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Louis Prima

Actor

Louis Prima

Acting
1967 · 1 film
Lived
7 December 1910 — d. 1978
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.

Career Signature

How Louis Prima’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.