Song of the Day 5/16: Louis Prima, “I Wanna Be Like You”

The sad spectacle of Trump’s gaggle of suckups convening outside his trial in New York – in matching outfits, no less – made me think of this tune from Disney’s 1967 animated “Jungle Book.” The Disney people had to pitch the idea to Prima, who responded, “You want to make a monkey out of me? You got me!”

There have been several more modern covers for various Disney projects. I favor the one by Big Bad Voodoo Daddies. They recorded it for the soundtrack of “Swingers,” but it didn’t get used, so they released it on their own album “This Beautiful Life.”