Keely Smith - "A Keely Christmas" (1960) - Dot Records
Hello Friends,
A fun and fairly mellow offering from everyone's favorite Native American/Irish lounge singer. Based on what we've heard from Keely Smith from her days with Louis Prima we were expecting a jumpin', jivin' and wailin' LP that really gets the party started. Instead we get thirteen songs-- all very pleasant-- but overall its a very saccharine, very middle-of-the-road affair!
With the exception of the ukulele-heavy "Christmas Island" and the medium-tempo closer "Blue Christmas" nothing really pops off the record player at you. Come on Keely, you're puttin' us to sleep!
At times it reminds us a little of Ella Fitzgerald's Swinging Christmas LP from the same year which, unfortunately for Keely, is vastly superior.
Now don't get us wrong, not every record is a classic and A Keely Christmas its not a bad record by any stretch! its just that we were hoping for some flaming rum punch and instead we got some room temperature Harvey's Bristol Cream!
RATING: 3.5 stockings hanging from a big ol' coconut tree out of 5
A fun and fairly mellow offering from everyone's favorite Native American/Irish lounge singer. Based on what we've heard from Keely Smith from her days with Louis Prima we were expecting a jumpin', jivin' and wailin' LP that really gets the party started. Instead we get thirteen songs-- all very pleasant-- but overall its a very saccharine, very middle-of-the-road affair!
With the exception of the ukulele-heavy "Christmas Island" and the medium-tempo closer "Blue Christmas" nothing really pops off the record player at you. Come on Keely, you're puttin' us to sleep!
At times it reminds us a little of Ella Fitzgerald's Swinging Christmas LP from the same year which, unfortunately for Keely, is vastly superior.
Now don't get us wrong, not every record is a classic and A Keely Christmas its not a bad record by any stretch! its just that we were hoping for some flaming rum punch and instead we got some room temperature Harvey's Bristol Cream!
RATING: 3.5 stockings hanging from a big ol' coconut tree out of 5
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