I really appreciate how Louis was able to adapt to changing music styles across the decades.
@loubock32385 жыл бұрын
Louis Prima had talent ahead of his time. Wonderful performer, singer, actor, he did it all!
@franksantore23276 жыл бұрын
My dad saw him at the New York Paramount after the War. He led the whole audience out of the theatre, in a conga line down Broadway, and back inside! Crazy!
@suze90889 жыл бұрын
Guitar player was Frank Federico, bass player Louis Masinter (my father) clarinet was Meyer Weinberg, I think. Godfrey Hirsch is on vibes and drums. Piano player escapes me. Love this video!!
@carolinecorman97889 жыл бұрын
+suze9088 Who was the singer? (If you know)
@harryoakley9 жыл бұрын
+Caroline Corman - Shirley Lloyd (see the trailer).
@carolinecorman97889 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@empat79948 жыл бұрын
How awesome that your dad was there, great music!
@Marathonracer7 жыл бұрын
zuze9088 The piano player was Frank Pinero. George Hirsh , drums and vibes.
@tmatthewwolfen18476 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, Harry, for giving us this Vitaphone presentation in its entirety, packed with both entertainment and historic value!
@myemperor3 жыл бұрын
When Music was Music.... Thank you for the upload... No one gets close to Luis and his band in song, melody, showmanship, jovialship and monkeyship... The Greatest of all time...
@ashrafatteia63383 жыл бұрын
Love Louis Prima and Keely Smith, will be watching their videos and listening to their songs during this week lockdown in Canberra.
@caspence567 жыл бұрын
What I wouldn't give to have a time machine so I could see him perform! I love you Louis.
@jerrylyons92795 жыл бұрын
prima is buried in his home town, new orleans in metairie cemetery. on his large grave is inscriped: "i'm just a gigilo, wherever i go, bu life goes on without me." so appropriate.
@markmed90912 жыл бұрын
I may have gone with the whole prevent world war agenda , but hey , if you just want to see Louis …
@tintinsnowyful4 жыл бұрын
I would go out to a night club every night if this is what was being offered.
@areguapiri2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@diversamentenordico2 жыл бұрын
Stupendo video da l'immagine vera del tempo che fu
@plafkinfarms13 жыл бұрын
No one had the energy and enjoyment from his music that Louis Prima had; he never stopped moving when the music started; when he performed with Keely Smith, the chemistry between them was something to behold. Roger Plafkin--Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan
@jonwoll65867 жыл бұрын
before my time but i love it! i have all my grandparents records but i think id have to have a victrola? also check out cab calloway with the nicholas brothers on you tube. we dont see talent like this anymore.
@brucelundy7813 жыл бұрын
One of the Truely Greats
@LorenIpsum752 жыл бұрын
Wanna hear something nuts? I remember seeing Louis Prima and Keely Smith do their night club act on the Sullivan show. Prima would cut up and Smith would play straight(wo)man. Not long after, I'd see another couple do similar act geared for a younger audience: Sonny and Cher.
@trussell85107 жыл бұрын
What an amazing talent, the kind that lives forever. And when he met Keely he met his other half.
@jonnelson64467 жыл бұрын
Horace Diaz is the pianist. He died in 2006, age 100. Federico lived even longer; he died in 2015, age 103.
@AC-nq6os3 жыл бұрын
That’s crazy. Two guys who aren’t household names, but had a crazy amount of talent for their time-especially considering that the overall population of the planet was considerably smaller-there were way less musicians.
@ejwms7 жыл бұрын
what an enormous talent and band leader, spanning decades and musical genres.
@niccoarcadia41795 жыл бұрын
I was used to seeing Louis Prima in the late 50's and early 60s swinging on stage with Keely Smith. I didn't know he had a band in the 30s. He's so young here. Thanks for this!
@loudepietro5 жыл бұрын
If you are ever in New Orleans, go to the Italian American Museum on South Peters street. On 2nd floor there is a section dedicated to Louie Prima with posters and pics and a history of him and people like Frank Federico and Sam Buttera and the witnesses
@EnfieldEric2 жыл бұрын
😅
@kevinraywalden10 жыл бұрын
The King of Swing. This stuff is the best.
@Buzzcook4 жыл бұрын
You can really here the New Orleans in this. There must be something in the water down there to produce so many great musicians
@aquabono3 жыл бұрын
We give thanks to Napoleone Buonaparte for bringing in the hundreds of thousands of Sardinians, Corsicans & Southern Italian fisherman to harvest the bountiful waters. They brought the pizazz which turned into nearly 400 years of Jazz.
@DabsDad3 жыл бұрын
NOLA was not founded on Puritan values like other American Cities and this is why it's unique. The French like to have fun and the culture and food reflect that.
@SevenSixDrumCompany3 жыл бұрын
we're pretty happy to have so many great players here in New Orleans.
@L1feisgood Жыл бұрын
U forget memphis, and Chicago also 😄
@MrTrackman1004 жыл бұрын
Such talent all around!
@speckofdust2725 жыл бұрын
Bonnie banks of Loch Lomond sung with a Louis Prima beat amazing 👍👏🏻👏🏻🎶
@philjamieson5572 Жыл бұрын
I reckon that a load of 20th century pop owes a lot to Louis Prima. He kick started that 'jumpin' feeling a lot of us felt; you other oldies know exactly what I'm sayin'. Dontcha?
@jourwalis-88754 жыл бұрын
Nice dance-numbers! And great camera-trackings for 1938!
@moboutmen3 жыл бұрын
Truly VINTAGE Louie!
@kimberleyruddick86544 жыл бұрын
Long before their years musical geniuses!
@AC-nq6os3 жыл бұрын
What a great showman. He was to the trumpet what Liberace was to the piano, Les Paul to the guitar, and Buddy Rich to the drums. Not only does he possess an outrageous level of personal expertise on the instrument, but he makes the music about everyone; there’s a sort of a communal feel to it, if you will.
@johnnygray248610 ай бұрын
Lena Prima his daughter, still plays in New Orleans regularly
@michaelcoluccio590 Жыл бұрын
Louis Prima - THE BEST!
@effsixteenblock506 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see this! A mimed performance but I think that was the norm even back then (easier to get quality sound, less stage clutter, etc) It's funny though to see Louis's solo break at 2:56 - we hear a muted trumpet but there's no mute in sight! Then at 3:19 the mute appears as if by magic!
@susantraversy9813 Жыл бұрын
back when talent was embraced no matter how goofy you looked.
@8477773 жыл бұрын
I'm 59 years, I feel I was born in the wrong era. If there's such a thing called a Time Machine I would then dearly like to go back in time. Life then was socially simple and joyful. Louis Prima sang the classic Jive talk song- I wanna be like you (Disney - Jungle Book).
@bennyjazzful5 жыл бұрын
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.
@lyndonlondon5 жыл бұрын
Louis Prima king of the swingers...
@douglasgreen4375 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there, he was the jungle VIP 😆
@yelloworangered5 жыл бұрын
I love the way the big bands "jazzed up" old songs. I don't think it sounds so good, but it is such an expression of the vitality and confidence of the era -- we're going to make it swing!
@samking734 жыл бұрын
Ive been listening to Prima and the Witnesses for a few years now on spotify and theyre highly entertaining
@scottm85794 жыл бұрын
4:44 the guy can kick himself in the face lol amazing flexibility.
@lawrenceahern27785 жыл бұрын
Love Swing !!!!!
@elizabethwilliams7790 Жыл бұрын
Wow...💕🎶 !
@denissutherland36533 жыл бұрын
Great!!
@BF3FAN56513 жыл бұрын
lets all die and come back in the 30's, who's with me!!!!
@daddyo19526 жыл бұрын
Great Performer!!!
@StevenTorrey7 жыл бұрын
He was very handsome when he was young!
@robertgriffin37886 жыл бұрын
Battle of the crater
@rusamene4 жыл бұрын
He had it all.
@hilltopviewer82046 жыл бұрын
I'm in my 30's and love this also.I love Meyer Weinberg on Clarinet,loved his solo of 'Show Me The Way To Go Home' from Louis Prima Chronological 1937-1939.
@davidbronstein81182 ай бұрын
Where can I see This Link? Show Me The Way To Go Home?!
@gremax28645 жыл бұрын
Grande!
@andrewc.29523 жыл бұрын
Louis had a beautiful voice, even speaking. Wow
@Pamela29617 жыл бұрын
AND THESE KIDS TODAY THEY CAN DANCE. STILL UNMATCHED. :)
@BIATEC88 Жыл бұрын
God I love this it's so F@cking cool. My Grandparents was getting wrecked to this music.
@faaqcee78965 жыл бұрын
Wild!
@greenockcut10 жыл бұрын
no wonder he cottoned on to the marvellous Keely Smith!
@jerryhify2 жыл бұрын
Who recorded when the white lilacs bloom again
@jozefnovak26453 жыл бұрын
3.30-6.0 the best I have ever seen. Neviem ci by to niekto zatančil dnes rovnako skvele 👍
@aquabono4 жыл бұрын
We Witness the birth of rock n roll at 07:30!
@michaelmazzarellasr27213 жыл бұрын
Lol rock
@mikelord98604 жыл бұрын
The end of the clip might have come out of Reefer Madness!
@harriware10 жыл бұрын
this man can blow that horn
@hayden34834 жыл бұрын
in my pe class we play games on quizziz and kahoot and whoever wins gets to pick the music for the next days "do-now" i swear to god if i ever win i am picking this song no question about it.
@ziomekjakzloto14 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@MARKMANIATT4 жыл бұрын
Terrific.Who’s the male dancer?
@forgivenessreigns4 жыл бұрын
According to the credits, he was a Ted Gary, a fantastic singer and dancer. Does anyone know anything more about him?
@gunnzrob69644 жыл бұрын
Boy, I wish I knew the names of these songs
@Joshster-si6ov4 жыл бұрын
Machine GunNz Rob I think these are the names of the songs: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, and Loch Lomond. There’s a song before Loch Lomond, but I don’t know the name of it :(
@gunnzrob69644 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@gwenniegirl502 жыл бұрын
The song right before Loch Lomond was, You're An Education In Yourself.
@TheLadyMalfoy7 жыл бұрын
WOW!! Could he play.
@Wild_Western Жыл бұрын
Just by watching and listening to his band, you can tell that they were taming things down to appeal to middle America. However, they were good enough to play and win over any audience even those in clubs like the Cotton Club...they would have raised their game to match their audience that's how talented and adaptable they were. Just watch and listen some of his most impromptu performances on KZbin and you'll see how good his band and he were at their best.
@Q_Tard Жыл бұрын
Fake news.
@BarneyGoogle19503 ай бұрын
Was this from the Vitaphone shorts series on dvd?
@BF3FAN56512 жыл бұрын
4:49 and the shuffle was born
@plantdaddy34204 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, what a party! XD
@onefootinthegroove3911 жыл бұрын
He really could make the Harmon mute sing!
@Qrayon2 жыл бұрын
At the end we see what a mosh pit looked like in 1938.
@MILKMARSTON7 ай бұрын
😂 real shit
@gill4269 жыл бұрын
That last part sounded a lot like Rod Stewart's "Rythm of my heart"! :-O
@harryoakley9 жыл бұрын
gill426 You mean: "Rod Stewart sounds a lot like Louis Prima in the last part of "Swing Cat's Jamboree".
@maryb974111 жыл бұрын
Who's the guy dancer with the long long legs...some amazing kicks there!
@terrypallister34098 жыл бұрын
I think that is Hal and Honey Abbott who were also seen in a tune in a Woody Herman soundie of that same era. Also on KZbin
@jcb33937 жыл бұрын
4:40 - is he kicking his own head from the front?!?
@macs76415 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to check out his son Louis Prima Jnr with his Witnesses!
where was this filmed. Where was his club in New Orleans.
@j644966312 жыл бұрын
Who is that wonderful guitar player ?
@tillweieschone54846 жыл бұрын
danke
@rascalferret Жыл бұрын
4:00+ Meanwhile at The Ministry of Silly Walks luncheon...
@suze90889 жыл бұрын
Frank Pinero on piano!
@hannaidrozdowska3766 жыл бұрын
suze9088 c
@alexb25456 жыл бұрын
2:38 - 2:55
@loubock32385 жыл бұрын
They had to do that for sound purposes but it's him playing without a doubt! He was an amazing actor, singer, musician and dancer! Way ahead of his time, no one like Louis Prima!
@louisxavier65117 жыл бұрын
"and if you love me. Luuuuahoa love me. Luuuuahoa love me. Lu..."
@louisxavier65117 жыл бұрын
3:10
@louisxavier65117 жыл бұрын
'love me' rnb song idea
@louisxavier65117 жыл бұрын
Wow they can really dance!
@louisxavier65117 жыл бұрын
4:20
@Sometime47814 ай бұрын
When people knew how to have fun 😂
@illbebad7 жыл бұрын
who was the girl singer?
@harryoakley7 жыл бұрын
illbebad The title roll says Shirley Lloyd, so it must be Shirley Lloyd.....
@jojorockallnations73518 жыл бұрын
where was frank sinatra at this time hey
@harryoakley13 жыл бұрын
What I hate though is the a-rhythmic clapping by the audience in the otherwise very swinging first title "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans".
@Teddystream.3 жыл бұрын
Good sound but about ten years out of date
@RoryVanucchi5 жыл бұрын
The great showman... swing era late '30s fun, innocent, entertaining. Technology ruined the art form.
@BF3FAN56513 жыл бұрын
0:57
@BF3FAN56513 жыл бұрын
that would be me
@QuarrellaDeVil5 жыл бұрын
That was what a mosh pit was like in the 1930s.
@schummiehugo4 жыл бұрын
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