1994 Birthday Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca 1978 Death Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 1977 Death Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53 1956 Birthday Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina, Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1948 Birthday Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina, Baterina No Habataki 1937 Birthday Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1935 Birthday Keely Smith, born in Norfolk, Virginia, singer, Mrs. Louie Prima 1927 Birthday Beryl Grey, prima ballerina 1925 Birthday Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet 1920 Birthday Nora Kaye, New York City, prima ballerina 1919 Birthday Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina, Giselle 1914 Birthday Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman 1912 Birthday Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic 1868 Birthday Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna, Dutch Opera
