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Keely Smith never thought she would travel outside her hometown of Norfolk, Virginia, much less perform worldwide. Then she met and sang for bandleader Louis Prima. Their now-famous collaboration combined two original voices with infectious uptempo big band sounds. Together, they took home one of the first Grammy awards ever given for their 1958 performance of That Old Black Magic. Keely Smith went on to a successful solo career, performing at President Kennedy's inauguration, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Cherokee Medal of Honor, and a Touchstone award for her contributions to the music industry. In recent years, she has produced several critically acclaimed recordings, including the Grammy nominated "Keely Sings Sinatra." She continues to perform to the delight of audiences around the country. KUOW's Amanda Wilde interviewed Keely Smith between singing engagements on August 22th, 2006.
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Keely Smith never thought she would travel outside her hometown of Norfolk, Virginia, much less perform worldwide. Then she met and sang for bandleader Louis Prima. Their now-famous collaboration combined two original voices with infectious uptempo big band sounds. Together, they took home one of the first Grammy awards ever given for their 1958 performance of That Old Black Magic. Keely Smith went on to a successful solo career, performing at President Kennedy's inauguration, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Cherokee Medal of Honor, and a Touchstone award for her contributions to the music industry. In recent years, she has produced several critically acclaimed recordings, including the Grammy nominated "Keely Sings Sinatra." She continues to perform to the delight of audiences around the country. KUOW's Amanda Wilde interviewed Keely Smith between singing engagements on August 22th, 2006.
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aired on KUOW Seattle 12-21-06
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John Voci
Posted on April 24, 2007 at 11:31 AM | Permalink
Review of Singing Legend Keely Smith
Keely Smith is a marvelous jazz-pop singer best known for her year?s with the legendary Louis Prima. In this interview, Keely reflects on her career with both Prima and as soloist. For anyone interested in both Smith and Prima, this is a fascinating recollection of two unique voices during an interesting musical period. The interviewer does a good job of covering Smith?s career and the piece includes several musical excerpts of Smith as a soloist and with Prima. The length of the interview and the production style may limit how some stations could use the piece which is unfortunate since Smith story is an interesting one and Prima remains one of the distinctive voices in the world of jazz and pop music.