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Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima,Louis Prima

- Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima
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Louis Prima
Released 2007

That Old Black Magic
02:56
942 plays

Sing, Sing, Sing
04:08
777 plays

Medley: When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik Of Araby
03:57
758 plays

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- 1
- Medley: Angelina/Zooma Zooma (Live)
- 04:16
- 1,173 plays

- 2
- Jump, Jive, An' Wail
- 03:29
- 2,512 plays

- 3
- That Old Black Magic
- 02:56
- 942 plays

- 4
- Oh, Marie
- 02:26
- 1,110 plays

- 5
- The Lip
- 02:19
- 692 plays

- 6
- Bourbon Street Blues
- 02:14
- 634 plays

- 7
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- 02:37
- 602 plays

- 8
- Pennies From Heaven
- 02:19
- 1,371 plays

- 9
- Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl!
- 02:40
- 734 plays

- 10
- Luigi
- 02:42
- 655 plays

- 11
- Lazy River
- 03:26
- 537 plays

- 12
- Medley: When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik Of Araby
- 03:57
- 758 plays

- 13
- I've Got The World On A String
- 02:26
- 591 plays

- 14
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- 04:08
- 777 plays

- 15
- Medley: Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
- 04:42
- 1,008 plays

- 16
- Felicia No Capicia
- 02:59
- 544 plays

- 17
- 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
- 02:09
- 648 plays

- 18
- St. Louis Blues
- 02:55
- 439 plays

- 19
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- 02:41
- 548 plays

- 20
- Big Daddy
- 02:44
- 546 plays

- 21
- Just One Of Those Things
- 02:35
- 460 plays

- 22
- Buona Sera
- 02:58
- 681 plays

- 23
- I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
- 04:03
- 1,602 plays

- 24
- Hello Dolly
- 02:36
- 473 plays

- 25
- Cabaret
- 02:39
- 548 plays

- 26
- Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)
- 03:20
- 501 plays

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album review

Louis Prima had been leading orchestras for 25 years when, in 1954, he finally got something that turned out to be the biggest break of his career: a late-night lounge act at the Sahara Hotel. It certainly wasn't a coveted gig, but it soon became the hottest ticket in town, with a dynamite stage show that featured Prima, the combination fireplug and master of ceremonies; his wife Keely Smith, a talented vocalist with both power and rhythm; and one of the tightest small groups in swing, the unduplicated Sam Butera with his band, the Witnesses. Then, when Capitol furnished a recording contract, the magic could be heard by more than just pleasure-seeking tourists to Sin City. Jump, Jive an' Wail: The Essential is the best document of Prima's Capitol years -- despite some heavy duplication, it beats even the excellent Capitol Collectors Series volume, which never included Prima's famous Jungle Book feature, "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)." The set borrows liberally from all of Prima's best Capitol LPs (even including two songs from 1967 's Louis Prima on Broadway for United Artists), and grabs the singles that were most popular (especially his duets with Smith on "That Old Black Magic" and "I've Got You Under My Skin"). ~ John Bush, All Music Guide