Admin Where did Louis Armstrong live most of his life?
Louis Armstrong grew up in dire poverty in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a child, he worked odd jobs and sang in a boys’ quartet. In 1913 he was sent to the Colored Waifs Home as a juvenile delinquent. There he learned to play the cornet in a band, and playing music quickly became a passion.
Where did Louis Armstrong live in New York?
Louis Armstrong House
| Louis Armstrong House, 2012 | |
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| Location | 34-56 107th Street, Queens, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°45′20″N 73°51′43″WCoordinates: 40°45′20″N 73°51′43″W |
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What street did Louis Armstrong grow up on?
727 South Broad St. In the plaza of the New Orleans Traffic Court and police headquarters, a historical marker designates the site of the modest wooden house where Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 (not, as he was known to claim, on July 4, 1900).
Did Louis Armstrong grow up in Chicago?
He grew up in a poor part of the city that was so rough that it was nicknamed “The Battleground.” As a boy, life was tough for Louis. His father wasn’t around and his mother couldn’t take care of him.
When did Louis Armstrong move to Queens NY?
1943
Jazz history comes to life in Corona Louis Armstrong was one of the most recognizable entertainers in the world when he chose the working-class neighborhood of Corona, Queens to be his home in 1943. We preserve Louis and Lucille’s home, now a historic site and world-class museum.
Where was Louis Armstrong from in New Orleans?
New Orleans, LA
Louis Armstrong/Place of birth
Where is Ella Fitzgerald from?
Newport News, VA
Ella Fitzgerald/Place of birth
Ella was born in 1917 to poor parents in Newport News, Virginia, and Ella’s father left the family when she was only three years old.