American big band vocalist.
Born March 5, 1920 in East Falls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died June 15, 2017 (aged 97) in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, USA.
Prime sang with the orchestras of Randy Brooks, Tommy Dorsey, Jack Fina, and Ralph Flanagan, earning a sponsorship deal with Chesterfield cigarettes. He recorded nearly 100 songs, including the ballad Until with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, which sold more than one million records in 1948, landing at #4 on the U.S. charts. He also recorded seven top 25 songs with Ralph Flanagan between 1949-1952, led by I Should Care, which hit #4 in 1952. Prime was active from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s.