Louis Armstrong Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1978, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
• His 1928 record "West End Blues" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974
• In February 1924, he gto married to jazz pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong
• Before becoming a musician, he worked various odd jobs, including working as a paperboy and hauling coal
• Started out playing the cornet in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs
• Was best known for his accomplishments as a trumpet player
• During the 1930s, he performed at the New Cotton Club in Los Angeles