Nearly everyone's heard Louis Prima sing. Yes, you have. No? He's the "King of Swingers" and the voice of King Louie (cunning character name there, Walt) who sings I wanna be like you in Disney's The Jungle Book.
This album is genuine big band swing stuff and it's really quite good. My 21st century ears know this sort of music from the likes of Robbie Williams's vanity project or Mambo number 5.
So whilst its not my sort of thing really, this is an album that stands out as an example of how great Swing can be.
Louis Prima – The Wildest! 6.5/10
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