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Track Listing
1. All the Things You Are
2. It's Been a Long, Long Time
3. That Old Black Magic - (with Louis Prima)
4. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)
5. You Go to My Head
6. S'Posin
7. Fools Rush In
8. Song Is You, The
9. How Are Ya' Fixed For Love? - (with Frank Sinatra)
10. Birth of the Blues, The
11. I Wish You Love
12. Someone to Watch Over Me
13. Man I Love, The
14. Autumn Leaves
15. What Is This Thing Called Love?
16. On the Sunny Side of the Street
17. Nothing's Too Good For My Baby - (with Louis Prima)
18. I Can't Get Started
19. There Will Never Be Another You
20. Imagination
21. Whippoorwill, The
22. Nothing in Common - (with Frank Sinatra)
23. When Your Lover Has Gone
24. All the Way
25. Stardust
26. Don't Take Your Love From Me
27. When Day Is Done - (previously unreleased)
Album Notes
Personnel: Keely Smith (vocals).
Additional personnel: Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima.
Singer Keely Smith is best known for providing a classy counterbalance to the wildman persona of her then-husband trumpeter/vocalist Louis Prima. She was, however, one of the finest and most beloved singers of her era. The ESSENTIAL CAPITOL COLLECTION skims the cream from Smith's 1950s tenure at the legendary label, and focuses almost exclusively on her solo work, the highlights of which include her takes on the classics "Stormy Weather" and "Fools Rush In."
Given her notoriety as a collaborator, though, no Smith collection would be complete with out a few tracks showcasing her musical banter with Prima, and "That Old Black Magic" and "Nothing's Too Good For Baby" do the trick. The set, however, also includes a pair of lovely duets with Frank Sinatra, an avowed fan of the great Smith. Collectors will also jump for a previously unreleased track, the gently rhythmic "When Day is Done."
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