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Louis Prima
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Louis Prima
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-12-07,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Louis Leo Prima 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. Prima is also known for providing the voice for the orangutan King Louie in the 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Prima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Louis Prima: In Person!

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Louis Prima: In Person!
2010-01-01

The Jungle Book

7.28

The Jungle Book
1967-10-18

Rose of Washington Square

5.7

Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05

The Continental Twist

4.7

The Continental Twist
1961-12-12

7

Senior Prom
1958-12-01

4.2

Swing It
1936-06-30

The Star Reporter in Hollywood

1

The Star Reporter in Hollywood
1937-10-22

Swing Cat's Jamboree

6.2

Swing Cat's Jamboree
1938-08-06

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

0

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
1959-08-05

The Champ's a Chump

0

The Champ's a Chump
1936-06-20

You Can't Have Everything

5.7

You Can't Have Everything
1937-08-02

7

Start Cheering
1938-03-03

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

5.6

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937-11-26

DTV: Golden Oldies

0

DTV: Golden Oldies
1984-09-01

Rhythm on the Range

4

Rhythm on the Range
1936-07-01

Louis Prima: The Wildest!

4

Louis Prima: The Wildest!
1999-10-22

Playgirls International

2

Playgirls International
1963-10-29

7

Jazz Ball
1956-01-01

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

5.9

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975-02-02

The Colgate Comedy Hour

7

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

5

Legends
2006-11-17