That Old Black Magic – The Very Best of Louis PRIMA & Keely Smith

Bandleader/singer/trumpeter LOUIS PRIMA, who'd enjoyed huge successes in the 1930s and '40s, mounted a major comeback in the 1950s alongside his new wife KEELY SMITH, and their band, Sam Butera & The Witnesses.

This compilation, which is one of a closely-linked trilogy, presents the Very Best of Louis Prima and Keely Smith's duets for RCA Victor, Mercury, Robin Hood, Columbia, Decca and Capitol, between 1949-59.

It features pre-Capitol collectors' items like 'Heap Big Smoke (But No Fire)' (their first record together), 'I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped', 'Enjoy Yourself', 'Here Pretty Kitty', 'Oh Babe!', 'Teardrops From My Eyes', 'Ooh-Dahdily-Dah', etc.

Their Capitol sides include the million selling 'That Old Black Magic', 'I've Got You Under My Skin', and tracks from the hit albums 'The Wildest', 'The Wildest Show At Tahoe', 'Las Vegas Prima Style' and 'Hey Boy! Hey Girl!'.

The punters who buy this one, will soon realise that they have to buy the other two releases in this series!

Track Listing

1. HEAP BIG SMOKE (But No Fire)
2. FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE
3. CHARLEY MY BOY
4. I BEEPED WHEN I SHOULDA BOPPED
5. I AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT SETTIN' DOWN
6. ENJOY YOURSELF
7. HERE PRETTY KITTY
8. AI-AI-AI
9. OH BABE!
10. TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES
11. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH
12. ZOOMA ZOOMA BACCALA
13. OOH-DAHDILY-DAH
14. BASTA
15. BARNACLE BILL THE SAILOR
16. SHEPHERD BOY
17. CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN
18. UNTIL SUNRISE
19. (Nothing's Too Good) FOR MY BABY
20. THE LIP
21. BABY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
22. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
23. DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME / I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
24. EMBRACEABLE YOU / I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD
25. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
26. I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
27. HEY, BOY! HEY, GIRL!
28. (Nothing's Too Good) FOR MY BABY (alternate version)