Louis Armstrong
Date of birth: August 4th 1901 (123 years)
Place of birth: 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 musi... Read more