When Americans lost their appetite for big band music, Louis Prima and Keely Smith moved to Las Vegas and helped perfect the lounge act. (Soundbite of song, "(Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby") Mr.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has died of apparent heart failure in ...

Keely Smith, the Grammy winning singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her partnership with her first husband, Louis Prima, died Dec. 16 in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 89 ...

In her lovely big band tribute to Louis Prima, Keely Smith sings the chestnuts that we remember him by. Her voice is in top form and she's able to provide the kind of intimate humor that she and Prima ...

When Louisianaborn trumpet player Louis Prima The Chief married Virginiaborn singer Keely Smith The Queen of Swing their union created a magical sound that dominated 1950s jazz Here the legendary ...

Smith, who died Saturday, was discovered by bandleader Louis Prima as a teenager. She later married Prima, and the two became a popular Las Vegas lounge act. She spoke with Terry Gross in 2000. Also, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. People are starting to call it the musical that keeps on giving. The ...

Sam Butera, photographed in his native New Orleans in 2002. Sam Butera, the hard-driving, hard-swinging New Orleans saxophonist who was Louis Prima's longtime musical partner, died Wednesday in Las ...