Louis Prima Overview:

Legendary actor, Louis Prima, was born on Dec 7, 1910 in New Orleans, LA. Prima died at the age of 67 on Aug 24, 1978 in New Orleans, LA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. Prima was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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King Louie: [singing] Now, I'm the king of the swingers, whoa / The jungle V.I.P. / I've reached the top and had to stop / And that's what's botherin' me / I wanna be a man, Man Cub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around.


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Brother of Leon Prima.

His music transcends many genres, he wrote with Barbara Belle and Anita Leonard, the standard "A Sunday Kind of Love", a hit for Ella Fitzgerald in 1947 and later many others from The Harptones in 1953 (Do Wop) to Reba McEntire in 1988 (Country and Pop).

While undergoing surgery for the removal of a brain tumor in 1975, he went into a coma (which he stayed until his death).

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