Louis Armstrong

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American actor bandleader composer human jazz musician singer trumpeter

Louis Armstrong was an influential American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader whose innovative playing and distinctive gravelly voice helped shape modern jazz and popular music.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Louis Armstrong canonical 224
Louis Daniel Armstrong 4
Satchmo 3

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
actor ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1971 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
associatedAct Earl Hines ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
King Oliver ⓘ
Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthDate 1901-08-04 ⓘ
birthPlace New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
burialPlace Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1971-07-06 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName Armstrong ⓘ
fullName Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louis Daniel Armstrong
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
givenName Louis ⓘ
instrument cornet ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
knownFor distinctive gravelly singing voice ⓘ
influence on modern jazz and popular music ⓘ
innovative jazz trumpet playing ⓘ
pioneering scat singing in jazz ⓘ
movement New Orleans jazz ⓘ
swing era ⓘ
nickname Pops ⓘ
Satch ⓘ
Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Satchmo
notableWork Heebie Jeebies ⓘ
Hello, Dolly! ⓘ
La Vie en rose ⓘ
Stardust ⓘ
West End Blues ⓘ
What a Wonderful World ⓘ
When the Saints Go Marching In ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
entertainer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
posthumousHonor Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as an early influence) ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
surface form: RCA Victor

Verve Records ⓘ
residence Queens ⓘ
surface form: Queens, New York City, New York, United States
spouse Alpha Smith ⓘ
Daisy Parker ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
Lucille Wilson ⓘ
vocalStyle gravelly voice ⓘ

Referenced by (237)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armstrong → hasNotableBearer → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Louis Armstrong → fullName → Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis Daniel Armstrong
Louis Armstrong → nickname → Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Satchmo
Louis Armstrong → associatedAct → Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong → associatedAct → Louis Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
American Jazz Museum → hasNotableFocus → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
High Society → starring → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
High Society → hasCastMember → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance → notablePerson → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald → collaboratedWith → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableInductee → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Apollo Theater → hostedPerformanceBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Pops → refersTo → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Pops → fullName → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
this entity surface form: Louis Daniel Armstrong
Pops → nickname → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
this entity surface form: Satchmo
What a Wonderful World → performer → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
What a Wonderful World → vocalist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
What a Wonderful World → recordedBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
What a Wonderful World → originalArtist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
What a Wonderful World → associatedWithArtist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
La Vie en rose → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
La Vie en rose → isSignatureSongFor → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
La Vie en rose → notableInterpretationBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
La Vie en rose → hasEnglishLyricAdaptationBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
La Vie en rose → associatedWithArtist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
When the Saints Go Marching In → popularizedBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
When the Saints Go Marching In → notableRecordingBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Hello, Dolly! → performer → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Hello, Dolly! (song)
Hello, Dolly! → vocalist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Hello, Dolly! (song)
Fletcher Henderson → notableBandMember → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Satch → nicknameOf → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Satch → alsoKnownAs → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Satchmo
Satch → fullName → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
this entity surface form: Louis Daniel Armstrong
West End Blues → notablePerformer → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
West End Blues → featuresPerformer → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Heebie Jeebies → performer → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Heebie Jeebies → hasMainArtist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Earl Hines → collaboratedWith → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong → spouse → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong → collaboratedWith → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong → helpedShapeCareerOf → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States → notableBurial → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Flushing Cemetery
Stardust → notableInterpreter → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Stardust → hasNotableVersionBy → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Okeh Records → hasNotableArtist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Decca Records → notableArtistRecorded → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Verve Records → notableArtist → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Verve Records → distributionLabelFor → Louis Armstrong ⓘ
King Oliver → notableStudent → Louis Armstrong ⓘ