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Fact file

Name: Louis Armstrong

When/Where born: 4th August, 1901 in New Orleans, USA

Early years: family poor; stopped going to school at age 11; started singing on the streets and playing the cornet;as a teenager he joined a band and played on riverboats on the Mississippi River

Achievements/Later years: 1922 – moved to Chicago; became famous jazz musician, made 'scat' singing popular; toured all over the world; 1943 – moved to New York, had many hit records, appeared in many Hollywood films

When/Where died: 6th July, 1971 in New York

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