Louis Armstrong
Biography
Louis Armstrong, known as Satchmo, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer whose career spanned five decades. Born and raised in New Orleans, he came to prominence in the 1920s and helped shift jazz from collective improvisation toward solo performance. He followed his mentor King Oliver to Chicago around 1922, then moved to New York City to play with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. His Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, along with his scat singing, made him one of the most influential figures in jazz. He later recorded with Ella Fitzgerald and appeared in films including High Society (1956), Paris Blues (1961) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He won the Grammy for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965 and received a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972.
69years old at death
- Born New Orleans
- Died Corona
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Louis Daniel Armstrong (birth name)Also credited as Satchmo, Satchelmouth, Pops, Dipper and Satch
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 90 years1934 to 2024
Genres
- Music50%, 6 films
- Documentary42%, 5 films
- Comedy33%, 4 films
- Drama25%, 3 films
- Musical25%, 3 films
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A first
On February 21, 1949, Time magazine put a jazz musician on its cover for the first time, and that musician was Armstrong.
A first
Armstrong's final recorded trumpet performances appeared on his 1968 album Disney Songs the Satchmo Way, which was released that same year.
Behind the camera
Armstrong wrote over 50 songs as a gifted composer. A few of them, such as "Gully Low Blues", "Potato Head Blues", and "Swing That Music", went on to become jazz standards.
Louis Armstrong movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Gene Kelly directed two of these films. Bing Crosby appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bing Crosby's page
Mickey Rooney's page
Frank Sinatra's page
Sammy Davis Jr.'s page
Don Anderson's page
Duke Ellington's page
All films by Gene Kelly
Also two films together1 more actor
- Jack TeagardenJazz on a Summer's Day (1959) and The Strip (1951)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1960 to 1990, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 1972 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous) | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 1990 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (posthumous) | Won | |
| 1960 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.