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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 4, 1901
Died
July 6, 1971
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- Louis Daniel Armstrong
- Satchmo
- Pops
Louis Armstrong
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.6
Self (archive footage)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
8.7
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022
7.1
Self (archive footage)
The Sound of 007
2022
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Dark Eyes
2021
🎬
0.0
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
🎬
0.0
Self
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013
Credits
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.6
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2022
8.7
The Sound of 007
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.1
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.7
Dark Eyes
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
🎬
Louis Armstrong in Concert
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
2021
0.0
The Jazz Ambassadors
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
0.0
🎬
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
as Self
2013
0.0
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.0
🎬
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
as Self
2009
0.0
Jazz Evolution
as Self - Trumpet
2008
6.0
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
as Self
2008
8.5
Music Inn
as Himself (archive footage)
2007
0.0
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
as Self
2007
7.0
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
as Trumpet, Vocal
2006
0.0
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self (archive footage)
2006
5.0
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
as Himself
2005
0.0
Året var 1955
as Self (archive footage)
2005
5.0
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
as Trumpet/Vocals
2005
0.0
The Story Of The Blues
as Self
2004
4.2
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.0
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
as Self (Archive Footage)
2003
0.0
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002
8.0
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
0.0
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
as Himself (archive footage)
2001
0.0
Jazz
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.5
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
0.0
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
10.0
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
as Self (archive footage)
1993
6.0
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self (archive footage)
1993
6.0
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
as Self (archival footage)
1992
7.0
The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
1991
0.0
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
as Self
1982
0.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
🎬
On the Road with Duke Ellington
as Self
1974
0.0
🎬
The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
1971
0.0
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
Why America
as Self (archive footage)
1970
0.0
Hello, Dolly!
as Orchestra Leader
1969
7.0
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
A Man Called Adam
as Willie Ferguson
1966
6.0
🎬
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
as himself
1966
0.0
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Louise Armstrong
1965
3.0
🎬
Hallo Satchmo
as Self
1965
8.0
🎬
Louis Armstrong v Praze
as Self
1965
0.0
The Day of the Oath
as Self
1965
0.0
Shindig!
as Self - Singer
1964
6.2
Shindig!
as Self
1964
6.2
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
as Chanteur, Trompettiste,
1964
0.0
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
🎬
Berlin-Melodie
1963
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Disneyland After Dark
1962
7.0
Auf Wiedersehen
as er selbst
1961
0.0
Paris Blues
as Wild Man Moore
1961
6.5
Jazz on a Summer's Day
as Self
1960
7.2
Kærlighedens melodi
as Musician with Orchestra
1959
5.3
La Paloma
as Louis Armstrong
1959
4.0
The Beat Generation
as Louis Armstrong
1959
5.2
The Five Pennies
as Louis Armstrong
1959
6.8
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
The Edsel Show
as Self
1957
0.0
Satchmo the Great
1957
6.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Self
1957
6.8
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
High Society
as Self
1956
6.8
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Jazz Trumpeter
1956
5.6
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1956
7.0
The Glenn Miller Story
as Louis Armstrong
1954
6.9
Saluti e baci
as himself
1953
1.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Glory Alley
as Shadow Johnson
1952
5.5
Here Comes the Groom
as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
1951
5.2
The Strip
as Himself
1951
5.6
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
I'm in the Revue
as Band Leader
1950
4.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
A Song Is Born
as Louis Armstrong
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
New Orleans
as Himself
1947
6.6
Pillow to Post
as Orchestra Leader
1945
5.3
Atlantic City
as Himself
1944
5.0
Jam Session
as Himself
1944
6.0
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Cabin in the Sky
as The Trumpeter
1943
6.5
🎬
Sleepy Time Down South
as Self
1942
0.0
Shine
as Self
1942
0.0
Swingin' on Nothin'
as Self
1942
0.0
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1941
6.0
Going Places
as Gabe
1938
6.3
Doctor Rhythm
as Trumpet Player
1938
6.0
Every Day's a Holiday
as Louis Armstrong
1937
5.5
Artists & Models
as Self
1937
6.0
Pennies from Heaven
as Henry
1936
6.9
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
5.5
🎬
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
as Himself
1934
0.0
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
as Louis Armstrong
1932
6.2
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
as Himself
1932
6.1
Ex-Flame
as Louis Armstrong
1930
0.0
Film Tribute Video Vol.1
as Good Morning Vietnam
N/A
0.0