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August Birthdays in August with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-Ning

Louis Armstrong

Kate Borger celebrates two notable American musical voices with birthdays in August - Louis Armstrong, August 4, 1901 and Tony Bennett, August 3, 1926.

Bennett and Armstrong also share some common proximity in their lives: Queens, New York.

Tony Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in Astoria, Queens, and even made a record about those roots in 1990, “Astoria: Portrait of the Artist.”

Louis Armstrong, famously from New Orleans, moved to his home in Corona, Queens in 1943, which is now the Louis Armstrong House Museum - host to a remarkable array of archives and memorabilia. Including a portrait of Louis Armstrong painted by Tony Bennett!

Kate Borger

Celebrate the birthdays of musical royalty with Kate Borger on Rhythm-a-Ning - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.