Louis Prima Autographs
Louis Leo Prima (/ˈluːi ˈpriːmə/; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans–style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s.
From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early R&B and rock 'n' roll, boogie-woogie, and Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian and Sicilian identity with jazz and swing music. At a time when ethnic musicians were discouraged from openly stressing their ethnicity, Prima's conspicuous embrace of his Sicilian ethnicity opened the doors for other Italian-American and ethnic American musicians to display their ethnic roots.
Prima is also known for providing the voice for the orangutan King Louie in the 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book.
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Traded items with a signature of Louis Prima
The most expensive item with a signature of Louis Prima (Louis Prima - Signed OLD Autograph Musician - Bandleader Photograph w COA 5x7”) was sold in August 2025 for $1,500.00 while the cheapest item (SAM BUTERA - GENUINE IN PERSON HAND SIGNED LOUIS PRIMA TRIBUTE TICKET..RARE) found a new owner for $3.05 in October 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2023 with an average selling price of $76.00 for an autographed item of Louis Prima. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2024 with $265.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $14.50 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from Louis Prima is worth $88.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Louis Prima were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Louis Prima - Signed Autograph Book Page - Disney - Jungle Book - Jazz Trumpeter | $205.98 |  |
| Louis Prima - Signed Autograph Book Page - Disney - Jungle Book - Jazz Trumpeter | $205.98 | |
| Louis Prima - Signed Autograph Book Page - Disney - Jungle Book - Jazz Trumpeter | $205.98 | |
| Louis Prima - Signed Autograph Book Page - Musician - Bandleader d1978 | $155.98 | |
| Louis Prima - Signed Autograph Book Page - Musician - Bandleader d1978 | $155.98 | |
| Louis Prima - Signed Autograph Book Page - Musician - Bandleader d1978 | $155.98 | |
| LOUIS PRIMA Signed AUTOGRAPH A Sign of History Custom Card BAS COA Jungle Book | $149.99 | |
| LOUIS PRIMA Signed AUTOGRAPH A Sign of History Custom Card BAS COA Jungle Book | $149.99 | |
| LOUIS PRIMA Signed AUTOGRAPH A Sign of History Custom Card BAS COA Jungle Book | $149.99 | |
| LOUIS PRIMA Signed Autograph Jungle Book King Louie Card Cut BAS COA | $249.99 | |
| LOUIS PRIMA Signed Autograph Jungle Book King Louie Card Cut BAS COA | $249.99 | |
| LOUIS PRIMA Signed Autograph Jungle Book King Louie Card Cut BAS COA | $249.99 | |
| Sam Butera & Morgan Thomas Signed Autograph 3x5 Cut Signatures Louis Prima Band | $19.99 | |
| Sam Butera & Morgan Thomas Signed Autograph 3x5 Cut Signatures Louis Prima Band | $19.99 | |
| Sam Butera & Morgan Thomas Signed Autograph 3x5 Cut Signatures Louis Prima Band | $19.99 | |
