330 Louis Prima (1910-1978) and Keely Smith (1932- ) “That Old Black Magic” 1958

Prima “mastered a singing style the likes of which the world had never heard. It was, like his music itself, jazz-influenced, yet it struck one’s ears as decidedly strange.” He and his fourth wife, Keely Smith, “were one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas” in the 50’s. A decade later, he was “reduced to supplying the voice for King Louis, the cartoon orangutan in Walt Disney’s 1969 Jungle Book” (Unsung Heroes of Rock ‘n’ Roll). 

Louis Prima and Keely Smith “That Old Black Magic”