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Hey, if Louis Prima died in 2009, how was he posthumously inducted into anything in 2008??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.96.178.33 (talk) 18:37, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you take a look at the article to clear this up very easily. Infrogmation (talk) 21:55, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is the image actually Louis Prima?

Is that lead image actually of Louis Prima? I'm a fan and there are tons of images of him online or on YouTube clips, and the one doesn't look anything like him. 68.146.70.177 (talk) 20:25, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did you figure it out? --JohnStartop

It's a picture of him when he was younger. Froglife94 (talk) 17:44, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Louis Prima

While researching ship manifests "Italians to America" in the Jefferson Parish Main Library, I discovered what I think is the Ship that Louis Prima's parents came to the US aboard. I found the Primas in a transcript of the SS Elysia's manifest. My great grandparents, grandfather and siblings came to the US aboard that ship in 1892. There were a couple of SS Elysias and this is the older one built in the 1870s. She was a 300 ft steamship.

74.239.192.242 (talk) 20:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Objectivity?

This entry on Louis Prima was undoubtedly written by an enthusiastic and well intentioned fan. I do not profess to be an expert on Louis Prima. I simply have a casual appreciation of his music. While I realize I could just make edits and see where the chips fall, I instead thought it would be preferable to point out that the Wikipedia entry about him does not read like an encyclopedia article and contains a number of statements and colorful generalizations that are highly subjective, irrelevant, inaccurate and/or contentious. Instead it reads like a paraphrased autobiography. For example:

"At the time, segregation between blacks and whites was extremely prevalent. However, Italians and African Americans got along famously. Each shared the same economic, social, and political values. They also embodied similar entertainment rituals."

"The Big Apple New York was an attraction for hungry musicians during the Great Depression. It posed numerous risks, but all of the best artists in the nation made it in New York if not anywhere else." [The aliens from Neptune thank you for the lowdown on New York.]

"The mob posed problems because Louis was forced to pay for protection every week and found himself getting too involved in that way of life."

"When World War II came around, many men were drafted." [Also, when fish evolved, many of them had fins.]

"Louis Prima’s personality varied at times." [Sadly, he appears to be the only person in the history of the world to have suffered from this affliction.]

I'm not arguing for a complete rewrite of this entry. Louis Prima was a vivid personality and to a certain extent it's appropriate for an account of his life to reflect that. But I do think the tone needs to be reined in a bit and that many more citations need to be provided by an informed and objective writer. Otherwise, someday some 5th grader somewhere is going to end up getting a C- on her "famous people who inspired me" report and will never be able to make it as a biographer in New York. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgh511 (talk • contribs) 07:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd vote for a major rewrite, personally. This does have that "written by a well-meaning fan" taste to it. It also leaves out many important facts and milestones and tends to be flat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.51.203.80 (talk) 07:33, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

One nit I have is the single-source dismissal of Gia Maione Prima (from Garry Boulard). Personally, I've seen some sample clips of her, and I'm impressed (especially given her having to follow up Keely Smith and striking a new style of her own.) The entry about her could stand being fleshed out more, in my view. 74.121.22.10 (talk) 19:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

VANDALISM. Trying to find out who is vandalizing this page. I suggested the following two items be added to the discography: 1935-1936 - Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang; 1937-1939 - Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang. Some vandal deleted this suggestion. Would the vandal please explain himself?--98.102.150.194 (talk) 16:22, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded the lead section with mention of two of Prima's signature songs and his role as King Louie in the Jungle Book. GeorgeCustersSabre reverted claiming my short paragraph was "not suitable for the intro." I'm 100% baffled, given that (a) immunerable other musician wiki pages mention their popular songs in the lead section (Dean Martin, Sinatra, The Clash, Wall of Voodoo, Howlin' Wolf, The Doors, and Jo-El Sonnier to pick a few at random); (b) the current article lead gives an incomplete overview of Prima's career; and (c) the article has ~16,000 characters and the style guide recommends 2 or 3 paragraphs as an intro for an article of that size, rather than the current 1 paragraph intro. ZeppoShemp (talk) 23:07, 2 May 2016 (UTC)ZeppoShemp 02 May 2016 ... sorry for formatting errors, I don't usually write on talk pages[reply]

Terrible discography

I know objective language expected, but that's the only way I know how to describe the discography on this article. Tonnes of the recordings listed in this article range from licensed reissues to absolute bootleg. Neither of these kinds of albums--or anything in between--should be listed on his discography.

The official discography has been on this document for years. These are every studio recording he has ever made.

Compilation albums, albums where Louis Prima is featured but is not the featured artist himself, or soundtracks like The Jungle Book should not be in a summarized discography. Let's Fly with Mary Poppins and The New Sounds of The Louis Prima Show aren't soundtracks even though they are cross-promoted with Disney movies because they have their own allocated studio recording sessions, therefore they are studio albums.

Typically, singles discographies aren't listed in summarized discographies in an artist's main article. If someone wants to follow the document and make a full discography article, that's fair game.

It can be argued that certain compilation albums like Breaking it Up! constitute studio albums.

Please refrain from adding albums from your personal collection to this discography. If you know anything about oldies music, you'll know of something called a "reissue." That's not the same reissue referring to special editions. A reissue is when a third-party record company is licensed to release a compilation of--often remastered--songs from an artist. They are legal--and popular enough if you own one--but they are not albums with specific studio sessions for the artist to intentionally create an album. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnStartop (talk • contribs) 00:57, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wingy Manone and Prima

There is nothing on Prima’s page about recordings/work with Wingy Manone. I’ve seen an album, “Louis Prima and Wingy Manone - Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings 1924-1937. Is that a different Louis Prima? 2603:9000:C90E:9B00:652F:1D09:ACBB:44CE (talk) 03:34, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]