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Armstrong is believed to have been born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901, but the date has been heavily debated. Armstrong himself often claimed he was born on July 4, 1900.
In the film Going Places, Louis Armstrong sang the song to a racehorse named Jeepers Creepers. [1] The phrase "jeepers creepers", a minced oath for "Jesus Christ", predates both the song and film. [1] Mercer said that the title came from a Henry Fonda line in an earlier movie. [2] The lyrics include: Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye performed a comedy duet version in the 1959 film The Five Pennies, naming composers and musicians who would play "on the day that the saints go marching in". Woody Guthrie sang a song called "When The Yanks Go Marching In" in 1943.*(The Weaver's) at Carnegie Hall track 16.1955 VMD-73101.
James Monroe Iglehart, who stars as Louis Armstrong in Broadway’s “A Wonderful World,” believes the revered jazz legend would have no problem fitting in with present-day rap and hip-hop ...
Louis Armstrong recorded a cover of the song for his album Disney Songs the Satchmo Way in 1968. [4] [5] Armstrong's cover was used in a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 commercial. [6] The song was covered by The Kidsongs Kids for the Kidsongs video A Day at Camp, released in 1989. [7]
"They loved me,” Leslie Uggams — Tony-winning star of stage and screen — recalled of her 1952 debut at the Apollo Theater as a 9-year-old singing, tap-dancing and doing impressions.
In the video, Scatman John, walking across a parking lot, sees the ghost of Louis Armstrong on the side of a building and accepts his invitation to duet. The bulk of the video takes place in a Louisiana street parade with Scatman and Louis riding along behind a marching band in a Cadillac. Several children dressed up like Scatman are seen in ...
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