Between the Big Band years of the ‘30s and ‘40s and the onslaught of Rock ‘n Roll was a “Golden Age” of beautiful recorded music. In this lecture, Frank King will be covering the dynamic duo of Louis Prima & Keely Smith. You’ll learn - and listen to - Louis’ roller-coaster music career before he met Keely; his funny hit records from the 1940s; how they first teamed up in Virginia Beach; how Louis & Keely lit up the Casbah Lounge at the Sahara Hotel and made it THE place to be seen in Las Vegas; the story behind their biggest hit, “That Old Black Magic”; and the story of their personal lives, including after they split up.
