It was during this period that Armstrong created his final commercial record: a spirited recitation of “A Visit from St. His wife, Lucille, even had the room refurbished and outfitted with new tape decks, according to Ricky Riccardi, director of research collections at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. From then until his death on July 6, 1971, the venerated musician made some 200 tape recordings in his den. So in 1969, when Armstrong was convalescing at home in Queens, New York, after a hospital stay, he devoted the downtime to his hobby. He’d also often play a vinyl record-of his own music or someone else’s-and tape-record that, sometimes introducing each song as he went. He’d record conversations, interviews, personal stories, and other spoken audio. On and off since late 1950, Louis Armstrong had been documenting his life through tape recordings.
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