Colgate Comedy Hour: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera and the Witnesses (26 June 1955)

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  • @rixpixstix
    @rixpixstix Год назад +60

    My dad playing with Prima when I was only three years old in Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada. My pop (Dick Johnson) went on to play with the Leon Kelner Orchestra and Dukes of Dixieland in his later years from late 1959-1980

  • @objetty11
    @objetty11 2 года назад +30

    Keely Smith was the perfect foil for Prima. That deadpan aloof look was money. One of the top acts in Vegas when Vegas was still cool....Aloha

  • @masapell
    @masapell 2 года назад +25

    Sam Butera played with a fire like no other!! The fluidity, emotion and command of his horn are stellar. Keely’s voice is so beautiful and smooth. I wish I could go back and see these shows live.

  • @ianboard544
    @ianboard544 2 года назад +9

    If I could go back in time to see something, it would be Prima's act in Vegas.

  • @mikegiambruno2341
    @mikegiambruno2341 Год назад +7

    there is no entertainment today close to as good as what we just watched!

  • @alexhenderson8356
    @alexhenderson8356 3 года назад +52

    One of the great acts of American music! Great energy and emotion with almost zero technology. That was a combination of raw talent, personality, and having the right people together. Just awesome performances!

  • @jean-marcknight8816
    @jean-marcknight8816 Год назад +10

    You surely can’t get too much of Louis, Sam, Kelly and this whole band of happy swingers 🎺🎷🥁❤

  • @pinoassenza2970
    @pinoassenza2970 3 года назад +47

    Louis was truly one of a kind. Sam Butera should’ve been a huge star

  • @fernandoazevedo148
    @fernandoazevedo148 2 года назад +29

    I haven't seen or heard Louie and Keely in years. Glad I found them on You tube. One of the best acts ever.

    • @philjamieson5572
      @philjamieson5572 2 года назад +1

      Fernando Azevedo: One of the best acts of all time. That's so true. Cheers from England.

  • @beverleecambronne6599
    @beverleecambronne6599 3 года назад +29

    I have taken this band into my heart. Just amazin talent. Keely is a star.

  • @philjamieson5572
    @philjamieson5572 2 года назад +26

    I love his fabulous, unfettered, fun-loving sounds. If I could take just one trip in a time machine, I'd pop back to 50s USA and see one of his live shows.

  • @michaelg548
    @michaelg548 2 года назад +21

    Keely Smith was one cool chick.

  • @stevecook8941
    @stevecook8941 2 года назад +10

    About 40 years ago I went to a pub - The Bramley - on Christmas Day in Notting Hill London......the LP of 'The Wildest' was playing and I was hooked on Loius & Keely's music from that day until now.......think I have every song they recorded as well as books and videos.....There is just no one these days to compare with these two people.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  2 года назад

      That's a great story Steve! The Wildest was the first Louis Prima album I heard too, though a bit more recently than 40 years ago. Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @uslines
    @uslines 3 года назад +13

    Anything with Keely Smith !!

  • @toggler6985
    @toggler6985 2 года назад +19

    Keely Smith sooo underrated… !!

  • @Grundig305
    @Grundig305 2 года назад +13

    What a joy to watch Louis, so full of life!

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 Год назад +2

    Rest in peace 🙏
    Louis Prima
    7 December 1910 ~
    24 August 1978🙏

  • @BIATEC88
    @BIATEC88 Год назад +5

    Man I love this. He makes me laugh out loud. There great together

  • @stevea.7406
    @stevea.7406 2 года назад +11

    Such a powerhouse band... so tight from playing show after show and always with incredible energy and enthusiasm.. it must have been awesome playing with Louie and Sam.

    • @jefflatten9321
      @jefflatten9321 4 дня назад

      They were the band others tried to emulate back then. Some got it, many didn't.

  • @franklyterrence4860
    @franklyterrence4860 3 года назад +17

    They were hilarious, A great act together!

  • @mousetreehouse6833
    @mousetreehouse6833 2 года назад +7

    I SAW KEELEY SMITH SMILE!
    ...and it was well worth the wait!
    🤔😱😁👍!

  • @robertgardner1498
    @robertgardner1498 3 года назад +13

    Where on earth did you dig these little beauties up from? Each of them is worth their weight in gold!!!

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +2

      Thanks for the encouragement Robert! This one came from the 2011 DVD "The Wildest In Person," but I've also ordered footage from the Film Collectors' Society of America in the past, and Google and RUclips are invaluable resources in finding other footage (and finding out about even more footage I didn't know about!).

  • @johnprovisiero7005
    @johnprovisiero7005 2 года назад +28

    AMAZING!!! I'm still in the middle of this and I just have to say thank you. Ive seen just about every act of Louis And Keely on youtube and when theres a new post it really means a lot.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for your kind words John! It's always a pleasure to hunt new ones out :)

  • @chrisozzy56
    @chrisozzy56 10 месяцев назад +3

    Keely was a doll , and what a voice ! Sam Butera was awesome as well . THIS was entertainment .

  • @eugenedisilvio7917
    @eugenedisilvio7917 Год назад +5

    One comment said he could of been a huge star . He was a huge star.

  • @randyhuman
    @randyhuman 3 года назад +15

    Awesome! Anything Prima is outstanding. Thank you for sharing!

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад

      No worries Randy Man... and I'm inclined to agree!

  • @Tommy09a
    @Tommy09a 3 года назад +8

    Seven years old then. My parents would never let me watch Louis and Keely. But i was able to sneak peaks and listen on the AM Radio. Glad they left me alone at home

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +1

      Fascinating... some of the music released today makes Louis and Keely seem tame! Thanks for sharing your memories :)

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад +1

      @@alansmithee7730 thank you

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад +1

      @@alansmithee7730 if i can provide some 1950’s /early 1960 history from Portland Oregon

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад

      @@Tommy09a Of course you can!

  • @xteacher8601
    @xteacher8601 3 года назад +8

    To have seen them live in a small concert hall or night club in Las Vegas . . . how wonderful that must have been!

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +1

      Exactly! Now where did I put my time machine?

    • @willkittwk
      @willkittwk 2 года назад +1

      I actually saw Louis Prima in Las Vegas in around 73 or 74. Great entertainer. He had his new wife up there singing with him. I think her name was Gia or Gina. She was very attractive and was a good compliment to his act.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  2 года назад

      @@willkittwk Wow! You mean Gia Maione?

    • @willkittwk
      @willkittwk 2 года назад +1

      @@alansmithee7730 that's her. She was adorable singing with Louis. He actually had a great rapport with his audience and would make real eye contact.

  • @cpt444
    @cpt444 2 года назад +2

    An Absolutely Pioneering musical GENIUS - and his ensemble(s) who Definitely should be considered as a True Father of rock & roll. PERIOD! 💯❤🤌

  • @happycamper7798
    @happycamper7798 3 года назад +16

    What a gem!!!! Thank you for sharing!! They were amazing performers!

  • @happyhour1839
    @happyhour1839 2 года назад +4

    Amazing musician and performers!! Such a great Energy on stage!!👏👏💫💫

  • @gamingcreed9952
    @gamingcreed9952 Год назад +1

    I wish I could see this live

  • @davidbronstein8118
    @davidbronstein8118 3 года назад +11

    THE GREATEST!! PLEASE NEVER STOP POSTING!!

  • @rodneycastillo1721
    @rodneycastillo1721 3 года назад +5

    He was so smooth.

  • @Dev...
    @Dev... 2 года назад +4

    Just found your channel! Right on!
    🎶🎺🎶🎷🎶

  • @маринамусимович
    @маринамусимович 3 года назад +5

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

  • @SearchfortheMeaning
    @SearchfortheMeaning Год назад +1

    Thee greatest!

  • @adriennevincent4483
    @adriennevincent4483 3 года назад +24

    A big thankyou for this, Alan! I was performing during those years, and I know how much the jazz minded musicians of the day liked these guys, especially Sam. Notice how Louis gets into "Saints" while the people are still applauding "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine"? Pace was a big thing back then, and Louis was the king of pace!

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +6

      Thanks for sharing your memories, Adrienne! It's always nice to hear from those who were there at the time. I agree that Sam is criminally underrated except to a lucky few...

  • @andrewcollier1093
    @andrewcollier1093 Год назад +2

    Oh my word! Never seen this before. You've made my day!

  • @CarlSmith-dr7fh
    @CarlSmith-dr7fh 3 года назад +11

    true talent in a time when you couldnt rely on autotune or taped performances to do a show!

  • @ludovico2405
    @ludovico2405 3 года назад +15

    So happy to find new material about Louis!! The Greatest

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +3

      Thanks for watching!

    • @derekstaroba
      @derekstaroba 3 года назад +1

      @@alansmithee7730 im very interested i just found about this music recently

  • @MrSkokiaan
    @MrSkokiaan 3 года назад +3

    The only clip I've seen with the original line-up!

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад

      I think it's the only clip that _exists_ of the original line-up, hence my enthusiasm to upload it! This was even before Bobby Morris joined the group for their first album; the drum work is a dead giveaway. The "pre-original" line-up even?

  • @DougMcDave
    @DougMcDave 3 года назад +5

    This is King Louie of The Judge Book. I love it!

  • @juanmonge7418
    @juanmonge7418 2 года назад +3

    “Can’t help loving that man of mine” is from “Showboat”. Written by Jerome Kern.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  2 года назад

      That's true! Interestingly, Louis and Keely appeared in A Toast To Jerome Kern several years after this performance, performing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Why Do I Love You, but I have yet to find a copy of that.

  • @ginotassoni4597
    @ginotassoni4597 3 года назад +9

    I can just see my Aunt Pauline listen to this & dancing around the kitchen while making sauce!

  • @moirahill6397
    @moirahill6397 3 года назад +9

    Aww they're so amazing 👏 Absolute genius 😍 ❤

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад

      I couldn't agree more Moira! Thanks for stopping by :)

  • @Madjed2024
    @Madjed2024 Год назад +2

    when talents meet

  • @RockinRedRover
    @RockinRedRover 3 года назад +11

    Wow, just brilliant. As a small kid c1970 loved the music in the Jungle Book movie, by early 80s discovered Prima and Butera for their rocknroll stuff, by 90s discovered Louis and the wondrous Keely - so wish I'd seen them perform live. In 2000 danced to Sam Butera at the Rhythm Riot weekender in the UK, wow. Many thanks for posting this great clip.

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад

      In the 1950/1960 era

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад

      I was only permitted to listen to music from Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Perry Com, Percy Faith, Al Jolson, The Firehouse 5 plus 2, Lawerence Welk on Saturday night, and maybe Louis Armstrong if I am lucky

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад

      So when my parents left me alone for sooooo many hours per week

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад +1

      What else was a boy to d?

    • @Tommy09a
      @Tommy09a 3 года назад +1

      But explore and discover

  • @pantelisgeorgiadis5119
    @pantelisgeorgiadis5119 3 года назад +3

    Fantastici.......

  • @detorrissi
    @detorrissi 3 года назад +8

    esto es una joya!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!

  • @vicmartinoofficial331
    @vicmartinoofficial331 3 года назад +6

    I really enjoyed seeing this video of this rare footage of Louie Prima as I always enjoy seeing anything with Louie Prima. Thank you for posting this here Alan Smithee.

  • @lawrencewolfe1825
    @lawrencewolfe1825 3 месяца назад

    Just fantastic! I can't imagine any band having more fun on stage with more musical talent than Louis Prima together with Keely Smith and Sam Butera and the Witnesses! Sam's sax solos and Louis' trumpet solos were breathtaking. Thanks to Alan Smithee and RUclips for preserving 10 glorious minutes of musical history.

  • @romicatutu5092
    @romicatutu5092 3 года назад +4

    The best....!

  • @gregoryholcomb9188
    @gregoryholcomb9188 3 года назад +5

    GREG H This is a miracle to find and see. They were in a class all their own and this clip shows it all! Thanks for finding and making this available..

  • @strutherhill
    @strutherhill 3 года назад +6

    Great stuff! Thanks for the upload.

  • @Tommy09a
    @Tommy09a 3 года назад +4

    They were on fire

  • @cary3022
    @cary3022 3 года назад +3

    This might be the coolest posting on the internet. Thanks

  • @kennyhagan5781
    @kennyhagan5781 7 месяцев назад

    Never disappointed here. Dude was a treasure.

  • @JohnMichael-wd1hl
    @JohnMichael-wd1hl Месяц назад

    Thanks..

  • @jeffshaw4039
    @jeffshaw4039 8 месяцев назад

    I enjoyed watching this video. I just recently discovered this group they are fantastic!

  • @strutherhill
    @strutherhill 3 года назад +5

    Thanks for posting this, Alan. I also enjoy all of those films you've directed.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +1

      Haha! You’re the first person in 17 months to identify where my pseudonym came from!

    • @mousetreehouse6833
      @mousetreehouse6833 2 года назад +1

      @@alansmithee7730
      Actually, Alan, that was the FIRST thing I noticed -- and such a filmography! Thank you for sharing!

  • @carlupthegrove262
    @carlupthegrove262 3 месяца назад

    An original...imitated but never duplicated

  • @rodgoldberg4063
    @rodgoldberg4063 2 месяца назад

    I remember seeing Sam butera at the tropicana in the nineties. He had a great group.

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines Год назад +1

    Opposite them on CBS was Ed Sullivan's "Seventh Anniversary Show" on "TOAST OF THE TOWN". Celebrating with him were Bob Hope (and the kids who played Eddie Foy's children in "The Seven Little Foys"), Pearl Bailey, Will Jordan [the best known Sullivan impressionist], Joe Smith & Charlie Dale {the vaudeville team famous for their "Dr. Kronkheit" sketch}, Joe Howard (composer and performer), and the Port Chester, New York High School Band.

  • @grbmajor6645
    @grbmajor6645 2 года назад +4

    Keely was the original Carol Burnett. So talented and funny.

  • @scottyg9167
    @scottyg9167 3 года назад +9

    Omg they were having so much fun!!! Where the heck did you find this gold?!

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +2

      Thanks Scotty! This one came from the The Wildest: In Person DVD, which I bought so you didn't have to :)

  • @michaelangelo7511
    @michaelangelo7511 3 года назад +4

    A fabulous talent I was to young to appreciate. Elvis squashed that era. Rock and Roll was more alluring to a ten year old.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад

      I can't blame you-Elvis _was_ a cultural powerhouse-but take consolation that Louis was marketed more towards adults at the time.

    • @michaelangelo7511
      @michaelangelo7511 3 года назад +1

      @@alansmithee7730 Good point. My father used to like his music. 👍🏻

  • @ajsmith5295
    @ajsmith5295 3 года назад +3

    Cool man cool

  • @АнатолийМаэстро-ш4э
    @АнатолийМаэстро-ш4э 2 года назад +2

    Луи Прима-великий и легендарный джазмен, всех времен и народов!!!

  • @grindle1857
    @grindle1857 2 года назад +4

    never be another Louis

  • @catherinerosa-baker2937
    @catherinerosa-baker2937 Год назад +1


    Cool Cats
    I remember hung this when I was little

  • @Tommy09a
    @Tommy09a 3 года назад +6

    I have underestimated the enormous amount they Sam and the band

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +1

      You've discovered the secret ingredient, then?

  • @bobagosto6441
    @bobagosto6441 3 месяца назад

    Love Mr Prima

  • @robertboney4493
    @robertboney4493 3 года назад +3

    there was only one Louis prima!

  • @claudecat
    @claudecat 6 месяцев назад

    The Robin Hood song here is a hidden gem. I know I've heard it before in a more straightforward manner... can't recall by whom but it's a very nicely constructed bluesy pop tune with cool Robin Hood lyrics.

  • @lcs1956
    @lcs1956 2 года назад +4

    "If you don't like my Ajax honey, don't foam my cleanser."- 6:55

  • @clevekaufman9514
    @clevekaufman9514 3 года назад +3

    That's right.

  • @mgmmgm1599
    @mgmmgm1599 День назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jnauttube
    @jnauttube Год назад +1

    These guys invented rock and roll.

  • @haroldcohen5044
    @haroldcohen5044 Год назад +1

    Louis Prima is the father of my oldest friend Alan Gerstel

  • @PepperWilliams_songcovers
    @PepperWilliams_songcovers 3 года назад +7

    Louis must have listened to Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan and Dizzy Gillespie to 'create' his style. And that Sam Butera could play!!!

  • @Mr05Chuck
    @Mr05Chuck Год назад +1

    I never heard of Prima but I had heard his songs but though it was Louis Armstrong. I’m dumb I guess.

  • @frankvan228
    @frankvan228 2 года назад +3

    So funny Keeley trying to get to the Mike and Louie pulls her away

  • @thomaslee1354
    @thomaslee1354 2 года назад +6

    Guess how sonny and Cher got their act from

    • @LorenIpsum75
      @LorenIpsum75 2 года назад

      You called it!
      As a kid, I remember watching Prima & Smith's nightclub act on the Sullivan show and other programs.
      Years later, I see a couple doing the same schtick, but with a better wardrobe: Cher as the straight (wo)man and Sonny Bono as the goofball. 🤣

  • @ajsmith5295
    @ajsmith5295 3 года назад +3

    That man was THE CAT

  • @dougobrien4877
    @dougobrien4877 3 года назад +7

    Keely Smith is quite animated here as opposed to later years.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +2

      True... I was surprised to see her clapping along so much.

    • @dougtombaugh4438
      @dougtombaugh4438 3 года назад +2

      Keely smiling, dancing, and clapping hands? Weird, but the bit on approaching the mic and “Can’t help lovin’ that man” is classic Keely and Louis.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад +2

      @@dougtombaugh4438 She even _laughs_ a few times! 😳

  • @joeybonin7691
    @joeybonin7691 8 месяцев назад

    The wildest.

  • @hudentdw2
    @hudentdw2 Год назад +1

    I dunno If it was an act but I fell Louis was a bit rough with Keely and made her shy and in the background You tell me, but I love them both!

  • @kathrynlayfield9599
    @kathrynlayfield9599 Год назад +1

    Hot!!

  • @johnminehan1148
    @johnminehan1148 2 года назад +2

    Prima looked like . . . Jack Webb. That was an interesting decade.

  • @elliotskydel641
    @elliotskydel641 3 года назад +3

    They didn't go with deadpan keely until later.

    • @alansmithee7730
      @alansmithee7730  3 года назад

      You can see the beginnings of it in _Can't Help Lovin' That Man_ though.

  • @MrBubyV
    @MrBubyV Год назад +1

    🫡KING LOUIE

  • @amerpearson892
    @amerpearson892 3 года назад +6

    Awkward moment at 2:53

    • @moirahill6397
      @moirahill6397 3 года назад +1

      That was a gag. This pair had a Funny man straight guy act. You would have got it in those days.

    • @Playbyplaymedia
      @Playbyplaymedia 2 года назад +1

      If it was a gag, it didn't work very well.

    • @bellowphone
      @bellowphone 2 года назад +1

      I agree; that didn't look scripted. She looked genuinely taken aback, but she handled it well and carried on. I felt bad for her. Prima was really great, he was on a roll, but still that was ungenerous of him.

  • @Tommy09a
    @Tommy09a 3 года назад +2

    Oops contributions Sam and the band

  • @Kent-qo6xp
    @Kent-qo6xp 3 месяца назад

    Do you people realize that this was maybe the greatest United States citizen of the 20th Century of these United States.

  • @Tommy09a
    @Tommy09a 3 года назад +2

    Sorry. I was too distracted by the musical performance

  • @Tommy09a
    @Tommy09a 3 года назад +2

    Like I have soooo so underestimated our maS

  • @Pashasmom1
    @Pashasmom1 5 месяцев назад

    Louis, Keely, Sam and the Witnesses were cool before the term was invented. I really liked this with Keely smiling and grooving along. That deadpan thing didn't appeal to me at all. I know it was Louis' idea, but with his music how could anyone sit still and not smile?

  • @MARIANSCATLIFFE
    @MARIANSCATLIFFE 10 месяцев назад

    King Louie of the Jungle book corrections

  • @aw_1977
    @aw_1977 16 дней назад

    These guys are great, but they are certainly no Roy Donk, Tiny "Boop Squig" Shorterly, or jazz legend Marcus "The Worm" Hicks.