Cute story Kakki (about Keely & co.). Thanks to you and Brian, I just got my first Keely Smith CD :-) I ordered the Collector's Choice 2-fer "Politely!" (with Billy May arrangements), and "Swingin' Pretty" (with Nelson Riddle). She reminds me of June Christy a little bit. Not bad...
Cheers, Billy np---"Fever" by Peggy Lee Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v82.22) with ESMTP id MAILINZD22-1121213038; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:30:38 1900 Received: from mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.51]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (v82.22) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINZD28-1121213032; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:30:32 -0500 Received: from hppav ([12.80.0.152]) by mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011122023030.ELLU4964.mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net@hppav>; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 02:30:30 +0000 Message-ID: <002301c172fd$ea7ae720$9800500c@hppav> From: "Kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "brian symes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Julie- Keely NJC Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:32:21 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Hey swinger - > Another favorite is Keely Smith, hey I would >like another cocktail please. One of my earliest and most prominent memories was of my parents constantly tuning in to watching Keely Smith and Louis Prima on TV. I always thought she had a cool name and looked just like my Aunt Marge ;-) They had quite a show. About a year or so ago, I was out driving and our former good station here had an incredible interview with her. This lady has had the most amazing life and is a marvelous storyteller. Back in the 70s I was a finalist in the American Song Festival lyric competition. One of the judges personally contacted me to ask if I had music to go with it and if I would submit a demo to his artist management company. While I was thrilled I was also a little taken aback by his name - Piggy Smith. But I corresponded with him and sent him a demo which he shopped around but was unable to "sell." He was very nice, however, and asked me to keep in touch with him. I later learned he was Keely's brother, the former head of A&R at Capital Records and somewhat of a legend! I still have his handwritten letters to me stuffed in a box somewhere around here ;-) Kakki NP: Buffalo Springfield Box Set - Baby Don't Scold Me - Demo (ooh Stills out in front ;-)
