Capitol Collectors Series (CD)

New Orleans-born singer/trumpeter Louis Prima started recording in the 1930s with his New Orleans Gang. Around this time, he also composed the classic swing tune "Sing, Sing, Sing," which became a smash for Benny Goodman. In the '40s, Prima started working with singer Keely Smith, who he eventually married. With a raucous stage show mixing swing, R&B, some Italian flavor, and a hefty dose of humor, they were hugely successful all the way into the early '60s. Prima later earned accolades as the voice of King Louie in the hit Disney film THE JUNGLE BOOK. He passed away in 1978, but Smith went on performing and recording into the 21st century.

• Category:  Music  »  Pop Vocal  »  Classic Pop Vocals
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• Release Date: May 21, 1991
• Label: Capitol/EMI Records
• UPC: 077779407224
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106717865
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #15818 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #443 in Pop Vocal (See Top 100 Pop Vocal Bestsellers)
• #119 in Classic Pop Vocals (See Top 100 Classic Pop Vocals Bestsellers)

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Personnel includes: Louis Prima, Keely Smith (vocals); Sam Butera (vocals, tenor saxophone).

Includes liner notes by Scott Shea and track annotations by Bob Furmanek.

Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg (October 1990, Capitol Recording Studios).

Louis Prima was an innovator without equal. Jump blues/jazz icons Louis Jordan and Slim Gaillard shared Prima's penchant for combining R&B with swing and good humor, but Prima's cross-section of influences is as singular at it is striking. When Prima made his major impact in the pre-rock & roll '50s, it was a downright bizarre experience to see/hear an Italian-American combining blues, swing, pop, R&B and Italian songs in a wild, unfettered style that foreshadowed the arrival of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.

If you're a newcomer to Prima's work, you'd be hard pressed to find a better introduction than this 26-track compilation that includes his most popular material. With R&B saxman Sam Butera and singer/wife Keely Smith as his foils, Prima was an arresting, original voice in American music, and this collection makes the reasons plain.

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