Louis Prima
Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978) was born into a musical fa… Read Full Bio ↴Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978) was born into a musical family in New Orleans. His family emigrated from Sicily, Italy, and after a brief stay in Argentina settled in the United States. Prima studied violin for several years as a child. His older brother Leon was a well regarded local bandleader. Prima was proud of his heritage, and made a point of letting the audience know at every performance that he was Italian-American and from New Orleans. His singing and playing showed that he absorbed many of the same influences as his fellow Crescent City musician, Louis Armstrong, particularly in his hoarse voice and scat singing.
In his youth, Prima played trumpet with Irving Fazola, his brother's band, and the pit band of the Saenger Theater. In 1933 he began his busy recording career, as part of the David Rose orchestra at station WGN, Chicago; he was also part of the small recording group The Hotcha Trio, with Rose on piano and Norman Gast on violin. In 1934 Prima moved to New York, working regularly on 52nd Street with old New Orleans friends like Eddie Miller (tenor sax and clarinet) and George Brunies (trombone), and also new acquaintances like Pee Wee Russell (clarinet). Prima's informal jazz group was known as Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, and this band recorded prolifically for Brunswick through 1936, and then for Vocalion and Decca.
Prima's 1936 composition, "Sing Sing Sing", which he had released with the New Orleans Gang in March, 1936 as a Brunswick 78, Brunswick 7628, with "It's Been So Long" as the B side, became one of his biggest hits and one of the most covered standards of the swing era; Benny Goodman's performance of the song at Carnegie Hall with a featured performance by Gene Krupa on drums has become iconic.
Louis Prima and His Band
Prima moved to Los Angeles to headline at the Famous Door nightclub. He appeared in several Hollywood movies, including a featured performance with Bing Crosby in the 1936 film Rhythm on the Range. Prima and his Dixieland Gang continued to play club dates across the nation, including a 1939 stint at New York's Hickory House.
Big bands were big business then, and Prima apparently bowed to pressure from booking agents and formed a conventional big band in 1940. He exploited a distinctive, shuffling beat (which he called "Gleeby Rhythm"); this trademark Prima shuffle remained part of his repertoire for two decades. Prima sang most of the band vocals, with Lily Ann Carol as the "girl singer." Prima's high-powered drummer at this time was Jimmy Vincent, an energetic teenager who remained with the Prima band for many years.
In 1947 he added singer Cathy Ricciardi, who recorded under the name Cathy Allen. She was succeeded in 1949 by Keely Smith (who was to become his fourth wife), and the band concentrated on novelty songs like "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)" and "All Right, Louis, Drop the Gun." Prima's big band continued into the early 1950s, with a series of novelty recordings supervised (sometimes heavy-handedly) by record producer Mitch Miller.
Vegas years
The popularity of the big-band sound started to wane, and Prima began losing money, just as he needed it to support the pregnant Smith. Prima found work with Smith in small venues all over the East Coast. Eventually he called up his friend Bill Miller, who was then entertainment director of The Sahara nightclub and casino in Las Vegas, and asked for a job. His friend Cab Calloway warned him against the cramped Sahara lounge, but the financial pressure was too great. Prima telephoned saxophonist Sam Butera and instructed him to pick up a few musicians and go to Las Vegas in time for Prima's debut.
Prima acknowledged his new musicians for the opening-night crowd, and spontaneously asked Butera what the name of the band was. Butera ad-libbed, "The Witnesses!" From then on, Sam Butera and the Witnesses backed Prima and Smith on stage and records.
Prima and Smith worked hard throughout the 1950s, performing multiple shows a night and finishing at 6 a.m. Their efforts were rewarded with a resurgence in their popularity, and they were at least partly responsible for making the lounge at The Sahara a hotspot. On stage, Prima insisted on Smith adopting a humorless, poker-faced character that would play straight to Prima's zany ad libs. Smith actually had a fine sense of comedy that is often audible on the team's recordings; no matter how much the incorrigible Prima tried to disrupt her vocals, Smith would often come back with a funny remark of her own.
Louis Prima and Keely Smith were very much the model for Sonny & Cher: the exuberant Italian musician and the serious, exotic female singer, Smith and Cher both being of Cherokee descent (although Cher's heritage is primarily Armenian). Similarly, echoes of the stage banter between Prima and Butera would be heard years later in the early performances of the E Street Band and the interplay between Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons.
In 1959, Prima and Smith won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus for "That Old Black Magic."
In 1956 the Prima ensemble performed at the Sahara Hotel and Casino to record tracks for the album The Wildest!. It was an attempt by Capitol Records to capture the essence of the Vegas act. Over the next nine years, Prima and Smith raised two children, while he made scores of records, owned racehorses, appeared on television, and even opened a golf course. They outgrew the lounge and were promoted to the big room. They appeared in a few quickie musical films, including Senior Prom and Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Prima co-produced the feature Twist All Night, in which his band also appeared.
During this whirlwind of activity, according to Smith, the couple drifted farther and farther apart. One night, he refused to conduct for one of Smith's performances, delegating to Butera instead. A few days later they were in court, petitioning for divorce.
Later years
Following the divorce, he began dating Gia Maione. Maione was a long-time fan of Prima's, was already familiar with all the arrangements to his songs, and even kept a signed photo of him in her purse. She eventually became Prima's fifth and final wife, and was with the band right up until 1975. By this point, the band was putting out a markedly different and more contemporary sound, with electric organs and synthesizers, even dabbling in progressive rock.
In 1967 Prima's distinctive voice and jazzy delivery landed him a role in Walt Disney's animated feature The Jungle Book, as the raucous orangutan King Louie. He performed the hit song "I Wanna Be Like You" on the soundtrack, leading to the recording of two albums with Phil Harris: The Jungle Book and More Jungle Book, on Disneyland Records. He can also be heard on the soundtrack of another cartoon feature, The Man Called Flintstone.
He suffered a mild heart attack in 1973. In 1975, following headaches and episodes of memory loss, Louis Prima sought medical attention, and found out he had a stem brain tumor. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and went into a coma following surgery to remove the tumor. He never recovered, and died three years later, having been moved back to New Orleans. He was buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans; his gray marble crypt is topped by a figure of Gabriel, the trumpeter-angel. The inscription on the crypt's door quote the lyrics from one of his hits: "When the end comes, I know, they'll all say 'just a gigolo' as life goes on without me. Lovingly, your little family..."
In his youth, Prima played trumpet with Irving Fazola, his brother's band, and the pit band of the Saenger Theater. In 1933 he began his busy recording career, as part of the David Rose orchestra at station WGN, Chicago; he was also part of the small recording group The Hotcha Trio, with Rose on piano and Norman Gast on violin. In 1934 Prima moved to New York, working regularly on 52nd Street with old New Orleans friends like Eddie Miller (tenor sax and clarinet) and George Brunies (trombone), and also new acquaintances like Pee Wee Russell (clarinet). Prima's informal jazz group was known as Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang, and this band recorded prolifically for Brunswick through 1936, and then for Vocalion and Decca.
Prima's 1936 composition, "Sing Sing Sing", which he had released with the New Orleans Gang in March, 1936 as a Brunswick 78, Brunswick 7628, with "It's Been So Long" as the B side, became one of his biggest hits and one of the most covered standards of the swing era; Benny Goodman's performance of the song at Carnegie Hall with a featured performance by Gene Krupa on drums has become iconic.
Louis Prima and His Band
Prima moved to Los Angeles to headline at the Famous Door nightclub. He appeared in several Hollywood movies, including a featured performance with Bing Crosby in the 1936 film Rhythm on the Range. Prima and his Dixieland Gang continued to play club dates across the nation, including a 1939 stint at New York's Hickory House.
Big bands were big business then, and Prima apparently bowed to pressure from booking agents and formed a conventional big band in 1940. He exploited a distinctive, shuffling beat (which he called "Gleeby Rhythm"); this trademark Prima shuffle remained part of his repertoire for two decades. Prima sang most of the band vocals, with Lily Ann Carol as the "girl singer." Prima's high-powered drummer at this time was Jimmy Vincent, an energetic teenager who remained with the Prima band for many years.
In 1947 he added singer Cathy Ricciardi, who recorded under the name Cathy Allen. She was succeeded in 1949 by Keely Smith (who was to become his fourth wife), and the band concentrated on novelty songs like "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)" and "All Right, Louis, Drop the Gun." Prima's big band continued into the early 1950s, with a series of novelty recordings supervised (sometimes heavy-handedly) by record producer Mitch Miller.
Vegas years
The popularity of the big-band sound started to wane, and Prima began losing money, just as he needed it to support the pregnant Smith. Prima found work with Smith in small venues all over the East Coast. Eventually he called up his friend Bill Miller, who was then entertainment director of The Sahara nightclub and casino in Las Vegas, and asked for a job. His friend Cab Calloway warned him against the cramped Sahara lounge, but the financial pressure was too great. Prima telephoned saxophonist Sam Butera and instructed him to pick up a few musicians and go to Las Vegas in time for Prima's debut.
Prima acknowledged his new musicians for the opening-night crowd, and spontaneously asked Butera what the name of the band was. Butera ad-libbed, "The Witnesses!" From then on, Sam Butera and the Witnesses backed Prima and Smith on stage and records.
Prima and Smith worked hard throughout the 1950s, performing multiple shows a night and finishing at 6 a.m. Their efforts were rewarded with a resurgence in their popularity, and they were at least partly responsible for making the lounge at The Sahara a hotspot. On stage, Prima insisted on Smith adopting a humorless, poker-faced character that would play straight to Prima's zany ad libs. Smith actually had a fine sense of comedy that is often audible on the team's recordings; no matter how much the incorrigible Prima tried to disrupt her vocals, Smith would often come back with a funny remark of her own.
Louis Prima and Keely Smith were very much the model for Sonny & Cher: the exuberant Italian musician and the serious, exotic female singer, Smith and Cher both being of Cherokee descent (although Cher's heritage is primarily Armenian). Similarly, echoes of the stage banter between Prima and Butera would be heard years later in the early performances of the E Street Band and the interplay between Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons.
In 1959, Prima and Smith won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus for "That Old Black Magic."
In 1956 the Prima ensemble performed at the Sahara Hotel and Casino to record tracks for the album The Wildest!. It was an attempt by Capitol Records to capture the essence of the Vegas act. Over the next nine years, Prima and Smith raised two children, while he made scores of records, owned racehorses, appeared on television, and even opened a golf course. They outgrew the lounge and were promoted to the big room. They appeared in a few quickie musical films, including Senior Prom and Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Prima co-produced the feature Twist All Night, in which his band also appeared.
During this whirlwind of activity, according to Smith, the couple drifted farther and farther apart. One night, he refused to conduct for one of Smith's performances, delegating to Butera instead. A few days later they were in court, petitioning for divorce.
Later years
Following the divorce, he began dating Gia Maione. Maione was a long-time fan of Prima's, was already familiar with all the arrangements to his songs, and even kept a signed photo of him in her purse. She eventually became Prima's fifth and final wife, and was with the band right up until 1975. By this point, the band was putting out a markedly different and more contemporary sound, with electric organs and synthesizers, even dabbling in progressive rock.
In 1967 Prima's distinctive voice and jazzy delivery landed him a role in Walt Disney's animated feature The Jungle Book, as the raucous orangutan King Louie. He performed the hit song "I Wanna Be Like You" on the soundtrack, leading to the recording of two albums with Phil Harris: The Jungle Book and More Jungle Book, on Disneyland Records. He can also be heard on the soundtrack of another cartoon feature, The Man Called Flintstone.
He suffered a mild heart attack in 1973. In 1975, following headaches and episodes of memory loss, Louis Prima sought medical attention, and found out he had a stem brain tumor. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and went into a coma following surgery to remove the tumor. He never recovered, and died three years later, having been moved back to New Orleans. He was buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans; his gray marble crypt is topped by a figure of Gabriel, the trumpeter-angel. The inscription on the crypt's door quote the lyrics from one of his hits: "When the end comes, I know, they'll all say 'just a gigolo' as life goes on without me. Lovingly, your little family..."
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Louis Prima Lyrics
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A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of…
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A Sunday Kind of Love I want a Sunday kind of love A love that will…
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After You've Gone Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could…
Ain't Misbehavin' / 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Well, way down yonder in New Orleans in the land…
Alice Blue Gown I once had a gown, it was almost new Oh, the…
All I Do Is Dream Of You All I do is dream of you the whole night…
All Night Long (Come on baby let's twist all night) Come on and twist…
All The Things You Are Time and again I've longed for adventure, Something to make …
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All Through the Day All through the day, I dream about the night I dream…
Alone I'll walk alone But to tell you the truth, I'll be…
Angelina I eat antipasta twice Just because she is so nice Angelina A…
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Angelina & Zooma Zooma I eat antipasta twice Just because she is so nice Angelina A…
As You Desire Me You told me I was Like an angel, Told me I…
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Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Baby Won Oh baby, won't you please come home 'Cause your little daddy…
Baciagaloop A bagiagaloop, and Maria Are keepin' company-a He comes arou…
Banana Split Banana split for my baby A glass of plain water for…
Basin Street Blues In Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and…
Be Mine Oh! They say some people long ago Were searching for a…
Beep Beep My baby's going on a trip to the moon And she…
Begin the Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound…
Bei Mir Bist Du Sch Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some Until…
Bell Bottom Trousers Once there was a little girl who lived next to…
Beloved Tell me that it's true, Tell me you agree, I was…
Birth of the Blues Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Blizzard There's a blizzard comin' on, how I'm wishin' I was…
Body And Soul Baby, baby it looks like it's gonna hail Baby, baby it…
Body and Soul (instrumental) Baby, baby it looks like it's gonna hail Baby, baby it…
Bourbon Street Blues In Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and…
Breakin The Ice She was as cool as could be, Though I said hello…
Bugs The love bug will bite you if you don't watch…
Buona Sera Buona sera, signorina, buona sera It is time to say goodnigh…
Burbon Street Blues In Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and…
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Place park, scene dark, silvery moon is shining through the…
Cabaret What good is sittin' alone in your room Come hear the…
Cance With a Dolly As I was walkin' down the street Down the street, down…
Charley My Boy Charley is an ordinary fellow To most everyone but Flo,…
Che La Luna C' 'na luna mezz'u mare Mamma mia m'a maritare Figlia mia a…
Cheek to Cheek Heaven, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so that I…
Chicago I got the surprise, the surprise of my life I had…
Chili Sauce I've got a little donkey, who is just a stompin' fool. Her…
Chinatown When the town is fast asleep, and it's midnight in…
Civilization Each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign He tells…
Closer to the Bone Closest to the bone Sweeter is the meat Last slice of Virgin…
Cocktails For Two In some secluded rendezvous That overlooks the avenue With s…
Cold Cold Heart I tried so hard, my dear, to show That you're…
Come Back To Sorrento Sunlight dances on the sea Tender thoughts occur to me I hav…
Come Rain Or Come Shine I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, Come rain…
Come Softly to Me You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Dance With A Dolly As I was walkin' down the street Down the street, down…
Dearly Beloved Tell me that it's true, Tell me you agree, I was…
Dinah Carolina Gave me Dinah; I'm the proudest one Beneath the…
Don The sun contains a ray They label Vitamin D If you like…
Don't Let A Memory The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Don't Take Your Love from Me Tear a star from out the sky and the sky…
Don't Worry 'bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
Dont Let A Memory Don't let the sun catch you cryin' Cryin' at my front…
Dont Take Your Love From Me Tear a star from out the sky and the sky…
Dont Worry Bout Meim In The Mood For Love Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
East Of The Sun East of the sun and west of the moon We'll build…
Eleanor Eleanor Eleanor Eleanor (Eleanor) Eleanor (Eleanor) Open up …
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you Embrace me, you irrepla…
Enjoy Yourself Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink Enjoy yourself…
Everybody Knows Wish they hadn't seen you walk away And heard me beg…
Exactly Like You I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one,…
Felicia I took Felicia to Las Vegas is my story She spent…
Felicia No Capecia I took Felicia to Las Vegas here's my story She spent…
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Felicia no Capicia I took Felicia to Las Vegas, here's my story, she spent…
Felicia No Capricia I took Felicia to Las Vegas is my story She spent…
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Fever Never know how much I love you Never know how much…
Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue Five foot two, eyes of blue But oh, what those five…
Five Months Two Weeks Two Days Five months, two weeks, two days My lovin' baby's been gone …
Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of…
Fools Rush In "Romance is a game for fools" I used to say A game…
For My Baby Banana split for my baby A glass of plain water for…
Glow Worm Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-w…
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Good Gracious Baby 'Cause nothing is too good for my baby For my baby,…
Goodnight My Love Goodnight my love, the tired old moon is descending Goodnigh…
Goody Goody So you met someone who set you back on your…
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Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Hey, ba ba re bop (Hey, ba ba re bop) Hey, ba…
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Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop) Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (H…
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How'm I Doin'? I am not such a clever one about the latest…
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I Don't Care The sun contains a ray They label Vitamin D If you like…
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
I Love Paris Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue…
I Love to Laugh I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I Love You Truly I've been running in circles while playing a game of…
I Understand Why do you go on pretending You know you want to…
I Walk the Line I'll walk alone But to tell you the truth, I'll be…
I Wan Now I'm the king of the swingers Oh, the jungle VIP I've…
I Wan'na Be Like You Now I'm the king of the swingers, the jungle V.I.P…
I Wanna Be Like You Now I'm the king of the swingers Oh, the jungle VIP I've…
I Want You I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in…
I Wish You Love Goodbye, No use leading with our chins, This is where our…
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll…
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You I'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you (you…
I'Ll Be Glad When You'Re Deal You Rascal You I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll…
I'll Be Glad You're Dead I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll…
I'll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That…
I'Ll Be With You In Apple Blossom I'm writing you, my dear, Just to tell you, In September, yo…
I'll Get By I'll get by As long as I have you Though there be…
I'll Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
I'll Walk Alone I'll walk alone But to tell you the truth, I'll be…
I'm An Old Cowhand I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande But my legs…
I'm Confessin' That I Love You I've been running in circles while playing a game of…
I'm In the Mood For Love I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I'm Just Agigolo Ain't Got Nobody I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the…
I'm Living in a Great Big Way Got a snap in my fingers Got a rhythm in my…
I'm Old Fashioned I am not such a clever one about the latest…
I'm Shooting High I'm shooting high, Got my eye on a star in the…
I've Got My Finger's Crossed I've got my fingers crossed Not that I'm superstitious I'm a…
I've Got the World on a String I've got the world on a string And I'm sittin' on…
I've Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in…
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If You Were the Only Girl Sometimes when I feel low and things look blue I wish…
If You Were The Only Girl In The World If you were the only girl in the world And I…
Ill Be Glad When Youre Dead You Rascal You I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll…
Ill Get By I'll get by As long as I have you Though there be…
Ill Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
Ill Walk Alone I'll walk alone But to tell you the truth, I'll be…
In The Summertime 1 I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
Indian Love Call I can't forget the night I met you, That's all I'm…
It Could Happen to You Hide your heart from sight, Lock your dreams at night, It co…
It's Been A Long Long Time Kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once…
It's Been So Long I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again, Of the…
It's Good as New Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you Embrace me, you irrepla…
It's Magic You sigh and the song begins You speak and I hear…
Its Been A Long Long Time Kiss me once, then kiss me twice Then kiss me once…
Its Good as New Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you Embrace me, you irrepla…
Its Magic You sigh and the song begins You speak and I hear…
Ive Got The World On A String I've got the world on a string And I'm sittin' on…
Ive Got You Under My Skin I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in…
Ja-Da You've heard all about your raggy melody Everything from ope…
Judy If her voice can bring, Every hope of Spring, That's Judy, M…
Jump Baby, baby it looks like it's gonna hail Baby, baby it…
Jump, Jive an Wail Baby, baby, it looks like it's gonna hail Baby, baby, it…
Jump, Jive, an' Wail Baby, baby it looks like it's gonna hail Baby, baby it…
Jump, Jive, An' Wail (1999 Digital Remaster) Baby, baby, it looks like it's gonna hail Baby, baby, it…
Just a Gigolo I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the…
Just A Gigolo / Ain't Got Nobody I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go, People know the…
Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the…
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Just a Gigolo; I Ain't Got Nob Just a gigolo Everywhere I go People know the part I'm pl…
Just a Gigolo; I Ain't Got Nobody I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the…
Just A Little Fond Affection Won't you hold me just a little closer Tell me that…
Just One of Those Things Banana split for my baby A glass of plain water for…
Kansas City I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm…
La Vie En Rose Hold me close and hold me fast The magic spell you…
Lady In Red Oh the lady in red is as fresh as a…
Lady of Spain Lady of Spain I adore you Right from the night…
Later Baby Later Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink Enjoy yourself…
Lazy River Up a lazy river where the old mill run Meets a…
Let's Fall in Love Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts…
Let's Twist Again Come on everybody clap your hands Now you're looking good I'…
Lip Down on the Mississippi River in a knockdo dive I met…
Long About Midnight Just take a look at Harlem after sundown, Any time you…
Love I hear music and there's no one there I smell blossoms…
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Love is a many splendored thing It's the April rose that…
Love of My Life You are my love, you're the sun in my sky, You're the…
Lover You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Luigi There's a fella named Luigi He comes from Italy I wanna be…
Lullaby Of The Leaves Rustling of the leaves used to be my lullaby In the…
Make Love To Me Instead of making conversation, Make love to me! Make love t…
Mary Lou Mary Lou, Mary Lou Cross my heart, I love you. Every bell…
Mean to Me You're mean to me Why must you be mean to me? Gee,…
Medley : Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleep Time Down South In Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and…
Medley : Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the…
Medley: Angelina I eat antipasta twice Just because she is so nice Angelina A…
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Medley: Basin Street Blues/when It's Sleepy Time Down South In Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and…
Medley: Don't Worry 'Bout Me/I'm In The Mood For Love Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
Medley: Embraceable You / I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you Embrace me, you irrepla…
Medley: Just A Gigolo I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the…
Medley: On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Exactly Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
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Moonglow It must have been moonglow, way up in the blue It…
Moonlight Becomes You Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair You certainly …
Mr Wonderful Why this feeling, why this glow Why the thrill when you…
Much Too Young to Lose My Mind I've got the blues, I feel so lonely I'd give the…
My Cucuzza My Cucuzza, Cucuzza Bella She's my pizza pie with lotsa mozz…
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time You know the dream I told you about the other…
My Old Flame My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's…
Next time I saw this stranger leave my pad And this made me…
Night And Day Like the beat, beat, beat, Of the tom-tom; When the jungle s…
Night Train Here I'm going Wlakin' with my baby in my arms 'Cuz I…
Nosy-Body My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Nothing We've got nothin', got nothin' in common, just nothin' in…
Nothing's Too Good 'Cause nothing is too good for my baby For my baby,…
of thee i sing I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
Oh Babe First you say hello! Then ya get mellow! Mustn't be lazy! …
Oh Babe! First you say heeeeello! Then ya get meeeellow! Mustn't be l…
Oh Happy Day Oh happy day (oh happy day) Oh happy day (oh happy…
Oh Marie Oh Marie (oh Marie) Oh Marie (oh Marie) In your arms I'm…
Oh! Marie (Version 1) Here while the day is fading, Dear you I'm serenading, My lo…
Oh, Marie Oh Marie (Oh Marie) Oh Marie (Oh Marie) In your arms I'm…
Ol Man River Now one time there lived an old man With a very…
On the Atcheson Topeka and Santa Fe Do ya hear that whistle down the line? I figure that…
On The Street Where You I have often walked down this street before But the pavement…
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
On The Sunny Side Of The Street/Exactly Like You Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
One Mint Julep One early morning, as I was walking I met a woman,…
Only You If you were the only girl in the world And I…
Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Paper Doll I'm gonna buy a Paper Doll that I can call…
Paradise And then she holds my hand, mm mm mm mm.…
Pennies from Heaven Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven Don't you…
Pennies From Heaven - Remastered If every time it rains, it rains, pennies from heaven…
Pennies fron Heaven And every time it rains, it rains, pennies from heaven…
Please Don't Squeeza da Banana Riley the cop would always stop On the corner at Tony's…
Polka Dots And Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
Robin Hood Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen Robin Hood, …
Robin Hood & Oh Babe First you say hello! Then ya get mellow! Mustn't be lazy! …
Robin Hood/Oh Babe Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen Robin Hood, …
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody Mammy mine Your little rollin' stone that rolled away Stroll…
Rosalie Rosalie, my darling, Rosalie, my dream. Since one night wh…
Route 66 If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way,…
Ruby They say, Ruby you're like a dream Not always what…
Rum And Coca-Cola If you ever go down Trinidad They make you feel so…
Saint Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Saint-Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down, I…
Senor Santa Claus Shake hands shake hands shake hands With Santa Claus If you…
Sentimental Journey Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Señor Santa Claus Shake hands shake hands shake hands With Santa Claus If you…
Shadrack There were three children from the land of Israel (Shadrach)…
Shadrack (Fonograff Rework) The story of Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego There were thre…
Shake Hands with Santa Claus Shake hands shake hands shake hands With Santa Claus If you…
Should I Beep-beep-beep-beepy-beep-beep-bee-bee Slow down, honey. Be …
Should I-I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Yesterday you came my way And when you smiled at me…
Sing It Way Down Low Sing it way down low Like the south wind blows Every time…
Sing Sing Sing Sing, sing, sing, sing Everybody start to sing La dee da, ho…
Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing Do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do! Do-do…
Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing, sing, sing, sing Everybody start to sing La dee da, ho…
Sing! Sing! Sing! Part 1 I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
Sing, Sing, Sing sing, sing, sing, everybody start to sing like dee dee…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days go…
Someone to Watch Over Me There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
Song for Moulin Rouge When ever we kiss, I worry and wonder. Your lips may be…
Sorrento Sunlight dances on the sea Tender thoughts occur to me I hav…
South of the Border South of the border, down Mexico way That's where I fell…
St Louis Blues St. Louis woman with all the diamond rings Drives that man…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Sweet And Lovely Sweet and lovely sweeter than the roses in May Sweet and…
swing Deep rhythm can't deface me, Hot rhythm stimulates me, Can't…
Swing With Me Do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do! Do-do…
Tea For Two Picture you upon my knee, Just tea for two and…
Tennessee Waltz I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz When…
That Old Black Magic Old black magic has me in its spell Old black magic…
That Was a Big Fat Lie When you look at me that way, I must believe…
That's My Desire To spend one night with you in our old rendezvous, And…
That's My Home When sunset in the sky, And flowers never die, yeas And fr…
That's The Way It Goes That's the way it goes No one ever knows Just like that,…
Thats My Home When sunset in the sky, And flowers never die, yeas And frie…
The Bigger the Figure I've got a woman as big as a house yes…
The Birth of the Blues Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
The Blizzard There's a blizzard comin' on, how I'm wishin' I was…
The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams I walk along the street of sorrow The boulevard of broken…
The Closer To The Bone Closest to the bone Sweeter is the meat Last slice of Virgin…
The Dummy Song I'll take the legs from some old table I'll take…
The Happy Wanderer I love to go a-wandering Along the mountain track And as I…
The Lady in Red Oh the lady in red is as fresh as a…
The Lip Down on the Mississippi River in a knockdo dive I met…
The Love Bug Will Bite You The love bug will bite you if you don't watch…
The Man I Love Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big…
The Music Goes 'round and 'round I blow through here And the music goes down and around Whoa…
The Music Goes Round and Around I blow through here The music goes 'round and around Whoa-ho…
The Nearness of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills…
The Next Time I saw this stranger leave my pad And this made me…
The Night Is Young The night is young and you're so beautiful, Here among the…
The Old Black Magic Old black magic has me in its spell Old black magic…
The Pump Song Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just …
The Sheik Of Araby "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At…
The Song Is You Now I'm the king of the swingers Oh, the jungle VIP I've…
The Very Though Of You The very thought of you and I forget to do…
The White Cliffs Of Dove There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover Tomorro…
There'll Be No Next Time I saw this stranger leave my pad And this made me…
There's a Small Hotel I'd like to get away, Junior Somewhere alone with you It cou…
Therell Be No Next Time I saw this stranger leave my pad And this made me…
They Can't Take That Away From Me Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note, Though by tomorro…
This Heart Of Mine One day you may find true love that will last…
Three Coins In The Fountain Three coins in the fountain, Each one seeking happiness. T…
Three Handed Woman She's a three handed woman, a three handed woman She's right…
Tiger Rag Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! …
Too Marvelous For Words You're much too marvelous Marvelous for words like glorious,…
Twist All Night (Come on baby let's twist all night) Come on and twist…
Undecided First you say you do, and then you don't And then…
Unforgettable Unforgettable That's what you are Unforgettable Tho' near or…
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Well, way down yonder in New Orleans in the land…
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry I don't know why, I made you cry I'm sorry sweetheart…
What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin' Ah, what will Santa Claus say When he finds everybody swingi…
When It's Sleepy Time Down South In Basin Street is the street Where all the boys and…
When the Saints Oh, when the saints go marching in Oh, when the saints…
When The Saints Go Marching in Closest to the bone Sweeter is the meat Last slice of Virgin…
When You Are Smiling When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world smi…
When You're Smiling I saw a blind man He was a kind man Helping a…
When You're Smiling / The Sheik of Araby When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world smi…
When Your Lover Has Gone What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That co…
When youre Smiling When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world smi…
Whistle Stop (Ooh, ooh, do wade, ooh, ooh, do wade) (Ooh, ooh, do…
White Cliffs Of Dover There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover Tomorro…
Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well It was a lovely Sunday mornin' And everyone was gay. Everyon…
Why Do I Love You I'm walking on the air, dear, For life is fair, dear,…
Wonderland by Night Stars hang suspended above a floating yellow moon Two hearts…
Yes We Have No Bananas There's a fruit store on our street It's run by a…
You Are My Love You are my love, you're the sun in my sky, You're the…
You Better Go Now You better go now Because I like you much too much, You…
You Call It Madness I can't forget the night I met you, That's all I'm…
you can't have everything Say there, if you are a vexed one, A dreary, weary…
You Go To Me Head You go to my head And you linger like a haunting…
You Rascal You I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll…
You Rascle You When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world smi…
You Won't Be Satisfied You won't be satisfied until you break my heart, You're neve…
You Won’t be Satisfied You won't be satisfied until you break my heart, You're nev…
You'll Never Know You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never…
You're Driving Me Crazy You left me sad and lonely; Why did you leave…
You're Just in Love I hear music and there's no one there I smell blossoms…
You're My Everything You're my everything underneath the sun You're my everything…
Youll Never Know You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never…
Young and in Love I hear music and there's no one there I smell blossoms…
Young At Heart Fairy tales can come true It can happen to you if…
Youre Driving Me Crazy You left me sad and lonely; Why did you leave…
Youre Just In Love I hear music and there's no one there I smell blossoms…
Zooma zooma I eat antipasta twice just because she is so nice Angelina A…