1960-1963
Makes a major tour of Africa (Cameroon, the Belgian Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and many more countries), as part of a four-month tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Pepsi-Cola. Films Paris Blues on location in Paris. Appears at the Newport Jazz Festival each July. Records ten selections with Duke Ellington in 1961, their only collaboration in the recording studio. Performs at a birthday celebration for President John F. Kennedy on May 23, 1963.
Makes a major tour of Africa (Cameroon, the Belgian Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and many more countries), as part of a four-month tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Pepsi-Cola. Films Paris Blues on location in Paris. Appears at the Newport Jazz Festival each July. Records ten selections with Duke Ellington in 1961, their only collaboration in the recording studio. Performs at a birthday celebration for President John F. Kennedy on May 23, 1963.
Louis on The Mike Douglas Show, c. 1970
1964
Co-hosts The Mike Douglas Show on television for one week. “Hello Dolly” becomes number one hit, knocking the Beatles from the number one slot that they had held for three consecutive songs. Appears as mystery guest on the television show What’s My Line? Performs in Las Vegas. Tours Puerto Rico. July 2 is declared “Louis Armstrong Day” at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, just blocks from Louis’s home.
Co-hosts The Mike Douglas Show on television for one week. “Hello Dolly” becomes number one hit, knocking the Beatles from the number one slot that they had held for three consecutive songs. Appears as mystery guest on the television show What’s My Line? Performs in Las Vegas. Tours Puerto Rico. July 2 is declared “Louis Armstrong Day” at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, just blocks from Louis’s home.
1965
Tour of Eastern Europe. Returns to New Orleans and is given the Key to the City. Enjoys sold-out performances in Montreal, Toronto, and Las Vegas. Films When the Boys Meet the Girls andA Man Called Adam. Broadcasts over Voice of America from the Monterey Jazz Festival. Appears on television shows, The Dean Martin Show and Shindig.
Tour of Eastern Europe. Returns to New Orleans and is given the Key to the City. Enjoys sold-out performances in Montreal, Toronto, and Las Vegas. Films When the Boys Meet the Girls andA Man Called Adam. Broadcasts over Voice of America from the Monterey Jazz Festival. Appears on television shows, The Dean Martin Show and Shindig.
1966
Performs the summer season (July-September) at Jones Beach Marine Theatre in Long Island. Appears on the cover of Life magazine. Appears on The Dean Martin Show and The Danny Kaye Show.
Performs the summer season (July-September) at Jones Beach Marine Theatre in Long Island. Appears on the cover of Life magazine. Appears on The Dean Martin Show and The Danny Kaye Show.
1967
Performs in Dublin, Antibes, St. Tropez, and Majorca. Appears on The Tonight Show, the Kraft Music Hall Show and the Jackie Gleason Show. Appears on Operation Entertainment, a television broadcast from Fort Hood (the US Army’s largest base, located in Killeen, Texas). Records “What a Wonderful World” for ABC Records.
Performs in Dublin, Antibes, St. Tropez, and Majorca. Appears on The Tonight Show, the Kraft Music Hall Show and the Jackie Gleason Show. Appears on Operation Entertainment, a television broadcast from Fort Hood (the US Army’s largest base, located in Killeen, Texas). Records “What a Wonderful World” for ABC Records.
1968
“What a Wonderful World” becomes a hit in Great Britain. Performs in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, and Mexico. Films a scene for the motion picture Hello Dolly with Barbara Streisand. Records Disney Songs the Satchmo Way. Private audience with Pope Paul VI. Out of respect for the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, refuses to appear at the Oscars and other entertainers follow his example. Is hospitalized at Beth Israel Hospital with heart and kidney ailments.
“What a Wonderful World” becomes a hit in Great Britain. Performs in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, and Mexico. Films a scene for the motion picture Hello Dolly with Barbara Streisand. Records Disney Songs the Satchmo Way. Private audience with Pope Paul VI. Out of respect for the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, refuses to appear at the Oscars and other entertainers follow his example. Is hospitalized at Beth Israel Hospital with heart and kidney ailments.
1969
From February to April at Beth Israel Hospital due to heart problems. Joe Glaser (Louis’s manager since 1935) dies. Travels to London and records on the soundtrack for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
From February to April at Beth Israel Hospital due to heart problems. Joe Glaser (Louis’s manager since 1935) dies. Travels to London and records on the soundtrack for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.