Keely Smith

'Louis and Keely' hit the road 08/26/2009

8 ways to add a little culture to your Father's Day 06/20/2009

Sam Butera dies at 81; 1950s-'60s tenor saxophonist 06/05/2009

Sam Butera, Saxophonist for Louis Prima, Dies at 81 06/05/2009

Keely Smith is mostly known as the duet partner of Louis Prima, she took the straighter role in their raucous, just-this-side-of-parodical blends of jazz, jump blues, and Italian pop, on record and on their Vegas-oriented shows. Smith, however, was also a reasonably talented singer of straight pop material, although not in the same class as the leading female vocalists of the 1950s. Her most ...more