Keely Smith sings several of the great songs from her career, including "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues," "I Wish You Love," "That Old Black Magic," "I'll Walk Alone," and "It's Magic," in this rare TV appearance from 1983.
This woman had one of the greatest voices I've ever heard! She had a purity and solidity to her voice that made her stand alone. Her delivery was impeccable. Classy. When someone truly is a skilled and gifted singer, they don't always need to do acrobatics.
So many technically pure skilled vocalists from my parents and grandparents Era. It was born of a fusion of jazz, blues, Broadway, romantic ballads and Vaudeville showmanship . Keeley was one of those elegant lady chanteuses of her day. She was an actress in song making the lyrics alive with emotion. While vocal acrobatics do have their place, for her they were unnecessary and just a distraction from the intent of the composer. Keeley was a poet's best friend. No gimmicks, no fireworks, no clouds rising off the stage, no backup singers to disguise errors in a performance, and no soundtrack trickery to cleanse the air of offensive sounds. We miss the beautiful vocal presence of this sister of song 🎵 😢
Why Isn't she listed among the greats? Keely Smith was extremely underrated, I mean mind-blowingly underrated if that's even a word lol, her voice puts me in a state of euphoria, she had perfect pitch and the ability to make a song a powerful emotional experience, she was not only an amazing singer/musician but she was art itself, she seems like the type of singer who could sing anything if she wanted to, her voice would apeal to anyone, Keely Smith was really something, thanks for blessing us with your beautiful and angelic voice, rest in peace.
Keely is a great singer. We saw her in Las Vegas in the 50s with Louie, Sam, and the Witnesses. We will never forget it. Love them all. Keep singing, Keely. We have your albums.
Wow! what a talent - even in her latter years and still with a fabulous voice lets see any of the young female singers today belt out a romantic tune like Keely
saw her in vegas with sam butera they were dynamite. What a voice she had! Even elderly she was better than anyone else. Her voice was perfect. And Samy's sax was unreal!
Friends,THIS IS A SINGER!!!!!! Just effortless power and grace. No need to jump around and scream. I strive for this as an amateur singer,at age 51,and in my golf swing!!!!! Come to think of it,Keely was 51 here. Richard Rhoden
Ladies and gentlemen,let the debating end. Keely Smith is the greatest female singer of all time!!!!!!!! Keely's voice is a perfect blend of power and grace under magnificent control. She has inspired me to sing publicly for the first time. Can anyone tell me how her health is? Richard Rhoden
Heard her doing backup with Louis Prima singing Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (highly recommend) and after hearing the small bits she sang wanted to hear her sing something solo. It was definitely worth the search finding this. 👍👍
I worked on this show which was called Juke Box Saturday Night when it aired on PBS as a fund raiser. It was shot at a hotel near Madison Square Garden.
I don't remember ever hearing her before. But tonight I was listening to "Radio Deluxe," the jazz radio program with John Pizzareli and Jessica Molaskey. When she came on, my ears perked up. How come I hadn't heard her before? So I had to do a RU-vid search. Full, rich sounding voice.
HEY DON'T TELL ANYONE ITS CAUSE SHE HAD COUNT BASSY IN HER BACK POCKET IN FACT I BELIEVE SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INTRO TO EACH OTHER SHE PLAYED WITH MANY TIMES WITH LOUIE IN THE JAZZ CLUBS I WOULD NT DOUBT THAT SHE CALLED HIM BY HIS REAL FIRST NAME TOGETHERNESS WAS THE THING FOR JAZZ BANDS & SINGERS IN THOSE DAYS OF BEING ON THE ROAD SO MUCH A GOOD COMMENT ABOUT SINATRA THOUGH U NEVER GET TO HIM TALK ABOUT HIS EARLY DAYS OF SIGNING IN ONE NIGHT STANDS WITH JAZZ PERFORMERS ITS A VERY RARE FOR HIM TO OPEN UP ABOUT HIS PAST BEGINNINGS BUT THAT WAS FRANK EVEN FOR HIM TO GIVE THANKS TO DEAN FOR LIFTY HIS CAREER WHEN IT WAS AT ITS WORST SORRY TO SAY THEY ARE GONE NOW & SADLY MISSED BY ALL. 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I'm surprised she spoke so well of Louis Prima since their divorce was messy and in her own words they didn't speak to each other in their final months of marriage but still had to go on stage as if everything was fine.
The Past:,, Man, I have loads of great musicians here. They are all so deep in the spirit. It`s unbelievable.´´ The Present:,, Yes, you have. You`re a very lucky guy. Mine are all pretty much fucked up.´´
Que recuerdos de mi infancia cuando escuchaba esta musica con mi tia Olinda gracias tia donde estes por enseñarme a escuchar la buena musica gracias gracias cuidala DIOS.
If anybody knows the whereabouts of Nelson Riddle's original manuscript arrangements for Keely's albums, I Wish You Love, Swingin' Pretty and Little Girl Blue, please get in touch. I believe they are in private hands/collection, but I want to eliminate the possibility they have been destroyed. Thanks
A WOMAN WHO HAS A THOUSAND UNTOLD & TOLD STORIES OF AN EARLY JAZZ ERA THAT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER AWESOME PERFORMOR GREAT TALENT & SEXY BODD THE SONGS OF HER DAY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER TODAY MY ONLY SAD WISH IS I NEVER GOT TO SEE HER IN PERSON FROM ANOTHER GREASEY ITALIAN LOVE YA ALWAYS. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖👄👄👄👄👄👄👄👄👄👄🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💄💄💄💄💄💄💄💄💄💄👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👁👁👁
