Talk:Louis Prima

message: Hey, if Louis Prima died in 2009, how was he posthumously inducted into anything in 2008???  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.96.178.33 (talk) 18:37, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest you take a look at the article to clear this up very easily. Infrogmation (talk) 21:55, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: 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)
thread_title: Is the image actually Louis Prima?

message: While researching ship manifests "Italians to America" in the Jefferson Parish Main Library, I discovered what I think is the Ship that Louis Prima's parents came to the US aboard. I found the Primas in a transcript of the SS Elysia's manifest. My great grandparents, grandfather and siblings came to the US aboard that ship in 1892. There were a couple of SS Elysias and this is the older one built in the 1870s. She was a 300 ft steamship.
74.239.192.242 (talk) 20:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Louis Prima 

message: This entry on Louis Prima was undoubtedly written by an enthusiastic and well intentioned fan. I do not profess to be an expert on Louis Prima. I simply have a casual appreciation of his music. While I realize I could just make edits and see where the chips fall, I instead thought it would be preferable to point out that the Wikipedia entry about him does not read like an encyclopedia article and contains a number of statements and colorful generalizations that are highly subjective, irrelevant, inaccurate and/or contentious. Instead it reads like a paraphrased autobiography. For example:
"At the time, segregation between blacks and whites was extremely prevalent. However, Italians and African Americans got along famously. Each shared the same economic, social, and political values. They also embodied similar entertainment rituals."
"The Big Apple
New York was an attraction for hungry musicians during the Great Depression. It posed numerous risks, but all of the best artists in the nation made it in New York if not anywhere else." [The aliens from Neptune thank you for the lowdown on New York.]
"The mob posed problems because Louis was forced to pay for protection every week and found himself getting too involved in that way of life."
"When World War II came around, many men were drafted." [Also, when fish evolved, many of them had fins.]
"Louis Prima’s personality varied at times." [Sadly, he appears to be the only person in the history of the world to have suffered from this affliction.]
I'm not arguing for a complete rewrite of this entry. Louis Prima was a vivid personality and to a certain extent it's appropriate for an account of his life to reflect that. But I do think the tone needs to be reined in a bit and that many more citations need to be provided by an informed and objective writer. Otherwise, someday some 5th grader somewhere is going to end up getting a C- on her "famous people who inspired me" report and will never be able to make it as a biographer in New York.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgh511 (talk • contribs) 07:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Objectivity? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Terrible discography 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Wingy Manone and Prima