Pops

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Pops is the affectionate nickname of Louis Armstrong, the pioneering American jazz trumpeter and singer whose charismatic performances helped shape modern jazz.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor
bandleader
composer
human
jazz musician
nickname
singer
trumpeter
associatedAct All Stars
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
surface form: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
burialPlace Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-08-04
dateOfDeath 1971-07-06
ethnicity African American
fullName Louis Armstrong
surface form: Louis Daniel Armstrong
genre jazz
swing
helpedShape modern jazz
influenced Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Miles Davis
instrument cornet
trumpet
knownFor charismatic stage presence
distinctive gravelly voice
innovative trumpet improvisation
movement Harlem Renaissance
nickname Pops self-linksurface differs
Satch
Louis Armstrong
surface form: Satchmo
notableWork Hello, Dolly!
La Vie en rose
Stardust
West End Blues
What a Wonderful World
When the Saints Go Marching In
occupation entertainer
musician
vocalist
placeOfBirth New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records
Decca Records
Okeh Records
refersTo Louis Armstrong
spouse Alpha Smith
Daisy Parker
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lucille Wilson
vocalStyle scat singing

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Pops nickname Pops self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
Louis nickname Pops
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong