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Remembering Louis Armstrong Today on the 55th Anniversary of His Passing (July 6, 1971)

July 6, 2026 Albumism Staff
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Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Louis Armstrong’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his/her career below!

Born: August 4, 1901
Died: July 6, 1971
Biography | Discography (Original Albums):

Jazz Classics (1944)                
Satchmo at Symphony Hall (1951)
Satchmo at Pasadena (1951)             
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954)
Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers, Volume One (1954)          
Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller (1955)       
Louis Armstrong at the Crescendo, Vol. 1 (1955)      
Louis Armstrong and Eddie Condon at Newport (1956)        
Satchmo the Great (1956)
An Evening with Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Vols 1 & 2 (1956)
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars – Ambassador Satch (1956)        
Ella and Louis (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1956) | Read More
Ella and Louis Again (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1957)     
I've Got the World on a String (1957)                       
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)        
Louis Under the Stars (1957)             
Louis and the Angels (1957    
Porgy & Bess (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1958)
Louis and the Good Book (1958)        
Satchmo in Style (1959)         
The Five Pennies (1959)         
Bing & Satchmo (with Bing Crosby) (1960)
Recording Together for the First Time (with Duke Ellington) (1961)
The Great Reunion (with Duke Ellington) (1961)
The Real Ambassadors (1962)           
Hello, Dolly! (1964)    
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (1968)         
I Will Wait For You (1968)                 
What a Wonderful World (1968)       
The One and Only (1969)                  
Louis Armstrong and Friends (1970) 

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