Talk:Louis Prima

Is the image actually Louis Prima?

Is that lead image actually of Louis Prima? I'm a fan and there are tons of images of him online or on YouTube clips, and the one doesn't look anything like him. 68.146.70.177 (talk) 20:25, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Did you figure it out? --JohnStartop

It's a picture of him when he was younger. Froglife94 (talk) 17:44, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Terrible discography

I know objective language expected, but that's the only way I know how to describe the discography on this article. Tonnes of the recordings listed in this article range from licensed reissues to absolute bootleg. Neither of these kinds of albums--or anything in between--should be listed on his discography.

The official discography has been on this document for years. These are every studio recording he has ever made.

Compilation albums, albums where Louis Prima is featured but is not the featured artist himself, or soundtracks like The Jungle Book should not be in a summarized discography. Let's Fly with Mary Poppins and The New Sounds of The Louis Prima Show aren't soundtracks even though they are cross-promoted with Disney movies because they have their own allocated studio recording sessions, therefore they are studio albums.

Typically, singles discographies aren't listed in summarized discographies in an artist's main article. If someone wants to follow the document and make a full discography article, that's fair game.

It can be argued that certain compilation albums like Breaking it Up! constitute studio albums.

Please refrain from adding albums from your personal collection to this discography. If you know anything about oldies music, you'll know of something called a "reissue." That's not the same reissue referring to special editions. A reissue is when a third-party record company is licensed to release a compilation of--often remastered--songs from an artist. They are legal--and popular enough if you own one--but they are not albums with specific studio sessions for the artist to intentionally create an album. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnStartop (talk • contribs) 00:57, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Wingy Manone and Prima

There is nothing on Prima’s page about recordings/work with Wingy Manone. I’ve seen an album, “Louis Prima and Wingy Manone - Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings 1924-1937. Is that a different Louis Prima? 2603:9000:C90E:9B00:652F:1D09:ACBB:44CE (talk) 03:34, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

The Rescuers (1977)

Louis Prima was at one point rather heavily involved in the musical development of the Disney film, 'The Rescuers'. He composed three or four songs before falling into a coma. The film's direction shifted consiserably and without him able to re-shape the songs to fit the new suggested plotline and his proposed songs being unfitting with the film's drasticly different new tone, his work was ultimately discarded and long-forgotten until they were re-issued as part of a "The Lost Chords: The Rescuers" collection in 2012. One of his songs, the "Rescue Aid Society" jingle served as the basis for one of the songs by the new sogwriters. This information is valuable and should be addressed in the article. 89.7.134.238 (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2025 (UTC)