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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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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What's My Line?
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Omnibus
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The Oscars
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Kraft Music Hall
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The Glenn Miller Story
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The Jazz Ambassadors
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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The Steve Allen Show
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Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
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The Five Pennies
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Disneyland After Dark
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
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When the Boys Meet the Girls
Louise Armstrong
A Man Called Adam
Willie Ferguson
The Sound of 007
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The Danny Kaye Show
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That's Entertainment, Part II
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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The Magic of Bing Crosby
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Every Day's a Holiday
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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
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The Bell Telephone Hour
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The Flip Wilson Show
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Shindig!
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Shindig!
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
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Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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The Hollywood Palace
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Birth of the Blues
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Show-Business at War
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Saluti e baci
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Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
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High Society
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Hello, Dolly!
Orchestra Leader
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
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A Song Is Born
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Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
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Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
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The Edsel Show
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On the Road with Duke Ellington
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DuPont Show of the Month
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The Beat Generation
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Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
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Jazz
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Berlin-Melodie
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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La Paloma
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Jazz Ball
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Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong v Praze
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Ex-Flame
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
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Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
Trumpet/Vocals
Pennies from Heaven
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Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
Trumpet, Vocal
The Strip
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The Harlem Renaissance
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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
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The Pearl Bailey Show
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Here Comes the Groom
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Paris Blues
Wild Man Moore
Hallo Satchmo
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New Orleans
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I'm in the Revue
Band Leader
Shine
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Jazz Evolution
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Dark Eyes
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Why America
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Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
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Kærlighedens melodi
Musician with Orchestra
Auf Wiedersehen
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…Sings Musicals
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Swingin' on Nothin'
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Artists & Models
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Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Cabin in the Sky
The Trumpeter
Glory Alley
Shadow Johnson
Pillow to Post
Orchestra Leader
Jam Session
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Film Tribute Video Vol.1
Good Morning Vietnam
Going Places
Gabe
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
Chanteur, Trompettiste,
Doctor Rhythm
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The Story Of The Blues
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The All-Star Christmas Show
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Sleepy Time Down South
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Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
Atlantic City
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Louis Armstrong in Concert
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I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
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It's Black Entertainment
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Music Inn
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København, Kalundborg og -?
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
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Satchmo the Great
The Day of the Oath
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Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
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Året var 1955
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The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Discorama
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Johnny Cash Show
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