On August 4, 1901, Armstrong was born in New Orleans. Mary Estelle “Mayann” Albert and William Armstrong were his parents.
Mary Albert was born at home when she was approximately sixteen years old. She was from Boutte, Louisiana. They gave birth to Beatrice “Mama Lucy” Armstrong (1903-1987), who was reared by Albert, less than two years later. Shortly after, William Armstrong ran away from the family.
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Many biographers of Armstrong believed she could have been correct. He had hundreds of affairs while being married four times, yet none of these relationships resulted in offspring.
Armstrong was an influential vocalist as well as a skilled improviser, bending the words and melody of a song. His instantly identifiable rich, gravelly voice added to his influence. He had a talent for scat singing as well. By the time Armstrong passed away, his impact on popular music as a whole had grown.
Armstrong was one of the first well-known African-American artists to achieve widespread success with audiences of the white race (as well as in other countries). To the dismay of other African Americans, he rarely politicized his race in public, but he stood up for desegregation during the Little Rock crisis.
