presentation about famous american singer Louis Armstrong

1. Louis Armstrong
BY : VIKA LAVRENYUK

2. Early Life
 Born August 4th, 1901
 Lived in New Orleans
 Family was poor
 Lived in segregated area of town
 Hung out in dance halls

3. Early career
 Dropped out of school
 Formed a quartet of boys who sang in the streets for money. This helped support
his family
 Was a musical prodigy

4. Mid 1920’s
 Armstrong became a musical phenomen
 Played on radio stations everywhere

5. Later Career
 Became known throughout Europe
 Performed all across the globe

6. Hit Music
 What the wonderful world
 A kiss to build a dream on
 Hello dolly
 Cabaret
 St. Louis Blues
 I ain’t got nobody

7. Scat music
 Invented by Armstrong
 Sing nonsense words
 Used voice as an instrument

8. Death
 Performed up until death
 Died July 6th,1971
 Because of heart attack
 This made headline news throughout the world

9. Greatest accomplishments
 Oldest artist to ever have #1 song
 Gave hope to African Americans everywhere
 Greatly influenced and spread jazz music
 Invented “Scat” style of singing
 Brilliant trumpet player
 Greatest Jazz musician of the time

10. I NEVER WANT TO BE
ANYTHING MORE THAN I AM;
WHAT I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T
NEED.