COUNCIL FILE NO. {0- {)J b COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 13 APPROVAL FOR ACCELERATED PROCESSING DIRECT TO CITY COUNCIL

The attached Council File may be processed directly to Council pursuant to the procedure approved June 26, 1990, (CF 83-1075-S1) without being referred to the Public Works Committee because the action on the file checked below is deemed to be routine and/or administrative in nature:

_} A. Future Street Acceptance. _} B. Quitclaim of Easement(s). _} C. Dedication of Easement(s). _} D. Release of Restriction(s). 2.J E. Request for Star in Hollywood Walk of Fame. _} F. Brass Plaque(s) in San Pedro Sport Walk. _} G. Resolution to Vacate or Ordinance submitted

in response to Council action. _} H. Approval of plans/specifications submitted

by Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

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ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS- E

Office of the City Engineer

Los Angeles California

To the Honorable Council

Ofthe City of Los Angeles JUL 0 7 2010

Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13

SUBJECT:

Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk -LOUISPRIMA

RECOMMENDATIONS :

A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square wester1y of and between numbered locations 40S and 40s as shown on Sheet 23 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation ofthe name of Louis Prima at 1617 Vine Street.

B. Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ofthe Council's action on this matter.

C. That this report be adopted prior to the date of the ceremony on July 25, 2010.

FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:

No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.

TRANSMITTALS:

1. Unnumbered communication dated June 29, 2010, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical information and excerpts from the minutes of the Chamber's meeting with recommendations.

City Council - 2- C. D. No. 13

DISCUSSION:

The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for inse11ion into the Hollywood Walk ofFame the name of Louis Prima. The ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, July, 2010 at 11 :30 a.m.

The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd Floor, Counter 23".

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Respectfully submitted,

V\}nAO~~ ~ Lemuel~~.E.

Central District Engineer Bureau of Engineering

ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS- E

Office of the City Engineer

Los Angeles California

To the Honorable Council

Of the City of Los Angeles JUL 0 7 2010

Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13

SUBJECT:

Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk -LOUIS PRIMA

RECOMMENDATIONS:

A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square wester'Iy of and between numbered locations 40S and 40s as shown on Sheet 23 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk ofFame for the installation of the name of Louis Prima at 1617 Vine Street.

B. Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ofthe Council's action on tllis matter.

C. That tllis report be adopted prior to the date of the ceremony on July 25, 2010.

FISCAL IMP ACT STATEMENT:

No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.

TRANSMITTALS:

1. Unnumbered communication dated June 29, 2010, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biograpllical information and excerpts from the nlinutes of the Chamber's meeting with recommendations.

City Council - 2 - C. D. No. 13

DISCUSSION:

The Walk of Fame Committee ofthe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame the name of Louis Prima. The ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, July, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd Floor, Counter 23".

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cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23" Bureau of Street Services Administration

Respectfully submitted,

lA}nAO~~ ~ Lemuel M.~.E.

Central District Engineer Bureau of Engineering

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June 29, 2010

Nit. Gary Lee Moore Public Works Engineering Att: Lemuel Paco 201 N . Figuewa St. 3rd Flam, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax 213 482-7007

Dear Mr. Moore:

The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved the below listed name for insertion into the Hollywood Wall

HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES

June 16, 2010

Board Members Attending: Sam Smith, Chair; Barton; Baumgart; Chong; Cooper; Druyen; Falzone; Farrar; Folb; Goldman; Gorelick; Jones; Kalantari; Kuo; Ma1111; Massie; McNulty; Morris-Irvin; O'Rourke; Panatier; Shelton; Sundher;

Board Member Absent: Abou-Daoud; Ainsworth; Anthony; Baumberger; Cochran; Cohen; Hart; Moe; Mushin; Ouri; Rheinstein; Stephen; Taylor;Trynin

Honorary Board Members Present: Arslanian; Diehl; Silsbee

Staff Present: Gubler, Shahenian

Guests Present: Neelura Bell, CRA/LA; Captain Beatrice Ginnala, LAPD

I) Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 4:04pm.

IV) Walk of Fame Recommendations

Walk of Fame: Chairman John Pavlik recommended the following stars for inclusion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

MOTION PICTURES: Penelope Cruz, Bruce Dern, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Ed Harris, The Muppets, Kenny Ortega, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ridley Scott, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon.

TELEVISION: Danny DeVito, Tina Fey, Simon Fuller, Neil Patrick Harris, John Langley, Ed O'Neill, John Wells, and Oprah Winfrey.

RECORDING: Melissa Etheridge, Los Tigres Del Norte, Rascal Platts, Go-Go's, Slash, Willi. Am, and Be be & Cece Winans. Posthumous: Buddy Holly and Louis Prima

LIVE PERFORMANCE/THEATRE: Joe Mantegna

Motion by Goldman and seconded by Diehl to approve the recommendation.

Motion Carried.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:30pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Nicole Shahenian

100 YEARS of LOUIS PRIMA: 1910-2010 by: Ron Cannatella, Louis Prima Archives Director with Gia Maione Prima

www.LOUISPRIMA.com

Lou is Prima remains one of the greatest contributors to popular music and a powerful enterta inment influence during the past eight decades. A new era of music began, when Louis left his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana and launched his recording career in 1933 in Chicago with upbeat rendit ions of Dinah and Chinatown. He defined the early Swing Era in New York and Hollywood with his New Orleans Gang and an incredible output of recordings and appearances in films and on stage between 1934-39.

The Prima recordings of It's The Rhythm In Me, Lazy River, and his own immortal composition Sing, Sing, Sing (also a Benny Goodman hit) had legions of fans swing dancing from The Famous Door on 52"d Street in New York to t he hottest spots in Hollywood. The swing trend escalated and grew thanks to Prima's driving force. His music skyrocketed in popularity eventually surpassing the sa les of the number one band at t he time, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians. Louis and his twenty-two piece orchestra scored a tremendous hit in 1944 with million seller entitled Angelina. He topped the charts throughout the Big Band Era with hit Majestic, Hit, RCA, and Robin Hood label recordings of Robin Hood, I'll Walk Alone, Josephina, Please No ,Squeeza Da Banana, Baciagaloop, Felicia No Capicia, Civilization, Oh Babe, and many others. Louis made entertainment history during this time breaking all house attendance records wherever he performed across the nation.

Louis composed A Sunday Kind of Love in 1946, and the song became a hit during four decades and six different musical genres including Swing, Doo-Wop, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, and Cou ntry ! The song would appear on the charts for Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra with Fran Warren in 1946, The Harptones in 1953, The Del Vikings in 1957, Etta James in 1961,Jan & Dean in 1962,and Reba McEnt ire in 1988. Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, Frankie Laine, and many other prominent artists also recorded this Prima standard

Louis Prima was one of the founding fathers of the Las Vegas entertainment scene. He downsized his big band in 1954,and created a small group that he named The Witnesses . Prima's shuffle beat, combined with New Orleans Jazz was a predecessor to what became the Rock & Roll sound of the 1950's. The string of hits on Capitol Records that followed included Just a Gigolo/! Ain't Got Nobody, Buono Sera, Zooma-Zooma, Jump,Jive, And Wail, When You're Smiling, and many others. Louis was also awarded the first Grammy awiJrd in the Vocal Group category for ~is knockout rendition _of That Old Black Magic with Keely Smith and Sam Butera & The Witnesses in 1958. He worked close ly with the fi nest record producers in the industry incl uding Voyle Gilmore at Capitol, and Randy Wood at Dot Records.

In 1963, he fulfilled one of his lifelong dreams: Prima Magnagroove Records, his own recording studio and record company. He would record fo r his Prima Label from 1963 through 1975. During his five decade career, Louis Prima recorded almost one t housand individual recordings re leased on 26 different labels. Louis provided the voice of l

Lou is Prima contin ued to break attendance records at The Sahara Hotel, The Sands Hotel, The Hilton and Tropicana Hotels in Las Vegas, Harrah's Reno and Lake Tahoe, The Copacabana in New York, and prominent venues

throughout the country during the 1960's and 1970's. He also appeared constantly on every mainstream television show including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, The Joey Bishop Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Dean Martin Show, The David Frost Show, and many others. The final musical projects that he

worked on were uncompleted score and dialogue sessions for the Disney film The Rescuers. The diagnosis of a

benign brain tumor in late 1975 promptly halted his very active recording and performance schedules. The surgery that fol lowed would send Louis into a semi-comatose state until his death in 1978.

His legend and music live on in fu ll force. Louis' award winning composition Sing, Sing, Sing was inducted into the Gram my Hall of Fame in 1982. ASCAP posthumously awarded Louis t heir prestigious Songwriter's Award for A

Su nday Kind Of Love in 1989. Artists as diverse as David Lee Roth, Reba McEntire, and Brian Setzer would bring Prima's music to the top of the charts in the 80's and 90's. In 1998 The Gap stores brought Louis to the attention of

a new generation with their television commercial featuring a song that Louis wrote and recorded entitled Jump, Jive an' Wail. Popular modern performers such as Jessica Simpson, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Roya l Crown Revue and many others have constantly covered Louis' music. His ground breaking Capito l album The Wildest was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The Louis Prima Capito l Collectors Series compilat ion CD was

certifi ed gold by the RIAA and his Live From Las Vegas CD landed on t he Billboard Top Jazz Album chart in 2005 .

Louis Prima will forever be one of the brightest stars in t he showbiz ga laxy. He set a standard of showmanship and created musical perfection for f ive decades on stage, rad io, television, in motion pictures and recordings. His entertainment accomplishments remain unsurpassed to this day! He conti nues to receive the highest honors and the greatest compliment that show business can convey - im itation! Louis Prima's sty le is more than an exciting

entertainment specta cl e ... it is a goa l to wh ich performers will always aspire. Louis Prima's music is played every day over the worldwide radio airwaves, on the Internet, in businesses and private homes, constantly featured in

major films and television shows further illustrating that HIS music IS the soundtrack to our lives !

The Louis Prima Centennia l Celebration is underway throughout the year of 2010 for the millions of Prima fa ns at

specia l events spanning the globe, on radio stations around t he world, and online. This landmark year also brings

several special honors recognizing Louis Prima for his many enterta inment contributions along with his music featured in the 2010 Olympics, in severa l major motion pictures, television shows, commercia ls and video games !

We have unveiled specia l commemorative editions of the classic and exclusive Prima Label recordings by Louis

Prima now available on remastered compact discs at our officia l Louis Prima Website, www.LouisPrima.com. Louis Prima, Jr. and Lena Prima continue to perpetuate their father's grand tradition of exhilarating l ive performances thrilling stand ing-room only audiences from coast to coast. · ·

The Louis Prima enterta inment legacy is as vibrant and vital today as always. The monumental music that Louis Prima was born to make 100 years ago still thrives, jumps, and jives ... and LOUIS PRIMA continues to create

happiness everywhere.