Born in New Orleans' French Quarter, Louis Prima longed to play jazz. When he was a child, he studied the violin. His older brother Leon took up trumpet while Louis was still quite young, and he soon followed in his brother's footsteps. He played in clubs like "The Famous Door" in the 1930s, and by the time the 1940s rolled around...See full bio »
2008Igor
(writer: "Jump Jive N-Wail" / performer: "Pennies From Heaven", "Jump Jive N-Wail", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", "Beep! Beep!", "The Bigger The Figure")
1999Analyze This
(writer: "Angelina The Waitress At The Pizzeria", "Zooma Zooma" / performer: "When You're Smiling The Whole World Smiles With You", "The Sheik of Araby", "Angelina The Waitress At The Pizzeria", "Zooma Zooma")
1996Bogus
(writer: "Banana Split For My Baby" / performer: "Banana Split For My Baby")
1996Big Night
(performer: "Buona Sera", "Oh Marie", "Love of My Life O Sole Mio", "Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days")
1995Casino
(writer: "Zooma Zooma", "Sing, Sing, Sing With a Swing" / performer: "Zooma Zooma", "Sing, Sing, Sing With a Swing", "Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "I'm Confessin' That I Love You")
1939Rose of Washington Square
(performer: "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - uncredited, "I'm Just Wild About Harry" - uncredited)
1938Swing Cat's Jamboree
(short)
(performer: "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" - uncredited, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" - uncredited, "Please Be Kind" - uncredited, "Loch Lomond" - uncredited)
1937Hollywood Hotel
(music: "Sing, Sing, Sing" 1936 - uncredited)
1936Swing It
(short)
(performer: "Way Down Younder in New Orleans", "Lazy River", "Dinah", "Basin Street Blues", "Johnny, Get Your Gun")
1936Rhythm on the Range
(performer: "I'm an Old Cowhand From the Rio Grande" - uncredited, "If You Can't Sing It You'll Have to Swing It" - uncredited)
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