Keely Smith
b. 9 March 1932, Norfolk, Virginia USA, Smith was a jazzy singer who worked with her husband, bandleader Louis Prima. She made her professional debut in 1950, joining Prima three years later. As well as her solo spots with the big band, she frequently dueted with Prima on stylized versions of well-known songs. In 1958 one of these, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen's That Old Black Magic became a surprise US Top 20 hit. The duo followed up with the minor successes I've Got You Under My Skin and Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, a revival of the 1937 Andrews Sisters hit. Smith appeared with Prima in the movie HEY BOY, HEY GIRL (1959), singing Fever and she also sang on the soundtrack of THUNDER ROAD (1958). In the early '60s, Smith separated from Prima and signed to Reprise, where her musical director was Nelson Riddle. In 1965, she had Top 20 hits in the UK with an album of Beatles' compositions and a version of You're Breaking My Heart.