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Louis Prima

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Aliases
Louis Prima and His Band
Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
Louis Prima and His Whipper-Doodles
Louis Prima and Orchestra
Real name
Louis Leo Prima
Born
December 7, 1910
Died
August 24, 1978
Country
United States
IPI
00024927482 18 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Bandleader, singer, trumpeter, composer and actor, who was dubbed the "King of Swing"
Member of
Hotcha Trio [US]
Family
Gia Maione Wife (1962-1978)
Keely Smith Spouse (1953-1961)
Toni Elizabeth Prima Daughter
Louis Prima Jr. Son
Related labels
Prima Magnagroove   founder
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
October 1956 (9 artists)
August 1944 (11 artists)
March 1947 Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses
October 1956 (5 artists)
November 1957 Skafti Ólafsson
January 7, 1957 Ronnie I's Cliftonaires
July 1950 (129 artists)
listen on Internet Archive August 8, 1947 (24 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 1945 Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses
July 1949 (2 artists)
Here Pretty Kitty Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal by Louis Prima & "Keely" Smith July 1950 Unverified
I Don't Want To Be Loved (By Anyone Else But You) Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lilyann Carol 1945 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive  REL December 1947 (2 artists)
Originally by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bill Lawrence REC
(33 artists)
 REC,REL March 1944 (92 artists)
Originally by Dinah Shore BRD
(112 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1935 (13 artists)
1935 (3 artists)
August 1967 (124 artists)
 REC January 1945 (4 artists)
Originally by Gertrude Niesen PRF
October 1956 (62 artists)
1953 Mark Hummel
October 1956 Yvetta Simonová, Milan Chladil a Zdeněk Pulec - Karel Vlach se svým orchestrem
1950 (36 artists)
1945 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 1944 (11 artists)
November 16, 1951 (4 artists)
March 1936 (186 artists)
 REC,REL June 1946 (45 artists)
Originally by Julie Wilson [US] PRF
1945 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL 1944 (82 artists)
Originally by Fred Astaire BRD
listen on Internet Archive December 1941 (4 artists)
1936 (4 artists)
December 1950 (3 artists)
August 1945 (3 artists)
1945 (13 artists)