Harry Prime Explained

Harry Prime
Birth Name:Harry Charles Prime
Birth Date:March 5, 1920
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Genre:Big band
Occupation:Vocalist
Years Active:1940s – mid-1950s
Associated Acts:Randy Brooks, Tommy Dorsey, Jack Fina Ralph Flanagan

Harry Charles Prime (March 5, 1920 – June 15, 2017) was a Big Band vocalist who performed from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s.[1] [2]

Prime was a featured vocalist with the orchestras of Randy Brooks, Tommy Dorsey, Jack Fina and Ralph Flanagan. He died in Chalfont, Pennsylvania in 2017 at the age of 97.[3]

Music career

Prime recorded nearly 100 songs in the 1940s and 1950s, including "Until," a million-seller with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. "Until" peaked at number four in the US chart.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harry Prime. Allaboutjazz.com. 14 July 2014.
  2. Rubin, Daniel. Daniel Rubin: At 90, big-band singer Harry Prime gets another encore, Philly.com, Philadelphia, 17 December 2010. Retrieved on 2011-01-19.
  3. http://www.theintell.com/obituaries/intell/harry-charles-prime/article_c7d5c547-a50f-5e05-bb6d-88bb144c2596.html
  4. Web site: Until (song by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts. Musicvf.com. 7 February 2021.