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Louis Prima - Capitol Collectors Series (1956)
	Album details
	Label:     Ref#: blues-0004 Date: 1956   Category: blues Length: 1:16:35     Format: CD     Audio: Stereo     Genre: Jazz
Notes/Reviews
Band leader and lounge kingpin Louis Prima will be best be known for the classic, "Just a Gigolo," immortalized by David Lee Roth for a whole new generation of swingers. But Prima's output went much further: in his day he recorded for Capitol, acted in a movie or two, even owned a golf course. Prima's genius is infectious: lounge, swing, and Dixieland all fuse together into medleys that are fun, dance-worthy, and upbeat. Prima's duets with Keely Smith are the obvious highlights here: "That Ol' Black Magic," "Hey Boy! Hey Girl!," and "I've Got You Under My Skin" are essential Prima tracks. Sure, the cheese factor occasionally runs high, but it is a fun trip. --Jason Verlinde
Songs/Tracks
1.   Just A Gigolo - I Ain't got Nobody (Medley)  4:43 2.   Oh Marie  2:27 3.   Buona Sera  3:07 4.   Jump, Jive, An' Wail  3:29 5.   Basin Street Blues - When It's Sleepy time down South (Medley)  4:13 6.   The Lip (Keely Smith)  2:16 7.   Whistle Stop  2:15 8.   5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days  2:09 9.   Banana Split For My Baby  2:30 10.   There'll Be No Next Time (With Sam Butera)  3:14 11.   When You're Smiling - The Sheik Of Araby (Medley)  3:58 12.   Baby Won't You Please Comre Home (Keely Smith)  2:05 13.   I've Got the World On A String  2:26 14.   Pennies From Heaven  2:20 15.   Angelina/Zooma Zooma (Medley)  4:16 16.   Beep! Beep!  2:12 17.   Embraceable You - I Got It Bad And That Ain't good (Medley) (Keely Smith)  2:57 18.   Sing, Sing, Sing  4:08 19.   That Old Black Magic (Keely Smith)  2:56 20.   The Music Goes 'Round And Around  2:34 21.   Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl! (Keely Smith)  2:41 22.   Lazy River  3:27 23.   I've Got You Under My Skin  2:37 24.   You're Just In Love  2:27 25.   Twist All Night  2:01 26.   St. Louis Blues  2:55
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