Inspired by Louis Prima
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Prima left his mark on jazz, rock, and all things swing. His boisterous 1937 tune "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)," performed by Benny Goodman, became the era's signature jam. David Lee Roth's cover of "Just a Gigolo" reintroduced Prima-esque self-mockery into rock. And swing revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and The Brian Setzer Orchestra all owe their nostalgic pleasures to Prima's pleasurable pandemonium.