And Django owed much to Louis Armstrong.

* 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpeter and singer ( d. 1971 )

In 1954, he was featured on the cover of Time ( magazine ), the second jazz musician to be so honored ( the first was Louis Armstrong on February 21, 1949 ).

The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Carmen McRae was recorded in 1961 ; the musical itself was performed at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival.

* Adele has a Dachshund named Louie, named after Louis Armstrong.

The spoofs of I Love Lucy were supposed to be earlier concepts of the show that never made it on the air, such as " I Love Louie ", where Desi lived with Louis Armstrong.

On February 7, 1958, the song was recorded in New York City, and sung by Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra.

The French singer Claude Nougaro used its melody for his tribute to Louis Armstrong in French, under the name Armstrong.

This version of the film follows the same plot but pays more attention to popular jazz music and includes such jazz legends as Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, and Benny Carter playing themselves.

His solo album Don't Worry About Me was released posthumously in 2002, and features the single " What a Wonderful World ", a cover of the Louis Armstrong standard.

The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.

The halftime show was a " Salute to Louis Armstrong " featuring jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, actress and singer Carol Channing, trumpeter Al Hirt and the U. S. Marine Corps Drill Team.

Its opening and closing lament, " The Ballad of Mackie Messer ", was written just before the Berlin premiere, when actor Harald Paulsen ( Macheath ) threatened to quit if his character did not receive an introduction ; this creative emergency resulted in what would become the work's most popular song, later translated into English by Marc Blitzstein as " Mack the Knife " and now a jazz standard that Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Robbie Williams, Ray Quinn and countless others have all covered.

A fan of Bob Dylan, Lord Buckley, Jack Kerouac, Louis Armstrong, Howlin ' Wolf, and Charles Bukowski, Waits began developing his own idiosyncratic musical style.

RKO Radio Pictures released Danger Lights with Jean Arthur, Louis Wolheim, and Robert Armstrong on August 21, 1930 in a 65mm widescreen process known as NaturalVision, invented by film pioneer George K. Spoor.

The music in the film is performed by various artists, such as Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, and Harry Connick, Jr ..

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* August 4 – Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician ( died 1971 )

* July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African-American jazz trumpeter ( What A Wonderful World ) ( b. 1901 )

* April 6 – Louis Armstrong makes his first recording, " Chimes Blues ," with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s.

Louis Armstrong and the drummer Baby Dodds claimed to have met Beiderbecke when their New Orleans-based excursion boat stopped in Davenport.

Davis played some gigs at the Cafe Bohemia with a short-lived formation that included Sonny Rollins and drummer Art Taylor, and then traveled to France, where he recorded the score to Louis Malle's film Ascenseur pour l ' échafaud.

In his notes Louis recorded a first name, Titanohomo mirabilis, reflecting an initial impression of close human affinity.

Family tradition held that the Frédy name had first arrived in France in the early 15th century, and the first recorded title of nobility granted to the family was given by Louis XI to an ancestor, also named Pierre de Frédy, in 1477.

On June 13, 2003, pitching against the St. Louis Cardinals in Yankee Stadium, Clemens recorded his 300th career win and 4, 000th career strikeout, the only player in history to record both milestones in the same game.

Defensive End Lyle Alzado anchored the line, while their secondary was led by defensive backs Billy Thompson ( who recorded 5 interceptions ) and Louis Wright ( who had 3 interceptions ).

* The Oaths of Strasbourg, an alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar, are sworn and recorded in the vernacular languages.

In 1673, an expedition headed by Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, though possibly not the first Europeans to visit the area, was the first recorded to have crossed the Chicago Portage and travelled along the Chicago River.

He first recorded with a Midwestern jazz ensemble The Wolverines in 1924, after which he played briefly for the Detroit-based Jean Goldkette Orchestra before joining Frankie " Tram " Trumbauer for an extended gig at the Arcadia Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri.

The fair inspired the song " Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis ", which was recorded by many artists, including Billy Murray.

* Fitzgerald recorded three Verve studio albums with Armstrong, two albums of standards ( 1956's Ella and Louis and 1957's Ella and Louis Again ), and a third album featured music from the Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess.

Once at the studio, producer Milt Gabler ( Uncle of actor Billy Crystal, who had produced Louis Jordan as well as Billie Holiday ), insisted the band work on a song entitled " Thirteen Women ( and Only One Man in Town )" ( previously written and recorded by Dickie Thompson ), which Gabler wanted to promote as the A-side of the group's first single for Decca.

Within a generation, the Oaths of Strasbourg ( 842 ), a treaty between Charlemagne's grandsons Charles the Bald and Louis the German, was proffered and recorded in a language that was already distinct from Latin.

Robinson also wrote the blues classic " St. Louis Gal ", which was recorded by Bessie Smith.

" Margie " has been recorded by Louis Armstrong, who also covered the band's " Tiger Rag ", Ray Charles, Al Jolson, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in 1935, the Billy Kyle Swing Club Band, Claude Hopkins, Red Nichols, Django Reinhardt, George Paxton, the Dutch Swing College Band, Fats Domino, Sidney Bechet, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, Jim Reeves, Gene Krupa, and Benny Goodman.

" Tiger Rag " was recorded by everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Glenn Miller to Benny Goodman.

A celesta provides the introduction to a song Louis Armstrong recorded for RCA entitled " Someday You'll Be Sorry ", and is featured prominently throughout the song.

They started doing separate ventures ; Louis Johnson played bass on Michael Jackson's Thriller and recorded a gospel music album in 1981 with his own group Passage, which included his then-wife Valerie Johnson and former Brothers Johnson percussionist / singer, Richard Heath.

Louis recorded a single in 1985 called " Kinky ," released on Capitol Records.

There seems to be a complete album ( recorded but unreleased ) from that recording session, which George himself confirmed when he and Louis were interviewed around 1987 / 1988 for the Blues & Soul magazine in the United Kingdom ( see link below ).

The song has been recorded by many artists, including The Andrews Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Johnnie Ray, Bee Gees, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, George Formby, Al Jolson, Liberace, Billy Murray, Liza Minnelli, Sid Phillips, Bessie Smith and Julie Andrews.

( The shortest recorded reign was that of Louis XIX, who reigned for 20 minutes, but his legitimacy was disputed.