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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong was born on July 4th 1900 in New Orleans Louisiana. He died in 1971 in New York. He played a trumpet, cornet, and vocals. He played in 1914 to 1971. He recorded as an out of wedlock black child. He lived in a neighbor hood called Uptown New Orleans known as the Back of Town. He lived with his mother and father and siblings and then his father abandoned his family and went with another woman. His mom left him and his sister in the grandmother’s care and sometimes with his uncle Isaac. When Louis was five he moved back with his mom and her relatives. He only saw his father in parades. He was exposed to music at Fisk school for boys. He used his from being a paper boy and selling discarded food to restraunts. He hung out in dance halls especially The Funky Butt it was also close to his home which he observed everything. He dropped out of Fisk school at 11 years old. He then joined a group of quartet of boys. During his long career he played and sang with instrumentalist and vocalist. Armstrong died after a heart attack on July 6th 1971 at the age of 69.

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