Louis Armstrong

He had two sisters and one brother (all older than him)

• All of Me
• Hello, Dolly!
• Mack the Knife
• What a Wonderful World
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• When You're Smiling

No he wasn't,

His favorite song that he made was "What A Wonderful World". It was his last hit of his jazz CD right before he died. He died in New York in 1901-1921! He died at the age of 69..."very young"

St. James Infirmery.

Because he fired six bullets into the air on new years, and for some reason got arrested

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I am 77 years old and have been a Louis Armstrong fan for most of my life, as well

as a jazz musician. I never heard that he ever was in jail. As a boy in N.O. he once

fired a pistol on either New Years or Independence day, and I believe it resulted in his

being sent to an orphanage.

No. He was in the entertainment industry since he was five years old. He never had braces. The only reason why he looks like he did is because African American people tend to have great teeth. Perfect teeth. It is genetic. I have an African American kid in my class and he has perfect teeth. It is like in one line. It is genetic.

He did play a little but his main instrument was the trumpet

It was miserable! How do you think a heart attack feels like!

Louis' last band was called the All Stars. The so-called Hot 5 and and Hot 7 were merely groups assembled for recording sessions early in his career. They didn't exist outside the recording studio.

Louis Farrakhan is responsible for the start of The Three Year Economic program which was started in 1991 to establish an economic base for the development of black owned businesses. He is also credited with the Million Man March which began in 1995 as a call for unity and responsibility among African American men.

ate legs

he did not technically eat legs he ate the feet and ankles

because he was the king of all time of jazz

Beatrice Armstrong was younger born in 1903

Yes he did , for the most part . His father left his mother and so he went to live with his grandmother and went to Fisk School for boys . Soon he went back to live with his mother and he dropped out , but then went to Colored Waifs home for general deliquency. He soon was realeased a year or two later .

Beatrice Armstrong

Louis Armstrong's sister worked for my grandmother for many years as an aid in her home caring for 2 senior ladies. Yes, her name was Beatrice but everyone called her Selena or Doll. She was quite a character. A hard working woman on her job and a weekend warrior. When she didn't show up for work on Monday morning, my grandmother knew she was in jail. She would bail her out on a regular basis. Many times she spent the night on a pallet next to my great grandma's bed because she was scared to go home. She had a biracial daughter. Her name was Dorothy. She grew up playing with my Aunt Linda and babysat her in the afternoon while Selena did her work. I have pictures of her with my family.

Beatrice was hit by a truck on New Orleans West Bank Hwy. 90. She caught a ride to visit my (now grown) aunt's new baby. At the funeral (St. Louis Cemetery) my family were the only whites in attendance. Louis was not there but sent a huge bleeding heart made of roses. We never saw Dorothy again but heard she was sent to New York to be raised by Louis. My family has thought of her many times. This story always comes up when we look through old family photos. We wonder what ever happened to this lovely girl. She should be around 70 years old now.

Beatrice Armstrong Collins was born in 1903 and died in 1987. Her brother, jazz great Louis Armstrong died in 1971 with his widow Louise following him 12 yrs. later in 1983. He couldn't have sent the flowers to the funeral that you speak of. What year are you speaking of dear because your entry is very, very confusing? I'll write back with more detailed info of what I know of the family.

She lived in Florida for many years with her common law husband and ran a gambling joint where she dealt cards. The people who frequented it were pretty bad characters, but she could always hold her own. She first went to Florida when she was a teenager answering an ad for a saw mill job. Louis Armstrong talks about it her frequently in his autobiography, "Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans." She eventually married Mr. Willie B. Collins and he died a year after she did in 1988.

yes he was

First of all it is Hello, Dolly, not Hey Dolly! Hello Dolly was probably the most widely advertised broadway show ( various cast members) of all time and was all over the billboard scene in the mid to late sixties. Best known Dolly actress was Carol Channing, though there were many. The movie version starred Barbara Streisand. The story is essentially a Jewish one, as it was adapted from the Thornton Wilder play- The matchmaker. In theme the title character is being revved-up by the singers and band as some sort of heroine or feature star. ( a somewhat similar SONG- I don not know about the play content- never having seen it- is Mame! Why not a variation by the IKGB choral society- with the following lines- Who makes the Grey Stuff ( Platinum) easy to pick- STACY1 who gives White Russian Vodka it"s Kick- Stacy! there"s an idea.

He's dead... But since he was born until this year (2012) he is 111 years old

Yes he was