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Sunday Evening Video: The Louis Prima Primer

10So, do you know who Louis Prima was? He wrote “Sing, Sing, Sing. He was the voice of King Louie in Disney’s The Jungle Book. David Lee Roth had a huge 1980s hit with a cover of Prima’s “Just a Gigalo/I Ain’t Got Nobody.” And his Vegas lounge act with Keely Smith was the inspiration for Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin to take their own Rat Pack antics to the stage.

Watch the above documentary for more about “The Wildest, Louis Prima.” One of the most entertaining performers to ever take the stage.