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The end of the big-band era saw Louis Prima switch record labels several times. He eventually formed his own label, Robin Hood Records, to release his own material. His hit Oh Babe! on his own label rekindled interest in him from major labels, and he signed in 1951 to Columbia Records. [1]
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 ...
The book was praised in 1990 by musicologist Rhodes Spedale in the journal Louisiana History: "There is much to recommend in this biography...the author's depiction of Prima as a bandleader and businessman is illuminating in a factual, historical manner." The book was re-released in 2002 by the University of Illinois Press as Louis Prima.
The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching a peak in the 1990s. . The music was generally rooted in the big bands of the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, but it was also greatly influenced by rockabilly, boogie-woogie, the jump blues of artists such as Louis Prima and Louis Jordan, and ...
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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. [1] She recorded as a solo artist for Signature Records, RCA Victor and Mercury Records in the late 1940s and 1950s and performed with her husband, saxophonist and singer Joe Barone, starting in 1966.
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"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima, who first recorded it with his New Orleans Gang. Brunswick Records released it on February 28, 1936 [2] on the 78 rpm record format, with "It's Been So Long" as the B-side. The song is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras.