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Louis Leo Prima (/ ˈ l uː i ˈ p r iː m ə /; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) [1] 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 ...
"Angelina" (Roberts–Fisher song), a 1944 single by Louis Prima "Angelina" (Irving Burgie song), from the 1961 album Jump Up Calypso by Harry Belafonte "Angelina" (George Kooymans song), from the 1969 album On the Double by Golden Earring "Angelina" (Neil Innes song), from the 1970 album Play It Loud by Slade "Angelina" (Bob Dylan song), 1981
[4] [5] [6] Her first hit composition came the same year, co-writing the novelty song "Tutti Frutti" with its performer, Slim Gaillard. Following its success, she began writing songs for Mike Todd's Star and Garter revue on Broadway. [7] In 1940, she co-wrote with her father the song, "Whispering Grass" for The Ink Spots. [4]
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The Wildest! is an album by Louis Prima, first released in 1956. It features singer Keely Smith with saxophonist Sam Butera and the Witnesses. It is considered an innovative mixture of early rock and roll , jump blues and jazz as well as eccentric humor.
It was Angelina's soulful and hauntingly similar take on the song that had fans so impressed. As a reporter for Metro put it, she 'belted out the world weary essence of a heartbroken, middle-aged ...
Sam Butera (August 17, 1927 – June 3, 2009) was an American tenor saxophonist and singer best noted for his collaborations with Louis Prima and Keely Smith.Butera is frequently regarded as a crossover artist who performed with equal ease in both R&B and the post-big band pop style of jazz that permeated the early Vegas nightclub scene.
"Buona Sera" (sometimes titled "Buona Sera, Signorina") is a song written by Carl Sigman and Peter de Rose, and best known for being performed by Louis Prima in 1956. It reached number one in the singles charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, and is ranked number 3 on the all-time best-selling singles chart in Flanders between 1954 and 2014, as compiled by Ultratop. [1]