Keely Smith

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human jazz singer pop singer recording artist

Keely Smith was an American jazz and pop singer best known for her work with Louis Prima in the 1950s and her cool, understated vocal style.

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Keely Smith canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
pop singer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsPeak 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Louis Prima ⓘ
Sam Butera ⓘ
The Witnesses ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus

Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
awardReceivedFor That Old Black Magic ⓘ
birthName Dorothy Jacqueline Keely ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
collaboratedWith Louis Prima ⓘ
Sam Butera ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-03-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-12-16 ⓘ
ethnicBackground Irish-American ⓘ
familyName Keely ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
givenName Dorothy ⓘ
Jacqueline ⓘ
hasDiscographyItem I Wish You Love (1957 album) ⓘ
Keely Smith Sings the John Lennon–Paul McCartney Songbook (1964 album) ⓘ
Swingin' Pretty (1959 album) ⓘ
influencedGenre vocal jazz ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
musicalRole vocalist ⓘ
name Keely Smith self-link ⓘ
notableCharacteristic deadpan stage persona ⓘ
notableFor work with Louis Prima in the 1950s ⓘ
notableVenue Las Vegas, Nevada showrooms ⓘ
notableWork I Wish You Love ⓘ
That Old Black Magic ⓘ
The Wildest! (album with Louis Prima) ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath Palm Springs, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Dot Records ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ
spouse Bobby Milano ⓘ
Jimmy Bowen ⓘ
Louis Prima ⓘ
vocalStyle cool, understated vocal style ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Keely Smith ⓘ
Thunder Road (1958 film) → starring → Keely Smith ⓘ
Louis Prima → spouse → Keely Smith ⓘ
Louis Prima → associatedAct → Keely Smith ⓘ
It's Magic → recordedBy → Keely Smith ⓘ
subject surface form: "It's Magic"
That Old Black Magic → hasNotablePerformer → Keely Smith ⓘ
Blues in the Night → hasNotableRecordingBy → Keely Smith ⓘ
Goody Goody → hasNotableRecording → Keely Smith ⓘ
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) → recordedBy → Keely Smith ⓘ
They Say It’s Wonderful → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Keely Smith ⓘ
Lover, Come Back to Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Keely Smith ⓘ
Keely Smith → name → Keely Smith self-link ⓘ