Description
Release Date: 2018
Label: Acrobat Music
Track List
Disc 1
1 Charley My Boy Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
2 I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
3 Here, Pretty Kitty Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
4 Barnacle Bill The Sailor Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
5 (Nothing’s Too Good) For My Baby Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
6 The Lip Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
7 I Wish You Love Keely Smith with Orchestrs Conducted by Van Alexander
8 I Keep Forgetting Keely Smith with Orchestrs Conducted by Van Alexander
9 High School Affair Keely Smith with Orchestrs Conducted by Van Alexander
10 Sentimental Journey Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
11 The Birth Of The Blues Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
12 Don’t Let A Memory Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
13 Autumn Leaves Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
14 Young And In Love Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
15 You’ll Never Know Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
16 Good Behavior Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
17 A Foggy Day Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
18 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
19 As You Desire Me Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
20 Fools Rush In Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
21 Imagination Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
22 You Go To My Head Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
23 Don’t Take Your Love From Me Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
24 When Your Lover Has Gone Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
25 When Day Is Done Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
26 Mr. Wonderful Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
Disc 2
1 I Wish You Love Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
2 If We Never Meet Again Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
3 I Understand Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
4 Embraceable You/I Got It Bad Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
5 Nothing In Common Keely Smith with Frank Sinatra, and Billy May’s Orchestra
6 How Ya Fixed For Love Keely Smith with Frank Sinatra, and Billy May’s Orchestra
7 The Whipporwill Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
8 You Are My Love Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
9 S’posin’ Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
10 The Song Is You Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
11 On The Sunny Side Of The Street Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
12 I’ll Get By Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
13 I’ll Never Smile Again Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
14 Sweet And Lovely Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
15 All The Way Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
16 Lullaby Of The Leaves Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
17 East Of The Sun Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
18 I Can’t Get Started Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
19 Cocktails For Two Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
20 I Never Knew Keely Smith With Billy May & His Orch.
21 That Old Black Magic Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
22 Hey Boy Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
23 Nitey Nite Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
24 Indian Love Call Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
25 The Nearness Of You Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
26 What Is This Thing Called Love Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
Disc 3
1 Someone To Watch Over Me Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
2 The Man I Love Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
3 It’s Magic Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
4 Stormy Weather Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
5 There Will Never Be Another You Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
6 It’s Been A Long, Long Time Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
7 You’re Driving Me Crazy Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
8 Star Dust Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
9 What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.
10 I’ve Got You Under My Skin Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
11 Don’t Take Your Love From Me Keely Smith with Louis Prima And His Orchestra
12 Together Keely Smith & Louis Prima
13 Teach Me Tonight Keely Smith & Louis Prima
14 They Can’t Take That Away From Me Keely Smith & Louis Prima
15 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Keely Smith & Louis Prima
16 Let’s Get Away From It All Keely Smith & Louis Prima
17 Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off Keely Smith & Louis Prima
18 Mutual Admiration Society Keely Smith & Louis Prima
19 Bei Mir Bist Du Schon Keely Smith & Louis Prima
20 I Don’t Know Why Keely Smith & Louis Prima
21 I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) Keely Smith & Louis Prima
22 Night And Day Keely Smith & Louis Prima
23 Nyow! Nyot Nyow! (The Pussycat Song) Keely Smith & Louis Prima
24 Mashuga Keely Smith & Louis Prima
25 When My Baby Smiles At Me Keely Smith & Louis Prima
26 Begin The Beguine Keely Smith & Louis Prima
27 Surprise Package Keely Smith & Louis Prima
28 Because Of You Keely Smith & Louis Prima
29 Absent-Minded Lover Keely Smith & Louis Prima
30 You’ll Never Walk Alone Keely Smith with orch. Cond. By Milt Rogers
Notes
Keely Smith was one of the most distinctive and multi-talented performers of the 1950s and ‘60s, combining a vocal versatility with an innate sense of comedy, which she used to good effect using her trademark deadpan style in stage and TV performances with her husband Louis Prima, with whom she also made some fine jazz, R&B and pop records, including the Grammy Award-winning “That Old Black Magic” in 1959, winner of Best Performances By A Vocal Group. She was a fine jazz singer, with a sense of swing and timing that placed her alongside the best of her peers, but she was equally at home performing sophisticated pop material with an orchestra, and this collection provides the opportunity to hear her in both environments. This great-value 80-track 3-CD set comprises selected recordings with Louis Prima’s Orchestra for the Mercury, Capitol and Dot labels from her 1949 debut with his band through to 1961, when they were divorced, and selected solo recordings for Capitol and Dot accompanied by the orchestras of Billy May, Nelson Riddle and others from 1956 through to 1962. It includes the chart hits with Louis Prima, “That Old Black Magic”, “The Bigger The Figure”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon”. It’s a fine showcase for her talent and style during what was one of the most productive and important eras of her career.
