennis Nueva York - Louis Armstrong Entradas
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Karlobag.eu: US Open Tennis entradas para la sesión nocturna en Louis Armstrong Stadium de Nueva York y primera ronda
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Cowboy State Daily: Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey Among Big Names To Play Elk Mountain’s Garden Spot
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elDiario.es: The Jazz Room: tributo a Frank Sinatra y Louis Armstrong en Córdoba
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Karlobag.eu: US Open entradas para la sesión nocturna en Louis Armstrong Stadium de Nueva York y tenis de primera ronda
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Karlobag.eu: US Open tickets for an evening session at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York and first-round tennis
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El Día de Córdoba: Frank Sinatra y Louis Armstrong sonarán en Córdoba: el planazo para viajar a la edad dorada del jazz
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Lisboa Secreta: Ni Nueva Orleans, ni vuelos largos: el concierto inmersivo de 60 minutos que trae el swing de Frank Sinatra y Louis Armstrong al centro de Lisboa
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Lisboa Secreta: No need for New Orleans or long flights: the 60-minute immersive concert that brings the swing of Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong to the heart of Lisbon
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“the way they are treating my people in the South, the Government can go to hell.”
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“how to live—real life and determination.”
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Mshale: Isabell Werth And Satchmo Freestyle, Feb. 2010 Orioles - Marlins (Cn71cEpB3P)
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Time Out Worldwide: The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong Tribute | Scullers Jazz Club | Music in Boston
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ArchDaily: Galería de Estadio Louis Armstrong / ROSSETTI - 11
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Diario Palentino: El eco eterno de Louis Armstrong
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Mshale: Louis Armstrong: Ambassador Of Jazz | Historical Documentary | Lucasfilm Landlord (XgRcwBdjDy)
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WGNS Radio: Classic Country Music History & Acoustic Tributes: Vern Gosdin, Louis Armstrong, and Bobby Braddock
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KGW: Louie Armstrong performs in Lloyd Center parking lot | KGW Vault
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nola.com: Quin Hillyer: Louis Armstrong’s birthday gives Louisiana a major task to not let jazz die
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Diario de Los Andes: Nueva York celebra a Louis Armstrong, el músico que hizo del jazz un lenguaje universal
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Teleprensa: La Insostenible Big Band homenajea a Ellington, Gershwin, Porter, Armstrong y Astaire en El swing en Hollywood
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WWLTV.com: New Orleans airport celebrates Louis Armstrong's birthday
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Luxus Plus: [LUXUS MAGAZINE] Louis Armstrong: 125 years of a musical legacy that lives on
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aleteia.org: Louis Armstrong’s life & music, Holy Spirit infused
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Public attention spiked: 16,214 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.1× the usual 2,000, with 10 article edits. Coverage that week: “La Insostenible Big Band homenajea a Ellington, Gershwin, Porter, Armstrong y Astaire en El swing en Hollywood” (Teleprensa).
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Public attention spiked: 16,214 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.4× the usual 1,928, with 10 article edits. Editors noted: Essential discography
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Tatler Asia: De Laufey a Jon Batiste: 6 artistas de jazz que mantienen vivo el legado de Louis Armstrong
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Tatler Asia: From Laufey to Jon Batiste: 6 jazz artists keeping Louis Armstrong’s spirit alive
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magazine.luxus-plus.com: Louis Armstrong: 125 years of a musical legacy that lives on - magazine.luxus-plus.com
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Cuerpomente: La frase del día, hoy martes 4 de agosto: "Tengo una regla simple para todos: si no me tratas bien, la culpa es tuya", Louis Armstrong
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MARCA: Louis Armstrong, músico: "Muchos gatos copian la Mona Lisa, pero la gente todavía hace fila para ver el original"
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WDSU: Historian clears up reason why there is confusion behind Louis Armstrong's birthday
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Mental Floss: Louis Armstrong’s Personal Archive Contains 5,000 Photos—Here Are the Stories Behind a Few
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Yahoo: The Louis Armstrong Song That Knocked the Beatles From No. 1
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Yahoo: MSY celebrates Louis Armstrong's 125th birthday
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thenationalnews.com: Louis Armstrong at the Pyramids: The story behind jazz’s most charming photo
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Public attention spiked: 8,749 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 2,000, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 8,749 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 1,928, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 7,660 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 2,000, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 7,660 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 1,928, with 0 article edits.
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Published video ““Someday” at the Goodyear Jazz Concert in 1962. ❤️ 🎥: Television Graphics/Goodyear Jazz Concert”.
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Published video “"What A Wonderful World" performed by the wonderful @MonaLisaTwins 🎶”.
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Published video “More than 65 years later, Satchmo’s music still says it all. 🎺🎥: “The Florence Manson Show”/KDKA-TV”.
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Published video “These harmonies are beautiful! Thank you for sharing @ChurchFriends 🫶”.
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Published video “Subscribe to Louis' email list now using the link in our bio! You can't live without it 🙌❤️🎥: BBC”.
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Published video “Enjoy Satchmo singing "Beautiful Dreamer" live on @TheEdSullivanShow 🎺🎶🎥: The Ed Sullivan Show”.
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Published video “Louis performing “Hello, Dolly!” on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1967! 🎥: NBC”.
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Published video “Some great trombone over "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" by @conbonemusic!”.
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Published video “It doesn't get better than watching Satchmo sing "Mame" live at the @BBC! 🎶❤️”.
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Published video “We love seeing fans cover "What A Wonderful World." Thank you for sharing this one, @avantheman! 🤩”.
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Two photos circulating on social media for years authentically showed jazz legend Louis Armstrong drawing a trumpet on a fan’s head in France.” True.
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2023· 1 entry
Rolling Stone ranked Armstrong at No
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2022· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A real photograph shows Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet for his wife, Lucille Wilson, in front of the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “A real photograph shows Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet for his wife, Lucille Wilson, in front of the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.” True.
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Armstrong was subject of the documentary film Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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2021· 4 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Louis Armstrong as a child” Partly False.
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fact checker rated the claim “When famous trumpeter Louis Armstrong was a child, he was taken in by the Karnofsky family, who paid for his first-ever musical instrument.” misleading.
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Snopes rated the claim “As mentioned in a popular meme about Louis Armstrong's childhood, the nickname "Satchmo" was created by a Jewish family in New Orleans, and means "big cheeks" in Yiddish.” Mostly False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “As mentioned in a popular meme about Louis Armstrong's childhood, the nickname "Satchmo" was created by a Jewish family in New Orleans, and means "big cheeks" in Yiddish.” Mostly False.
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums”.
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2012· 1 entry
However, in December 2012, 57-year-old Sharon Preston-Folta claimed to be his daughter from a 1950s affair between Armstrong and Lucille "Sweets" Preston, a dancer at the Cotton Club.
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Ella & Louis (and Oscar Too)”.
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “Louis Armstrong - Great Moments 8”.
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2004· 4 entries
Released album “Limehouse Blues”.
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Released album “Bourbon St. Parade”.
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Released album “Ultimate Jazz & Blues”.
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Released album “American Music Legends”.
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Bunk & Louis”.
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The Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings (1925–1928) were preserved in the United States National Recording Registry, a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board f
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Armstrong Alumni Allstars”.
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “Louis Armstrong na Disney”.
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Armstrong was nominated for inclusion in the American Film Institute's 100 Years
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1994· 1 entry
When it was featured on a Guinness advertisement
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1991· 1 entry
An asteroid was named 9179 Satchmo in Armstrong's honor
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990).
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Released album “Satchmo”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “Satchmo and the Dukes of Dixieland”.
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1987· 8 entries
Released album “Pops”.
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Released album “Great Original Live Performances”.
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Released album “1928–1931”.
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Released album “All Stars”.
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Released album “Cabaret”.
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Released album “Louis & the Big Bands: 1928–30”.
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Released album “Cheek to Cheek”.
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Released album “Louis Armstrong: Jazz Collection”.
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1986· 3 entries
Released album “Best 20 Songs”.
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Released album “Master of Jazz”.
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Released album “1 heure avec Louis Armstrong”.
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1985· 3 entries
Released album “Singin’ n’ Playin’”.
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Released album “Satchmo ’85: Die unvergänglichen Erfolge einer Legende”.
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Released album “Great Original Performances 1923–1931”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “The Silver Collection”.
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Released album “From the Big Band to the All Stars (1946–1956)”.
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet in New York, 1923–1925”.
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1980· 3 entries
Released album “Giants of Jazz: Louis Armstrong”.
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Released album “New Discoveries”.
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Released album “I giganti del jazz, vol. 1”.
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1979· 1 entry
Released album “CBS Favorite Jazz 100”.
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1976· 3 entries
Released album “Complete Recorded Works “1935–1945” (145 Titles in Chronological Order)”.
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Released album “Dixieland Trumpet”.
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Released album “Attention!”.
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “20 Golden Hits”.
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Released album “The 1930’s – Volume 1”.
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1974· 5 entries
Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 7/8”.
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Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 3/4”.
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Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 5/6”.
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Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 1/2”.
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Released album “Mostly Blues”.
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1973· 2 entries
To honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance
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Released album “Louis Armstrong”.
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1972· 6 entries
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1972).
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Released album “Armstrong for Ever”.
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By the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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Released album “Adam and Eve Had the Blues”.
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Released album “The Best of Louis Armstrong”.
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Released album “The Louis Armstrong Saga”.
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1971· 24 entries
Died 1971-07-06.
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“Non mi va di sentirmi il fuoco sotto i piedi. Se prendi la vita come viene, non solo stai meglio ma sei anche più felice.”
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Said, "If anybody was a master, it was Louis Armstrong
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“Si todavía tienes que preguntar... ¡pobre de tí!.”
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“The way they're treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell.”
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“US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker”
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“The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.”
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“Quando suono, penso a quei momenti del passato e dentro di me nasce una visione. Una città, una ragazza lontani nella memoria, un vecchio senza nome incontrato in un posto che non ricordo. I suoni che escono dalla tromba di un uomo, sono parte di lui.”
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“Los músicos no se retiran; paran cuando no hay más música en su interior.”
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“Wenn Du immer noch fragen musst, schäme Dich!" - auf die Frage, was Jazz sei”
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“Se mi fai un torto, sei tu che devi vergognarti!”
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“Tutti quanti sappiamo suonare do, re, mi ma dobbiamo saper trovare poi da soli le altre note.”
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“Louis Armstrong Quotes (англ.)”
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“oft falsch zitiert als "Man, if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.”
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“Toda la música es música folk, nunca he escuchado a un caballo cantar una canción.”
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“Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. ... You might be able to buy a little better booze than some wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat, and when you die you're just as graveyard dead as he is.”
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“Louis Armstrong ogni volta mi vuole nel suo camerino. Un giorno mi procuro una tromba e lo imito, mentre lui mi doppia. E che ridere quando cerca di animarmi con le sue dita grandi grandi. (Topo Gigio)”
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“If you still have to ask, shame on you”
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“Often misquoted as "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (third edition)”
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“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.”
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Released album “The Genius of Louis Armstrong, Volume 1: 1923–1933”.
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Released album “July 4, 1900 – July 6 1971”.
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They remained married until his death in 1971.
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“Zobacz też: Tommy Rockwell”
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1970· 7 entries
Released album “Louis ‘Country & Western’ Armstrong”.
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“(Original engl.: If you still have to ask, shame on you - zitiert nach Max Jones et. al.: "Salute to Satchmo", I.P.C. Specialist & Professional Press Ltd 1970, Seite 25)”
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“Armstrong's response to the question what jazz is, cited by Max Jones et. al.: "Salute to Satchmo", I.P.C. Specialist & Professional Press Ltd 1970, page 25”
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Released album “Louis Armstrong and His Friends”.
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Released album “The Definitive Album by Louis Armstrong”.
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“Spoken intro to "What a Wonderful World" (1970 version)”
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Released album “Louis Armstrong & Earl Grant”.
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1969· 4 entries
Had a cameo role in Gene Kelly's film version of Hello, Dolly
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While recovering from heart and kidney problems at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, Armstrong wrote a memoir called Louis Armstrong + the Jewish Family in New Orleans, LA
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Shared Berlin's song lyrics with him, and Armstrong quoted them in the memoir
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And spent most of the year recuperating at home
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1968· 8 entries
Released album “V.S.O.P. (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol 1”.
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Released album “I Will Wait for You”.
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Armstrong scored one last popular hit in the UK with "What a Wonderful World", which topped the British charts for a month
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Released album “The One and Only”.
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Released album “Disney Songs the Satchmo Way”.
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Released album “What a Wonderful World”.
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Released album “Here’s Louis Armstrong”.
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Released album “V.S.O.P (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol. 6”.
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1967· 1 entry
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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1966· 2 entries
Released album “Satchmo Sings Evergreens”.
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Released album “Ella & Louis”.
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1965· 3 entries
Released album “Hello, Louis!”.
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As well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972
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Released album “Louis Armstrong: 1923–1927”.
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1964· 4 entries
Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hello, Dolly
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After more than two years without setting foot in a studio, Armstrong recorded his biggest-selling record, "Hello, Dolly
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“Ebony magazine, November 1964”
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Released album “Hello, Dolly!”.
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1963· 2 entries
Released album “The Great Reunion”.
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“Ich weiß nicht, was ich mache; ich bin eine Mikrobe. Alles, was ich weiß, ist, daß ich jeden Morgen um fünf zu Bett geh. Ich liebe Louis Armstrong, die chinesische Philosophie und den Zirkus." - Wols, Jürgen Claus, Theorien zeitgenössischer Malerei, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1963, S.110”
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1961· 2 entries
The All-Stars participated in two albums, The Great Summit and The Great Reunion (now together as a single disc) with Duke Ellington
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Released album “Recording Together for the First Time”.
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1960· 6 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960).
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Released album “Big Daddy Blues”.
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Released album “Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland”.
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Released album “Satchmo’s Golden Favorites”.
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Released album “Bing & Satchmo”.
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Released album “I’ve Got the World on a String”.
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1959· 3 entries
But continued performing some 300 nights per year in the 1960s
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Armstrong was hospitalized for pneumonia while on tour in Italy
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Armstrong was advised to see a doctor and receive proper treatment for his lips instead of relying on home remedies
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1958· 3 entries
Released album “Louis and the Good Book”.
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Released album “Louis Under the Stars”.
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Released album “Satchmo in Style”.
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1957· 9 entries
Released album “Ella and Louis Again, Volume Two”.
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Released album “Ella and Louis Again”.
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Released album “Porgy & Bess”.
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Journalism student Larry Lubenow scored a candid interview with Armstrong while the musician was performing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, shortly after the conflict over school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas
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Released album “Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson”.
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Released album “A Day With Satchmo”.
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Released album “Satchmo (A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong)”.
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Released album “Louis and the Angels”.
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Released album “Louis Armstrong: 1923”.
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1956· 1 entry
Released album “Ella and Louis”.
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1955· 2 entries
In a 1955 letter to his manager, Joe Glaser, Armstrong affirmed his belief that Preston's newborn baby was his daughter, and ordered Glaser to pay a monthly allowance of $400 ($6,009 in 2025 dollars) to mother and child.
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Released album “Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller”.
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1954· 3 entries
Released album “Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy”.
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“Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954)”
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Released album “Sings the Blues”.
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1953· 1 entry
Along with Shorty Rogers, Roy Brown, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, and Nat "King" Cole
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1952· 1 entry
Released album “Satchmo Serenades”.
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1951· 2 entries
Released album “The Louis Armstrong Story, Volume III: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines”.
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Released album “The Louis Armstrong Story, Volume IV: Louis Armstrong Favorites”.
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1950· 2 entries
Recorded the American version of the song (English lyrics by Jerry Seelen) in New York City with Sy Oliver and his Orchestra
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Bing Crosby, the most successful vocalist of the first half of the 20th century, said, "He is the beginning and the end of music in America
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1949· 1 entry
Armstrong's life was dramatized by scriptwriter Richard Durham in the Chicago WMAQ radio series Destination Freedom
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1948· 1 entry
Suzy Delair sang the French song "C'est si bon" at the Hotel Negresco during the first Nice Jazz Festival
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1947· 4 entries
Into a six-piece traditional jazz group featuring Armstrong with (initially) Teagarden, Earl Hines and other top swing and Dixieland musicians, most of whom were previously leaders of big bands
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Featuring him with trombonist/singer Jack Teagarden
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Released album “Paris 1934”.
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Armstrong played himself in the movie New Orleans opposite Billie Holiday, which chronicled the demise of the Storyville district and the ensuing exodus of musicians from New Orleans to Chicago
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1944· 1 entry
Released album “Jazz Classics”.
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1943· 1 entry
“All white folks call me Louie”
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1942· 2 entries
Armstrong married Lucille Wilson, a singer at the Cotton Club in New York, in October 1942.
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Armstrong's marriage to her lasted four years; they divorced in 1942.
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1941· 1 entry
Released album “Louis and Earl”.
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1940· 1 entry
Released album “King Louis”.
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1937· 2 entries
Armstrong substituted for Rudy Vallee on the CBS radio network and became the first African American to host a sponsored national broadcast
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Armstrong was the first African American to host a nationally broadcast radio show
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1936· 1 entry
And many musicians stopped playing altogether as club dates evaporated
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1933· 1 entry
Made a record called "Laughin' Louie"
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1931· 4 entries
Armstrong appeared in his first movie, Ex-Flame
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Encapsulated his groundbreaking approach to melody and phrasing
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Armstrong's second wife helped him develop his career, but they separated in 1931 and divorced in 1938.
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Which imparted warmth to vocals and became an intrinsic part of the "crooning" sound of artists like Bing Crosby
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1930· 1 entry
After being arrested outside a club for drug possession
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1929· 1 entry
Where he played in the pit orchestra for the musical Hot Chocolates, an all-black revue written by Andy Razaf and pianist Fats Waller
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1927· 1 entry
About 20 years after Armstrong remembered singing it as a child
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1925· 1 entry
Armstrong returned to Chicago because he was disillusioned with New York, and Lil set up a recording session with Okeh for him as well as a gig at the Dreamland Cafe
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1924· 3 entries
Armstrong married Lil Hardin Armstrong, King Oliver's pianist
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On February 4, 1924, Armstrong married Lil Hardin Armstrong, King Oliver's pianist.
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Urged Armstrong to seek more prominent billing and develop his style apart from the influence of Oliver
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1923· 1 entry
His marriage to Parker ended when they separated in 1923.
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1922· 1 entry
Armstrong moved to Chicago at the invitation of King Oliver, although Armstrong would return to New Orleans periodically for the rest of his life
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1919· 1 entry
On the next day, March 19, 1919, Armstrong and Parker married at City Hall.
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1918· 1 entry
Armstrong's mentor, King Oliver, decided to go north and resigned his position in Kid Ory's band; Armstrong replaced him
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1914· 1 entry
Armstrong was released into the custody of his father and his new stepmother, Gertrude
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1901· 2 entries
But the accuracy of this date has been heavily debated
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Born 1901-08-04.
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