Harry Prime

Harry Prime
Born
Harry Charles Prime

March 5, 1920
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 15, 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 97)
Chalfont, Pennsylvania
GenreBig band
OccupationVocalist
Years active1940s – mid-1950s

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

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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Prime". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. 1 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. ↑ [dead link]
  4. ↑ "Until (song by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.