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about|the singer|the actress also known as Keely Shaye Brosnan|Keely Shaye SmithInfobox musical artist| name = Keely Smith| image =| caption =| image_size = 150| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Dorothy Jacqueline Keely| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1932|3|9| death_date =| origin = Norfolk, Virginia , United States | instrument = Human voice|Vocals | genre = Jazz Pop music | occupation = Singing|Singer | years_active =| label =| associated_acts = Louis Prima Frank Sinatra Keely Smith (born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely , March 9, 1932)cite web | url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808906/bio | title=Keely Smith | publisher=IMDB.com | accessdate=March 4 , 2011cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/keely-smith-p9696 | title=Keely Smith | publisher=AllMusic.com | accessdate=March 4 , 2011 is an United States|American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra .
Career
Smith showed a natural aptitude for singing at a young age. At 14, she started singing with a naval air station band led by Saxie Dowell . At 15, she got her first paying job with the Earl Bennett band.
Smith made her professional debut with Louis Prima in 1949 (the couple were married in 1953); Smith played the " double act|straight guy " in the duo to Prima's wild antics and they recorded many duets. These include Johnny Mercer 's and Harold Arlen 's " That Old Black Magic (song)|That Ol' Black Magic ", which was a Top 20 hit in the US in 1958. In 1959, Smith and Prima were awarded the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus for "That Ol' Black Magic". Her "dead-pan" act was a hit with fans. The duo followed up with the minor successes " I've Got You Under My Skin " and " Bei Mir Bistu Shein|Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen ", a revival of the 1937 Andrews Sisters hit. Smith and Prima's act was a mainstay of the Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas lounge scene for much of the 1950s.
Smith appeared with Prima in the 1959 film, Hey Boy& #33; Hey Girl! , singing " Fever (1956 song)|Fever ", and also appeared in and sang on the soundtrack of the previous year's Thunder Road . Her song in Thunder Road was "Whippoorwill". Her first big Solo album|solo hit was "I Wish You Love". In 1961, Smith divorced Prima. She then signed with Reprise Records , where her musical director was Nelson Riddle . In 1965, she had Top 20 hits in the United Kingdom with an album of The Beatles|Beatles compositions, and a single, " You're Breaking My Heart ".cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 509 Her Reprise recordings have never been made available on CD.
In 1985, she made a comeback with ''I'm In Love Again (Fantasy Records) Citation needed|reason=This has been changed from " Verve Records " without reference.|date=September 2009. Her albums, Swing, Swing, Swing (2002), Keely Sings Sinatra (2001) for which she was Grammy nominated, and Keely Swings Count Basie Style with Strings (2002) garnered critical and fan acclaim.
Later career
Smith released ''Vegas '58 – Today a compilation album of her best known songs, all recorded live. Smith has re-recorded a number of songs from her Prima years, including a modified version of "Oh Marie," which has been renamed "Oh Louis" in tribute. By her own admission, she has never had a singing lesson and cannot read music.
She works a light touring schedule. She was booked at the Cafe Carlyle in New York City in 2007. On February 10, 2008, Smith performed "That Old Black Magic" with Kid Rock at the 50th Grammy Awards .
Personal life
Smith married Louis Prima in 1953 and divorced him in 1961. They had three children. In 1965, she married Jimmy Bowen . The couple divorced in 1969.cite news|title=Keely Smith Granted Default Divorce |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=30 July 1969
Smith married musician Bobby Milano in 1975 in Palm Springs. Frank Sinatra gave the bride away.cite news|title=Keely Smith|newspaper=Herald Journal|date=25 January 1975
Musical
In 2008, Vanessa Claire Smith and Jake Broder wrote and starred in the new musical, Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara , which premiered at Los Angeles' Sacred Fools Theater Company and went on to be nominated for four Ovation Awards , including the Franklin R. Levy Award for Musical in an Intimate Theatre, which it won. Smith herself attended a performance.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=14623533 NPR: "Keely Smith: A Swingin' Icon of Early Vegas"
http://www.kuow.org/program.php? id=11950 Interview by KUOW-FM's Amanda Wilde
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p9696/biography|pure_url=yes Keely Smith on allmusic.com
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