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person_profile-Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Louis Armstrong

Date of Birth:

Aug 04, 1901

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 06, 1971

Biography of

Louis Armstrong

    Louis Daniel Armstrong  (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance.

    With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics.

    Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general.

    Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.

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Photos of

Louis Armstrong

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Filmography of

Louis Armstrong

Found 62 Movies in total

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

The Sound of 007

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

The Jazz Ambassadors

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

…Sings Musicals

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Bert Stern - Original Madman

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2008

... 2007

Louis Armstrong: Live in '59

Trumpet, Vocal ( Actor )

... 2006

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

Året var 1955

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2004

The Harlem Renaissance

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

It's Black Entertainment

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2001

... 1999

... 1997

... 1993

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1992

The Magic of Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1982

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1974

Why America

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1970

Hello, Dolly!

Orchestra Leader ( Actor )

... 1969

A Man Called Adam

Willie Ferguson ( Actor )

... 1966

When the Boys Meet the Girls

Louise Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1962

Auf Wiedersehen

er selbst ( Actor )

... 1961

Paris Blues

Wild Man Moore ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1960

Kærlighedens melodi

Musician with Orchestra ( Actor )

... 1959

The Beat Generation

Louis Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1959

The Five Pennies

Louis Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1959

The Edsel Show

Self ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

High Society

Self ( Actor )

... 1956

Jazz Ball

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1956

The Glenn Miller Story

Louis Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1954

Saluti e baci

himself ( Actor )

... 1953

Glory Alley

Shadow Johnson ( Actor )

... 1952

Here Comes the Groom

Himself ( Actor )

... 1951

The Strip

Himself ( Actor )

... 1951

I'm in the Revue

Band Leader ( Actor )

... 1950

A Song Is Born

Louis Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1948

New Orleans

Himself ( Actor )

... 1947

Pillow to Post

Orchestra Leader ( Actor )

... 1945

Atlantic City

Himself ( Actor )

... 1944

Jam Session

Himself ( Actor )

... 1944

Cabin in the Sky

The Trumpeter ( Actor )

... 1943

Birth of the Blues

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1941

Going Places

Gabe ( Actor )

... 1938

Doctor Rhythm

Trumpet Player ( Actor )

... 1938

Every Day's a Holiday

Louis Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1937

Artists & Models

Self ( Actor )

... 1937

Pennies from Heaven

Henry ( Actor )

... 1936

Ex-Flame

Louis Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1930