His first name has been most commonly pronounced "Louie" but he himself, on at least some occasions, pronounced it "Lewis." There is speculation on whether he preferred the latter pronunciation and whether the former was perhaps a nickname.
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Josephine Armstrong. No Josephine Armstrong was not Louis' grandmother's name. It was Sarah. She is my great great grandmother.
In the 1950s Louis Armstrong was a jazz trumpeter.