Louis Armstrong
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Biography
Not only was Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong one of the greatest musicians who ever lived, he was one of the most influential and best-loved. A jazz genius, he also achieved unlikely crossover success late in his career as a pop singer and his hit What A Wonderful World (recorded when he was 66) made him the oldest artist to have a Number 1. The grandson of slaves, born to such poverty that his mother was forced into prostitution Armstrong learned to play cornet at a home for delinquents and at 13 was leading his first band, going on to replace his hero Joe "King" Oliver in Kid Ory's band. In 1922 he joined Oliver in his Creole Jazz Band in Chicago but, two years later, moved on to New York. There he worked with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, switched to trumpet and made many seminal recordings with his own Hot Five and Hot Seven groups. Always irrepressible, he went on to work with and influence many jazz greats before reinventing himself as a distinctive vocalist on a string of unlikely pop hits.
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- Track Popularity
- What a Wonderful World.
- Cheek To Cheek by Louis Armstrong
- St. Louis Blues
- We Have All the Time in the World by John Barry
- I Get A Kick Out Of You by Louis Armstrong
- I Won't Dance by Louis Armstrong
- A Fine Romance featuring Louis Armstrong
- Froggie Moore
- Heebie Jeebies
- Just Gone
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans by Bing Crosby
- When The Saints Go Marching In by Louis Armstrong
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Big Mama's Back in Town
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
- I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm featuring Gilbert Bécaud
- Stardust
- Why Should I Care? by Louis Armstrong
- I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' by Louis Armstrong
- Somebody Loves Me featuring Louis Armstrong
- Stompin' At The Savoy by Louis Armstrong
- Just Squeeze Me by Louis Armstrong
- In a Mist by Louis Armstrong
