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Keely Smith | |
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 Smith in 1960 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dorothy Jacqueline Keely |
| Born | March 9, 1928 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 2017 (aged 89) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1939-2017 |
| Labels | Capitol, Dot, Reprise |
| Spouses | Matteo Gambardella Jr.
(m. 1947; div. 1950)2 children Bobby Milano
(m. 1975; died 2006) |
Dorothy Jacqueline Keely (March 9, 1928[1][note 1][2] – December 16, 2017), professionally known as Keely Smith, was an American jazz and popular music singer, who performed and recorded extensively in the 1950s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the 1960s as a solo artist.[3]
Smith married Prima in 1953. The couple were stars throughout the entertainment business, including stage, television, motion pictures, hit records, and cabaret acts. They won a Grammy in 1959, its inaugural year, for their smash hit, "That Old Black Magic", which remained on the charts for 18 weeks.[4]
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. III (2018). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3318-3. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ Wright-McLeod, Brian (2018). The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet. University of Arizona Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8165-3864-5. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ Clavin, Tom (December 17, 2017). That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-56976-813-6. Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Harrington, Jim (December 17, 2017). "Iconic vocalist Keely Smith dies from apparent heart failure at 89". The Mercury News. San Jose, California.
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