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Louis and Lucille Wilson Armstrong, wedding day, Oct. 12, 1942.
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1940-1942
Records with the Mills Brothers. Performs in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Chicago, Canada. Marries Lucille Wilson (12 October 1942).
1943
Lucille purchases a house in Corona, Queens, New York City. Louis and Lucille live there for the remainder of their lives.
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Louis with Billie Holiday on the set of New Orleans.
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1944-1946
Appears in motion pictures Atlantic City, Pillow to Post, and New Orleans. Records with Billie Holiday. First Esquire All American Jazz Concert at the Metropolitan Opera House (1944).
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Louis Armstrong and the All Stars, c. 1947.
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1947
Performs at Carnegie Hall with a small group and his big band. Appears at Town Hall (New York City) with a small group. Breaks up the big band and forms a septet, "Louis Armstrong and the All Stars." The All Stars debut at Billy Berg's Club in Hollywood on 13 August 1947.
1948
Appears at the Nice Jazz Festival, the first international jazz festival.
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