Lisa Donovan with Keely Smith

Keely Smith, a legend on the Las Vegas strip, and Lisa alternated shows at the Desert Inn (See Critics On Lisa), Keely singing all those great Louie Prima-Keely Smith arrangments.

As Lisa tells it, "Night after night, two shows a night, six days a week, I would sit in the dressing room listening to that wonderful music.

"When the engagement ended," says Lisa, "I had withdrawal symptoms. I really missed Keely and her music."

So, as Lisa tells her audiences today, she added one of the classic Keely Smith-Louis Prima numbers ("Old Black Magic") to her own act--"note for note."

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