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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 for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others.
entertainment · American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971) · actor · street artist · trumpeter · bandleader · conductor · jazz musician · singer · film score composer · film actor · songwriter · also Louis Armstrong, Satchmo, Satchelmouth, Pops, Dipper, Satch
Born 4 August 1901 · Died 6 July 1971 · Q1779
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“the way they are treating my people in the South, the Government can go to hell.”
“how to live—real life and determination.”
Mshale: Isabell Werth And Satchmo Freestyle, Feb. 2010 Orioles - Marlins (Cn71cEpB3P)
Time Out Worldwide: The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong Tribute | Scullers Jazz Club | Music in Boston
ArchDaily: Galería de Estadio Louis Armstrong / ROSSETTI - 11
Diario Palentino: El eco eterno de Louis Armstrong
Mshale: Louis Armstrong: Ambassador Of Jazz | Historical Documentary | Lucasfilm Landlord (XgRcwBdjDy)
WGNS Radio: Classic Country Music History & Acoustic Tributes: Vern Gosdin, Louis Armstrong, and Bobby Braddock
KGW: Louie Armstrong performs in Lloyd Center parking lot | KGW Vault
nola.com: Quin Hillyer: Louis Armstrong’s birthday gives Louisiana a major task to not let jazz die
Diario de Los Andes: Nueva York celebra a Louis Armstrong, el músico que hizo del jazz un lenguaje universal
Teleprensa: La Insostenible Big Band homenajea a Ellington, Gershwin, Porter, Armstrong y Astaire en El swing en Hollywood
WWLTV.com: New Orleans airport celebrates Louis Armstrong's birthday
Luxus Plus: [LUXUS MAGAZINE] Louis Armstrong: 125 years of a musical legacy that lives on
aleteia.org: Louis Armstrong’s life & music, Holy Spirit infused
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).
Tatler Asia: De Laufey a Jon Batiste: 6 artistas de jazz que mantienen vivo el legado de Louis Armstrong
Tatler Asia: From Laufey to Jon Batiste: 6 jazz artists keeping Louis Armstrong’s spirit alive
magazine.luxus-plus.com: Louis Armstrong: 125 years of a musical legacy that lives on - magazine.luxus-plus.com
Mental Floss: Louis Armstrong’s Personal Archive Contains 5,000 Photos—Here Are the Stories Behind a Few
thenationalnews.com: Louis Armstrong at the Pyramids: The story behind jazz’s most charming photo
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
Yahoo: The Louis Armstrong Song That Knocked the Beatles From No. 1
MARCA: Louis Armstrong, músico: "Muchos gatos copian la Mona Lisa, pero la gente todavía hace fila para ver el original"
WDSU: Historian clears up reason why there is confusion behind Louis Armstrong's birthday
Yahoo: MSY celebrates Louis Armstrong's 125th birthday
Public attention spiked: 8,749 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 2,000, with 0 article edits.
Public attention spiked: 7,660 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 2,000, with 0 article edits.
Published video ““Someday” at the Goodyear Jazz Concert in 1962. ❤️ 🎥: Television Graphics/Goodyear Jazz Concert”.
Published video “"What A Wonderful World" performed by the wonderful @MonaLisaTwins 🎶”.
Published video “More than 65 years later, Satchmo’s music still says it all. 🎺🎥: “The Florence Manson Show”/KDKA-TV”.
Published video “These harmonies are beautiful! Thank you for sharing @ChurchFriends 🫶”.
Published video “Subscribe to Louis' email list now using the link in our bio! You can't live without it 🙌❤️🎥: BBC”.
Published video “Enjoy Satchmo singing "Beautiful Dreamer" live on @TheEdSullivanShow 🎺🎶🎥: The Ed Sullivan Show”.
Published video “Louis performing “Hello, Dolly!” on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1967! 🎥: NBC”.
Published video “Some great trombone over "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" by @conbonemusic!”.
Published video “It doesn't get better than watching Satchmo sing "Mame" live at the @BBC! 🎶❤️”.
Published video “We love seeing fans cover "What A Wonderful World." Thank you for sharing this one, @avantheman! 🤩”.
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.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Rolling Stone ranked Armstrong at No
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.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Armstrong was subject of the documentary film Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Released album “Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums”.
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.
Released album “Ella & Louis (and Oscar Too)”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong - Great Moments 8”.
Released album “Limehouse Blues”.
Released album “Bourbon St. Parade”.
Released album “American Music Legends”.
Released album “Ultimate Jazz & Blues”.
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
Released album “Bunk & Louis”.
Released album “Armstrong Alumni Allstars”.
Armstrong was nominated for inclusion in the American Film Institute's 100 Years
Released album “Louis Armstrong na Disney”.
When it was featured on a Guinness advertisement
An asteroid was named 9179 Satchmo in Armstrong's honor
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990).
Released album “Satchmo”.
Released album “Satchmo and the Dukes of Dixieland”.
Released album “Cabaret”.
Released album “Louis & the Big Bands: 1928–30”.
Released album “Pops”.
Released album “All Stars”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong: Jazz Collection”.
Released album “Great Original Live Performances”.
Released album “Cheek to Cheek”.
Released album “1928–1931”.
Released album “Best 20 Songs”.
Released album “1 heure avec Louis Armstrong”.
Released album “Master of Jazz”.
Released album “Satchmo ’85: Die unvergänglichen Erfolge einer Legende”.
Released album “Singin’ n’ Playin’”.
Released album “Great Original Performances 1923–1931”.
Released album “The Silver Collection”.
Released album “From the Big Band to the All Stars (1946–1956)”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet in New York, 1923–1925”.
Released album “Giants of Jazz: Louis Armstrong”.
Released album “I giganti del jazz, vol. 1”.
Released album “New Discoveries”.
Released album “CBS Favorite Jazz 100”.
Released album “Attention!”.
Released album “Dixieland Trumpet”.
Released album “Complete Recorded Works “1935–1945” (145 Titles in Chronological Order)”.
Released album “The 1930’s – Volume 1”.
Released album “20 Golden Hits”.
Released album “Mostly Blues”.
Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 7/8”.
Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 3/4”.
Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 1/2”.
Released album “V.S.O.P. Vol. 5/6”.
To honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance
Released album “Louis Armstrong”.
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1972).
Released album “Armstrong for Ever”.
Released album “Adam and Eve Had the Blues”.
Released album “The Louis Armstrong Saga”.
Released album “The Best of Louis Armstrong”.
By the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Died 1971-07-06.
Released album “July 4, 1900 – July 6 1971”.
“The way they're treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell.”
Released album “The Genius of Louis Armstrong, Volume 1: 1923–1933”.
“Si todavía tienes que preguntar... ¡pobre de tí!.”
Said, "If anybody was a master, it was Louis Armstrong
They remained married until his death in 1971.
Released album “Louis Armstrong and His Friends”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong & Earl Grant”.
Released album “Louis ‘Country & Western’ Armstrong”.
Released album “The Definitive Album by Louis Armstrong”.
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
And spent most of the year recuperating at home
Shared Berlin's song lyrics with him, and Armstrong quoted them in the memoir
Had a cameo role in Gene Kelly's film version of Hello, Dolly
Released album “V.S.O.P (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol. 6”.
Released album “What a Wonderful World”.
Released album “V.S.O.P. (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol 1”.
Released album “The One and Only”.
Released album “I Will Wait for You”.
Released album “Disney Songs the Satchmo Way”.
Armstrong scored one last popular hit in the UK with "What a Wonderful World", which topped the British charts for a month
Released album “Here’s Louis Armstrong”.
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
Released album “Ella & Louis”.
Released album “Satchmo Sings Evergreens”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong: 1923–1927”.
Released album “Hello, Louis!”.
As well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972
Released album “Hello, Dolly!”.
After more than two years without setting foot in a studio, Armstrong recorded his biggest-selling record, "Hello, Dolly
Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hello, Dolly
Released album “The Great Reunion”.
The All-Stars participated in two albums, The Great Summit and The Great Reunion (now together as a single disc) with Duke Ellington
Released album “Recording Together for the First Time”.
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960).
Released album “Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland”.
Released album “Bing & Satchmo”.
Released album “Satchmo’s Golden Favorites”.
Released album “Big Daddy Blues”.
Released album “I’ve Got the World on a String”.
But continued performing some 300 nights per year in the 1960s
Armstrong was advised to see a doctor and receive proper treatment for his lips instead of relying on home remedies
Armstrong was hospitalized for pneumonia while on tour in Italy
Released album “Louis and the Good Book”.
Released album “Satchmo in Style”.
Released album “Louis Under the Stars”.
Released album “Ella and Louis Again, Volume Two”.
Released album “Ella and Louis Again”.
Released album “Porgy & Bess”.
Released album “Satchmo (A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong)”.
Released album “A Day With Satchmo”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson”.
Released album “Louis and the Angels”.
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
Released album “Louis Armstrong: 1923”.
Released album “Ella and Louis”.
Released album “Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller”.
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.
Released album “Sings the Blues”.
Released album “Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy”.
Along with Shorty Rogers, Roy Brown, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, and Nat "King" Cole
Released album “Satchmo Serenades”.
Released album “The Louis Armstrong Story, Volume III: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines”.
Released album “The Louis Armstrong Story, Volume IV: Louis Armstrong Favorites”.
Recorded the American version of the song (English lyrics by Jerry Seelen) in New York City with Sy Oliver and his Orchestra
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
Armstrong's life was dramatized by scriptwriter Richard Durham in the Chicago WMAQ radio series Destination Freedom
Suzy Delair sang the French song "C'est si bon" at the Hotel Negresco during the first Nice Jazz Festival
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
Featuring him with trombonist/singer Jack Teagarden
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
Released album “Paris 1934”.
Released album “Jazz Classics”.
“All white folks call me Louie”
Armstrong married Lucille Wilson, a singer at the Cotton Club in New York, in October 1942.
Armstrong's marriage to her lasted four years; they divorced in 1942.
Released album “Louis and Earl”.
Released album “King Louis”.
Armstrong substituted for Rudy Vallee on the CBS radio network and became the first African American to host a sponsored national broadcast
Armstrong was the first African American to host a nationally broadcast radio show
And many musicians stopped playing altogether as club dates evaporated
Made a record called "Laughin' Louie"
Armstrong appeared in his first movie, Ex-Flame
Which imparted warmth to vocals and became an intrinsic part of the "crooning" sound of artists like Bing Crosby
Encapsulated his groundbreaking approach to melody and phrasing
Armstrong's second wife helped him develop his career, but they separated in 1931 and divorced in 1938.
After being arrested outside a club for drug possession
Where he played in the pit orchestra for the musical Hot Chocolates, an all-black revue written by Andy Razaf and pianist Fats Waller
About 20 years after Armstrong remembered singing it as a child
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
Armstrong married Lil Hardin Armstrong, King Oliver's pianist
On February 4, 1924, Armstrong married Lil Hardin Armstrong, King Oliver's pianist.
Urged Armstrong to seek more prominent billing and develop his style apart from the influence of Oliver
His marriage to Parker ended when they separated in 1923.
Armstrong moved to Chicago at the invitation of King Oliver, although Armstrong would return to New Orleans periodically for the rest of his life
On the next day, March 19, 1919, Armstrong and Parker married at City Hall.
Armstrong's mentor, King Oliver, decided to go north and resigned his position in Kid Ory's band; Armstrong replaced him
Armstrong was released into the custody of his father and his new stepmother, Gertrude
Born 1901-08-04.
But the accuracy of this date has been heavily debated