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James mitchum: Dorothy Jacqueline Keely (March 9, [1] [note 1] [2] – December 16, ), professionally known as Keely Smith, was an American jazz and popular music singer, who performed and recorded extensively in the s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the s as a solo artist.
Album Review Keely Smith: The Essential Capitol Collection by David Rickert September 5, With the overabundance of female vocalists making records in the fifties, it's not much of a surprise that Keely Smith has become lost in the shuffle today. Obituary Keely Smith Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers December 18, Keely Smith, a vocalist best known in the s at nightclubs and on TV as the stone-faced half of a husband-and-wife comic duo in which she impatiently waited out and mocked the rubbery crooning style of mate Louis Prima before delivering a sincere pop rendition of her own, died on December Laura Ainsworth vocals.
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Louis Prima trumpet and vocals. Artie Shaw clarinet. Rosemary Clooney vocals. All All. Sign In. Dorothy Jacqueline Keely. After her parents divorced and her mother remarried Jesse Smith when she was nine years old, she changed her name to Keely Smith after she joined Louis Prima and his band. Her family had a tough time and her three brothers and her took in laundry to make ends meet.
In , she was on a vacation trip to New York City where the heat became oppressive. The family decided to go to Atlantic City, N. Keely went to the Steel Pier where Louis Prima was appearing. Retrieved February 8, Grammy Awards. Recording Academy. Archived from the original on June 26, Retrieved June 26, Record Group Clint: The Life and Legend updated and revised.
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Keely Smith. I Wish You Love Politely! By November of Prima and Smith were married and had found work in the Sahara Hotel lounge in Las Vegas after driving across country where they remained together until They developed a new style that dealt with a wide range of songs, from jazz to pop ballads, that brought them and the Prima orchestra to the height of popularity in the country.
Besides Keely, the Prima entourage also featured Sam Butera and the Witnesses, a group that made many records which ranked high on the teen-age lists in the s and s. Prima had formed a band in called Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang, and the group made a long series of records for Brunswick and Vocalion.
Prima to some came across as a musical clown, but those who worked with him almost invariably respected him for his first-rate musicianship and his contagious spirit. Her movie career included appearances in three motion picture films including the classic film Thunder Road , for which she sang the soundtrack. Robert Mitchum got a hit record out of the title tune.
Others included "Senior Prom" in and "Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Smith was signed to Capitol Records with her own recording contract in the mid s. During her first recording sessions, Mr. Gilmore, the producer for Capitol Records, began to play songs for the purpose of providing selection possibilities for her first album. When he got to one song, he remarked that he was going to play a pretty French song, but that it didn't mean anything.
When Gilmore finished playing, Smith remembers remarking to Prima, "I'll sing any eleven songs y'all want me to but you gotta let me sing "I Wish You Love. The song was also made popular by Gloria Lynne's Everest recording, but it is Smith's rendition that has delighted listeners for decades. It was a song called "You Do Something to Me," and it had a phrase in it--'do do that voo-doo that you do so well.
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Another of Prima and Smith's biggest hits was "Just a Gigolo. In January of , Prima and Smith appeared at the District of Columbia National Guard Armory for a gala to help raise money to pay off the Democratic campaign debt along with some of America's top talent, including Frank Sinatra. They later appeared at the inaugural ball for newly-elected President John F.
Later that year Prima and Smith's marriage ended in divorce and she went solo beginning in In Smith had a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, "You're Breaking My Heart," that remained on the top 20 British charts for five weeks, as well as a charted album of Beatles' compositions. That same year she switched to the Reprise label, where Nelson Riddle was her musical director.
In , after she had gone solo, she traveled to Germany and Japan entertaining United States military personnel. Later, she also assisted the National Guard in recruiting campaigns. In Prima was operated on for a brain tumor and fell into a coma.