Armstrong was born in New Orleans, and his family was very poor. The city was a great place for him to express his musical talents, and he was performing on the streets when he was young.
His mentor was a cornet player named King Oliver. When Oliver moved to Chicago in 1918, Armstrong replaced him in Kid Ory's Band, which was big in New Orleans. In 1922, he moved to Chicago and joined King Oliver's band.
Armstrong is a legend in the jazz community for being the genre's first important soloist and an innovator in trumpet playing and scat singing, but most people know him for his hit songs "What A Wonderful World" and "Hello, Dolly!," which aren't typical of his work.
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