Say It With A Slap

Performer: Louis Prima
Artist: Keely Smith
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Louis Prima (vocals, trumpet); Keely Smith, Cathy Allen (vocals). Compilation producers: Mike Rogogna, Glenn Korman, Will Friedwald. Recorded between 1947 and 1949. Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald. Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman. Personnel: Thomson, S. Brown (saxophone); Alvin Goldberg (trumpet); Ralph Goldstein (trombone); Morris Wechsler (piano). Liner Note Author: Will Friedwald. Recording information: 07/24/1947-05/27/1949. Photographer: Igor Vishnyakov.

New Orleans-born singer/trumpeter Louis Prima started recording in the 1930s with his New Orleans Gang. Around this time, he also composed the classic swing tune "Sing, Sing, Sing," which became a smash for Benny Goodman. In the '40s, Prima started working with singer Keely Smith, who he eventually married. With a raucous stage show mixing swing, R&B, some Italian flavor, and a hefty dose of humor, they were hugely successful all the way into the early '60s. Prima later earned accolades as the voice of King Louie in the hit Disney film THE JUNGLE BOOK. He passed away in 1978, but Smith went on performing and recording into the 21st century.

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