The granite crypt topped by the trumpet-playing angel stands on what was once a horseracing track, a fitting final resting place for the pony-loving Louis Prima. The inscription on his tomb in ...

Best remembered for his risque Vegas act of the 1950s, Louis Prima was the ultimate showman. Loud, boisterous, and completely out front, his mix of rhythm and blues, big band music, Italian novelty ...

Louis Prima and Keely Smith made the Las Vegas lounge scene the place to be in the 1950s, and their music has enjoyed several revivals over the decades. Tom Clavin, author of That Old Black Magic: ...