Acting
Louis Armstrong
1901-08-04 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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 Mentalist
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Hello, Dolly!
High Society
The Glenn Miller Story
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Paris Blues
The Sound of 007
Cabin in the Sky
A Song Is Born
That's Entertainment, Part II
Jazz
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
The Five Pennies
Movie credits · 98
Deadly Melody
Memories
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Espetáculo
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
The Sound of 007
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Dark Eyes
Tight Shoes
Louis Armstrong in Concert
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
The Jazz Ambassadors
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
…Sings Musicals
Bert Stern - Original Madman
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Jazz Evolution
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Music Inn
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Året var 1955
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
The Story Of The Blues
The Harlem Renaissance
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
It's Black Entertainment
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
The World of Polygoon
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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The Mentalist
Jazz
The Pearl Bailey Show
The Flip Wilson Show
The Johnny Cash Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Omnibus
Shindig!
The Hollywood Palace
The Danny Kaye Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Discorama
The Bell Telephone Hour
Kraft Music Hall
DuPont Show of the Month
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Steve Allen Show
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
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