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American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971) protection padlock|reason=Persistent and long term WP:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing despite multiple protections. Enough.|small=yes Use American English September 2024 Use mdy dates September 2024 Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Louis Armstrong | image = Louis Armstrong, by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Armstrong in 1947 | birth_name = Louis Daniel Armstrongcite book Louis Armstrong|year=2015 Gene H. Anderson Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0190268756 https://books.google.com/books?id=Cn70BgAAQBAJ&q=louis+daniel+armstrong+baptismal+record&pg=PT6 | birth_date = birth date|1901/8/4 | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = death date and age|1971|7/6/1901/8/4 | death_place = New York City, U.S. | burial_place = Flushing Cemetery | other_names = hlist| Satchmo|Satch|Pops|Louie | education = Colored Waif's Home for Boys, Fisk School for Boys | occupation = hlist|Musician|singer | signature = File:Louis Armstrong signature.svg | children = 2 | spouse = Plainlist| * marriage|Daisy Parker|1919|1923|end=divorced * marriage|Lil Hardin Armstrong|1924|1938|end=divorced * marriage|Alpha Smith|1938|1942|end=divorced * marriage|Lucille Wilson|1942 | website = | module = Infobox musical artist|embed=yes solo_singer 1918–1971 hlist|Dixieland|jazz|Swing music|swing|traditional pop | instrument = hlist|Vocals|trumpet | discography = Louis Armstrong discography ''Louis Daniel Armstrong'' (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971, nicknamed "''Satchmo''", "''Satch''", and "''Pops''",For background on nicknames, see cite book|author=Laurence Bergreen|year=1997 Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life|url-access=registration|location=New York Broadway Books|isbn=978-0553067682|pages=[https://archive.org/details/louisarmstrong00laur/page/4 4endash5] https://archive.org/details/louisarmstrong00laur/page/4 was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz.Cite book Cook Richard|year=2005 Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia Penguin Books|location=London|isbn=978-0141006468|pages= 18–19 Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for ''Hello, Dolly! (film)|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|DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others.cite web https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/louis-armstrong Louis Armstrong – Artist Grammy.com November 19, 2019 May 27, 2020 Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance.Bergreen (1997, p. 1. Around 1922, Armstrong followed his mentor, King Oliver|Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. Armstrong earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Armstrong moved to New York City, where he became a featured and musically influential band soloist and recording artist. By the 1950s, Armstrong was an international musical icon, appearing regularly in radio and television broadcasts and on film. Apart from his music, he also beloved as an entertainer, often joking with the audience and keeping a joyful public image at all times. Armstrong's best known songs include "What a Wonderful World", "La Vie en Rose", "Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "When You're Smiling" and "When the Saints Go Marching In". He collaborated with Ella Fitzgerald, producing three records together: ''Ella and Louis'' (1956, ''Ella and Louis Again'' (1957, and ''Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)|Porgy and Bess'' (1959). He also appeared in films such as ''A Rhapsody in Black and Blue'' (1932, ''Cabin in the Sky (film)|Cabin in the Sky'' (1943, ''High Society (1956 film)|High Society'' (1956, ''Paris Blues'' (1961, ''A Man Called Adam (film)|A Man Called Adam'' (1966, and ''Hello, Dolly!'' (1969). With his instantly recognizable, rich, gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer and skillful improviser. He was also skilled at scat singing. By the end of Armstrong's life, his influence had spread to popular music. He was one of the first popular African-American entertainers to "cross over" to wide popularity with white and international audiences. Armstrong rarely publicly discussed racial issues, to the dismay of fellow African Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for school integration in the United States|desegregation in the Little Rock Nine|Little Rock crisis. He could access the upper echelons of American society at a time when this was difficult for Black men.
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