LOUIS PRIMA!
ZOOMA! ZOOMA!
LOUIS PRIMA MISCELLANEY, VOLUME ONE
ALL BUT FOUR OF THE PRIMA VICTOR SIDES NOT ON BMG / BUDDHA CD:
1. Oh Florence! (1000 ISLANDS)
2. It's a Cruel Cruel World
3. My Little Donkey
4. Too Fat Polka
5. Lillian
6. Bubble-Loo Bubble-Loo
7. The Sad Cowboy
8. Forsaking All Others
9. If I Only Had A Match
10. California is Wonderful
11. Just About This Time
12. Sweet Nothings
13. Love That Boy
14. I'm Living A Lie
15. It's a Cruel Cruel World - alternate
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN STREET, Dec. 16 1940 (NBC)
16. Opening & Tuning Up
17. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
18. So Sweet - vDixie Mason
19. Angie Wangie Blues
20. Willis / Will S. Scott patter (deadly!)
21. INTRODUCING LOUIS PRIMA
22. SWANNEE RIVER
23. JITTERBUGS ON PARADE
24. Alouette
25. I Come From Dixie
26. Ending Theme
LOUIS PRIMA MISCELLANEY, VOLUME TWO
THE FOUR REMAINING PRIMA VICTOR SIDES (NOT ON BMG / BUDDHA CD):
1. I No Wanna
2. For Mari-Yootch
3. Tutti Frutti Pizzicato
4. Valencia
OLD GOLD SHOW, SONGS BY SINATRA (CBS) New York, November 21,
1945
Prima with Axel Stordahl and his Orchestra (Prima portion only)
5. Sinatra introduces Louis Prima & does the patter bit
with him, hey.
6. Felicia No Capicia
7. Some Sunday Morning
LOUIS PRIMA & HIS ORCHESTRA with KEELY SMITH, NBC Remote
B'cast
Live from the Cafe Rouge of Hotel Pennsylvania, April 8, 1953
8. opening theme: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
9. Mimi - vocal interjections by LP
10. Someone to Watch Over Me - vKeely Smith
11. savings bond commercial
12. Robin Hood - vLP
13. All The Things You Are - inst
14. The White Cliffs Of Dover - vLP & band
15. Oh, Marie - vLP & audience!
16. second savings bond shpiel (brief)
17. Oh Babe - vLouis & Keely
18. ending theme: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
THE FRANK SINATRA SHOW, Hollywood, January 17, 1958 (ABC Telecast)
FRANK SINATRA WITH NELSON RIDDLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
with special guests LOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH, plus SAM BUTERA
AND THE WITNESS
19. program opening, western style
20. FS: I'm An Old Cowhand
21. Western Jazz Patter with Louis Prima
(Louis tries to push Keely on Frank for his show!)
22. LOUIS, KEELY & SAM: Pennies From Heaven
23. more patter: Louis, Keely & FS
24. FS & Keely: The Birth Of The Blues
25. FS & Louis: intro to chesterfield comm'l
26. FS: Bewitched
27. patter
28. Keely: When Day Is Done
29. brief patter
30. FS, Louis & Keely: I Can't Believe That You're In Love
With Me
31. ending patter
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LOUIS PRIMA - Disc #3
LOUIS PRIMA, DAVE ROSE & NORMAN GAST (Previously released
as "Hotcha Trio")
01 Dinah (Young-Davis-Akst) BB B-5758A (V)
02 Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome-Jean Schwartz) BB
B-5758B (V)
LOUIS PRIMA AND HIS NEW ORLEANS GANG
Vocal by Louis Prima, all tracks except #10
03 I Still Want You (Louis Prima) Br 7320 (B16258A) Poor
cond.
04 (Looks Like I'm) Breakin' The Ice (McCarthy-Cavanaugh-Weldon)
Br
7320- (B16289A) Poor cond.
05 Chinatown, My Chinatown (Jerome-Schwartz) Br 7456 (B17613-1)
06 Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) Br 7456 (B17615-1)
07 It's The Rhythm In Me (Prima-Mills) Br 7471 (B16541A)
V-
08 Worry Blues (Prima-Mills) Br 7471 (B16542A) V-
09 That's Where The South Begins (Waller-Brown) Br 7524 (B16023A)
10 Jamaica Shout (Horace Henderson) Br 7524 (B16024A)
11 How'm I Doin'? (Flwler-Redman) Br 7531 (B17763-2) V+
12 Solitude (DeLange-Mills-Ellington) Br 7531 (B17765-1)
V
13 Sweet Sue - Just You (Stomp) (Harris-Young) Br 7596 (LA1078B)
14 I Love You Truly (Carrie Jacobs Bond) Br 7596 (LA1080B)
15 Cross Patch (Seymour-Lawnhurst) Br 7680 (LA1112A)
16 Swing Me A Lullaby (Raye-Prince-Waring) Br 7680 (LA1113A)
17 Dinah (Lewis-Young-Akst) Br 7666 (LA1103A)
18 Lazy River (Carmichael-Arodin) Br 7666 (LA1104A)
19 Mr. Ghost Goes To Town (Parish-Mills-Hudson) Vo 3388 (C1675-1)
20 The Goose Hangs High (Friend-Lombardo) Vo 3368 (C1677-1)
21 Fifty-Second Street (Cahn-Chaplin) Vo 3509 (LA1308A)
22 The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out) (Pinky
Tomlin) Vo
3509 (LA1309A) V-
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Most of these 78s are nice and clean, having come from a radio
station or
store stock. (#11 earned some jukebox man a whole lot of nickels).
Majestic
didn't have the spiffiest sound quality, of course. Quite a few
sides will
start out nice and bright, then the frequency response gradually
goes south
toward the end. On "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"
Majestic's original
source (presumably a 16" lacquer) appears to have been damaged
before they
dubbed it for this release. The 78 I have doesn't show a trace
of wear, but
you'll hear what it sounds like. (I tried every stylus I have
on it).
I'll send all the discs when I've completed the series (hopefully
in a week
or two) unless you'd like to have this one earlier.
LOUIS PRIMA - Disc #4 "Archive style" ("stereo")
all by LOUIS PRIMA AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Vocalists: LP = Louis Prima; LAC = Lily Ann (or Lilyann) Carol;
JP = Jack
Powers
01 Kentucky (Henry Prichard) LP Hit 7096 (M405)
02 A Fellow On A Furlough (Bobby Worth) LAC Hit 7096 (M406)
03 Angelina (Roberts-Fisher) Majestic 7106 (T440) V+
04 Oh Marie (Everett) LAC Maj 7106 (T443)
05 Hitsum-Kitsum-Bumpity-Itsum (Prima-Skylar-Kaye) LP &
LAC Maj 7124
(T486)
06 What's The Matter Marie? (Louis Prima) LP Maj 7124 (T488)
07 I Was Here When You Left Me (I'll Be Here When You Get Back)
(Stept)
LAC Maj 7135 (T509)
08 Please No Squeeza Da Banana (Zero-Prima-Jaffe) LP Maj 7135
(T510)
09 Brooklyn Bridge (Prima-Bostic) Piano-Al Gurton; Tenor sax-Morton
Lewis; Clt-Hal Rosenman; Tpt-LP Maj 7141 (T521)
10 I Don't Want To Be Loved (By Anyone Else But You) (Symes-Livingston)
LAC Maj 7141 (T522)
11 You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (Stock-James)
Maj
1029B (T534) lots of wear (note: 1029A is T521, see #09)
12 You Gotta See Baby Tonight (Or You Won't See Baby At All)
(Prima-James-Stock) LP Maj 7151 (T545)
13 Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well (Millinder-DeLange-Brooks)
LP &
Band Maj 7151 (T546)
14 Just A Little Fond Affection (Box-Cox-Ilda) LAC Maj 7156
(T572)
15 Waitin' For The Train To Come In (Skylar-Block) LP Maj
7156 (T573)
16 As Mr. Mason Said To Dixon (This Is Where I Draw The Line)
LP Maj
7159B (T575)
17 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Creamer-Layton) LP Maj
7159A (T445)
glitches are on the 78
18 It Takes A Long Tall Brown-skin Gal (To Make A Preacher Lay
His Bible
Down) (Skidmore-Walker) Maj 1037A (T601)
19 St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) Maj 1037B (T648)
20 "Gimme" A Little Kiss Will "Ya," Huh?
(Turk-Smith-Pinkard) LP Maj
7172A (T649)
21 Where Did You Learn To Love? (Styne-Cahn-Harris) JP &
Ensemble Maj
7172B (T650)
22 Little Boy Blew His Top (Prima-Belle) LP Maj 1052B (T652)
V+
(note: 1052A is T440, se #03)
23 Pickle In The Middle (And The Mustard On Top) (Tackaberry-Sigman)
LP
Maj 7179A (T683)
24 Come Rain Or Come Shine From the show "St. Louis Woman"
(Arlen-Mercer) JP Maj 7179B (T654)
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Got another Prima disc done today. #4 and #5 together have
all my
Majestics except one side. (If I'd used a Sony for the original
burn of #4
instead of a disc with half a minute less capacity, I'd have gotten
them
all on. So it goes. You can reshuffle them if desired, of course).
This one is mono. They definitely sound better that way. I knew
I should
have asked you first! I can convert #4 to mono but I'd rather
get the
whole series done first.
You're right - you did only send me two "Prima Miscellany"
discs. I took a
quick glance at the lists in my computer and misread them. I
can use
number three for the disc with the Brunswicks, though, so I'll
leave #4 and
#5 numbered as they are. The Mercurys, Deccas, Varsitys, Robin
Hoods and
the one remaining Majestic side should take another two discs,
maybe a bit
less.
LOUIS PRIMA - Disc #5
all by LOUIS PRIMA AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Vocalists: LP = Louis Prima; LAC = Lily Ann (or Lilyann) Carol;
JP = Jack
Powers; JL = Judy Lynn; CA = Cathy Allen
01 The Lip (Knight-Klages) LP-LAC Majestic 1050A (T684)
02 I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (Von Tilzer-Flesson)
LAC-JP Maj
1050B (T685)
03 Whatta Ya Gonna Do (Skylar-Lewis) JP Maj 7191A (T728)
04 The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
(Hilliard-Miles) LP Maj 7191B (T729)
05 You Call It Madness But I Call It Love (Conrad-DuBois-Columbo-Gregory)
JP Maj 7200A (T776)
06 I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh-Fields) LP Maj
7200B (T779)
07 Vout Cowboy (Robin-Willing) by louis prima and his orchestra
with foy
willing and the riders of the purple sage Maj 5003A (T762)
08 Mary Lou (Lyman-Waggoner-Robinson) credits as #07 Maj 5003B
(T763)
09 Nosy-Body (Skye-Skylar) LP-JL Maj 1076A (T876)
10 A Flea And A Fly In A Flue (Bergman-Wise) LP & Tune
Timers Maj 1076B
(T875)
11 A Gal In Calico from the Picture "The Time, The Place
And The Girl"
(Schwartz-Robin) LP Maj 1087A (T929) (sounds slightly clipped
at start
on the original 78)
12 He Like It! She Like It! (Corday-Carr) LP Maj 1087B (T928)
13 Marguerita (Revel-Skylar-Prima) LP Maj 1100A (T931)
14 Bridget O'Brien (Prima-Belle) LP & Toon-Timers [sic]
Maj 1100B (T932)
15 Anniversary Song from picture "The Jolson Story"
(Jolson-Chaplin) LP
Maj 1107A (T1030)
16 That's How Much I Love You (Arnold-Fowler-Hall) LP Maj
1107B (T1031)
17 A Nickel For A Memory (Alexander-Hilliard-Beardsley) JP
Maj 1113A
(T1052)
18 A Sunday Kind Of Love (Prima-Belle-Leonard-Rhodes) LP Maj
1113B (T1054)
19 Baciagaloop (Makes Love On Da Stoop) (Tepper-Brodsky-Prima)
LP * Band
Maj 1116A (T1053)
20 Just A Gigolo (Casucci-Caesar) LP Maj 1116B (T1029)
21 Chinatown, My Chinatown (Schwartz-Jerome) LP Maj 1131A
(T927)
22 Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) (Louis Prima) LP Maj 1131B
(T933)
23 Mahzel (Means Good Luck) (Wayne-Beckman) LP & CA Maj
1133A (T-1118)
24 Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) (David-Hoffman-Livingston)
LP & CA Maj 1133B (T-1119)
25 Do A Little Bus'ness On The Side (Hilliard-Allen) LP Maj
1157A (T1120) V+
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LOUIS PRIMA - Disc #6
LOUIS PRIMA And His Band Vocal Chorus by Louis Prima, all Deccas
except #06
01 Rosalie From the M-G-M Prod. "Rosalie" (Cole Porter)
De 1618A (63168)
02 Yes, There Ain't No Moonlight (So What!) (Jerome Gottler-Louis
Prima-Archie Gottler) De 1618B (63167A)
03 Doin' The Serpentine (Louis Prima) De 1953A (63784A)
04 Why Should I Pretend? (Buddy Grossman-Louis Prima) De 1953B
(63783A)
05 Show Me The Way To Go Home (Irving King) Coral 60077B (also
De 2242A)
(DLA 1637A)
06 Jitterbugs On Parade (Louis Prima) De 2242B (DLA 1639A)
07 If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) Featured in Warner
Bros.
Picture "Flamingo Road" (Henry Creamer-James P. Johnson)
Coral 60077A
(65953A)
LOUIS PRIMA AND HIS GLEEBY RHYTHM ORCHESTRA
VLP = Vocal by Louis Prima VLC = Vocal by Lillian Carroll [sic]
08 Sing-A-Spell (Musical Spelling Bee) (Louis prima) Vocal by
ensemble
Vars 8166 (US1268-1)
09 Gleeby Rhythm Is Born (Grimes-Battle-Prima) VLP Vars 8166
(US1259-1)
10 Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking) (Shand-Eaton-Leader)
Vocal by LP, LC & Frank Frederrico Vars 8245 (US1502-1)
V+
11 Day Dreams Come True At Night (Jurgens) VLC Vars 8245 (US1504-1)
V+
12 Look Out (Battle-Prima) Vars 8247 (US 1503-1)
13 Percy Have Mercy (Louis Prima) Vocal by LP, LC & Ensemble
(Vars
8247) (US1505-1)
LOUIS PRIMA AND HIS ORCHESTRA
VLP = Vocal by Louis Prima VLPKS = Vocal by Louis Prima &
"Keely"
Smith [sic]
14 Maria Mia (Mayne-De Carolis) Vocal by Jack Powers &
Ensemble
Majestic 1157B (T-930)
15 Charley My Boy (Kahn-Fiorito) VLPKS Merc 5338 (3035)
16 Yes, We Have No Bananas (Silver-Cohn) Merc 5338 (3036)
17 I Beeped When I Should Have Bopped (Brunner-Wayne) VLPKS
Merc 5339
(3042)
18 The Manoelo Tarantel (Sigmund-De Rose) VLP Merc 5339 (3043)
19 Charleston From Musical Prod. "Runnin' Wild" (Mack-Johnson)
Merc 5356
(3105) VLP
20 Ja-Da (Carleton) Merc 5356 (3106) VLP
21 A Good Time Was Had By All (Dave Franklin) VLP Merc 5406
(3244)
Merc 5406 (3246)
22 Francis (The Talking Mule) (Tepper-Brodsky-Mills) VLP
Merc 5406
(3246)
23 Man Dig That Crazy Chick (L. Prima-K. Smith-H. Gibling)
Jubilee
45-6054 (5301) V+
24 Non Cha Shame (Rose Nigro) Jubilee 45-6054 (5303) V
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LOUIS PRIMA - Disc #7
LOUIS PRIMA AND ORCHESTRA Robin Hood Records
LP=Louis Prima KS=Keely Smith Additional credits as shown
01 Oh Babe! (Prima-Kabak) LP & KS Orchestra & Chorus
R.H. 101 (RH003)
02 Piccolina Lena (Vondt) R. H. 101 (RH1004)
03 Teardrops From My Eyes (Toombs) KS & Vocal Chorus R.
H. 103 (RH1007)
04 This Evening (Prima-Kabak) as #03 R. H. 103 (RH1008)
05 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (Prima-Kabak) Vocal by LP & KS R.
H. 105 (RH1011)
06 There's That Lonely Feeling Again (Bob Arthur) Vocal by
KS
(Charlotte Manson Narration) R. H. 105 (RH 1012)
07 Good-Boogdi-Googi (Washington-Logan) Vocal by LP R. H.
106 (RH1013)
08 Zooma Zooma Bacalla (Prima-Kobak) Vocal-LP & KS R.
H. 106 (RH1014)
09 Pizza and Beer (Viv-Prima-Eddy) R. H. 108 (RH1019)
10 I Love To Dance The Polka (Prima-Merritt) R. H. 108 (RH1020)
11 Come On-A My House (Bagdasarian-Saroyan) Louis Prima and
his
Whipper-Doodles R. H. 111 (RH1025)
12 Bring Forth De-Light [sic] (Prima-McGuire-Eddy) as #12
R. H. 111
(RH1026)
LOUIS PRIMA AND HIS ORCHESTRA Decca Records
13 The Happy Wanderer (Val-De Ri-Val-De Ra) (Frider W. Møller=Antonia
Ridge) VC-LP De 29128* (86200)
14 Until Sunrise (Marie Moss-Will Collins-Jack Wolf Fine) VC-Miss
KS & LP
De 29128 (86201)
15 Paper Doll (Johnny S. Black) "Vocals Sung In English
And Italian By
LP" De 29162 (86202)
16 Dummy Song (Ray Henderson-Billy Rose-Lew Brown) as #15
De 29162*
(86203)
