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BOURBON STREET TO VEGAS WITH LOUIS PRIMA
“From Bourbon Street to Vegas”: a look at New Orleans native and trumpeter Louis Prima, the originator of what’s known as the Vegas lounge sound. Nick Spitzer interviews Prima band members—saxophonist Sam Butera and singer/ex-wife Keely Smith—and talks with Vegas gamblers and a pastor at a 24-hour wedding-chapel.
Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz Museum
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - Bourbon St. Blues Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - Viva Las Vegas Elvis Presley
Elvis Movies, RCA - Ace in the Hole Bunk Johnson & Lu Watters
Bunk and Lu, Good Time Jazz - Wheel of Fortune The Four Flames
Hard Core Doo Wop, Bear Family - Gambling Polka Dot Blues Jimmie Rodgers
Down the Old Road 1931-32, Rounder - Bad Luck Dice Henry Townsend
Mule, Nighthawk - Instrumental: Wailin' Walk Sam Butera
Hot New Orleans Nights, Bear Family - SEGMENT: Michael Dominici
Listen - Jump Jive an' Wail Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, - SEGMENT: Sam Butera
Listen - Have a Lucky Day Morphine
Good , Rykodisc - Gambler's Blues Dinah Washington
Ladies Sing the Blues, Mercury - Instrumental: Parks & Recreation Liberace
Jackpot!: The Las Vegas Story, Rhino - Danke Schoen Wayne Newton
Jackpot!: The Las Vegas Story, Rhino - 1978 Standup Routine Phyllis Diller
Clip from Dailymotion, - Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
LA Confidential, Restless - Sin City The Flying Burrito Brothers
Hillbilly Feber Vol. 5, Rhino - Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main Street, Virgin - Closing Bed: Guitar Boogie Shuffle The Virtues
Guitar Boogie Shuffle, Bacci Bros Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Seven Out Sam Butera
The Capitol Recoridngs, Bear Family - The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - Sweet Sue, Just You Louis Armstrong
More Greatest Hits, RCA - The Bean Stalks Again Coleman Hawkins
Body & Soul, RCA - Felicia No Capicia Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - SEGMENT: Vegas Wedding
Listen - From a Jack to a King Ned Miller
Only Country, Capitol - Leaving Las Vegas Sheryl Crow
Tuesday Night Music Club, A&M - Instrumental: Embraceable You Jimmy Smith & Jackie McLean
Blue Note Plays Gershwin, Blue Note - SEGMENT: Keely Smith
Listen - Oh Louie Keely Smith
Swing, Swing, Swing, Concord - Me and My Shadow Sammy Davis & Frank Sinatra
Yes I Can, Rhino - Instrumental: Circus Bugs Randy Newman
Soundtrack: A Bug's Life, Disney - I Wan'na Be Like You The Jungle Book
The Music of Disney, Walt Disney - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) Benny Goodman
Battle of the Bands, RCA - Buona Sera Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - End Bed: Love of My Life (O Sole Mio) Louis Prima
The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family
