Lil Hardin Armstrong
Bandleader, Musical Artist
1898 – 1971
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Who was Lil Hardin Armstrong?
Lil Hardin Armstrong was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader, and the second wife of Louis Armstrong with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s.
Hardin's compositions include "Struttin' With Some Barbecue", "Don't Jive Me", "Two Deuces", "Knee Drops", "Doin' the Suzie-Q", "Just For a Thrill", "Clip Joint", and "Bad Boy", her composition "Oriental Swing" was sampled heavily to create Parov Stelar's 2012 retro-song "Booty Swing," which in turn gained notoriety when it was used in a 2013 Chevrolet commercial.
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- Born
- Feb 3, 1898
Memphis - Also known as
- Lil' Armstrong
- Lil' Hardin-Armstrong
- Lillian Armstrong
- Armstrong, Lil'
- Hardin Armstrong, Lil
- Lil Armstrong
- Lillian Hardin
- Parents
- Spouses
- Louis Armstrong
(1924/02/04 - 1938) - Jimmie Johnson
(1922/08/22 - )
- Louis Armstrong
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Fisk University
- Died
- Aug 27, 1971
Chicago
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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