Prima's

In addition to the new DVD, Prima's centennial brings with it a new CD, "Rarities & Hits 1963-1975," and a BBC documentary.

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There are so many influences running in and out of Prima's canon that it's harder than ever to fully fathom all the things he was.

Both Leading Man and Comic Relief Will Friedwald 2011

It's easy to see how that adage applied to his love life, but it even more readily describes Prima's music.

Both Leading Man and Comic Relief Will Friedwald 2011

A few years after that, Prima's own 1956 recording of "Jump, Jive, and Wail" would become the soundtrack of a TV commercial and the national anthem of the retro swing movement.

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Yet compared to Prima's antics his dance moves anticipate the Pogo, not only the delightfully deadpan Ms. Smith but everybody else on stage seems like they're standing still.

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Both the DVD and the CD also feature Prima's final musical and marital partner, the underappreciated singer Gia Maione.

Both Leading Man and Comic Relief Will Friedwald 2011

However NatMags disputed the figure offered by ABC which it claims does not reflect Prima's "true performance" over the July–December 2010 period.

Glamour's circulation falls nearly 5% | Magazine ABCs 2011

Carmelito Regalado is the president of PT Matahari Putra Prima's food business.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

According to NatMags, Prima's UK newsstand copies of the September issue were excluded because a cover mount of an old Best magazine was included as part of the package which ABC claimed should have been sold as a multipack.

Glamour's circulation falls nearly 5% | Magazine ABCs 2011

Also in honor of the 100th anniversary, Prima's youngest child, Louis Prima Jr., is taking his excellent tribute band into New York's Feinstein's at the Regency this week.

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