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Who sang Just A Gigolo?

Louis Prima released the song Just A Gigolo.

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- The singer is a gigolo, someone who is paid to dance and provide romantic company.

- People know what he does for a living and think less of him because of it.

- He worries about what people will say about him when he dies.

- He is sad and lonely because he has no one in his life who cares about him.

- He sings "what will they say about me when the end comes" as a kind of lament.

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The singer is a gigolo who is paid to dance and provide romantic company. He worries about what people will say about him when he dies and sings “what will they say about me when the end comes” as a kind of lament.

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Louis Prima - Short Biography

- Louis Leo Prima was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader and trumpeter.
-He was born on December 7, 1910 and died on August 24, 1978.
Prima was rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing and jump blues.

- He formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920s, led a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s.

- He made extensive use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian and Sicilian identity with jazz and swing.
He is also known for providing the voice of the orangutan King Louie.

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- "Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar into English in 1929 from the Austrian tango "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", composed in 1928 in Vienna by Leonello Casucci to lyrics written in 1924 by Julius Brammer.

- The song was first published by Wiener Boheme Verlag in 1929 and performed by several orchestras in Germany that year, including Dajos Béla's orchestra with singer Kurt Mühlhardt.

- Daniele Serra sang a version called "Gigolo" in Italy, followed by Sirio Di Piramo and his orchestra in 1930, while other countries provided their own versions.

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