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Louis<ref>He preferred his given name pronounced as Louie. "It's like Louis Armstrong - he spelled his name Louis, but he liked it to be said as Louie", recalls Louie Bellson [http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Louie%20Bellson_12.htm]. Armstrong was registered as "Lewie" for the United States Census, 1920|1920 U.S. Census. On various live records he's called as "Louie" on stage, such as on the 1952 "Can Anyone Explain?" from the live album ''In Scandinavia vol.1''. It should also be noted that "Lewie" is the French pronunciation of "Louis" and is commonly used in Louisiana. After his death, the mainstream pronunciation slowly drifted to "Louis". However, when referring to himself in "Hello Dolly!", he pronounces his name as "Lewis" ("Hello, Dolly. This is Lewis, Dolly"), pronouncing the 's'.</ref> Armstrong<ref>Many biographies of Louis Armstrong have claimed his middle name to be "Daniel", but this was denied by Armstrong himself.</ref> (4 August, 1901<ref>Armstrong said he was not sure exactly when he was born, but celebrated his birthday on July 4. He usually gave the year as 1900 when speaking in public (although he used 1901 on his Social Security and other papers filed with the government). Using Roman Catholic Church documents from w... read all