Louis Armstrong
Born: August 4, 1901
Years Active: 1914-1971
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Popular Songs:
"Hello, Dolly"
"Ain't Misbehavin"
"Muggles"
"Potato Head Blues"
"Heebie Jeebies"
"West End Blues"
"Baby Its Cold Outside"
"Mack the Knife"
"Stardust"
"What A Wonderful World"
"When The Saints Go Marching In"
"When You're Smiling"
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Duke Ellington
Born: April 29,1899
Years Active: 1914-1974
Hometown: Washington, D.C, US
Popular Songs:
"Black, Brown, And Beige"
"Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"
"Take the "A" Train"
"In A Sentimental Mood"
"Caravan"
"It Don't Mean A Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing"
"Mood Indigo"
"Cotton Tail"
"Jack the Bear"
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Benny Goodman
Born: May 30,1909
Years Active: 1926-1986
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, US
Popular Songs:
"Jitterbug"
"Sing, Sing, Sing"
"King Porter Stomp"
"Sometimes I'm Happy"
"Jingle Bells"
"Get Happy"
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Charlie Parker
Born: August 29, 1920
Years Active: 1937-1955
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas, US
Popular Song:
"I Don't Know What Time It Was"
"April in Paris"
"Summertime"
"If I Should Lose You"
"Just Friends"
"Everything Happens To Me"
"Yardbird Suite"
"How High The Moon"
"Ornithology"
"Bird Changes"
"Billie's Bounce"
"All The Things You Are"
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Billie Holiday
Born: April 7,1915
Years Active: 1933-1959
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, US
Popular Songs:
"God Bless The Child"
"Don't Explain"
"Easy Living"
"Strange Fruit"
"Lady Sings The Blues"
"Goodmorning Heartache"
"Fine and Mellow"
"What A Little Moonlight Can Do"
"No More"
"What Is This Thing Called Love"
"Big Stuff"
"If You Were Mine"
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Ella Fitzgerald
Born: April 25, 1917
Years Active: 1934-1993
Hometown: Newport News, Virginia
Popular Songs:
"A Tisket, A Tasket"
"Oh, Lady Be Good"
"Love and Kisses"
"Judy"
"The Object of My Affection"
"Brighten The Corner"
"Blue Skies"
"I Love Paris"
"The Man I Love"
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Frank Sinatra
Born: December 12, 1915
Years Active: 1935-1995
Hometown: Hoboken, New Jersey
Popular Songs:
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"One For My Baby And One More For The Road"
"Come Fly With Me"
"Angel Eyes"
"My Way"
"Somethin Stupid"
"Young At Heart"
"New York, New York"
"Something"
"Just The Way You Look Tonight"
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Dizzy Gillespie
Born: October 21, 1917
Years Active: 1935-1993
Hometown: Cheraw, South Carolina
Popular Songs:
"Groovin' High"
"Woody N You"
"Salt Peanuts"
"Manteca"
"Tin Tin Deo"
"Night In Tunisia"
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