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Louis Prima (07 Dec 1910 - 24 Aug 1978)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (55)

Official

Album

  1. Louis Prima Plays for the People 1953
  2. The Wildest! Nov 1956
  3. Strictly Prima! 1959
  4. Wonderland by Night 1960
  5. Pretty Music Prima Style, Volume One 1960
  6. Italian Favorites 1963
  7. Swing With Louis Prima and His Orchestra 1995
  8. New Sounds of the Louis Prima Show 2002
  9. Baby I'm the greatest 2019
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Album - Live

  1. Las Vegas Prima Style 1958
  2. Louis Prima in the 1930s: 1934/39 Broadcasts, Volume 1 1999
  3. The Prima Generation ’72 2002
  4. Blast Off: The Live New Sound of Louis Prima 2009
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Album - Compilation

  1. His Greatest Hits 1960
  2. Angelina 1973
  3. A Tribute to Louis Prima 1978
  4. Jump Jive an' Wail 1986
  5. Play Pretty for the People 1989
  6. Zooma Zooma: The Best of Louis Prima 1990
  7. Louis Prima: Capitol Collector’s Series 1991
  8. Louis Prima Orchestra 1991
  9. Louis Prima 1993
  10. Buona Sera 1994
  11. The Original Louis Prima 01 Feb 1996
  12. The Best of Louis Prima 1996
  13. The Best Of 1997
  14. Pretty Music & Wonderland by Night 1998
  15. V-Disc: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas 1998
  16. The Call of the Wildest / The Wildest Show at Tahoe 1998
  17. Swing 'n Jive 1999
  18. Say It With a Slap 1999
  19. Beepin' & Boppin' 1999
  20. The Very Best of Louis Prima 1999
  21. Buona Sera - The Best, the Wildest 16 Nov 2000
  22. Cocktail Hour 2000
  23. Just a Gigolo 2000
  24. Just a Gigolo 02 Apr 2002
  25. Best of the War Years 2003
  26. BD Music Presents Louis Prima 25 Jun 2007
  27. Jump, Jive an’ Wail: The Essential Louis Prima 2007
  28. The Essence of Louis Prima 2008
  29. Look Out 2010
  30. Louis Prima Rocks 2012
  31. Anthology 2016
  32. The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection 2016
  33. Musical Moments to Remember: „Buona Sera, Signorina“ – Louis Prima in Studio and on Stage 21 Sep 2018
  34. The Best - The Wildest 2018
  35. Jump, Jive & Wail: The Very Best of Louis Prima (1952-1959) 29 Jan 2021
  36. Angelina
  37. Louis Prima Volume 1, 1934-35
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Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang original
  2. Louis Prima and His Orchestra

Married

  1. Keely Smith (13 Jul 1953 - 1961)
  2. Gia Maione (1963 - 24 Aug 1978)

Siblings

  1. Leon Prima

Children

  1. Lena Prima
  2. Toni Elizabeth Prima
  3. Louis Prima, Jr.

Recordings by (581)

  1. Oh Marie 2:27 (Aug 1944) 1956
  2. Angelina ?:?? (Aug 1944)
  3. [speech] ?:?? (Oct 1945) mx. VP 1481
  4. Please No Squeeza Da Banana 2:18 (1945)
  5. Over the Rainbow 3:04 (1953)
  6. Ai-Ai-Ai 2:47 (1953)
  7. The Manuelo Tarantel 2:37 (1953)
  8. Yes, We Have No Bananas 3:03 (1953)
  9. Charley My Boy 2:53 (1953)
  10. Charleston 2:47 (1953)
  11. Here Pretty Kitty 2:41 (1953)
  12. Hi Ho Trailus Bootwhip 3:16 (1953)
  13. (Nothing’s Too Good) For My Baby 2:38 (Nov 1956)
  14. Body and Soul 3:24 (Nov 1956)
  15. Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South 4:13 (Nov 1956)
  16. Buona Sera 2:59 (Nov 1956) 1956-04-19
  17. Night Train 2:48 (Nov 1956)
  18. (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You 3:13 (Nov 1956) 1956-04-19
  19. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days 2:10 (1956)
  20. Banana Split for My Baby 2:31 (1956)
  21. When You’re Smiling / The Sheik of Araby 3:59 (1957)
  22. I’ve Got the World on a String 2:27 (1957)
  23. Pennies From Heaven 2:21 (1957) 1957
  24. I've Got The World On A String ?:?? (Apr 1958)
  25. The Bigger the Figure 2:40 (1958)
  26. Angelina / Zooma Zooma 4:16 (1958) live, 1957-07-26: Harrah’s Club, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
  27. Eleanor 2:04 (1958)
  28. One Mint Julep 2:45 (1958)
  29. Chili Sauce 1:54 (1958)
  30. Oh, Marie 2:19 (1958)
  31. Luigi 2:44 (1958)
  32. Paul Revere 2:32 (1958)
  33. It’s Good as New (I Painted It Blue) 2:14 (1958)
  34. Should I / I Can’t Believe You’re in Love With Me 5:53 (1958)
  35. The White Cliffs of Dover 4:39 (1958)
  36. Holiday for Strings 2:57 (1958)
  37. Greenback Dollar Bill 3:19 (1958)
  38. Too Marvelous for Words 1:53 (1958)
  39. Them There Eyes / Honeysuckle Rose 4:42 (1958)
  40. Sing, Sing, Sing 4:09 (1959)
  41. If You Were the Only Girl 3:06 (1959)
  42. Judy 2:50 (1959)
  43. That's My Home 3:16 (1959)
  44. Gotta See Baby Tonight 2:32 (1959)
  45. Felicia No Capicia 2:59 (1959)
  46. Moonglow 2:53 (1959)
  47. Bourbon Street Blues 2:14 (1959)
  48. Fee Fie Foo 6:17 (1959)
  49. I Could Have Danced All Night 3:05 (1960)
  50. Moonlight in Vermont 2:08 (1960)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. What Will Santa Claus Say? (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’) 3:12 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang (1937) trumpet
  2. Pennies From Heaven 2:48 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang (1937) trumpet
  3. Oh Marie 2:27 Louis Prima (Aug 1944) trumpet
  4. The Lip 2:16 Louis Prima & Keely Smith (Nov 1956) trumpet
  5. Buona sera 2:59 Louis Prima (Nov 1956) trumpet
  6. Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South 4:13 Louis Prima (Nov 1956) trumpet
  7. Jump, Jive an’ Wail 3:30 Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses (Nov 1956) trumpet
  8. Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody 4:43 Louis Prima & Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the Witnesses (Nov 1956) trumpet
  9. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days 2:10 Louis Prima (1956) trumpet
  10. Banana Split for My Baby 2:31 Louis Prima (1956) trumpet
  11. Whistle Stop 2:15 Louis Prima with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (07 Jan 1957) trumpet
  12. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home 2:06 Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (07 Mar 1957) trumpet
  13. Sentimental Journey 2:25 Keely Smith and Louis Prima with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (07 Mar 1957) trumpet
  14. When You’re Smiling / The Sheik of Araby 3:59 Louis Prima (1957) trumpet
  15. I’ve Got the World on a String 2:27 Louis Prima (1957) trumpet
  16. There’ll Be No Next Time 3:16 Sam Butera & Louis Prima (1957) trumpet
  17. Pennies From Heaven 2:21 Louis Prima (1957) trumpet
  18. That Old Black Magic 2:56 Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (29 Sep 1958) trumpet

Vocals

  1. Pennies From Heaven 2:48 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang (1937)
  2. What Will Santa Claus Say? (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’) 3:12 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang (1937)
  3. Oh Marie 2:27 Louis Prima (Aug 1944) lead vocals
  4. Robin Hood ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Oct 1944)
  5. Angelina ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Feb 1945)
  6. The White Cliffs of Dover ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Feb 1945)
  7. Please Don’t Squeeza da Banana ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Oct 1945)
  8. [speech] ?:?? Louis Prima (Oct 1945)
  9. [speech] ?:?? Louis Prima & Lillyann Carol (Oct 1945)
  10. Just a Gigolo ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Dec 1945)
  11. Felicia no capecia ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Jan 1946)
  12. Ya Gotta See Baby Tonight ?:?? Louis Prima and His Orchestra (Jan 1946)
  13. Chinatown, My Chinatown 2:59 Louis Prima and His Orchestra (1947)
  14. Jump, Jive an’ Wail 3:30 Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses (Nov 1956) lead vocals
  15. Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody 4:43 Louis Prima & Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the Witnesses (Nov 1956)
  16. (Nothing’s Too Good) For My Baby 2:38 Louis Prima (Nov 1956) lead vocals
  17. Buona sera 2:59 Louis Prima (Nov 1956)
  18. The Lip 2:16 Louis Prima & Keely Smith (Nov 1956) lead vocals
  19. (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You 3:13 Louis Prima (Nov 1956) lead vocals
  20. Basin Street Blues / When It’s Sleepy Time Down South 4:13 Louis Prima (Nov 1956) lead vocals
  21. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days 2:10 Louis Prima (1956)
  22. Banana Split for My Baby 2:31 Louis Prima (1956)
  23. Whistle Stop 2:15 Louis Prima with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (07 Jan 1957)
  24. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home 2:06 Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (07 Mar 1957)
  25. Sentimental Journey 2:25 Keely Smith and Louis Prima with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (07 Mar 1957)
  26. There’ll Be No Next Time 3:16 Sam Butera & Louis Prima (1957)
  27. When You’re Smiling / The Sheik of Araby 3:59 Louis Prima (1957)
  28. Pennies From Heaven 2:21 Louis Prima (1957)
  29. I’ve Got the World on a String 2:27 Louis Prima (1957)
  30. That Old Black Magic 2:56 Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses (29 Sep 1958)
  31. The Bigger the Figure 2:40 Louis Prima (1958)
  32. It’s Good as New (I Painted It Blue) 2:14 Louis Prima (1958)

Credited as (70)

  1. Louis Prima
  2. Alice Faye & Louis Prima
  3. Louis Prima & Sam Butera
  4. Louis Prima, Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman
  5. Louis Prima & Keely Smith
  6. Louis Prima, Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman
  7. Louis Prima and Keely Smith
  8. Louis Prima feat. Sam Butera
  9. Louis Prima & Phil Harris
  10. Louis Prima & Gia Maione
  11. Keely Smith & Louis Prima
  12. Louis Prima / Keely Smith / Sam Butera
  13. Louis Prima feat. Keely Smith
  14. Sam Butera & Louis Prima
  15. Keely Smith / Louis Prima
  16. Louis Prima feat. Gia Maione
  17. Louis Prima feat. Phil Harris
  18. Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima & Keely Smith
  19. Sam Butera / Louis Prima & Gia Maione
  20. Louis Prima & Lily Ann Carol
  21. Louis Prima, Phil Harris, & Bruce Reitherman
  22. Louis Prima with Gia Maione
  23. Louis Prima & His Band
  24. Phil Harris, Louis Prima & Bruce Reitherman
  25. Louis Prima / Keely Smith
  26. Louis Prima, Keely Smith
  27. Louis Prima with Keely Smith
  28. Phil Harris, Louis Prima, Disney Studio Orchestra, George Bruns
  29. Bob Zuga feat. Louis Prima
  30. Phil Harris and Louis Prima
  31. Louis Prima & Disney Children's Chorus
  32. Cugat & Prima
  33. Louis Prima, Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman
  34. KIDS SEE GHOSTS feat. Louis Prima
  35. Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot, Verna Felton, J. Pat O’Malley, Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Tim Hudson, Bill Lee, Chad Stuart, Digby Wolfe & Darleen Carr
  36. Louis Prima, Keely Smith & Sam Butera
  37. Louis Prima with The Witnesses
  38. Louis Prima & Gia Maione with The Witnesses
  39. Louis Prima & The Witnesses
  40. Louis Prima and The Witnesses feat. Sarah Spiegel
  41. Louis Prima feat. The Witnesses
  42. Alice Faye and Louis Prima
  43. Louis Prima / Wingy Manone
  44. Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & the Witnesses
  45. Louis Prima, Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the Witnesses
  46. Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses
  47. Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the Witnesses
  48. Louis Prima / Sam Butera & the Witnesses
  49. Louis Prima & Keely Smith with Sam Butera & the Witnesses
  50. Louis Prima & Keely Smith feat. Sam Butera & the Witnesses
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Works (32)

Arranged

  1. Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody (1956)
  2. Oh Marie
  3. Oh Marie

Wrote

  1. Sunday Kind of Love
  2. Twist All Night
  3. Ya Gotta See Baby Tonight
  4. Oooh-Dahidily-Dah
  5. Boney Bones
  6. A Sunday Kind of Love
  7. Young in Years
  8. Oh Babe!
  9. Banana Split for My Baby
  10. Zooma Zooma
  11. 4th Dimension
  12. Hitsum‐Kitsum‐Bumpity‐Itsum
  13. Oh Babe
  14. Bourbon Street Blues
  15. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Composed

  1. Jump, Jive an’ Wail (1956)
  2. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
  3. シング・シング・シング
  4. Take My Hand
  5. Be Happy
  6. What Will Santa Claus Say? (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)
  7. I Know a Guy Named Larry
  8. Angeline – oh, mama
  9. Where Have We Met Before?

Lyrics

  1. Beep! Beep!
  2. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
  3. Jump, Jive an’ Wail
  4. What Will Santa Claus Say? (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)
  5. Angeline – oh, mama

Events (1)

Tribute Events

  1. Tribute to Louis Prima

Links (34)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.louisprima.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://soundtrackcollector.com/composer/2915/
  2. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/louis-prima/
  3. https://www.45cat.com/artist/louis-prima
  4. https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/louis-prima
  5. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6566363A
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89016730
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no89016730
  8. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jt06b1
  9. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13898680w
  10. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=12710
  11. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1489933
  12. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108876
  13. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118961403
  14. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/louis_prima

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-4974/louis-prima/lyrics.html

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Louis+Prima

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/491381

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/36865

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000272567

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697515/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/17408624

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367447

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/13122

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/52lBOxCxbJg0ttXEW9CQpW
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/1121

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id550748

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00197GI8Q

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCCuowfA6LV6kjSiAi5MO75Q
  2. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/550748
  3. https://tidal.com/artist/28678

Biographies

  1. https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/louis_prima.htm

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b5997eef-2516-491a-a10e-5cee842bbcdc

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/louisprima