Louis Prima - Night Train ('57).avi

Louis Prima - Night Train

[@mrski749]

If I had a time machine I go back to New Year's Eve 1960 to Wilbur Clarks Desert Inn in Las Vegas to see Louis Prima what a party that must have been The great Louis Prima may he rest in peace.

[@mr.zondide2746]

You and me both. I’ll take two Smirnoff martinis and half a pack of Luckies. That cat can blow, daddy oh

[@Johnnycdrums]

I hear you talkin’,

[@colinmaharaj]

Interesting you said that, that's what Mardy McFly did.

[@jackripper2329]

@@colinmaharaj martin

[@jackripper2329]

@@colinmaharaj somebody home Mcfly 😅

[@robertbarrett6267]

I love these guys!!!!! If a band like that played here I'd go every night.......and I'm 85 y/o......and and Keely is priceless!!

[@koerierkoerier3581]

yes the real tgv😂

[@koerierkoerier3581]

all aboard

[@beachidiot]

Me too.

[@danielpedra3786]

Me too, and i'm 29

[@adriennevincent4483]

@@danielpedra3786 See! I thought young people would like some of the music from bygone days!
I want to bring it back!

[@XYZ-lz3xv]

Louis Prima was everything -singer, rock n roller, jazz, blues, jive, classical, dancer., entertainer, musician, rapper, writer (Sing Sing Sing, and more) and sometimes in two languages. He was and is The King. His rhythm and style is absolutely unique and timeless.

[@daphne201239]

I love that his son is keeping his music alive!

[@daphne201239]

You should check out his son's version of night train 🥰

[@leslieswiman4813]

❤👍👍👍❤

[@pcpete911]

What absolutely fantastic memories. I was so lucky to be a teenager in
the late 1950's to mid 60's. God, what I wouldn't give to do it all
again and not change a thing.

[@user-sg7ke2hs2w]

Я малдше это музыка моих родителей, но помню, дома было много венила и костей(отец с братьями лабали в ресторане и на танцах). Такого уже не будет. Ростов/Папа. 💣💥👍

[@HandymanPros]

The best music ever in those days. Big bands still around, Elvis starts, Sinatra and Martin etc going strong, the Beatles come to life. Hell, that was music friggin heaven. PS lady Gaga you suck.

[@paulsciberras590]

@@user-sg7ke2hs2w (I 99

[@juanitaldiggs]

Agree

[@sandramalone3522]

🎉I'm with you on going back to that era and staying there. How tunes and times have changed only for the worse.

[@barbaraflowers55]

Introduced my 15 & 12 yr old granddaughters to Louie & they love to sing & dance to the group for their 100 yr old great gramma...she jams in her wheel chair with them. Good music never dies!

[@displaychicken]

Absolutely true. My little kids love Louis , the toddler included.

[@kkroeger5868]

When you can mix great music with genuine comedy, you've reached a level of entertainment few will ever achieve...

[@robertocucalon4676]

I just LOOOOVE this guys and all their music, Louis Prima such a great performer...and Keely, soooo beautiful!! Her ability to keep a straight face with that goofball jumping and wiggling in front of her is amazing.

[@lindafomenko712]

I moved to Vegas in 71 and spent many evenings at the Sands watching Louis and Sam. I feel blessed to have enjoyed the music and the friendship. Miss it.

[@chadlazzara]

I can't believe that I remember this act when shown on live TV in the 1950's. Even then, as a pre-teen boy, I appreciated Keely so much that she had me rolling on the floor with laughter, right next to our 19 inch Philco. There was no Rock N Roll back then, just Louis Prima and his lively band. Never thought I'd ever see this group again, but then there was TH-cam!
Thanks for posting.

[@rentatrip1videos]

Can't get enough of Keeley Smith
What a Dame

[@lordchumley76]

A great singer.

[@killmimes]

Looks like she has had enough of Louie

[@bak-mariterry5180]

@@killmimes That was part of their act .

[@sandrashevey8252]

Unique!

[@monya7]

So wish I could time travel to see this band in Vegas in the early 60s

[@yangkeedoodle2597]

Go and drive the DeLorean time machine to go Back to the Future

[@frankkolton1780]

My dad loved their nightclub shows, he said they were his favorite out of all the entertainers of the day (50s and and early 60s). I guess Louie and band put on some pretty wild shows, stuff you couldn't put on TV, at least not back then anyway.

[@amandawilcox9638]

@@frankkolton1780 I'd love to hear some of his stories! (Sp. edit)

[@sspicyyful]

I remember we danced to that at the Enchantment Under the Sea ball in 1955...

[@AllAmericanGuyExpert]

That was before my time. I think they were breaking ground on the Twin Pines Mall, if I remember correctly. I've lost track of the time since then.

[@kevinparrish4180]

That was the last time I saw Marvin Berry.

[@TehDarkOn3]

if i recall, that was the same night some guy got his wallet stolen after being knocked out in the parking lot

[@steveoin818]

my mom and dad would go to see them every weekend in vegas,..they said dean martin and frank sinatra would sometimes be at the show in the back watching the show....magical times they were..happen to go to a open house in palm springs and found it was keelys smith house..i will never throw out the flyer for the house..what good times growing up listening to these guys.

[@picklesthewise]

Best job in the world...getting to play center stage with all your friends jamming in the background. These guys really were the best.

[@mannotmythroscoe8029]

and now thanks to the trans-humanising jabs everyone's queuing up to get, you'll never see raw human talent like this EVER AGAIN!!!

[@picklesthewise]

@@mannotmythroscoe8029 Be warned people: vaccines take away your jazz!

[@amandawilcox9638]

Phoenix and ManNot whatever: Jazz, all music, all love and life are taken from you when you get sick and die from a disease that's 99%+++ preventable. Protect your families, not your effin' egos!

[@ivangranger8494]

@@amandawilcox9638 Nothing like hearing an ‘ Expert,’ tell us about the facts, of life. Ever experienced much of what life doles out yet? The real tough times usual hit in ones forties. Maybe you are tied into, gain of function. Definitely a mouthpiece for evil. Anyone that has escaped from communism, will tell you they are witnessing it again, and by the minions that enable, them. Is a fact of life, being murdered by a toxin jab? Let us know your attitude when it actually happens with in your circle.

[@billwhite9703]

@@mannotmythroscoe8029 Oh, fuck off. Just enjoy it you neurotic, fearful little thing.

[@davidstepro7486]

How cool would it have been to have seen Louis and Keeley live back in the day - these were great entertainers

[@alexhenderson8356]

Beautiful. Lots of drive, enthusiasm and soul. Class act! Love it. Keely so 😎 cool! Louis a character! Sam and band awesome!

[@stuart_oneill]

How many knew Keely Smith?!

[@arnoldblashak171]

Yup

[@alexhenderson8356]

I wish I could give it a thumbs up every time I came back to listen. I feel bad for whoever hasn't discovered this video. Such a cool band. I'd rather hear this than most rock stuff any day. These guys were the real deal. They are animals! Beasts! Lol!

[@aaord7872]

So talented you don't see music like this anymore.

[@jeanmariebasset2544]

Ils ne sont plus capables

[@MisterBethany]

You are looking in the wrong directions. Plenty of excellent music and musicians about in the 21stC - but you will have to look beyond top40 radio. By the way, I am 70, and I listen to stuff from the early days of jazz up until about last week (whenever that was)

[@bigbub5219]

Thank God

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

You need to go out more. These guys are from New Orleans. This is every night , somewhere in the city.

[@christopherpaxton9823]

All bout dem rims, booty, wheat pennies, bitches and hoz. Gotta love the dark cultured Americans.
WOO let's burn some cities down! 2020

[@jefferyhowe9946]

Love Louie Prima!! Was in a jazz combo in the early 70's when I was 17. Loved playing this song. I was able to improvise quite a bit due to the structure of the tune.

[@user-zr7zv6sx2y]

Spectacular ! I wish I had Half his energy.. and Keely! Gorgeous, as usual

[@jzappatwo]

Loving Sam Butera on the sax, and the great Lou Sino on the trombone!

[@kyle-michaelsolomon3099]

I love when he teases Keely about just standing there doing nothing

[@laurellussen3512]

There's a story there!

[@kimberlytross9864]

@@laurellussen3512 What's the story?

[@craigellsworth3952]

She should just twittle her thumbs.

[@craigellsworth3952]

@EL Not that I know of.

[@theblueriverjazzbandmusic2540]

That was part of the act!! Legendary. Keely did it all the time!

[@wanaraz]

My Mom and Dad went to Vegas every few months. They loved Louis Prima. Of course I was too young to understand and appreciate. But now I do. One of the greats that very few know about.

[@jaxsun72]

So much going on in a performance like this. Amazing.

[@redoorn]

Keely is the perfect foil to Louis enthusiasm :-)

[@pbenson56fran]

I saw those two in a movie of how they started singing with each other. I love their voices together.

[@myoneblackfriend3151]

I worked in a blues club and I may have heard this more than any other song in my life. Almost every band played it. 🐸

[@alexhenderson8356]

Yes, but not every band played it like this! I've heard other versions, even by respected black bands. With all due respect, this version kicks butt more than any other I have heard. These guys were the real deal. Italians from New Orleans! I think they got the culture and sound from all the music down in New Orleans!

[@vincentrobinson3078]

She had just an amazing voice too

[@jackstanley7901]

Love this!! Sammy you're the best!!! What a sound he gets on tenor. Love Louie too!

[@user-xt2hz3dp5o]

It was great and it was fantastic music! Thank you for having the wonderful experience and pleasure of this event!

[@ericsmith1786]

What a beautiful performance I love this jazz music. How are you Apnha?

[@MongoFreddie]

Couldn't help but admire Louis Prima's talent and absolute love for his kind of music. Really miss him.

[@Diego_Aracena_Kovacevic]

This reminds me of the Enchantment Under The Sea high school party that I assisted when I was young on November 12th 1955 (a day with an unforgettable stormy night).

[@TehDarkOn3]

LMAO

[@stratowhore9051]

You can never have enough Louis and Sam!

[@warrendoris9669]

😅😅😅😅 Keely is killing with the deadpan! Sam Butera and the witnesses off the.charts as always! 😎 😎

[@ekunsa]

My mom would also stand stiff like that and watching my father making fool of himself

[@stephenhensley7004]

Been listening to this video for years as years now. Like Sing, Sing, Sing, I never get tired of it.

[@jilliankuntz1282]

This is one of the greatest moments ever filmed in 57 ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@julianG1212]

I think this was in 59-60 on Ed Sullivan

[@allisons3663]

If I could just build a time machine and attend one of their shows in Vegas from the 50's.

[@michaelcoluccio590]

Louis Prima - The Best, Hands Down!

[@guymichel101]

As much as she doesn't smile, that's how much I smile. Thank you for puttin this out here!

[@karlhungus5554]

Such a fantastic video! Thanks for sharing! Louis and Keely were talented and funny. Louis had such amazing energy and Keely always made me laugh with her deadpan expressions. Sam and the band, of course, also delivered a smashing performance.

[@sa-y-pinsayapin1039]

Да, было время!

[@johnsarab4500]

Prima helped pave the way for Rock and Roll. They CUT LOOSE!

[@DrWongburger]

Yes! Totally an underrated rock n roller. A well acclaimed jazz man however haha.

[@warrenlewis3977]

How??

[@elainekerslake6865]

Louis Prima was one of the highest paid entertainers in the world. Every summer he would organise and appear in entertainments in the Vegas casinos for a few weeks and was paid 2.7 million dollars a week in today's money. Class act..

[@GeorgeOrwell101]

When I was very young, the first two albums my family bought were ‘Call of the Wildest’ and ‘The Sound of Music Soundtrack’. No prizes for guessing which album I listened to. Still remember the great cover of ‘Call of the Wildest’. This album started my love of jazz. Thanks for posting this great clip. Sensationally cool.

[@cstephenson3749]

You can not help but move to the music. I am sitting in my chair at home and unconcsiously moving to the music. Now, that is powerful music!

[@frankn.5439]

Keeley was much loved in Palm Springs later in life when she was married to Bobby Milano who was a very close associate of the Los Angeles family. They'd dine at Tony's Pasta Mia in Palm Springs.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

How Keely Smith kept a straight face is beyond me !

[@amandawilcox9638]

Betcha she had to practice that stoneface more than her song arrangements! They were *the* pair.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Wasn't she simply a great (under-rated) professional ?

[@sandrashevey8252]

They`re like the Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft of the music set but way before Brooks and Bancroft!!

[@sandrashevey8252]

@Henry Newton Thank you Henry!

[@derekstaroba]

@Henry Newton these are real classy people you dont wanna mess wit 'em

[@markpetersen8135]

Or Stiller and Meara

[@spencerdavis5191]

@@derekstaroba you

[@spencerdavis5191]

@@derekstaroba non I'm

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

Oh, my god! Were those gentlemen allowed to play so fiercely!?!?! 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

[@jamespfitz]

I consider myself lucky to have seen Keely Smith Sam butera and the new witnesses in Las Vegas in the early 90s. I loved it. My date didn't get it.

[@slicksebring]

You are so right. I saw Sam and Keely a couple of times in the mid-90s at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. They put on a great show.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Started going to Vegas in '93.
Wish I'd seen them.
Did get to see Steve and Eydie at the Stardust before they closed.
What a show they put on.

[@albertoykherman296]

Now, that's what I call real Artistry!!! What a plesure!!!

[@nursemcfarlane6655]

We must use different word to describe/define premier talent. We must coin a new word. Basically anyone who can speak is labeled an artist/artistry.

[@tneal3526]

Man, Prima was into it. I wasn’t of his era but I dug his style.

[@tangogrrl]

Me neither, but that's why the 90s Revival was so hip. They totally tapped into that Vibe, Stray Cats, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer Orchestra, those guys

[@ernestcorea5650]

Absolutely brilliant. Congrats all the way.

[@colleenvantrease4977]

In listening to this music 🎶🎵I definitely know that I sure really truly honestly do love it completely. 😀. Any day, time ⏲️, place,dance to it as well. Thank you for putting it on the screen for all of us fans.

[@hawkrolla]

Obviously one of the coolest Videos on TH-cam.

[@marios2705]

Louis prima and Keely Smith..what a great act!

[@mitchgawlik1175]

When I was a kid I was completely puzzled by Keeley Smith. I got hip pretty quickly.
Louis. Keeley and Sam, what a trio. And no, I'm not forgetting the Witnesses.

[@valeriereaves4096]

Fifty nine years old black dude, just recently heard this version and gotta agree with the dude in the beginning of the video. Back when cool really meant cool, the clothes,the mannerisms, the way dudes carried themselves,all that stuffs gone. Maybe it will come back,

[@tikitavi7120]

I have some of his original albums and they still get played.

[@lovingtheoldtunes]

Keely Smith was such a card! Don't know how she kept that "nothing" face while Louis Prima performed!

[@Thursdaym2]

Loved Louis since a boy but never heard this before. Sam on sax, great. Thanks for upload and to TH-cam.

[@larrydunn5556]

Incredible real music! Before technology sucked the life and soul out of it. Keeley was so hot...

[@trinab9612]

Fabulous. I love her! She is so funny the way she pretends not to be interested in his shenanigans

[@theresap.3305]

Oh wow! I had no idea that James Brown’s version was a remake of these guys! Love this!! It’s never too late to learn. 💕

[@geaninamaxim-vidrean5001]

Omg!I got goosebumps !!!😍

[@EastWest7]

I've been a fan of Junior Wells since I was a kid, was about 13, in 1968. Around the time I married my wife in 1984, I played a Junior Wells album for my Sicilian-American mother in law who told me she really like Junior's (and Buddy Guy's) music! She said it reminded her of Louis Prima. I think that's quite a compliment.

[@cynthiamarquez3370]

I was told that every Sax player needs to learn this one.
.i played Sax every day for six years and still need to learn this song.

[@CriticalListener]

Butera's sax was so hot it was blistering paint off the walls...

[@leventakses1185]

If it just went on for a little bit longer!! Possibly for eternity what a tune!!!!

[@elainevankat5353]

Absolutely agree!!!

[@DooWops4U2]

I have to comment having seen this clip. circa 1994 I got meet Sam Butera as he started to bring his car to my repair shop. He then invited my wife and I to the Desert Inn where he had his band playing there along with Keely Smith when we arrived Sam had a table reserved for us by the stage and when the show started he opened the act & said this first song is for my guest of honor tonight and played Comeback to Sorrento for my wife and I. Now that was a night that I will remember for ever forth. RIP Mr.Prima & Mr Butera & Ms. Smith

[@alvaroaguerre1816]

One word: "PRICELESS!"❤️

[@gblueslover8807]

*That KILLER 🎷 SAX WAS 😎OUTTA SIGHT😎, MAIN‼️*

[@deborahwhy3637]

🎷🎶superbly "smooooooth"~ with a tad bit of "jive"!!!🎺"cooool"!🎼 i love it!!🎵😎

[@eddieparker5114]

Excellent 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mtp4430]

Prima was Primo
Louis and Keely along with Sam Butera and the witnesses were one kick ass band.

[@tangogrrl]

She cracks me up.

[@Pashasmom1]

She was a drag. Louis and his guys were full of energy and happiness. I didn't find anything funny about her.

[@tangogrrl]

@@Pashasmom1 are you an older person? My mom and dad said that her deadpan shtick was part of the performance. Like how a comedian has a straight man to play off of, pretending to be annoyed

[@Ace1King1]

She had a hard time holding back a smile.

[@F0nkyNinja]

@@Pashasmom1 You should see them do "I'm in the mood for love" or the color video of "Black Magic" and "Sheik of Araby"

[@SDW90808]

Whoever came up with her deadpan look in the background is pure genius!

[@tordkarl]

Louis Prima was a genius.

[@gnparker]

What a great version. Thank you.

[@oliviammarinho5863]

O jazz faz exatamente oque fez com Louis Prima e saxofonista ...mexe com a gente. Sinto o mesmo. ❤

[@MikeBlitzMag]

One of the absolute masters.

[@CritterFritter]

Toured the Metairie Cemetery near New Orleans and passed Louie’s mausoleum. Pretty fancy ⭐️

[@veloman59]

Such a feel good tune! ❤️👍

[@billouellette4498]

GREAT MEMORIES - MY DAD WOULD PLAY THIS LP !

[@theblueriverjazzbandmusic2540]

It’s remarkable how many ignorant people make negative comments about Keely, and have NO CLUE that her stoicism was part of their act…one of the most undeniably successful acts in show business history!

[@josephleardi6952]

I heard Sam many times when he’d play at the Tropicana Hotel when I bartender there, he was always very entertaining and could play that make that sax talk!!!! It was a pleasure I’ll never forget. Thanks for the memory.

[@DrDWHot]

been loving this for 50 years

[@edgeblur]

Apparently Louis Prima said, about Kelley Smith: " I knew she could sing as soon as I saw her in a bathing suite."

[@peterhamlinhamlin8908]

50 years ago everybody had a good time
all nite long

[@aonevarietystore7205]

I saw Keely at Birdland when she 80 years old. She still had it.

[@bak-mariterry5180]

Records and tapes in VA. Beach , Virginia ?

[@safetyfirst9502]

This version is spectacular
I love the jazzy swirl 🎷🍥 saxophone

[@arnoldblashak171]

These guys were great 👍

[@arnoldblashak171]

They always put a smile on my face for some reason

[@diankreczmer6595]

Night train! Love it! My generation!

[@lysdexsick]

Probably one of the best!!! Amazing!!!

[@antoniosantorini9355]

Amazing talent and great entertainment fun

[@RagtimePianoFlint]

Me and my band opened for Sam and his guys "the Wildest" at the Aladdin in Las Vegas for several months in about 1990. Sam was sweet and dear and kind to us younger guys and so were his band members including drummer Chuck Stevens who was the brother of Connie Stevens. I loved, loved, loved Sams act and especially his sax playing. I'm a pianist and I play a little tenor as well.

[@jesusneverexisted300]

Man that was tight!

[@h.j.c.5592]

UNA JOYA!.-GRACIAS!.-

[@michaeldonohoe621]

Absolutely fantastic. Night train 🚆 👍🇬🇧🎄🎅🐶

[@michaeldadzar2199]

I actually played the Baritone Saxophone in my High School's Jazz Band,1974. I love this music.

[@matthewchild]

Wow! Awesome! Thank you for sharing.

[@WPM_in_ATL]

We loved you too, Ms. Stone Face (Keely).

[@oilwellholdings3301]

Masterpiece!!!