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Lil Hardin Armstrong

1898 - 1971

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Lillian Hardin Armstrong (née Hardin; February 3, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. She was the second wife of Louis Armstrong, with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s. Her compositions include "Struttin' with Some Barbecue", "Don't Jive Me", "Two Deuces", "Knee Drops", "Doin' the Suzie-Q", "Just for a Thrill" (which was a hit when revived by Ray Charles in 1959), "Clip Joint", and "Bad Boy" (a hit for the Jive Bombers in 1957). Armstrong was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Lil Hardin Armstrong is the 1,789th most popular musician (up from 1,844th in 2024), the 9,501st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,345th in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Lil Hardin Armstrong ranks 1,789 out of 3,175. Before her are Vitamin C, Yoko Shimomura, Elizabeth Cotten, Bob Brookmeyer, Tom Harrell, and Simone Young. After her are Nigo, Blind Willie McTell, Afrojack, Urs Bühler, Richard Tandy, and Curtis Fuller.

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Among people born in 1898, Lil Hardin Armstrong ranks 267. Before her are Domingo Acedo, Scott O'Dell, H. A. Rey, Boško Simonović, Zinaida Yermolyeva, and Arthur Legat. After her are Blind Willie McTell, J. Slauerhoff, Benno von Arent, Jadwiga Smosarska, Charles Bouvier, and Alfredo Duhalde. Among people deceased in 1971, Lil Hardin Armstrong ranks 213. Before her are Louis Armand, Dick Tiger, Leo Burnett, Betty Bronson, Diana Lynn, and Jimmy Gallagher. After her are Jadwiga Smosarska, Maude Fealy, Clare Dennis, Hugo Black, Usmar Ismail, and Cliff Edwards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lil Hardin Armstrong ranks 9,503 out of 20,380. Before her are Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Tom Harrell (1946), Jacob Abbott (1803), Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), Paul Williams (1940), and Johnny Rivers (1942). After her are Patti Austin (1950), Garrett Hedlund (1984), JJ Feild (1978), Julie Gibson (1913), William Blum (1933), and Jack Angel (1930).

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Among musicians born in United States, Lil Hardin Armstrong ranks 685. Before her are Rex Brown (1964), Peter Tork (1942), Vitamin C (1972), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), and Tom Harrell (1946). After her are Blind Willie McTell (1898), Curtis Fuller (1934), Michael Anthony (1954), Joe Bonamassa (1977), Doug Aldrich (1964), and Jimmie Vaughan (1951).

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