Keely Smith, the Grammy winning singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her partnership with her first husband, Louis Prima, died Dec. 16 in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 89 ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has died of apparent heart failure in ...

Keely Smith: The Essential Capitol Collection Features 27 Tracks, Including a Previously Unreleased Live Recording and Duets with Prima and Frank Sinatra Hollywood, California - On July 17, ...

Keely Smith, a smoky-voiced singer with a pageboy bob who emerged in the early 1950s as the deadpan half of a Grammy Award-winning lounge act with Louis Prima, the ebullient, frenzied bandleader who ...

Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima Presents 26 of the Grammy-Winner's Best, Including “I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)," “Jump, Jive An' Wail," “Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody," ...

When Americans lost their appetite for big band music, Louis Prima and Keely Smith moved to Las Vegas and helped perfect the lounge act. (Soundbite of song, "(Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby") Mr.

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