Gia Maione was a 1959 graduate of Toms River High School.
12 Facts About Gia Maione
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Gia Maione first gained notice in 1962, when she was signed to sing lead female vocals for Prima and his band.
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Gia Maione had two children with Prima, a daughter named Lena and a son named Louis Prima Jr.
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Gia Maione died almost three years later on August 24,1978, in his hometown of New Orleans.
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Gia Maione left Maione Gia in debt, to the point where she was forced to sell off assets to appease his ex-wives and biological children.
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Gia Maione was so impoverished, with millions in debt to the medical institutions, that she was sewing Lena and Louis Jr.
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In 1994, Gia Maione assumed control of the Prima archives, at which time she set about managing his vast musical legacy.
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Gia Maione dedicated herself to remastering and re-releasing Prima's work.
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Until she died in 2013, Gia Maione operated Prima Music, LLC, which releases previously unavailable Prima titles.
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Gia Maione has the rhythm, he's an Italian, and he has that devilish twinkle in his eye.
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In 2004, Gia Maione was inducted into the Toms River Schools Hall of Fame.
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Gia Maione died in Pensacola, Florida, at the age of 72.