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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 2,861,779 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Prima is the 639th most popular musician (down from 558th in 2019), the 3,323rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,931st in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Musician.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Louis Prima ranks 639 out of 2,662. Before him are Suzanne Vega, K. K. Downing, Max Roach, Benny Golson, Felix Blumenfeld, and Alan Wilson. After him are Gaspara Stampa, Steve Gadd, Mordechai Gebirtig, McCoy Tyner, Ruggiero Ricci, and Ron Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Louis Prima ranks 128. Before him are Roy J. Plunkett, Johan Ferrier, Pierre Bézier, Suleiman Frangieh, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, and Claire Trevor. After him are Ernst Schäfer, Josef Klaus, Rachel Kempson, Giulietta Simionato, Josef Tal, and Sylvia Sidney. Among people deceased in 1978, Louis Prima ranks 90. Before him are Misao Tamai, George Maciunas, Warren Weaver, Mstislav Keldysh, Jens Otto Krag, and Gabriel Ramanantsoa. After him are Jean Acker, Gunnar Nilsson, Lucius D. Clay, Armin T. Wegner, Gig Young, and Jacques Brugnon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Prima ranks 3,323 out of 18,182. Before him are Bugs Moran (1893), Chris Wallace (1947), Harlan Ellison (1934), Claire Trevor (1910), Jason Alexander (1959), and Annette O'Toole (1952). After him are Jeff Fahey (1952), Steve Gadd (1945), Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), Jean Acker (1893), Meg Foster (1948), and Saul Perlmutter (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Louis Prima ranks 199. Before him are Peter Cetera (1944), Ric Ocasek (1949), Suzanne Vega (1959), Max Roach (1924), Benny Golson (1929), and Alan Wilson (1943). After him are Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Ron Carter (1937), Clarence Clemons (1942), and Smokey Robinson (1940).

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