Keely Smith

Dorothy jacqueline keely (march 9, 1928 [1][note 1][2] – december 16, 2017), professionally known as keely smith, was an american jazz and popular music singer, who performed and recorded. After her parents divorced and her mother remarried jesse smith when she was nine years old, she changed her name to keely smith after she joined louis prima and his band. Keely then camped her way back home to texas with her husband daniel and their dog malka..

Dec 18, 2017singer keely smith died on saturday after a long bout of ill health. Dorothy jacqueline keely, professionally known as keely smith, was an american jazz and popular music singer, who performed and recorded extensively in the 1950s with then-husband louis prima,. Oct 20, 2007the “queen of las vegas” swing, keely smith, is one of the last living legends of the great rat pack era of the 1950s and ‘60s.

Keely smith (born dorothy jacqueline keely, march 9, 1932 — december 16, 2017) was a grammy award-winning american jazz and popular music singer.