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Harry Prime

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Harry Prime
Birth nameHarry Charles Prime
BornMarch 5, 1920
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 15, 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 97)
Chalfont, Pennsylvania
GenresBig 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.[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

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Prime recorded nearly 100 songs in the 1940s and 1950s, including "Until," a million-seller with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.[2] "Until" peaked at number four in the US chart.[4]

References

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