louis armstrong

     

In May 1964 this New Orleans native was 62 years old when he bumped the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" from the No. 1 spot

Trivia about louis armstrong

  • He once remarked, "I didn't need school, I had the horn":
  • Over to Elmo, who reports on the "Tickle Me Satchmo" doll honoring this "Hello, Dolly!" musician
  • He was known as Pops as well as Satchmo
  • "What a Wonderful World" when this jazz trumpeter was inducted for his influence on rock
  • "Musicians don't retire, they stop when there's no more music in them", quipped this trumpeter
  • Aug. 4, 1901,New Orleans:Got his first cornet about 6 years later
  • One of the musical stars on the Walk of Fame is this trumpeter who appeared in "Hello, Dolly!"
  • In 1964 this jazz great reached the top of the pop charts with his vocal recording of "Hello, Dolly!"
  • This trumpeter, who died in 1971, is regarded as the most influential jazz musician of all time
  • This New Orleans trumpeter blew some of the first great jazz solos with his Hot Five & Hot Seven combos
  • Musician seen here who gave us all that jazz
  • In 1952 this musician known as "Satchmo" became the first inducted into Down Beat magazine's Jazz Hall of Fame
  • His "What A Wonderful World", recorded in 1967, wasn't a U.S. hit until used in the 1987 film "Good Morning, Vietnam"
  • "What a Wonderful World" it's been with this wonderful band leader's music in it
  • In 1922 this trumpeter joined the Creole Jazz Band led by King Oliver, who became his mentor
  • One critic likened Ella's voice to Cabernet Sauvignon; that of this trumpeter & duet partner, to Wild Turkey
  • The New Orleans International Airport is now named for this trumpeting legend, a New Orleans native
  • He 1st played the cornet in a reform school "Waifs' Band" & took up the trumpet in 1924
  • The Encyclopedia Britannica calls this Hot Five bandleader "the first superstar of jazz"
  • "Pops", a 2009 biography of this trumpeter, breaks the stories of his run-ins with Chicago gangsters & President Eisenhower