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Louis Armstrong House Museum, where Louis lived for thirty years in Queens, NYC, is a National Historic Landmark open to the public.
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Today is the birthday of Lillian Hardin Armstrong! Though we celebrate Lucille Armstrong every day at the Armstrong House, without Lil--the second Mrs. Armstrong--who knows what would have happened with Louis's career. She deserves a lot of credit as the architect of his stardom!
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In honor of Black History Month, the Louis Armstrong House Museum will offer a special tour called “Black and Blue: Louis Armstrong and Civil Rights in America.”
The tour will be available Thursday through Saturday all month in February.
For tickets:
louisarmstronghouse.org
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Happy birthday to one of Louis Armstrong's closest friends and greatest disciples, Bobby Hackett! Here's a beautiful photo of the two legends at Newport in 1970.
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The iconic photo of Louis and Lucille Armstrong at the Great Sphinx of Giza was taken on this date in 1961! For the full backstory--and a lot of other photos from that day--check out our Virtual Exhibit from 2021:
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90 years ago this week, Louis recorded a number of classics for RCA over three consecutive days in Chicago. Many were included on this 1961 compilation, produced by George Avakian--we've made a Spotify playlist with the original track order. Listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/4hxko
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Our latest "That's My Home" post explores the life of Louis's adopted son, Clarence Hatfield Armstrong, featuring numerous excepts of Louis's writing, many rare photos, and a half-hour of audio of Clarence and Louis in conversation. Not to be missed.
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Check out this priceless footage of Louis Armstrong and Robert Merrill on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1955! Fun fact: the only surviving copy of this broadcast was in our Archives in the Jack Bradley Collection—we’re thrilled it’s now on YouTube!
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Our latest “That’s My Home” post on Louis’s tapes has audio of him at home in the 1950s and on “The Pearl Bailey Show” in 1971, plus lots of collages and much more from our Archives!
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Perhaps Catlett's greatest night with Armstrong was captured on "Satchmo at Symphony Hall," the epic 1947 concert that was the subject of one of our recent “That’s My Home” Virtual Exhibits:
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Today is the birthday of Big Sid Catlett, whom Louis called a "born genius" and "the greatest drummer that ever picked up a pair of sticks." Here’s a rare photo of Louis and Sid at the Spotlight Club on 52nd Street, sitting in with Idrees Sulieman, Tony Scott, and Lloyd Trotman!
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On this #MLKDay it's worth remembering Louis Armstrong's words after "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama 1965. Armstrong, a strong supporter of King, angrily told the press, "They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched." Thank you, Dr. King. Thank you, Louis Armstrong.
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Happy Birthday to legendary drummer Gene Krupa, born on this date in 1909 and shown here in a Maynard Frank Wolfe photo rehearsing with Pops, Bobby Hackett, Peanuts Hucko, and Billy Kyle for a Timex All Star Jazz Show in 1959!
Here’s the final broadcast: youtu.be/qO-R0GMx2EI
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Happy Birthday, Lucille Armstrong, born on January 13, 1914! Without her dedication to her late husband’s legacy, there would not be a Louis Armstrong House Museum and Archives today. She also had quite a career before she met Louis, too; here's her story: rtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org/2020/05/18/bro
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Trummy Young, Louis’s longtime trombonist, was born on this date in 1912! Here’s a beautiful offstage photo of the two close friends donated to our Archives by Trummy’s daughter Andrea in 2019.
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Our first “That’s My Home” post of 2023 has enough content to last into 2024, including audio of:
*A hang at Louis’s in 1953
*The All Stars live in 1953 and 1957
*The 1970 Johnny Carson special “Sun City Scandals”
Plus collages, stories, and more!
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The great trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen was born 115 years ago today! Here’s a publicity photo of Red, inscribed to “Louis ‘King’ Armstrong” in 1930!
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Today would have been the 89th birthday of our friend Jack Bradley, who passed away in 2021. Check out our “That’s My Home” series on Jack’s legendary friendship with Louis Armstrong with more installments to come. We miss you, Jack!
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The arrest of 12-year-old Louis Armstrong, as covered in the New Orleans Democrat 110 years ago today. Wonder what became of that “old offender”…..
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Happy New Year from the Louis Armstrong House Museum...and Pops! Here’s to 2023!
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On NYE 1912, Louis Armstrong was arrested for firing a gun while celebrating the New Year and was sent to the Colored Waifs Home for Boys—a move that changed his life and eventually, the sound of popular music. Here’s a photo of him poised to change the world. Happy 2023!
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Late December is a golden period for birthdays of some of Louis Armstrong’s greatest associates. Here are photos of Louis with Earl “Fatha” Hines (born December 28), Kid Ory (December 25), Bunk Johnson (December 27), Baby Dodds (December 24), and Joe Oliver (December 19)!
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Merry Christmas from the Louis Armstrong House Museum! Here’s one of Louis and Lucille’s original holiday cards (check out those trumpet “L’s,” the treble clef “&,” and the eighth-note “A”). Have a Cool Yule!
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It’s the Night Before Christmas! Today is the perfect day to listen to Louis Armstrong’s touching 1971 reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s poem. Check out the beautiful video made for the version that appears on the hit LP “Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule”:
youtu.be/cmt2TZWGoO8
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The tapes covered in today's "That's My Home" post show Pops in many different lights: playing with the All Stars in South America, hanging with the Hot Club of Genoa, reading articles with a fan in Philly, hosting the Brown family in Corona, and more!
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Review: Louis Armstrong returns to the charts for the first time since the 1960s with a collection of holiday numbers
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Happy birthday to one of the most important figures in Louis Armstrong’s life, King Oliver. “He was the best,” Louis said in 1967. “Laid a new horn on me when mine was so beat I didn’t know what sounds might come out of it. Advised me…took me home for red beans and rice feasts.”
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I was honored to appear on NPR’s today to talk about the latest resurgence of interest in Louis Armstrong. Check out my interview with at the link below! (Thank you, —and be sure to visit !)
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Today's "That's My Home" post on Louis Armstrong's tapes is filled with audio of his 1970 TV appearances, including a very memorable one on "The David Frost Show." We also have audio of Jack Teagarden's family, lots of terrific collages, and much more!
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This week is your last chance to take the Louis Armstrong House Museum Holiday Tour! We’re offering it Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and then will be closed for the holidays until January 5. Learn more and purchase your tickets here! louisarmstronghouse.org/visit/
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Happy birthday, Frank Sinatra! Take a few minutes to watch this legendary 1957 duet between Frank and one of his acknowledged early influences, Louis Armstrong, on “Birth of the Blues”!
youtu.be/7sYdUGoIqUM
And here’s a wonderful Getty photo of the two giants rehearsing:
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Louis Armstrong's collages are prominently featured in our latest "That's My Home" post, which also features audio of an Armstrong interview from 1954, a couple of tracks from an All Stars concert in Brazil in 1957, and much more!
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Our latest "That's My Home" post on Louis Armstrong's tapes is chock full of collages, plus an unissued live version of "Indiana," catalog pages, Louis dubs Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Vladimir Horowitz, and much more!
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If you are unable to attend in person, there will be a live stream available for viewing at events.locallive.tv/worship/church
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The Louis Armstrong House Museum will be closed this Saturday, December 10, as we will be celebrating the life of our Founding Executive Director Michael Cogswell at a memorial service being held at The Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street.
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Our latest post in our "That's My Home" series on Louis Armstrong's reel-to-reel tapes includes the backstory of Louis's appearance on "The Johnny Cash Show," unedited takes from his "Country and Western" album, a long interview from Las Vegas and more!
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We’re staying in the epic year of 1928 as it was on this date in that year that Louis Armstrong and Earl “Fatha” Hines recorded the immortal duet, “Weather Bird,” later featured on this Columbia LP. Here’s the audio—doesn’t get much better! youtu.be/Dv_9B7W7Q0w
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Louis Armstrong recorded “Basin Street Blues” on this date in 1928, a legendary recording also featuring Earl Hines, Jimmy Strong, Fred Robinson, Mancy Carr, and Zutty Singleton. Here’s the original OKeh Records ad, as found in one of Louis’s scrapbooks!
youtu.be/FU_sEHp4odY
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On this date in 1963, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars stepped into the recording studio to record the title song of a Broadway production that hadn't even opened yet. For the full saga please check out our Virtual Exhibit:
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