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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7" title="لويس بريما – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لويس بريما" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="لوئیس پریما – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لوئیس پریما" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Луи Прима – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Луи Прима" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Λούις Πρίμα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λούις Πρίμα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="لوئیس پریما – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوئیس پریما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4_%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EB%A7%88" title="루이스 프리마 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="루이스 프리마" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94" title="לואי פרימה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לואי פרימה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7" title="لويس بريما – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لويس بريما" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E" title="ルイ・プリマ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ルイ・プリマ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0,_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8" title="Прима, Луи – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Прима, Луи" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="لویس پریما – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لویس پریما" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" title="Louis Prima – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Louis Prima" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima" 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information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Louis Leo Prima</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The King of Swing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1910-12-07</span>)</span>December 7, 1910<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 24, 1978<span style="display:none">(1978-08-24)</span> (aged 67)<br />New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_pop" title="Traditional pop">traditional pop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>entertainer</li><li>bandleader</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>trumpet</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1929–1975</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dot_Records" title="Dot Records">Dot</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouses</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Tracelene Barrett</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1945; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1952)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Keely_Smith" title="Keely Smith">Keely Smith</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1953; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1961)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Gia_Maione" title="Gia Maione">Gia Maione</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1963)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.louisprima.com">www<wbr />.louisprima<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Louis Leo Prima</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978)<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing music</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a>, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece <a href="/wiki/Dixieland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixieland">New Orleans–style jazz</a> band in the late 1920s, fronted a <a href="/wiki/Swing_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (genre)">swing</a> combo in the 1930s and a <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a> group in the 1940s, helped to popularize <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a> in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed frequently as a <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Vegas</a> <a href="/wiki/Lounge_music" title="Lounge music">lounge act</a> beginning in the 1950s. </p><p>From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_roll" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock 'n' roll">rock 'n' roll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boogie-woogie" title="Boogie-woogie">boogie-woogie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Italian_folk_music" title="Italian folk music">Italian folk music</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Tarantella" title="Tarantella">tarantella</a>. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">language</a> in his songs, blending elements of his <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sicilians" title="Sicilians">Sicilian</a> 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. </p><p>Prima is also known for providing the voice for the <a href="/wiki/Orangutan" title="Orangutan">orangutan</a> <a href="/wiki/King_Louie" title="King Louie">King Louie</a> in the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios" title="Walt Disney Animation Studios">Disney</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Louis Leo Prima<sup id="cite_ref-clavin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clavin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was from a musical <a href="/wiki/Italian_Americans" title="Italian Americans">Italian American</a> family in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>. His father, Anthony Prima, was the son of Leonardo Di Prima, a <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicilian</a> immigrant from <a href="/wiki/Salaparuta" title="Salaparuta">Salaparuta</a>, while his mother, Angelina Caravella, had emigrated from the island of <a href="/wiki/Ustica" title="Ustica">Ustica</a> north of Sicily as a baby.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prima was the second child of four; his older brother, Leon, was born in 1907, while his sisters Elizabeth and Marguerite were younger. Marguerite died when she was three years old. Leon, Louis, and Elizabeth were all baptized at St. Ann's Parish. They lived in a house at 1812 St. Peter Street in New Orleans.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima's mother was a music lover, and she made sure that each child played an instrument. Louis was assigned the violin and started out playing at St. Ann's Parish.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became interested in jazz when he heard black musicians, including <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>. Italian immigrants, Italian-Americans, and African-Americans in New Orleans at the time frequently socialized together in the same clubs and bars. Local clubs tailored to the ostracized Italian community, such as Matranga's, Joe Segrettas, Tonti's Social Club, and Lala's Big 25, were all Italian-American clubs owned and operated by Italians; African Americans were always welcomed in these clubs and often played music and fraternized with Italians and Italian-Americans. Prima's interest in jazz was sparked while frequenting these clubs and observing black and Italian jazz artists playing together.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to author <a href="/wiki/Garry_Boulard" title="Garry Boulard">Garry Boulard</a> in his book <i>Louis Prima</i>, Prima paid attention to the music coming from clubs and watched his older brother Leon play the <a href="/wiki/Cornet" title="Cornet">cornet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Leon left the house to spend one summer in Texas, Prima practiced continuously on his worn-down cornet. He formed a band in 1924 with his childhood friends "<a href="/wiki/Candy_Candido" title="Candy Candido">Candy" Candido</a> (bass), Irving Fazola (clarinet) and Johnny Viviano (drums).<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima attended <a href="/wiki/Jesuit_High_School_(New_Orleans)" title="Jesuit High School (New Orleans)">Jesuit High School</a> but transferred to <a href="/wiki/Warren_Easton_Charter_High_School" title="Warren Easton Charter High School">Warren Easton High</a>, then a boys' school, in the fall of 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Warren Easton, he played with the "Eastonites", the school band. In 1927, he partnered with fellow musician Frank Federico and the pair played at "The Whip", a run-down <a href="/wiki/French_Quarter" title="French Quarter">French Quarter</a> nightclub. By the spring of 1928, Prima decided he would become a professional musician.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After finishing high school in New Orleans, Prima had a few unsuccessful gigs, including when he joined the Ellis Stratako Orchestra in 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prima, Federico and saxophonist Dave Winstein drove to Florida for a gig but no one showed up. They made it to a relative's house, where they were given money for gas and a meal. Prima did not give up. He joined <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cherniavsky" title="Joseph Cherniavsky">Joseph Cherniavsky</a>'s Orchestra in 1929 at Jefferson Parish. He got a temporary job playing on the steamship <i>Capital</i> that docked on <a href="/wiki/Canal_Street,_New_Orleans" title="Canal Street, New Orleans">Canal Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the <i>Capital</i> did not provide him with a big break for his career, he did meet his first wife Louise Polizzi there. They married on June 25, 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1931 to 1932, Prima occupied his time by performing in the Avalon Club owned by his brother Leon. His first break was when Lou Forbes hired him for daily afternoon and early evening shows at The Saenger.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_City">New York City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: New York City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New York was an attraction for hungry musicians during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lombardo" title="Guy Lombardo">Guy Lombardo</a> met Prima while he was performing at club <a href="/wiki/Shim_Sham" title="Shim Sham">Shim Sham</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Mardi_Gras" title="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</a> season of 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima's first gig in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> was supposed to be at a club called Leon and Eddie's, located at 33 West 52nd street. Eddie Davis, one of the owners of the club, did not hire Prima because he thought he was black.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prima_and_his_New_Orleans_Gang">Prima and his New Orleans Gang</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prima and his New Orleans Gang"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1934, Prima began recording for the Brunswick label.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recorded "That's Where the South Begins", "Long About Midnight", "Jamaica Shout", and "Star Dust".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima and his New Orleans Gang featured Frank Pinero playing piano, Jack Ryan on bass, Garrett McAdams on guitar, and <a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Russell" title="Pee Wee Russell">Pee Wee Russell</a> on clarinet.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band had their first performance at a club called the <a href="/wiki/Famous_Door" title="Famous Door">Famous Door</a>, owned and operated by Jack Colt. Prima's recordings from 1935 were a combination of <a href="/wiki/Dixieland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixieland">Dixieland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swing_(jazz_performance_style)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (jazz performance style)">swing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1935, Prima and Russell recorded "The Lady in Red", a national jukebox hit. They also recorded "Chinatown", "Chasing Shadows" and "Gypsy Tea Room".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Martha_Raye" title="Martha Raye">Martha Raye</a> played a role in Prima's professional and personal life. She was a comedian with potential to become a singer. The two featured a show at the club that granted Prima his first national debut on "The Fleischman Hour".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1936, Prima recorded "<a href="/wiki/Sing,_Sing,_Sing_(With_a_Swing)" title="Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)">Sing Sing Sing</a>", which subsequently became a hit for <a href="/wiki/Benny_Goodman" title="Benny Goodman">Benny Goodman</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="California">California</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: California"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prima moved to California to expand his music. During this time there was a movement for big bands and orchestras. Prima hired Louis Masinter on the string bass, a New Orleans native. He fired McAdams so that he could have Frank Federico, his childhood friend, play the guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With all of his success, his marriage back in New Orleans had already failed. He and Louise were divorced in 1936, following infidelities going back at least to the French Quarter in 1933. A few months later, he was involved in a new fling with Alma Ross, an actress.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima and Ross were quite serious and after only a few months together he asked her to marry him while he started his tour out in the Midwest. The couple faced problems in <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> because they did not meet the marital requirements. Guy Lombardo helped them out by arranging a place in <a href="/wiki/South_Bend,_Indiana" title="South Bend, Indiana">South Bend, Indiana</a>. They wed on July 25, 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had a few problems; one of the worst was that Louis denied much about his past. He never confessed to Alma that he had a daughter until she found out from a tax return.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prima also pushed Ross into signing with <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Records" title="Paramount Records">Paramount</a> in 1937. </p><p>He continued to travel along the East Coast with his band.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Prima struggled to upgrade to big band style. It was not supported by his mentors in New York or Los Angeles. With the help of Guy Lombardo he traveled to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> to promote his new format at the Blackhawk in October 1936. The new format was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reinvented_in_New_York">Reinvented in New York</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reinvented in New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1937, Prima and his smaller gang (Federico, Masinter, Pinero, and Meyer Weinberg on clarinet) returned to the Famous Door in New York to perform. He also appeared at <a href="/wiki/Billy_Rose" title="Billy Rose">Billy Rose</a>'s Casa Mañana club in May 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned nearly a quarter million dollars throughout seven weeks at Casa Mañana. </p><p>He was booked by <a href="/wiki/William_Morris_Agency" title="William Morris Agency">William Morris Agency</a> in late 1938,<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which sent him to Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami Beach, New Orleans, and St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band traveled by car, since it was the cheapest option.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939, Prima was under contract to appear in Black theatres in New York, Baltimore, Boston and Washington D.C. First Lady <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a> attended his performance in Washington D.C., and formally invited him to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared in photographs with the President, which ultimately boosted his publicity. Deemed unfit for military service in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> because of a knee injury, Prima continued performing.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_Prima_c._1947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Louis_Prima_c._1947.jpg/220px-Louis_Prima_c._1947.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Louis_Prima_c._1947.jpg/330px-Louis_Prima_c._1947.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Louis_Prima_c._1947.jpg 2x" data-file-width="344" data-file-height="522" /></a><figcaption>Prima and his trumpet, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1947</span></figcaption></figure> <p>By the mid-1940s, Prima was experiencing great success. People were purchasing tickets early in the morning for shows later on that evening. Despite the anti-Italian sentiment during the war, Prima continued to record Italian songs, the most famous being "Angelina", named after his mother. Others included "Please No Squeeza Da Banana", "Baciagaloop (Makes Love on the Stoop)", and "Felicia No Capicia."<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He performed the Italian songs at the Strand Theatre in New York. He brought in $440,000 in six weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Detroit he could bring in about $38,000 for an afternoon performance. With all of this success, he decided to go back to Chicago to prove himself; he sold out the "Panther Room" in that city.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima had several big hits in the summer of 1945, including "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" and "Bell-Bottom Trousers".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As his career grew, however, his marriage with Alma simultaneously failed. They got a divorce when she discovered he had been cheating on her with another actress. Alma was supposed to receive $15,000 a year or 7.5% of his earnings. Prima ignored the payments until they piled up to about $60,000, which forced him to write a settlement check of $45,000 plus $250 per week. Later he married his secretary, Tracelene Barrett.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the war years, the popularity of big band music was diminishing, and by 1947 Prima was playing more jazzy versions of his music. Under a new contract with <a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor">RCA Victor</a>, he recorded "Civilization"; "You Can't Tell the Depth of the Well"; "Say it with a Slap"; "Valencia"; "My Flame Went Out Last Night"; "Thousand Islands"; "Mean To Me"; and "Tutti Tutti Pizzicato".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, Prima and Barrett had a baby girl.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personality">Personality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fans knew Prima as a genial and patient celebrity: he always signed autographs or posed for pictures with a smile.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the record companies and big corporations, however, Prima showed little deference, and he was uncompromising in seeking maximum compensation for his work.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Warner_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Brothers">Warner Brothers</a> offered him $60,000 to be in a movie based on the life of <a href="/wiki/Helen_Morgan_(singer)" title="Helen Morgan (singer)">Helen Morgan</a>, but he rejected it; when the studio increased the offer to $75,000, it was still not enough. Prima wanted $100,000 and creative control of his role, which was rejected by Warner Brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had protracted disputes with the Strand Theatre in New York City and <a href="/wiki/Majestic_Records" title="Majestic Records">Majestic Records</a>, and he flatly refused to allow a former songwriter to advertise herself as "formerly featured with Louis Prima's orchestra".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima had expensive tastes: he shopped at luxury clothing stores and always wore top-brand suits. He spent great sums on <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">horse racing</a> and his own private stable of horses. He said he enjoyed gambling because it relaxed him;<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> riding was another one of the things that relaxed him the most outside of his busy performing life. He knew each of his horses well and read about training. Another hobby was boating. He purchased a boat for his third wife Tracelene Barrett for their honeymoon on the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keely_Smith">Keely Smith</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Keely Smith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Keely_Smith" title="Keely Smith">Keely Smith</a> was twenty when she met Prima in August 1948. Born in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, she made a point to stop by the Surf Club in <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a> to visit him. To her surprise, Prima was looking for a new female vocalist to replace <a href="/wiki/Lily_Ann_Carol" title="Lily Ann Carol">Lily Ann Carol</a>. Smith was wearing a bathing suit and was not allowed into the club until she put on proper attire. Luckily, someone was able to lend her some acceptable clothing and she auditioned. She landed the part and was soon traveling with his band.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima signed with <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a> in the fall of 1951 to keep up with the rapid changes in the marketing industry. Throughout his sixteen-month contract, his top hits consisted of "Chop Suey, Chow Mein", "Ooh-Dahdily-Dah", and "Chili Sauce".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To support his horses and manage his expenses, he chose to drop his big band and play in lesser clubs. On top of it all, he divorced his third wife Tracelene on June 18, 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less than a month later he married Keely. She was open to criticism, and he wanted to make her a star.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He tried to find the style that fit her correctly, especially since <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> was emerging. Prima was not against rock 'n' roll like some other artists, such as <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Gleason" title="Jackie Gleason">Jackie Gleason</a>. He accepted that "the kids had an instinct for the kind of music that's fun to listen to and dance to."<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_new_act">A new act</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: A new act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1954, Prima was offered a stay at <a href="/wiki/Sahara_Hotel_and_Casino" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahara Hotel and Casino">The Sahara</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> to open his new act with Keely Smith. He enlisted New Orleans saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Sam_Butera" title="Sam Butera">Sam Butera</a> and his backing musicians, The Witnesses. The act was a hit, and ultimately led Prima to sign with <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act performed regularly in Las Vegas for the rest of the decade.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He released his first album with Capitol Records, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wildest!" title="The Wildest!">The Wildest!</a></i>, in September 1956. Some of the popular songs include his medley of <a href="/wiki/Just_a_Gigolo_(song)#"Just_a_Gigolo"/"I_Ain't_Got_Nobody"_medley" title="Just a Gigolo (song)">"Just a Gigolo"</a> and "I Ain't Got Nobody".<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957, the couple released <i>The Call of the Wildest</i>. Keely worked with other artists to release the album <i>I Wish You Love</i>, and received a Grammy for it in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She earned <i>Billboard</i> and <i>Variety's</i> number one female vocalist award in 1958–59, and the Playboy Jazz Award in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The duo also redid "<a href="/wiki/That_Old_Black_Magic" title="That Old Black Magic">That Old Black Magic</a>", which was a Top 40 hit for two months. It earned the duo a Grammy. The couple also had two daughters together, one of whom, Toni, became an actress and singer in her own right.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prima decided to relocate his acts to the <a href="/wiki/Desert_Inn" title="Desert Inn">Desert Inn</a> because he would take in $3 million for producing twelve weeks' worth of acts a year for five years.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima signed with <a href="/wiki/Dot_Records" title="Dot Records">Dot Records</a> in 1959 and produced eight albums,<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> headlined by <i>Wonderland By Night</i> and <i>On Stage</i> in 1961. The couple was constantly performing and it affected their marriage. An attempted vacation boating down the Atlantic coast ended up grounded in the <a href="/wiki/Intracoastal_Waterway" title="Intracoastal Waterway">Intracoastal Waterway</a> until rescued by the Coast Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1961, Prima was invited by Frank Sinatra to perform at the inaugural gala for President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>; the two played "Old Black Magic" together. The constant performances and Prima's infidelities were too much for Smith. That noted, Smith also had an affair with Frank Sinatra, prior to her divorce from Prima in 1961. After finishing up their contract at the Desert Inn, she filed for divorce at the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Nevada in Las Vegas.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Smith was out of his life and his performances, Prima tried to prove that he did not need her. In the <i>New York Post</i>, there was a suggestion that Smith should rejoin for an act in New York's Basin Street East nightclub. Prima said, "I have no desire whatsoever to have any dealings with Keely Smith under any conditions…There is nothing in the world or no one that could ever make me accept this woman in our act."<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima's father died in 1961, the same year as the divorce from Smith. His mother died in the winter of 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1962, he tried to form his own recording company called Prima One Records.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He filled Smith's spot with <a href="/wiki/Gia_Maione" title="Gia Maione">Gia Maione</a>, a waitress who was 21 years old. He did his best to make her famous by producing her first album "This Is … Gia." It was funded entirely by him, and it was unsuccessful. They married and had a daughter, <a href="/wiki/Lena_Prima" title="Lena Prima">Lena</a>, later a New Orleans–based singer and recording artist with <a href="/wiki/Basin_Street_Records" title="Basin Street Records">Basin Street Records</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his only son, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Prima_Jr." title="Louis Prima Jr.">Louis Prima Jr.</a>, the last of his six children.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He was also in the middle of making appearances in Las Vegas and promoting the film <i><a href="/wiki/Twist_All_Night" class="mw-redirect" title="Twist All Night">Twist All Night</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prima_4-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967, Prima landed a role in <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>'s animated feature <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i>, as the raucous <a href="/wiki/Orangutan" title="Orangutan">orangutan</a> <a href="/wiki/King_Louie" title="King Louie">King Louie</a>. He performed the hit song "<a href="/wiki/I_Wan%27na_Be_like_You_(The_Monkey_Song)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Wan'na Be like You (The Monkey Song)">I Wan'na Be like You</a>" on the soundtrack, leading to the recording of two albums with <a href="/wiki/Phil_Harris" title="Phil Harris">Phil Harris</a>: <i>The Jungle Book</i> and <i>More Jungle Book</i>, and covering MC duties and singing the theme song "Winnie the Pooh", for the 1967 album entitled <i>Happy Birthday Winnie the Pooh</i>, all of these on <a href="/wiki/Disneyland_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Disneyland Records">Disneyland Records</a>. He can be heard on the soundtrack of another cartoon feature, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Called_Flintstone" title="The Man Called Flintstone">The Man Called Flintstone</a></i>. One of Prima's final television appearances was as a mystery guest on <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prima was married five times and had six children.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prima was married to Louise Polizzi from 1929 to 1936; Alma Ross from 1936 to 1945; Tracelene Barrett from 1945 to 1952; <a href="/wiki/Keely_Smith" title="Keely Smith">Keely Smith</a> from 1953 to 1961; and <a href="/wiki/Gia_Maione" title="Gia Maione">Gia Maione</a> in 1963. All but his marriage to Maione ended in divorce. </p><p>Among his children are musical performers <a href="/wiki/Lena_Prima" title="Lena Prima">Lena Prima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Prima_Jr." title="Louis Prima Jr.">Louis Prima Jr.</a>, both born to Maione. </p><p>Prima suffered a heart attack in 1973. Two years later, following headaches and episodes of memory loss, he sought medical attention, and was diagnosed with a <a href="/wiki/Brain_tumor" title="Brain tumor">brain stem tumor</a>. He suffered a <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_hemorrhage" class="mw-redirect" title="Cerebral hemorrhage">cerebral hemorrhage</a> and went into a coma following surgery. He never recovered, and died three years later, in 1978, having been moved back to New Orleans. He was buried in <a href="/wiki/Metairie_Cemetery" title="Metairie Cemetery">Metairie Cemetery</a> in a gray marble crypt topped by a figure of <a href="/wiki/Gabriel" title="Gabriel">Gabriel</a>, the trumpeter-angel, sculpted by Russian-born sculptor Alexei Kazantsev. The inscription on the crypt's door quotes the lyrics from one of his hits: "When the end comes, I know, they'll say, 'just a gigolo' as life goes on without me ..."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-destefano_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-destefano-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima's expected visit to a small Italian restaurant drives the plot of the critically acclaimed 1996 film <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Night" title="Big Night">Big Night</a>.</i> </p><p>On July 25, 2010, the centenary year of his birth, Prima received a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Prima's 1936 single "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')" was sampled by <a href="/wiki/Kids_See_Ghosts" title="Kids See Ghosts">Kids See Ghosts</a> on the song "<a href="/wiki/4th_Dimension_(song)" title="4th Dimension (song)">4th Dimension</a>", which appeared on their album <i><a href="/wiki/Kids_See_Ghosts_(album)" title="Kids See Ghosts (album)">Kids See Ghosts</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prima's New Orleans–based daughter, <a href="/wiki/Lena_Prima" title="Lena Prima">Lena Prima</a>, performs throughout the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Prima_Jr." title="Louis Prima Jr.">Louis Prima Jr.</a> leads his own band, performing music composed and played by his father and popular music of many genres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Film </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_on_the_Range" title="Rhythm on the Range">Rhythm on the Range</a></i></td> <td>Trumpet Player</td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Have_Everything" title="You Can't Have Everything">You Can't Have Everything</a></i></td> <td>Orchestra Leader</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Merry-Go-Round_(film)" title="Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (film)">Manhattan Merry-Go-Round</a></i></td> <td>Bandleader</td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Start_Cheering" title="Start Cheering">Start Cheering</a></i></td> <td>Himself – Conductor of his Band</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rose_of_Washington_Square" title="Rose of Washington Square">Rose of Washington Square</a></i></td> <td>Band Leader</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Senior_Prom_(film)" title="Senior Prom (film)">Senior Prom</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hey_Boy!_Hey_Girl!" title="Hey Boy! Hey Girl!">Hey Boy! Hey Girl!</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Continental_Twist" title="The Continental Twist">The Continental Twist</a></i></td> <td>Louis Evans</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)" title="The Jungle Book (1967 film)">The Jungle Book</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Louie" title="King Louie">King Louie</a></td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rafferty_and_the_Gold_Dust_Twins" title="Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins">Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>(final film role) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Louis Prima Plays for the People</i> (Mercury, 1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wildest!" title="The Wildest!">The Wildest!</a></i> (Capitol, 1956)</li> <li><i>The Call of the Wildest</i> (Capitol, 1957)</li> <li><i>Louis Prima with Orchestra</i> (Rondo-Lette, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_It_Up!" title="Breaking It Up!">Breaking It Up!</a></i> (Columbia, recorded 1951–1953, released 1958)</li> <li><i>Hi-Fi Lootin' </i> with Joe Venuti (Design, 1958)</li> <li><i>Entertains</i> (Rondo-Lette, 1959)</li> <li><i>Strictly Prima!</i> (Capitol, 1959)</li> <li><i>Pretty Music, Prima Style (Vol. 1)</i> (Dot, 1960)</li> <li><i>Wonderland by Night: Pretty Music, Prima Style – Volume II</i> (Dot, 1960)</li> <li><i>Blue Moon (Pretty Music, Prima Style – Vol. 3)</i> (Dot, 1961)</li> <li><i>Doin' the Twist with Louis Prima</i> (Dot, 1961)</li> <li><i>The Wildest Comes Home!</i> (Capitol, 1962)</li> <li><i>Lake Tahoe, Prima Style</i> (Capitol, 1962)</li> <li><i>Italian Favorites</i> with Phil Brito (Tops, 1963)</li> <li><i>Prima Show in the Casbar</i> (Prima Magnagroove, 1963)</li> <li><i>The King of Clubs</i> (Prima Magnagroove, 1964)</li> <li><i>Let's Fly with Mary Poppins</i> with Gia Maione (Prima Magnagroove, 1965)</li> <li><i>The Golden Hits of Louis Prima</i> (Hanna Barbera, 1966)</li> <li><i>Louis Prima On Broadway</i> (United Artists, 1967)</li> <li><i>The Jungle Book</i> (Disneyland, 1967)</li> <li><i>The New Sounds of the Louis Prima Show</i> (De-Lite/Prima Magnagroove, 1968)</li> <li><i>More Jungle Book...Further Adventures of Baloo and Mowgli</i> with Phil Harris (Disneyland, 1969)</li> <li><i>Blast Off! The Live New Sound of Louis Prima</i> (Quad/Prima Magnagroove, 1970)</li> <li><i>The Prima Generation '72</i> (Prima Magnagroove; Brunswick, 1972)</li> <li><i>Just a Gigolo</i> (Prima Magnagroove, 1973)</li> <li><i>Angelina</i> (Prima Magnagroove, 1973)</li> <li><i>Let's Hear It for Robin Hood</i> (Buena Vista, 1974)</li> <li><i>The Wildest '75</i> (Prima Magnagroove, 1975)</li> <li><i>Proprio Un Gigolo</i> (Record Bazaar [Italy], 1978)</li> <li><i>Let's Swing It</i> (Classic Jazz/Charly [UK], 1994)</li> <li><i>I Wanna Be Like You</i> (Walt Disney [France], 1995)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selected_singles">Selected singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Selected singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Dinah_(song)" title="Dinah (song)">Dinah</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_My_Chinatown" title="Chinatown, My Chinatown">Chinatown, My Chinatown</a>" (1933) Bluebird</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=That%27s_Where_the_South_Begins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="That's Where the South Begins (page does not exist)">That's Where the South Begins</a>" / "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamaica_Shout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jamaica Shout (page does not exist)">Jamaica Shout</a>" (1934) Brunswick</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Long_About_Midnight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Long About Midnight (page does not exist)">Long About Midnight</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Stardust_(1927_song)" title="Stardust (1927 song)">Stardust</a>" (1934) Brunswick</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sing_it_Way_Down_Low&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sing it Way Down Low (page does not exist)">Sing it Way Down Low</a>" / "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Have_a_Jubilee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Let's Have a Jubilee (page does not exist)">Let's Have a Jubilee</a>" (1934) Brunswick</li> <li>"I Still Want You" / "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Breakin%27_the_Ice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Breakin' the Ice (page does not exist)">Breakin' the Ice</a>" (1934) Brunswick</li> <li>"House Rent Party" / "Bright Eyes" (1935) Brunswick</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=It%27s_the_Rhythm_in_Me&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="It's the Rhythm in Me (page does not exist)">It's the Rhythm in Me</a>" / "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Worry_Blues&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Worry Blues (page does not exist)">Worry Blues</a>" (1935) Brunswick</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Hi_Ho_Trailus_Bootwhip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hi Ho Trailus Bootwhip (page does not exist)">Hi Ho Trailus Bootwhip</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Walk_Alone" title="I'll Walk Alone">I'll Walk Alone</a>" (1945) Mercury</li> <li>"I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Manuelo_Tarantel" title="The Manuelo Tarantel">The Manuelo Tarantel</a>" (1949) Mercury</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italians_in_New_Orleans" title="Italians in New Orleans">Italians in New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sing,_Sing,_Sing_(With_a_Swing)" title="Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)">Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Prima&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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