Jazz
United States of America
Louis Prima
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Tentang Louis Prima
Asal
New Orleans, United States of America
Kelahiran
1910
Genre
Jazz
Often called âThe King of Swing,â Louis Prima was a singer, songwriter, trumpeter, and one of the most successful performers of the big band jazz era.
â Born and raised in New Orleans, he played violin from a young age before finding inspiration in the Dixieland sound of such local jazz musicians as trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
â Prima wrote the 1936 song âSing, Sing, Singââa jazz standard and career-making hit for swing music legend Benny Goodman.
â Impressed by his performance in Washington, D.C., First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt personally invited Prima to play for President Franklin D. Rooseveltâs birthday in 1939.
â After achieving enormous success touring in the 1940s, he released his debut album, Louis Prima Plays For The People, in 1953.
â His Las Vegas residencyânicknamed âThe Wildest Show In Vegasââpioneered the cityâs nightclub scene and was famously captured on the 1956 album The Wildest!.
â At the first-ever Grammy Awards in 1958, Prima and wife Keely Smith won Best Performance By A Vocal Group for their hit collaboration âThat Old Black Magic.â
â He made his voice-acting debut in the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book, playing the orangutan King Louie and performing the song âI Wanâna Be Like You.â
â During the â90s swing revival, he gained new fans and inspired covers, such as The Brian Setzer Orchestraâs Grammy Award-winning version of âJump, Jive, Anâ Wail.â
â After being sampled on the 2018 single â4th Dimensionâ by KIDS SEE GHOSTS, he broke the record for longest gap between Billboard Hot 100 appearancesâ59 years.
Dipengaruhi oleh Louis PrimaLouis Prima telah memengaruhi musik The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue dan lebih banyak lagi.
Mirip dengan: Louis Prima
Temukan lebih banyak musik dan artis yang mirip dengan Louis Prima, seperti Frank Sinatra, Keely Smith, Dean Martin