Born in New Orleans, trumpeter, singer and entertainer Louis Prima grew up in the city's Italian-American community. He was influenced not only by New Orleans's Black jazz and folk culture but also ...

Both artists have been served by countless compilations before, but these new complementary sets may be the most concise and fat-free single-disc intros yet assembled from their Capitol discographies.

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. The Las Vegas entertainer, Louis Prima referred to Sam Butera as "The Big Horn ...

Louis Prima Jr. knows all about having to live up to a famous father’s legacy. “I could open the gates for the Second Coming, and people would go, ‘Yeah, but He’s not His father,’ ” he jokes. The son ...

In a deal that includes both rights to Prima's masters and publishing, Reservoir now holds shares of classics like "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "Pennies from Heaven." By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer ...

Louis Prima and Keely Smith made the Las Vegas lounge scene the place to be in the 1950s, and their music has enjoyed several revivals over the decades. Tom Clavin, author of That Old Black Magic: ...

As an Italian-American I may be partial, but for me Louis Prima holds a special place in jazz history. He may not have been as understatedly elegant as Duke Ellington or as musically innovative as ...

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 ...

Kanye West & Kid Cudi's collab brings the late Prima back to the chart for the first time since 1961. By Gary Trust Nearly 40 years after his passing, Louis Prima makes history on the Billboard Hot ...

Louis Prima’s music had a mild renaissance during the height of the jump blues/swing music revival in the late 1990s, even though his name was conspicuously absent each time the retro movement ...

Louis Prima goes back further than you think. Born in New Orleans, his first surge of popularity came in the 1930s, when he was a trumpeter-bandleader with a swinging singing voice. He wrote Sing, ...