Lena Prima discusses Louis Prima's Career

New Orleans Legend Louis Prima was born in New Orleans on December 7, 1910 and was discovered playing trumpet at the Saenger Theatre in the 1920s.
Charles Marsala of AWE News interviews Louis Prima's daughter, Lena Prima, at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans.
Topics covered include Louis's path from New Orleans to New York, California, and Las Vegas.
Lena Prima goes into detail on the songs Louis wrote through the different stages of his career from introducing the New Orleans Sound and Swing in New York to his time with Bing Crosby in California and a long time contract at the Sands Las Vegas in the 1950s.
The interview concludes with Lena discussing her own album, Prima la Famiglia

[@rogeralsop3479]

Louis Prima was marvellous!

[@theylied1776]

Why has there never been a movie about Louis Prima?? I grew up a black kid in the south in the 1980s and we had Louis Prima records and tapes. Louis Prima would be a great biopic.

[@daphne201239]

I think that's what Louis Prima: The Wildest might be about. I've been wanting to watch it.
I did find this on CZcams - czcams.com/video/JraXKTzDMyg/video.html

[@theylied1776]

@@daphne201239 I'd like to see a Louis Prima biopic as a limited streaming series. Louis Prima and Keely Smith were unofficially part of the Ratpack. So that would interest a streamer like Netflix, Apple, Hulu, or Amazon.

[@gloriahodge255]

Agree !!

[@stewco9308]

I met Lena when she was performing on the Grand Princess in January, 1999. She was extremely nice.

[@gomogo2000]

I saw Lena perform a tribute show to her dad 15 years ago at Summerfest in Milwaukee. She's quite a talent herself...singing and dancing!

[@stevepalenicek4690]

I saw petty in 03 .summer fest was cool .

[@chanry7558]

Hi. Louis. Prima

[@stevepalenicek4690]

Love Louis prima ! So many good songs love the old time swing

[@Fargosportsmassage]

Awesome!!!!!

[@cre8lite11]

My mom who was a vaudeville dancer originally, took me to see Louis and Keeley at the Coconut Grove in LA when I was about 16 maybe 1962. I went up to stage left to get Keeleys autograph. She was so sweet and said “I’ll probably get in trouble for this but… “I just saw the interview with Keeley about how she worked with Sammy Davis junior, senior & will Mastin trio, which my mom did also but I didn’t know that at the time. I wish I could find the picture from that night at the Coconut Grove

[@karlhungus5554]

Louis had more electricity and charisma than just about everyone -- except, perhaps, Elvis. His work with Keely was the best, in my humble opinion. She was so beautiful, funny, and talented.

[@chanry7558]

Hi

[@ksciences715]

Was Louis friends with Kerkorian?

[@3v0l4u]

Kid cudi thanks

[@bubbaschwartz]

Prima's heritage is American he was born in New Orleans.

[@nunyabizness3777]

Americans come in flavors, which is good as long as the sauce binds us all together.