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Lil Hardin-Armstrong

also recorded as Lil Hardin

real name Lillian Hardin-Armstrong

Memphis, United States

Lil Hardin-Armstrong is credited on 1,596 releases across 461 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,596

Credits

461

Albums

8

Decades active

161

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American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader (b. February 3, 1898 in Memphis, Tennessee – d. August 27, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois).
Played with Freddie Keppard, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Henry Allen, Zutty Singleton, and many others. She also led her own groups, (Lil Armstrong And Her Dixielanders and Lil Armstrong And Her Swing Band). Lil Hardin-Armstrong was Louis Armstrong's second wife (and he was her second husband). They married in 1924 and divorced in 1938.
Composed "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," "Bad Boy," "Just For A Thrill," "Perdido Street Blues," "The King Of The Zulu's", which is often miscredited to Louis Armstrong.

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1,596 releases · 461 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 2,701
  • Other credits · 14

Studios: Basin Street East · Basing Street Studios · North Sea Jazz Festival · Studio Aquarium

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