1. Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima, Brammer, Julius
2. Oh Marie - Louis Prima, DiCapua, Eddie
3. Buona Sera - Louis Prima, Sigman, Carl
4. Jump, Jive, An' Wail - Louis Prima, Prima, Louis
5. Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Prima, Mace, Clarence
6. The Lip - Louis Prima, Klages, T.
7. Whistle Stop - Louis Prima, Breedlove, Jimmy
8. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days - Louis Prima, Donaldson, Don
9. Banana Split for My Baby - Louis Prima, Irwin, Stan
10. There'll Be No Next Time - Louis Prima, Berry, Richard
11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik of ... - Louis Prima, Fisher, Mark
12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Louis Prima, Warfield, Charles
13. I've Got the World on a String - Louis Prima, Arlen, Harold
14. Pennies from Heaven - Louis Prima, Burke, Johnny
15. Angelina/Zooma Zooma - Louis Prima, Citarella, Paolo
16. Beep! Beep! - Louis Prima, Joyce, Jerry
17. Embraceable You/I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Louis Prima, Ellington, Duke
18. Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima, Prima, Louis
19. That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima, Arlen, Harold
20. The Music Goes 'Round and Around - Louis Prima, Farley, Ed
21. Hey Boy, Hey Girl - Louis Prima, McLollie, Oscar
22. Lazy River - Louis Prima, Arodin, Sidney
23. I've Got You Under My Skin - Louis Prima, Porter, Cole
24. You're Just in Love - Louis Prima, Berlin, Irving
25. Twist All Night - Louis Prima, Prima, Louis
26. St. Louis Blues - Louis Prima, Handy, W.C.
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Band leader and lounge kingpin Louis Prima will be best be known for the classic, "Just a Gigolo," immortalized by David Lee Roth for a whole new generation of swingers. But Prima's output went much further: in his day he recorded for Capitol, acted in a movie or two, even owned a golf course. Prima's genius is infectious: lounge, swing, and Dixieland all fuse together into medleys that are fun, dance-worthy, and upbeat. Prima's duets with Keely Smith are the obvious highlights here: "That Ol' Black Magic," "Hey Boy! Hey Girl!," and "I've Got You Under My Skin" are essential Prima tracks. Sure, the cheese factor occasionally runs high, but it is a fun trip. --Jason Verlinde
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Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1991-05-21)
- Publisher: Emd Int'l
- Label: Emd Int'l
- Format: Import
- Studio: Emd Int'l
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Music: #14454
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Summary: Hail to "the Chief"! 2008-09-19
Comment: There's very little I can add to the previous reviews except to say that this was the reason I bought a CD player years ago. More out of curiosity than anything else, I happened to pick up a copy of "Louis Prima: the Capitol Collectors Series" in its audiocassette format back in the early Nineties. Let me assure you, this is Prima at his best, during the wild and swinging Fifties, when his was "THE" act to see in Las Vegas. From the opening number, "Just A Gigolo," I was hooked. There isn't a single track (with the possible exception of "Beep! Beep!") that I didn't enjoy. The man was a master at his craft. No one's a bigger fan of Dean Martin's than me, but when you compare Dino's versions of "Oh, Marie" and "Buona Sera" to Louis', Prima blows him away. Feeling depressed? Down in the dumps? Put on this CD and you'll soon be "jump, jive and wailin'" along with Louis, Keely, Sam Butera, and the rest of the Wildest. Guaranteed!
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Summary: great CD!!! 2008-09-04
Comment: I've never heard a bad Louie Prima album. The quality is good the songs are great. Lots of good tunes@!
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Summary: The Mid-Century Music Modernist 2008-05-19
Comment: How many effortless and affecting changes in tempo and rhythmn can one musician make? Louis Prima was the master. And he was a more accomplished man with a trumpet than Louis Armstrong ever hoped to be. On top of all that, when you set him beside Keely Smith, the combination is music magic. Get the music and listen. At first it may sound like "old timers" music; but stick with it, play it again, and like with great wine, you'll be rewarded after the draught has settled in your guts.
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Summary: Extraordinary music on a very bad CD 2008-02-25
Comment: There is no other as talented and timeless as Luis Prima, and this is an amazing collection. However, the CD only plays some of the time and in some CD players...it never does. It is very frustrating! Why bother buying this if you can't enjoy it?
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Summary: BANANA SPLIT FOR MY BABY, A GLASS OF PLAIN WATER FOR ME 2007-11-03
Comment: IF YOU LIKE THE MUSIC OF LOUIS PRIMA, THIS IS THE ONE CD TO GET. FEATURES DUETS WITH HIS WIFE KEELY SMITH AND BACKUP BY SAM BUTERA AND THE WITNESSES, IT HAS ALL OF THE WELL KNOWN LOUIS PRIMA SONGS, WITH GREAT RECORDING QUALITY. FUN, UPTEMPO, HUMOROUS AND SWINGIN'. HOW I WISH I COULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS LOUNGE ACT IN VEGAS BACK IN THE 50S.
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