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Louis Prima, the Glossary

Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader.^[1]

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Basin Street Records

Basin Street Records is a Grammy Award-winning independent record label based in New Orleans, Louisiana, that specializes in jazz, funk, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". Louis Prima and Benny Goodman are big band bandleaders, Capitol Records artists and RCA Victor artists.

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Big band

A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Big Night

Big Night is a 1996 American comedy-drama film co-directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci.

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Billy Rose

Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman, lyricist and columnist.

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Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.

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Brain tumor

A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain.

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Breaking It Up!

Breaking It Up! is an album by Louis Prima, first released in 1958.

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Canal Street, New Orleans

Canal Street (rue du canal) is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans.

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Candy Candido

Jonathan Joseph "Candy" Candido (December 25, 1913 – May 19, 1999) was an American radio performer and voice actor. Louis Prima and Candy Candido are American jazz musicians and jazz musicians from New Orleans.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chinatown, My Chinatown

"Chinatown, My Chinatown" is a popular song written by William Jerome (words) and Jean Schwartz (music) in 1906 and later interpolated into the musical Up and Down Broadway (1910).

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Cornet

The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality.

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Desert Inn

The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000.

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Dinah (song)

"Dinah" is a popular song published in 1925 and introduced by Ethel Waters at the Plantation Club on Broadway.

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Dixieland jazz

Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century.

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Dot Records

Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.

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Famous Door

The Famous Door was a jazz club on New York's 52nd Street.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra are American jazz singers, Capitol Records artists, RCA Victor artists and traditional pop music singers.

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French Quarter

The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans.

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Gabriel

In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind.

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Garry Boulard

Garry Boulard (born 1953) is a reporter and author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune and Times-Picayune, among other publications.

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Gia Maione

Gia Maione Prima (May 20, 1941 – September 23, 2013) was an American singer and the fifth wife of musician/entertainer Louis Prima. Louis Prima and Gia Maione are American jazz musicians and American jazz singers.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Guy Lombardo

Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades. Louis Prima and Guy Lombardo are American jazz musicians and big band bandleaders.

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Helen Morgan (singer)

Helen Morgan (née Riggins; August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage.

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Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

Hey Boy! Hey Girl! is a 1959 American musical film directed by David Lowell Rich.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.

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I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

"I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" is a song from Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book.

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I'll Walk Alone

"I'll Walk Alone" is a 1944 popular song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

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Intracerebral hemorrhage

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both.

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Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry.

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Italian folk music

Italian folk music has a deep and complex history.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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Italians

Italians (italiani) are an ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region.

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Italians in New Orleans

Italians have had a presence in the New Orleans area since the explorations of the Europeans.

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Jackie Gleason

John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916June 24, 1987), known as Jackie Gleason, was an American actor, comedian, writer, and composer also known as "The Great One". Louis Prima and Jackie Gleason are Capitol Records artists.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jesuit High School (New Orleans)

Jesuit High School is a private, non-profit, Catholic college-preparatory high school (grades 8–12) for boys run by the USA Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus in Mid-City New Orleans, Louisiana.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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Joseph Cherniavsky

Joseph Cherniavsky (יוסף טשערניאַװסקי) (c. 1890-1959) was a Jewish American cellist, theatre and film composer, orchestra director, and recording artist.

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Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments.

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Keely Smith

Dorothy Jacqueline Keely (March 9, 1928The reference work The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet gives Smith's date of birth as March 9, 1932. – December 16, 2017), professionally known as Keely Smith, was an American jazz and popular music singer, who performed and recorded extensively in the 1950s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the 1960s as a solo artist. Louis Prima and Keely Smith are American jazz singers, Capitol Records artists, dot Records artists and traditional pop music singers.

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Kids See Ghosts

Kids See Ghosts (stylized in all caps) was an American hip hop supergroup composed of rappers Kanye West and Kid Cudi.

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Kids See Ghosts (album)

Kids See Ghosts is the debut studio album by the American hip hop supergroup Kids See Ghosts, composed of the rappers and producers Kanye West and Kid Cudi.

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King Louie

King Louie is a fictional character introduced in Walt Disney's animated musical film The Jungle Book.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States.

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Lena Prima

Lena Prima is an American jazz singer. Louis Prima and Lena Prima are American jazz singers.

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Lily Ann Carol

Lily Ann Carol (1923–1999) was an American big-band and popular singer, most famous for being the first vocalist with Louis Prima's orchestra, 1939–1946. Louis Prima and Lily Ann Carol are RCA Victor artists.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lou Sino

Lou Sino (August 16, 1930 – July 30, 1986) was a New Orleans trombonist and singer who came to prominence as a member of Louis Prima's backing band The Witnesses, led by Sam Butera. Louis Prima and Lou Sino are jazz musicians from New Orleans.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong are 20th-century trumpeters, American jazz singers, American jazz trumpeters, American male trumpeters, big band bandleaders, jazz musicians from New Orleans, RCA Victor artists, Swing trumpeters and traditional pop music singers.

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Louis Prima Jr.

Louis Prima Jr. (born June 16, 1965) is an American jazz singer and the son of Louis Prima. Louis Prima and Louis Prima Jr. are American jazz musicians, American jazz singers, American jazz trumpeters, American male trumpeters, big band bandleaders, jazz musicians from New Orleans, Jump blues musicians, singers from Louisiana, Swing trumpeters and traditional pop music singers.

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Lounge music

Lounge music is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Majestic Records

Majestic Records was a mid-20th century record label based in New York City, incorporated in 1945 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Majestic Radio & Television.

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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (film)

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Phil Regan,Leo Carrillo and Ann Dvorak.

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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras (also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

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Martha Raye

Martha Raye (born Margy Reed; August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994), nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television. Louis Prima and Martha Raye are traditional pop music singers.

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Metairie Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 1872.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States.

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Orangutan

Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Paramount Records

Paramount Records was an American record label known for its recordings of jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey, Tommy Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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Pee Wee Russell

Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969) was an American jazz musician.

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Phil Harris

Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, bandleader, entertainer and singer. Louis Prima and Phil Harris are big band bandleaders and RCA Victor artists.

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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Dick Richards and written by John Kaye.

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Ray Vasquez

Ray Vasquez (12 February 1924 – 25 January 2019), also known as Ray Victor, was an American singer, musician, trombonist and actor, and a significant influence on the Latin jazz scene from 1940 through 2019.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

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Rhythm on the Range

Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, and Bob Burns.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rose of Washington Square

Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film, featuring the already well-known popular song with the same title.

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Sahara Las Vegas

Sahara Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada.

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Salaparuta

Salaparuta is a town and comune in South-Western Sicily, Italy, in the valley of the Belice river, administratively part of the province of Trapani.

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Sam Butera

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. Louis Prima and sam Butera are jazz musicians from New Orleans and RCA Victor artists.

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Senior Prom (film)

Senior Prom is a 1958 American musical film directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Jill Corey and Paul Hampton.

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Shim Sham

The Shim Sham Shimmy, Shim Sham or just Sham originally is a particular tap dance routine and is regarded as tap dance's national anthem.

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Sicilians

The Sicilians (Siciliani), or Sicilian people, are a Romance-speaking European ethnic group who are indigenous to the island of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima

Also known as Louie Prima, Louis Leo Prima, Louis Prima Orchestra, Louis Prima and His Band.

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