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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.
Musician Lil Hardin Armstrong, the former wife of Louis Armstrong, was appearing on a Chicago tribute to the jazz legend in August, a month after Louis Armstrong had died. She was playing St. Louis Blues on piano when she had a heart attack and fell to the floor. [19] P. C. Sorcar, an Indian magician, died during a performance at Asahikawa ...
When Louis Armstrong died in 1971, she traveled to New York for the funeral and rode in the family car. Returning to Chicago, she felt that work on her autobiography could continue, but the following month, performing at a televised memorial concert for Armstrong, she collapsed at the piano and died from a heart attack on the way to the ...
"We Have All the Time in the World" is a James Bond theme song performed by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David.It is a secondary musical theme in the 1969 Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the title theme being the instrumental "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", also composed by Barry.
The success of their association caused other jazz musicians to join Glaser and his agency known as the Associated Booking Corporation which "was formed in 1940 by Joe Glaser and Louis Armstrong". [6] The relation of Glaser and Armstrong has been represented as a prominent element in Terry Teachout's theater play Satchmo at the Waldorf.
"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong on August 16, 1967. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the United Kingdom, [3] but performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it.
Armstrong died on this day 55 years ago. Other languages: English : Photograph of Louis Armstrong playing Trumpet by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947.
The Strip (1951), as Louis Armstrong; Here Comes the Groom (1951) (uncredited) Glory Alley (1952), as Shadow Johnson; Saluti e baci (1953), as Louis Armstrong; The Glenn Miller Story (1954), as Louis Armstrong; High Society (1956), as Louis Armstrong; The Night Before the Premiere (Die Nacht vor der Premiere) (1959), as Louis Armstrong; The ...