
Known for
Acting
Born
December 7, 1910
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
August 24, 1978 (aged 67)
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 performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s.
From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early R&B and rock 'n' roll, boogie-woogie, and Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in h...
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1975
as Himself
1967
as King Louie of the Apes (voice)
1963
as Himself
1963
Original Music Composer
1961
as Louis Evans
1961
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as Band Leader
1938
as Himself
1938
as Band Conductor
1937
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1937
as Louis Prima
1937
as Orchestra Leader
1936
as Trumpet Player
1936
as Louis Prima - Band Leader
1936
as Band Leader Louis