Louis Armstrong

Born

  • August 4, 1901
  • New Orleans, LA

Died

  • July 6, 1971
  • New York, NY

Real Name

  • Daniel Louis Armstrong

Marriages / Children

  • Daisy Parker (1918-?)
  • Lillian Hardin (1924-32)
  • Two other wives

Theme Songs

  • On the Sunny Side of the Street (early)
  • When It's Sleepy Time Down South (later)

Louis Armstrong

1930s

  • Ex-Flame (1931)
  • I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)
  • A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932) DVD
  • Pennies from Heaven (1936) DVD
  • Artists and Models (1937)
  • Every Day's a Holiday (1937) VHS
  • Dr. Rhythm (1938)
  • Going Places (1938)

1940s

  • Show Business at War (1943)
  • Cabin in the Sky (1943) VHS
  • Jam Session (1944)
  • Atlantic City (1944)
  • Pillow to Post (1945)
  • New Orleans (1947) DVD
  • Cowboy Cavalier (1948)
  • Courtin' Trouble (1948)
  • A Song Is Born (1948) VHS
  • Botta e risposta (1949)

1950s

  • Young Man with a Horn (1950) DVD VHS
  • Here Comes the Groom (1951) DVD VHS
  • The Strip (1951)
  • Glory Alley (1952)
  • The Glenn Miller Story (1954) DVD VHS
  • High Society (1956) DVD VHS
  • Satchmo the Great (1957)
  • Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959)
  • The Beat Generation (1959)
  • La Paloma (1959)
  • Kærlighedens Melodi (1959)
  • Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959) DVD VHS
  • The Five Pennies (1959) VHS

1960s

  • Paris Blues (1961) VHS
  • Auf Wiedersehen (1961)
  • When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
  • A Man Called Adam (1966) VHS
  • Hello, Dolly! (1969) DVD VHS

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