If I had a time machine I go back to New Year's Eve 1960 to Wilbur Clarks Desert Inn in Las Vegas to see Louis Prima what a party that must have been The great Louis Prima may he rest in peace.
@mr.zondide27462 жыл бұрын
You and me both. I’ll take two Smirnoff martinis and half a pack of Luckies. That cat can blow, daddy oh
@Johnnycdrums2 жыл бұрын
I hear you talkin’,
@colinmaharaj2 жыл бұрын
Interesting you said that, that's what Mardy McFly did.
@jackripper23292 жыл бұрын
@@colinmaharaj martin
@jackripper23292 жыл бұрын
@@colinmaharaj somebody home Mcfly 😅
@robertbarrett62672 жыл бұрын
I love these guys!!!!! If a band like that played here I'd go every night.......and I'm 85 y/o......and and Keely is priceless!!
@koerierkoerier35812 жыл бұрын
yes the real tgv😂
@koerierkoerier35812 жыл бұрын
all aboard
@beachidiot2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@danielpedra37862 жыл бұрын
Me too, and i'm 29
@adriennevincent44832 жыл бұрын
@@danielpedra3786 See! I thought young people would like some of the music from bygone days! I want to bring it back!
@XYZ-lz3xv2 жыл бұрын
Louis Prima was everything -singer, rock n roller, jazz, blues, jive, classical, dancer., entertainer, musician, rapper, writer (Sing Sing Sing, and more) and sometimes in two languages. He was and is The King. His rhythm and style is absolutely unique and timeless.
@daphne201239 Жыл бұрын
I love that his son is keeping his music alive!
@daphne201239 Жыл бұрын
You should check out his son's version of night train 🥰
@leslieswiman481310 ай бұрын
❤👍👍👍❤
@pcpete9113 жыл бұрын
What absolutely fantastic memories. I was so lucky to be a teenager in the late 1950's to mid 60's. God, what I wouldn't give to do it all again and not change a thing.
@КонстантинГришков-б1з2 жыл бұрын
Я малдше это музыка моих родителей, но помню, дома было много венила и костей(отец с братьями лабали в ресторане и на танцах). Такого уже не будет. Ростов/Папа. 💣💥👍
@HandymanPros2 жыл бұрын
The best music ever in those days. Big bands still around, Elvis starts, Sinatra and Martin etc going strong, the Beatles come to life. Hell, that was music friggin heaven. PS lady Gaga you suck.
@paulsciberras5902 жыл бұрын
@@КонстантинГришков-б1з (I 99
@juanitaldiggs2 жыл бұрын
Agree
@sandramalone35222 ай бұрын
🎉I'm with you on going back to that era and staying there. How tunes and times have changed only for the worse.
@robertocucalon46762 жыл бұрын
I just LOOOOVE this guys and all their music, Louis Prima such a great performer...and Keely, soooo beautiful!! Her ability to keep a straight face with that goofball jumping and wiggling in front of her is amazing.
@lindafomenko7122 жыл бұрын
I moved to Vegas in 71 and spent many evenings at the Sands watching Louis and Sam. I feel blessed to have enjoyed the music and the friendship. Miss it.
@levak8740Ай бұрын
Lucky you Sir !
@rentatrip1videos3 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of Keeley Smith What a Dame
@lordchumley763 жыл бұрын
A great singer.
@killmimes2 жыл бұрын
Looks like she has had enough of Louie
@bak-mariterry51802 жыл бұрын
@@killmimes That was part of their act .
@sandrashevey82522 жыл бұрын
Unique!
@barbaraflowers552 жыл бұрын
Introduced my 15 & 12 yr old granddaughters to Louie & they love to sing & dance to the group for their 100 yr old great gramma...she jams in her wheel chair with them. Good music never dies!
@displaychicken Жыл бұрын
Absolutely true. My little kids love Louis , the toddler included.
@chadlazzara Жыл бұрын
I can't believe that I remember this act when shown on live TV in the 1950's. Even then, as a pre-teen boy, I appreciated Keely so much that she had me rolling on the floor with laughter, right next to our 19 inch Philco. There was no Rock N Roll back then, just Louis Prima and his lively band. Never thought I'd ever see this group again, but then there was KZbin! Thanks for posting.
@kkroeger5868 Жыл бұрын
When you can mix great music with genuine comedy, you've reached a level of entertainment few will ever achieve...
@redoorn2 жыл бұрын
Keely is the perfect foil to Louis enthusiasm :-)
@BrianStorey-j5n7 ай бұрын
Spectacular ! I wish I had Half his energy.. and Keely! Gorgeous, as usual
@sspicyyful3 жыл бұрын
I remember we danced to that at the Enchantment Under the Sea ball in 1955...
@AllAmericanGuyExpert2 жыл бұрын
That was before my time. I think they were breaking ground on the Twin Pines Mall, if I remember correctly. I've lost track of the time since then.
@kevinparrish41802 жыл бұрын
That was the last time I saw Marvin Berry.
@TehDarkOn32 жыл бұрын
if i recall, that was the same night some guy got his wallet stolen after being knocked out in the parking lot
@monya73 жыл бұрын
So wish I could time travel to see this band in Vegas in the early 60s
@yangkeedoodle25973 жыл бұрын
Go and drive the DeLorean time machine to go Back to the Future
@frankkolton17802 жыл бұрын
My dad loved their nightclub shows, he said they were his favorite out of all the entertainers of the day (50s and and early 60s). I guess Louie and band put on some pretty wild shows, stuff you couldn't put on TV, at least not back then anyway.
@amandawilcox96382 жыл бұрын
@@frankkolton1780 I'd love to hear some of his stories! (Sp. edit)
@aaord78724 жыл бұрын
So talented you don't see music like this anymore.
@jeanmariebasset25443 жыл бұрын
Ils ne sont plus capables
@MisterBethany2 жыл бұрын
You are looking in the wrong directions. Plenty of excellent music and musicians about in the 21stC - but you will have to look beyond top40 radio. By the way, I am 70, and I listen to stuff from the early days of jazz up until about last week (whenever that was)
@bigbub52192 жыл бұрын
Thank God
@elizabethclaiborne64612 жыл бұрын
You need to go out more. These guys are from New Orleans. This is every night , somewhere in the city.
@christopherpaxton98232 жыл бұрын
All bout dem rims, booty, wheat pennies, bitches and hoz. Gotta love the dark cultured Americans. WOO let's burn some cities down! 2020
@jzappatwo2 жыл бұрын
Loving Sam Butera on the sax, and the great Lou Sino on the trombone!
@picklesthewise4 жыл бұрын
Best job in the world...getting to play center stage with all your friends jamming in the background. These guys really were the best.
@mannotmythroscoe80293 жыл бұрын
and now thanks to the trans-humanising jabs everyone's queuing up to get, you'll never see raw human talent like this EVER AGAIN!!!
@picklesthewise3 жыл бұрын
@@mannotmythroscoe8029 Be warned people: vaccines take away your jazz!
@amandawilcox96382 жыл бұрын
Phoenix and ManNot whatever: Jazz, all music, all love and life are taken from you when you get sick and die from a disease that's 99%+++ preventable. Protect your families, not your effin' egos!
@ivangranger84942 жыл бұрын
@@amandawilcox9638 Nothing like hearing an ‘ Expert,’ tell us about the facts, of life. Ever experienced much of what life doles out yet? The real tough times usual hit in ones forties. Maybe you are tied into, gain of function. Definitely a mouthpiece for evil. Anyone that has escaped from communism, will tell you they are witnessing it again, and by the minions that enable, them. Is a fact of life, being murdered by a toxin jab? Let us know your attitude when it actually happens with in your circle.
@billwhite97032 жыл бұрын
@@mannotmythroscoe8029 Oh, fuck off. Just enjoy it you neurotic, fearful little thing.
@jaxsun722 жыл бұрын
So much going on in a performance like this. Amazing.
@АринаКуртева2 жыл бұрын
It was great and it was fantastic music! Thank you for having the wonderful experience and pleasure of this event!
@ericsmith1786 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful performance I love this jazz music. How are you Apnha?
@hawkrolla2 жыл бұрын
Obviously one of the coolest Videos on KZbin.
@sandrashevey82523 жыл бұрын
They`re like the Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft of the music set but way before Brooks and Bancroft!!
@sandrashevey82522 жыл бұрын
@Henry Newton Thank you Henry!
@derekstaroba2 жыл бұрын
@Henry Newton these are real classy people you dont wanna mess wit 'em
@markpetersen81352 жыл бұрын
Or Stiller and Meara
@spencerdavis51912 жыл бұрын
@@derekstaroba you
@spencerdavis51912 жыл бұрын
@@derekstaroba non I'm
@alexhenderson83563 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Lots of drive, enthusiasm and soul. Class act! Love it. Keely so 😎 cool! Louis a character! Sam and band awesome!
@stuart_oneill2 жыл бұрын
How many knew Keely Smith?!
@arnoldblashak1712 жыл бұрын
Yup
@alexhenderson83562 жыл бұрын
I wish I could give it a thumbs up every time I came back to listen. I feel bad for whoever hasn't discovered this video. Such a cool band. I'd rather hear this than most rock stuff any day. These guys were the real deal. They are animals! Beasts! Lol!
@michaelcoluccio5902 жыл бұрын
Louis Prima - The Best, Hands Down!
@steveoin8183 жыл бұрын
my mom and dad would go to see them every weekend in vegas,..they said dean martin and frank sinatra would sometimes be at the show in the back watching the show....magical times they were..happen to go to a open house in palm springs and found it was keelys smith house..i will never throw out the flyer for the house..what good times growing up listening to these guys.
@elainevankat53537 ай бұрын
WOW!!! Absolutely awesome! “Night Train”🎶
@kyle-michaelsolomon30993 жыл бұрын
I love when he teases Keely about just standing there doing nothing
@laurellussen35123 жыл бұрын
There's a story there!
@kimberlytross98643 жыл бұрын
@@laurellussen3512 What's the story?
@craigellsworth39523 жыл бұрын
She should just twittle her thumbs.
@craigellsworth39523 жыл бұрын
@EL Not that I know of.
@theblueriverjazzbandmusic25403 жыл бұрын
That was part of the act!! Legendary. Keely did it all the time!
@jefferyhowe9946 Жыл бұрын
Love Louie Prima!! Was in a jazz combo in the early 70's when I was 17. Loved playing this song. I was able to improvise quite a bit due to the structure of the tune.
@jilliankuntz1282 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest moments ever filmed in 57 ♥️♥️♥️♥️
@julianG121211 ай бұрын
I think this was in 59-60 on Ed Sullivan
@jackstanley79013 жыл бұрын
Love this!! Sammy you're the best!!! What a sound he gets on tenor. Love Louie too!
@larrydunn55562 жыл бұрын
Incredible real music! Before technology sucked the life and soul out of it. Keeley was so hot...
@stephenhensley7004 Жыл бұрын
Been listening to this video for years as years now. Like Sing, Sing, Sing, I never get tired of it.
@Diego_Aracena_Kovacevic2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the Enchantment Under The Sea high school party that I assisted when I was young on November 12th 1955 (a day with an unforgettable stormy night).
@TehDarkOn32 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@ernestcorea56502 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. Congrats all the way.
@vincentrobinson30783 жыл бұрын
She had just an amazing voice too
@MongoFreddie Жыл бұрын
Couldn't help but admire Louis Prima's talent and absolute love for his kind of music. Really miss him.
@wanaraz2 жыл бұрын
My Mom and Dad went to Vegas every few months. They loved Louis Prima. Of course I was too young to understand and appreciate. But now I do. One of the greats that very few know about.
@DooWops4U22 жыл бұрын
I have to comment having seen this clip. circa 1994 I got meet Sam Butera as he started to bring his car to my repair shop. He then invited my wife and I to the Desert Inn where he had his band playing there along with Keely Smith when we arrived Sam had a table reserved for us by the stage and when the show started he opened the act & said this first song is for my guest of honor tonight and played Comeback to Sorrento for my wife and I. Now that was a night that I will remember for ever forth. RIP Mr.Prima & Mr Butera & Ms. Smith
@davidstepro74862 жыл бұрын
How cool would it have been to have seen Louis and Keeley live back in the day - these were great entertainers
@cstephenson37492 жыл бұрын
You can not help but move to the music. I am sitting in my chair at home and unconcsiously moving to the music. Now, that is powerful music!
@valeriereaves40969 ай бұрын
Fifty nine years old black dude, just recently heard this version and gotta agree with the dude in the beginning of the video. Back when cool really meant cool, the clothes,the mannerisms, the way dudes carried themselves,all that stuffs gone. Maybe it will come back,
@edgeblur2 жыл бұрын
Apparently Louis Prima said, about Kelley Smith: " I knew she could sing as soon as I saw her in a bathing suite."
@allisons36633 жыл бұрын
If I could just build a time machine and attend one of their shows in Vegas from the 50's.
@SDW908082 жыл бұрын
Whoever came up with her deadpan look in the background is pure genius!
@tordkarl2 жыл бұрын
Louis Prima was a genius.
@myoneblackfriend31512 жыл бұрын
I worked in a blues club and I may have heard this more than any other song in my life. Almost every band played it. 🐸
@alexhenderson83562 жыл бұрын
Yes, but not every band played it like this! I've heard other versions, even by respected black bands. With all due respect, this version kicks butt more than any other I have heard. These guys were the real deal. Italians from New Orleans! I think they got the culture and sound from all the music down in New Orleans!
@cynthiamarquez33702 жыл бұрын
I was told that every Sax player needs to learn this one. .i played Sax every day for six years and still need to learn this song.
@theresap.33058 ай бұрын
Oh wow! I had no idea that James Brown’s version was a remake of these guys! Love this!! It’s never too late to learn. 💕
@guymichel1012 жыл бұрын
As much as she doesn't smile, that's how much I smile. Thank you for puttin this out here!
@theblueriverjazzbandmusic25402 жыл бұрын
It’s remarkable how many ignorant people make negative comments about Keely, and have NO CLUE that her stoicism was part of their act…one of the most undeniably successful acts in show business history!
@pbenson56fran2 жыл бұрын
I saw those two in a movie of how they started singing with each other. I love their voices together.
@karlhungus55543 жыл бұрын
Such a fantastic video! Thanks for sharing! Louis and Keely were talented and funny. Louis had such amazing energy and Keely always made me laugh with her deadpan expressions. Sam and the band, of course, also delivered a smashing performance.
@sa-y-pinsayapin1039 Жыл бұрын
Да, было время!
@josephleardi69523 жыл бұрын
I heard Sam many times when he’d play at the Tropicana Hotel when I bartender there, he was always very entertaining and could play that make that sax talk!!!! It was a pleasure I’ll never forget. Thanks for the memory.
@lovingtheoldtunes2 жыл бұрын
Keely Smith was such a card! Don't know how she kept that "nothing" face while Louis Prima performed!
@jaediccacairns47549 күн бұрын
Not only a dream singer, but she also crafted her act as the disinterested singer with the show off Louis. You’d never think they were married would you.
@warrendoris96693 жыл бұрын
😅😅😅😅 Keely is killing with the deadpan! Sam Butera and the witnesses off the.charts as always! 😎 😎
@ekunsa3 жыл бұрын
My mom would also stand stiff like that and watching my father making fool of himself
@lyndamcardle41233 жыл бұрын
How Keely Smith kept a straight face is beyond me !
@amandawilcox96382 жыл бұрын
Betcha she had to practice that stoneface more than her song arrangements! They were *the* pair.
@lyndamcardle41232 жыл бұрын
Wasn't she simply a great (under-rated) professional ?
@mtp4430 Жыл бұрын
Prima was Primo Louis and Keely along with Sam Butera and the witnesses were one kick ass band.
@howlinhobbit2 жыл бұрын
that’s hot. love me some Prima. if you catch any of his and Keely’s interactions, you’ll know where Sonny and Cher got their inspiration.
Prima helped pave the way for Rock and Roll. They CUT LOOSE!
@DrWongburger2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Totally an underrated rock n roller. A well acclaimed jazz man however haha.
@warrenlewis39775 ай бұрын
How??
@elainekerslake68653 жыл бұрын
Louis Prima was one of the highest paid entertainers in the world. Every summer he would organise and appear in entertainments in the Vegas casinos for a few weeks and was paid 2.7 million dollars a week in today's money. Class act..
@deborahwhy36372 жыл бұрын
🎷🎶superbly "smooooooth"~ with a tad bit of "jive"!!!🎺"cooool"!🎼 i love it!!🎵😎
@DrDWHot2 жыл бұрын
been loving this for 50 years
@GeorgeOrwell1013 жыл бұрын
When I was very young, the first two albums my family bought were ‘Call of the Wildest’ and ‘The Sound of Music Soundtrack’. No prizes for guessing which album I listened to. Still remember the great cover of ‘Call of the Wildest’. This album started my love of jazz. Thanks for posting this great clip. Sensationally cool.
@EastWest74 ай бұрын
I've been a fan of Junior Wells since I was a kid, was about 13, in 1968. Around the time I married my wife in 1984, I played a Junior Wells album for my Sicilian-American mother in law who told me she really like Junior's (and Buddy Guy's) music! She said it reminded her of Louis Prima. I think that's quite a compliment.
@jamespfitz3 жыл бұрын
I consider myself lucky to have seen Keely Smith Sam butera and the new witnesses in Las Vegas in the early 90s. I loved it. My date didn't get it.
@slicksebring3 жыл бұрын
You are so right. I saw Sam and Keely a couple of times in the mid-90s at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. They put on a great show.
@thisismagacountry13182 жыл бұрын
Started going to Vegas in '93. Wish I'd seen them. Did get to see Steve and Eydie at the Stardust before they closed. What a show they put on.
@leventakses11857 ай бұрын
If it just went on for a little bit longer!! Possibly for eternity what a tune!!!!
@elainevankat53537 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree!!!
@jesusneverexisted3002 жыл бұрын
Man that was tight!
@frankieoja82053 ай бұрын
Love Louie!
@geaninamaxim-vidrean50013 жыл бұрын
Omg!I got goosebumps !!!😍
@waltservice4370 Жыл бұрын
Still so AMAZING!!
@wolfganggugelweith87602 жыл бұрын
Oh, my god! Were those gentlemen allowed to play so fiercely!?!?! 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
@tneal35263 жыл бұрын
Man, Prima was into it. I wasn’t of his era but I dug his style.
@tangogrrl3 жыл бұрын
Me neither, but that's why the 90s Revival was so hip. They totally tapped into that Vibe, Stray Cats, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer Orchestra, those guys
@colleenvantrease49772 жыл бұрын
In listening to this music 🎶🎵I definitely know that I sure really truly honestly do love it completely. 😀. Any day, time ⏲️, place,dance to it as well. Thank you for putting it on the screen for all of us fans.
@gblueslover88072 жыл бұрын
*That KILLER 🎷 SAX WAS 😎OUTTA SIGHT😎, MAIN‼️*
@marios27053 жыл бұрын
Louis prima and Keely Smith..what a great act!
@albertoykherman2963 жыл бұрын
Now, that's what I call real Artistry!!! What a plesure!!!
@nursemcfarlane66552 жыл бұрын
We must use different word to describe/define premier talent. We must coin a new word. Basically anyone who can speak is labeled an artist/artistry.
@arnoldblashak1712 жыл бұрын
These guys were great 👍
@arnoldblashak1712 жыл бұрын
They always put a smile on my face for some reason
@pennytull75782 жыл бұрын
Holy Shit! They ROCK!
@tikitavi71202 жыл бұрын
I have some of his original albums and they still get played.
@antoniosantorini93552 жыл бұрын
Amazing talent and great entertainment fun
@BAM-jc7uy2 жыл бұрын
No one causes a rumpus like LP. I saw a Christmas TV show rerun of sinatra and dean martin singing a medley and they were paying a huge homage to Prima with their "moves" and some music/songs. The comments just didn't "get it".... the generational(s) gap was big.
@larry1824 Жыл бұрын
Stripers favorite back in the day
@alvaroaguerre18162 жыл бұрын
One word: "PRICELESS!"❤️
@tommitchell84253 жыл бұрын
Sam Butera was totally underrated
@Thursdaym23 жыл бұрын
Loved Louis since a boy but never heard this before. Sam on sax, great. Thanks for upload and to KZbin.
@peterhamlinhamlin89082 жыл бұрын
50 years ago everybody had a good time all nite long
@matthewchild3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Awesome! Thank you for sharing.
@frankn.54393 жыл бұрын
Keeley was much loved in Palm Springs later in life when she was married to Bobby Milano who was a very close associate of the Los Angeles family. They'd dine at Tony's Pasta Mia in Palm Springs.
@veloman59 Жыл бұрын
Such a feel good tune! ❤️👍
@victorinoxis2 жыл бұрын
This is soooo good
@mitchgawlik11752 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I was completely puzzled by Keeley Smith. I got hip pretty quickly. Louis. Keeley and Sam, what a trio. And no, I'm not forgetting the Witnesses.
@lysdexsick2 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the best!!! Amazing!!!
@tangogrrl3 жыл бұрын
She cracks me up.
@Pashasmom13 жыл бұрын
She was a drag. Louis and his guys were full of energy and happiness. I didn't find anything funny about her.
@tangogrrl3 жыл бұрын
@@Pashasmom1 are you an older person? My mom and dad said that her deadpan shtick was part of the performance. Like how a comedian has a straight man to play off of, pretending to be annoyed
@Ace1King13 жыл бұрын
She had a hard time holding back a smile.
@F0nkyNinja3 жыл бұрын
@@Pashasmom1 You should see them do "I'm in the mood for love" or the color video of "Black Magic" and "Sheik of Araby"
@pennwatson21132 жыл бұрын
Lol, Keely. I adore this.
@tone2281 Жыл бұрын
WOWSY !! Great !! Simply great ! So humorous when u catch onto it !! I have learned something beautiful here with this performance clip !! Oblivious to Prima when I stumbled upon this ....not anymore ! Joke:. Hey, that girl just standing there, isn't that Carolyn Jones ? from the Addams Family show.... Morticia !! ? Ha ha, can't say enough about this Fabulous piece ... superb !! D. Allen
@kymkantaris782111 ай бұрын
Omg. Never forget being raised on this . Amazing
@CriticalListener3 жыл бұрын
Butera's sax was so hot it was blistering paint off the walls...
@oliviammarinho586310 ай бұрын
O jazz faz exatamente oque fez com Louis Prima e saxofonista ...mexe com a gente. Sinto o mesmo. ❤