Editing Louis Prima (section)

==Legacy==
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.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=louis-prima-mn0000272567|tab=biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Louis Prima Biography|first=Steve|last=Huey|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="destefano">{{cite journal|last=De Stefano|first=George|title=Book Review: 'That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas'|journal=Italian American Review|date=Summer 2012|volume=2|issue=2|page=126|url=http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/calandra/sites/calandra.i-italy.org/files/files/De%20Stefano%20from%20IAR_2_2_p3.pdf|access-date=December 10, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002910/http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/calandra/sites/calandra.i-italy.org/files/files/De%20Stefano%20from%20IAR_2_2_p3.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Prima's expected visit to a small Italian restaurant drives the plot of the critically acclaimed 1996 film ''[[Big Night]].''

His rendition of "[[Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]" was featured in the 2003 Christmas blockbuster ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]].''

On July 25, 2010, the centenary year of his birth, Prima received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame|date=October 25, 2019|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/louis-prima|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/louis-prima|title=Louis Prima on the Hollywood Star Walk|first=Christopher|last=Smith|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

In 2018, Prima's 1936 single "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')" was sampled by [[Kids See Ghosts]] on the song "[[4th Dimension (song)|4th Dimension]]", which appeared on their album ''[[Kids See Ghosts (album)|Kids See Ghosts]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=A Brief Guide to the 'Kids See Ghosts' Tracklist|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/a-guide-to-kanye-west-kid-cudi-kids-see-ghosts-tracklist-w521306|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

Prima's New Orleans–based daughter, [[Lena Prima]], performs throughout the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_be598aed-a643-5859-8b7d-e66a8ec48a92.html|title=Lena Prima, daughter of Louis Prima, gladly trades Vegas glitz for New Orleans soul|first=JOHN|last=WIRT|website=Nola.com|date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> His son, [[Louis Prima Jr.]] leads his own band.