Louis Prima

Also known as: Louis Leo Prima, Louis Proma, Luis Prima, Prima, Prima, Louis

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 per…

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Singles (6)

Just a Gigolo – I Ain’t Got Nobody 1991 · Single

The Jungle Book 1968 · Single Soundtrack

Come Back to Sorrento / My Cucuzza 1963 · Single

Twist All Night / Everybody Knows 1962 · Single

The Continental Twist / Oh Ma Ma Twist 1961 · Single

Just a Gigolo 1961 · Single