Las Vegas just couldn’t compare. For most of her professional life, Las Vegas native Lena Prima was based in the casino-resort city, where her father, Louis, had been a major attraction. But in 2011, ...

The cover of 'This Is...Gia,' the 1963 debut album by Gia Maione Prima. The widow of entertainer Louis Prima died on Sept. 23, 2013. Gia Maione Prima, the on- and off-stage partner of larger-than-life ...

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 ...

In order to find old school Las Vegas, Lena Prima had to move to New Orleans. “New Orleans reminds me of old Vegas,” Prima said. “The people are out on the street. They’re out in the (French) Quarter.