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- Sing, Sing, Sing
- The Louis Prima Songbook
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-12-07
- Active to
- 1978-08-24
Discography
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Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978) was born into a musical family in New Orleans. His family emigrated from Sicily, Italy, and after a brief stay in Argentina settled in the United States. Prima studied violin for several years as a child. His older brother Leon was a well regarded local bandleader. Prima was proud of his heritage, and made a point of letting the audience know at every performance that he was Italian-American and from New Orleans. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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Key facts
- Also known as
- The King of Swing
- Born
- Louis Leo Prima , ( 1910-12-07 ) December 7, 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana , U.S.
- Died
- August 24, 1978 (1978-08-24) (aged 67), New Orleans, Louisiana , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz swing traditional pop jump blues big band
- Occupations
- Musician entertainer bandleader
- Instruments
- Vocals trumpet
- Years active
- 1929–1975
- Labels
- Capitol , Dot
- Website
- www .louisprima .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.louisprima.com
- Image
- Louis Prima crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Louis Prima
- date of birth
- 1910-12-07
- date of death
- 1978-08-24
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- name in native language
- Louis Prima
- birth name
- Louis Leo Prima
- nickname
- King of the Swingers
- end of work period
- 1975-00-00
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Louis Leo Prima (/ˈluːi ˈpriːmə/; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans–style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s.
From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early R&B and rock 'n' roll, boogie-woogie, and Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian and Sicilian identity with jazz and swing music. At a time when ethnic musicians were discouraged from openly stressing their ethnicity, Prima's conspicuous embrace of his Sicilian ethnicity opened the doors for other Italian-American and ethnic American musicians to display their ethnic roots.