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==Awards and honors== ===Grammy Awards=== Armstrong was posthumously awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1972 by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy's National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the recording field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards/ |title=Lifetime Achievement Award |publisher=Grammy.com |date=February 8, 2009 |access-date=August 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212143148/http://grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards/ |archive-date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref> {| class=wikitable |- ! Year ! Category ! Title ! Genre ! Label ! Result |- | 1964 | Male Vocal Performance | "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" | Pop | Kapp | Winner |} ===Grammy Hall of Fame=== Recordings of Armstrong were inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]], which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |title=Grammy Hall of Fame Database |publisher=Grammy.com |date=February 8, 2009 |access-date=August 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=January 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/PressReleases/443_466_Hall%20of%20Fame%20release%20FINAL.pdf |title=The Recording Academy |access-date=August 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612184539/http://www.grammy.com/PressReleases/443_466_Hall%20of%20Fame%20release%20FINAL.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2009 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year recorded ! Title ! Label ! Year inducted ! Notes |- | 1925 | "[[St. Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]]" | Columbia | 1993 | [[Bessie Smith]] with Louis Armstrong, cornet |- | 1926 | "[[Heebie Jeebies (composition)|Heebie Jeebies]]" | OKeh | 1999 | |- | 1928 | "[[West End Blues]]" | OKeh | 1974 | |- | 1928 | "[[Weather Bird]]" | OKeh | 2008 | with [[Earl Hines]] |- | 1929 | "[[St. Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]]" | OKeh | 2008 |with [[Red Allen]] |- | 1930 | "[[Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)|Blue Yodel No. 9<br />(Standing on the Corner)]]" | Victor | 2007 | Jimmie Rodgers (featuring Louis Armstrong) |- | 1932 | "[[All of Me (Ruth Etting song)|All of Me]]" | Columbia | 2005 | |- | 1938 | "[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]" | Decca | 2016 | |- | 1955 | "[[Mack the Knife]]" | Columbia | 1997 | |- | 1958 | ''[[Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)|Porgy and Bess]]'' | Verve | 2001 | Album, with [[Ella Fitzgerald]] |- | 1964 | "[[Hello, Dolly! (song)|Hello, Dolly!]]" | Kapp | 2001 | |- | 1967 | "[[What a Wonderful World]]" | ABC | 1999 | |} ===Rock and Roll Hall of Fame=== The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] listed Armstrong's ''West End Blues'' on the list of 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |title=Experience The Music: One Hit Wonders and The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll |publisher=Rockhall.com |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180015/http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class=wikitable |- ! Year recorded ! Title ! Label ! Group |- | 1928 | [[West End Blues]] | [[Okeh Records|Okeh]] | [[Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five]] |} ===Inductions and honors=== In 1995, the [[List of people on stamps of the United States|U.S. Post Office]] issued a Louis Armstrong 32-cent commemorative postage stamp. {| class=wikitable |- ! Year inducted ! Title ! Notes |- | 1952 | [[DownBeat|DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame]] | First inductee into DownBeat Hall of Fame |- | 1960<ref name=HollywoodWalkOfFame>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/louis-armstrong |title=Louis Armstrong |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |date=February 8, 1960 |access-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307214732/http://www.walkoffame.com/louis-armstrong |url-status=live }}</ref> | [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|Hollywood Walk of Fame]] | Star at 7601 Hollywood Blvd. |- | 1978 | Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame | |- | 1990 | [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] | Early influence |- | 2004 | Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame | At [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]] |- | 2007 | [[Louisiana Music Hall of Fame]] | |- | 2007 | [[Gennett Records]] Walk of Fame, [[Richmond, Indiana|Richmond]], Indiana | |- | 2007 | [[Long Island Music Hall of Fame]] | |- | 2017 | [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]] | Early influence |- |} ===Film honors=== In 1999, Armstrong was nominated for inclusion in the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|100 Years ... 100 Stars]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/stars500.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars Nominees |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328082208/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/stars500.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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