Louis Armstrong who lived from August 4, 1901, to July 6, 1971, was a trumpeter and vocalist from the United States.
His career, which spanned five decades saw him receive a Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1972.
Who is Louis Armstrong wife Alpha Smith?
Armstrong married 4 times before he passed away. Alpha Smith was his third wife. He married her in 1938 and divorced her in 1942.
Armstrong was a member of Fate Marable’s band, who traveled up and down the Mississippi River on the riverboat Sidney with the Streckfus Steamers line.
Marable was proud of his musical skills, and he insisted on sight reading lessons for Armstrong and the other players in his band.
Armstrong made his first public engagement at the age of 15 aboard an excursion boat in New Orleans in September 1918.
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