The Wildest!

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Before Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Tony Bennett or Engelbert Humperdinck ever played the stages of Vegas, there was Louis Prima. One of America`s most hypnotic and original performers, Prima`s career spanned several decades and turned out hits like "That Old Black Magic," "Sing, Sing, Sing," "Just a Gigolo," "I Ain`t Got Nobody" and "Jump, Jive an` Wail." In Disney`s animated classic "The Jungle Book," Prima created the "hep" voice of King Louie the orangutan, which still stands as one of the studio`s most beloved characters.

This film profiles the magnetic Louis Prima in a nostalgic historical journey through the music scenes of a racy New Orleans, the swinging jazz culture of uptown New York and Las Vegas`s "formative" years. As a solo act or with his wife, acclaimed singer Keely Smith, Louis Prima was and will forever be the "wildest" man in show business!