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The nicknames "Satchmo" and "Satch" are short for "Satchelmouth". The nickname origin is uncertain. [96] The most common tale that biographers tell is the story of Armstrong as a young boy in New Orleans dancing for pennies. He scooped the coins off the street and stuck them into his mouth to prevent bigger children from stealing them.
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), nicknamed Satchmo [1] or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of American popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz. [2]
Little Satchmo is a 2022 documentary film about Louis Armstrong's secret daughter, Sharon Preston-Folta. The film is distributed by PBS International [ 1 ] and won an EMMY Award (2023 Outstanding Historical Documentary, Southeast). [ 2 ]
Babs: Babs Gonzales Baby: Warren Dodds [1] Baby Sweets: Walter Perkins Bags: Milt Jackson Barney: Barney Bigard Barney: Barney Wilen Baron: Charles Mingus Bass: Ernest Hill Bean: Coleman Hawkins a.k.a. "Hawk"
"Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (also known under its German title "Onkel Satchmo's Lullaby") is a 1959 song, written by Erwin Halletz and Olaf Bradtke, and sung by Louis Armstrong and German singer Gabriele Clonisch, better known as Gabriele, who was 12 years old at the time.
Satchmo the Great is a 1957 American documentary film chronicling Louis Armstrong's 1955 international tour. Co-produced by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly , the film features material recorded for an episode of Murrow's See It Now newsmagazine .
Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician, who was nicknamed Satchmo – Satchmo's syndrome; William George Armstrong, British inventor and business man – Armstrong breech-loading gun; Arthur, British-Welsh mythological king – Arthurian fantasy, Arthurian heraldry, Arthurian legend; José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan revolutionary leader ...
Bing & Satchmo is a 1960 studio album by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong that was arranged and conducted by Billy May. [2] The album was recorded for Crosby's label, Project Records, and released by MGM .