Louis Prima: King of the Swingers Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers March 3, 2022 Born in New Orleans, trumpeter, singer and entertainer Louis Prima grew up in the city's Italian-American community. He ...

Keely Smith, the celebrated singer and performer who enjoyed a successful solo career and partnership with Louis Prima, passed away on December 16. Born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely in Norfolk, VA on ...

Keely Smith, a smoky-voiced balladeer who became a nightclub sensation in the 1950s with her then-husband, the comically disruptive entertainer Louis Prima, and who gradually emerged from his shadow ...

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is celebrating the legacy of a legendary musician. Its Louis Prima Party kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday, March 22. “This event is presented in conjunction with ...

As he discussed his second-generation show business career, Louis Prima Jr., son of the late Crescent City showman, rolled up his sleeve to reveal a portrait of his father tattooed on his left forearm ...

Clavin (Halsey's Typhoon) commemorates the centennial of trumpeter Louis Prima's birth with an entertaining biography of the bandleader's colorful life, music, and marriages—especially his union with ...

When your father was Las Vegas royalty and one of the hippest cats in history, you naturally grow up with music in your blood. Born in 1965, Louis Prima Jr. is the son of Louis Prima and Gia Maione, ...

Nearly 40 years after his passing, Louis Prima makes history on the Billboard Hot 100. The jazz trumpeter, singer, composer and bandleader, who died in August 1978, debuts at #42 on the chart (dated ...

Sam Butera, photographed in his native New Orleans in 2002. Sam Butera, the hard-driving, hard-swinging New Orleans saxophonist who was Louis Prima's longtime musical partner, died Wednesday in Las ...

Best remembered for his risque Vegas act of the 1950s, Louis Prima was the ultimate showman. Loud, boisterous, and completely out front, his mix of rhythm and blues, big band music, Italian novelty ...

To many on the outside, Louis Prima's place in American music history is tenuous. With one jazz standard ("Sing Sing Sing"), one early rock classic ("Jump Jive 'N' Wail"), and a string of novelty hits ...