Louis Prima

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bandleader human jazz musician singer trumpeter

Louis Prima was an American jazz and swing singer, trumpeter, and bandleader known for his energetic performances and influential recordings from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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Label Occurrences
Louis Prima canonical 9
Louis Leo Prima 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1975 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
associatedAct Keely Smith ⓘ
Sam Butera ⓘ
The Witnesses ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-12-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1978-08-24 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Italian American ⓘ
familyName Prima ⓘ
fullName Louis Prima self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louis Leo Prima
genre big band ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
givenName Louis ⓘ
influencedGenre jump blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
instrument trumpet ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
notableCityOfActivity Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas

New Orleans ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
notableRole voice of King Louie in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967) ⓘ
notableVenue Las Vegas lounges ⓘ
notableWork Angelina (Zooma Zooma) ⓘ
Buona Sera ⓘ
Jump, Jive an' Wail ⓘ
Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody ⓘ
Sing, Sing, Sing ⓘ
surface form: Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
occupation bandleader ⓘ
singer ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
spouse Alma Ross ⓘ
Gia Maione ⓘ
Keely Smith ⓘ
Louise Polizzi ⓘ
Tracelene "Tracy" Murray ⓘ
styleCharacteristic energetic stage performances ⓘ
fusion of Italian-American themes with jazz and swing ⓘ
humorous, playful vocal delivery ⓘ

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I’m Sitting on Top of the World → hasNotableRecordingBy → Louis Prima ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
The Jungle Book (1967 film songs) → featuresVocalPerformanceBy → Louis Prima ⓘ
I Wan'na Be Like You → voicePerformer → Louis Prima ⓘ
Louis Prima → fullName → Louis Prima self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis Leo Prima
That Old Black Magic → hasNotablePerformer → Louis Prima ⓘ
Blues in the Night → hasNotableRecordingBy → Louis Prima ⓘ
Goody Goody → hasNotableRecording → Louis Prima ⓘ
Keely Smith → spouse → Louis Prima ⓘ
Keely Smith → associatedAct → Louis Prima ⓘ
Keely Smith → collaboratedWith → Louis Prima ⓘ