Keely Smith
American singer (1928-2017)
Keely Smith (born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely, March 9, 1932 — December 16, 2017) was a Grammy Award-winning American jazz and popular music singer. She performed and recorded many times in the 1950s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the 1960s as a solo-artist.
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 Portrait of Keely Smith, 1960 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dorothy Jacqueline Keely |
| Born | March 9, 1932 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 2017 (aged 85) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, vocal jazz, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1949–2017 |
| Labels | Capitol, Dot |
With her former husband Prima, their songs included Johnny Mercer's and Harold Arlen's "That Ol' Black Magic", which was a Top 20 hit in the US in 1958. At the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959, Smith and Prima won the first Grammy for Best Performance by a Vocal Group for "That Ol' Black Magic".[1]
Smith died of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs, California on December 16, 2017 at the age of 85.[2]
References change
- ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Keely Smith | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ↑ Iconic vocalist Keely Smith dies from apparent heart failure at 89
Other websites change
- NPR: "Keely Smith: A Swingin' Icon of Early Vegas"
- Interview by KUOW-FM's Amanda Wilde Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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