Awards and Honors:

• Reigned as King Zulu on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans in 1949.
• Cover of Time Magazine, along with a five page feature article titled "Louis The First" (February 21, 1949)
• Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame (1952; Armstrong was the first honoree)
• 1964 Male Vocalist Grammy Award for Hello, Dolly!; the tune was also nominated for Record of the Year (1965)
• Featured on the cover of Life Magazine (April 15, 1966)
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1972)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990; inducted as an early influence)
• US Postal Service issues Louis Armstrong commemorative stamp; see press release (1995)
• ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame (1997)
• Hello, Dolly! and West End Blues named to NPR's 100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century (1999)
• Named one of the "Top 100 Entertainers of the 20th Century" (Variety, 12/06/99)
• Armstrong included in Time 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century (1999)
• New Orleans International Airport renamed to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in ceremonies held in conjunction with the centennial of Satchmo's birth (2001)
• Armstrong's "Hot Five and Hot Seven" recordings (1925-1928) designated for preservation by the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress (2003)

• Satch Plays Fats (#10 in 1955)
• Ella and Louis (#12 in 1956)
• Hello, Dolly! (#1 for 6 weeks in 1964)

• Mack The Knife (#20 in 1956)
• Blueberry Hill (#29 in 1956)
• Hello, Dolly! (#1 in 1964; dislodged The Beatles)
• What A Wonderful World (#32 in 1988; from "Good Morning Viet Nam")

• I Wonder (#3 in 1945)
• The Frim Fram Sauce (#4 in 1946)
• That Lucky Old Sun (#14 in 1949)

• Mack The Knife (#1 in Australia for 4 weeks in 1956)
• What A Wonderful World (#1 in the United Kingdom for 4 weeks in 1968)
• What A Wonderful World (#1 in the Australia for 1 week in 1988)

• All Time Greatest Hits (Gold album)
• Hello, Dolly! (Gold album)
• What A Wonderful World (Gold album)
• What A Wonderful World (Platinum album; on 07/27/2001)

• Chimes Blues (1923; with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band; features Armstrong's first recorded cornet solo)
• Heebie Jeebies (1926; Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five; features Armstrong's first recorded scat vocal)
• Mack The Knife (1955; Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars)
• St. Louis Blues (1925; Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong)
• West End Blues (1928; Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five)
• What A Wonderful World (1967; Louis Armstrong)
• Porgy and Bess (1958 album; Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald)
• Hello, Dolly! (1964; Louis Armstrong)