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Very Best of
Keely Smith
Very Best of
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #2

2008 two CD set from this '50s vocalist best known for her work with Louis Prima. The songs from three classic Keely albums are spread throughout this wonderful collection, namely cuts from the albums Politely!, Swingin' P...  more »

     
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All Artists: Keely Smith
Title: Very Best of
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Gold Imports
Release Date: 7/7/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 5099922713926, 5099922713957

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Album Description
2008 two CD set from this '50s vocalist best known for her work with Louis Prima. The songs from three classic Keely albums are spread throughout this wonderful collection, namely cuts from the albums Politely!, Swingin' Pretty and I Wish You Love. This set includes seven tracks with Prima. Throughout the second half of the 1950s, Smith and Prima reigned as the undisputed King and Queen of Las Vegas, and this collection covers that very special period. 50 tracks. EMI.
 

CD Reviews

EXCELLENT CAPITOL COLLECTION FROM SONGBIRD KEELY!
A. POLLOCK | PLYMOUTH, DEVON United Kingdom | 09/15/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Featuring three complete Capitol albums (POLITELY, SWINGIN' PRETTY and I WISH YOU LOVE), this excellent UK collection adds ten songs recorded with one-time hubby Louis Prima as well as another five solo sides - some "live" - emanating from the same source and including GOOD BEHAVIOUR and A FOGGY DAY, with Sam Butera and the Witnesses entering the fray for I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES. Such a comprehensive two-disc collection of fifty songs speaks for itself, especially as supreme vocalist, Keely, is shown off to spectacular effect on the triple-treat albums which have impeccable arrangements by Nelson Riddle and Billy May and must surely rank as the high point of her long recording career."