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Louis Prima

1910 - 1978

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Louis Leo Prima (; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans–style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s. From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early R&B and rock 'n' roll, boogie-woogie, and Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Prima has received more than 3,024,576 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Louis Prima is the 698th most popular musician (down from 637th in 2019), the 3,535th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,315th in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Louis Prima ranks 698 out of 3,175. Before him are Ricardo Viñes, Âşık Veysel, Lee Morgan, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Lukather, and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. After him are Hide, Rick Davies, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley, Eric Dolphy, and Robert Hausmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Louis Prima ranks 141. Before him are Rachel Kempson, Josef Klaus, Josef Tal, Gerhard Schröder, Wolfgang Preiss, and Joy Adamson. After him are Ernst Schäfer, Heinrich Sutermeister, Pierre Bézier, Magda Olivero, Elmar Klos, and Yekaterina Furtseva. Among people deceased in 1978, Louis Prima ranks 102. Before him are Joe Davis, Semyon Krivoshein, Ivan Tyulenev, Gig Young, Jacques Bergier, and Ángel Bossio. After him are Warren Weaver, Jean Acker, Lucius D. Clay, Leo Ryan, Bernhard Karlgren, and Julio Jaramillo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Prima ranks 3,535 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Lukather (1957), Alice Walton (1949), Irene Dunne (1898), Eddie Adams (1933), Varian Fry (1907), and Tony Goldwyn (1960). After him are Jimmy McLane (1930), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Larry Niven (1938), Robert Lansing (1864), Carl Sandburg (1878), and Don Norman (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Louis Prima ranks 214. Before him are Vinnie Vincent (1952), Lead Belly (1888), Scotty Moore (1931), Lee Morgan (1938), Rufus Wainwright (1973), and Steve Lukather (1957). After him are Jerry Garcia (1942), Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), Elmore James (1918), The Big Bopper (1930), and Kenny Clarke (1914).

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