Louis Armstrong
- MatchLouis Armstrong
- 100%Nat "King" Cole
- 84%Peggy Lee
- 78%Julie London
- 77%Perry Como
- 73%Ella Fitzgerald
- 61%Frank Sinatra
- 57%Dean Martin
- 47%Fred Astaire
- 41%Cole Porter
- 41%Duke Ellington
Biography
4 August 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. 6 July 1971, New York City, New York, USA. It is impossible to overstate Louis Satchmo Armstrongs importance in jazz, as he was one of the most influential artists in the musics history. He was also more than just a jazz musician, he was an enormously popular entertainer (a facet upon which some critics frowned) and although other black jazz men and women would eventually be welcomed in the upper echelons of white society,... Read more