Louis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family was poor, and he had sold papers to help earn money, and he sang in a small street quartet as a young boy. He began learning to play the cornet when he was eleven. He played with many bands all over the New Orleans area, and earned a reputation for his skill. As a young man, Louis moved to Chicago to join Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. He loved his work with Oliver, but his wife Lil Hardin Armstrong convinced him to leave, and he joined her band. He was one of the first to begin the use of scat singing, and one of his most famous songs featuring scat was "Heebie Jeebies." He grew in fame, and was an all-star of the jazz and blues world, both in his voice and his instrument playing. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1971. He was a hilarious man with a grew talent and unique voice. He has personally inspired me because I as a musician am a little old to be still learning to read music, but he learned when he was twenty years old, which just goes to show it is never too late to start. One of my favorite and one of his most famous songs is What a Wonderful World.
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