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Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed “Satchmo", “Satch", and “Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz.

Detailed explanation-2: -Louis Armstrong, byname Satchmo (truncation of “Satchel Mouth”), (born August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.-died July 6, 1971, New York, New York), the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Louis Armstrong is rightly celebrated as a master jazz trumpeter, but his distinctive gravelly-voiced singing also had a huge influence on later artists. His vocal improvisations and the powerful feeling of swing that he brought to everything he sang loosened up the more formal style of his contemporaries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The legendary New Orleans singer and trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong had been making records since 1923, but in 1967 he released “What A Wonderful World, ” which would become the biggest-selling song of his long and storied career.

Detailed explanation-5: -Armstrong now had a sizable back catalog of hits and Decca did their best to record new versions of many of songs Armstrong first introduced in the 1920s and early 1930s. He first recorded “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” in 1931 and it immediately became his theme song.