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Although known primarily as one-time partner and wife to Louis Prima (vocals), Keely Smith (vocals) also had a measurable amount of success on her own. I Wish You Love was not only the title of her debut long-player, it quickly became one of her signature pieces as well. By the end of the 1950s, the team of Prima and Smith were among the hottest tickets along the burgeoning Los Vegas and Atlantic City gambling strips. The buzz of their perpetually packed houses and high energy stage show garnered them recording contracts at Capitol both as a duo as well as respective solo artists. On stage, Smith's sweet, inviting, and intimate tone was a perfect contrast to Prima's often bombastic delivery. That same cosy quality is at the heart of the 11 performances on this disc. No doubt the mood enhancing arrangements of the great Nelson Riddle didn't hurt either. While torch songs/ballads became her trademark as a soloist, Smith's sumptuous prowl through "When Day Is Done," and the happy-go-lucky mid-tempo romp of "When Your Lover Has Gone" proves her mettle as an intuitive jazz interpreter as well. Other examples range from the subtle give-and-take she brings to her sensitive reading of "Imagination," to the breezy "Don't Take Your Love from Me," which bops along with an Edie Adams' like effervescence. Smith would go on to collaborate with Billy May on Politely! (1958), and reunite with Riddle on Swingin' Pretty (1959). In 2003, Collectors' Choice Music issued I Wish You Love on CD with an additional half-a-dozen bonus tracks, including an alternate version of the title composition as well as four other sides cut during her very first demo sessions in April of 1956.
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Albert Beach, ComposerLyricist - Charles Trenet, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Einar Aaron Swan, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Eleanor Slatkin, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - James Decker, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Perissi, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Klee, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Joseph Saxon, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - William Hinshaw, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Armand Kaproff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Gottlieb, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent DeRosa, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Meyer Rubin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Lee Elliott, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Richmond, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Gibbons, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Haakon Berg, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvia Ruderman, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Archie Wade, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Frantz, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Naom Benditsky, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ennio Bologinini, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Joe DiTullio, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Lipschultz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Julye, Harp, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - KIM GANNON, Composer - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Mabel Wayne, Composer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Rube Bloom, Composer - Voyle Gilmore, Producer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - HENRY NEMO, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Johnny Burke, Composer - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Louis Armstrong, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Horace Gerlach, Composer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Abbe Wrubel, Composer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE DAVID WEISS, Composer - Jerry Bock, Composer - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Larry Holofcenter, Composer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Keely Smith, MainArtist - Voyle Gilmore, Producer - Buddy DeSylva, Composer - Robert Katscher, Composer
℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Although known primarily as one-time partner and wife to Louis Prima (vocals), Keely Smith (vocals) also had a measurable amount of success on her own. I Wish You Love was not only the title of her debut long-player, it quickly became one of her signature pieces as well. By the end of the 1950s, the team of Prima and Smith were among the hottest tickets along the burgeoning Los Vegas and Atlantic City gambling strips. The buzz of their perpetually packed houses and high energy stage show garnered them recording contracts at Capitol both as a duo as well as respective solo artists. On stage, Smith's sweet, inviting, and intimate tone was a perfect contrast to Prima's often bombastic delivery. That same cosy quality is at the heart of the 11 performances on this disc. No doubt the mood enhancing arrangements of the great Nelson Riddle didn't hurt either. While torch songs/ballads became her trademark as a soloist, Smith's sumptuous prowl through "When Day Is Done," and the happy-go-lucky mid-tempo romp of "When Your Lover Has Gone" proves her mettle as an intuitive jazz interpreter as well. Other examples range from the subtle give-and-take she brings to her sensitive reading of "Imagination," to the breezy "Don't Take Your Love from Me," which bops along with an Edie Adams' like effervescence. Smith would go on to collaborate with Billy May on Politely! (1958), and reunite with Riddle on Swingin' Pretty (1959). In 2003, Collectors' Choice Music issued I Wish You Love on CD with an additional half-a-dozen bonus tracks, including an alternate version of the title composition as well as four other sides cut during her very first demo sessions in April of 1956.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:03
- Main artists: Keely Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Music Special Markets
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
© 1957 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1957 Capitol Records, LLC
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