Keely Smith & Louis Prima - Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin' (1999)

The back of this two-CD set may say "File under Lounge," but frankly, lounging will be the very last thing on your mind once you put Louis and Keely on. It's simply impossible to stand still while the duo, backed by Sam Butera and the Witnesses, gets going. When Keely sings "Hey boy, I can really cook," there's a tiny chance she's talking about something that takes place in the kitchen, but the galloping bass line behind her says that she really belongs to the dance floor. Whoo-hee! Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things" is taken at a frenetic pace--do these people ever pause to breathe? The bulk of this collection was recorded between 1957 and 1962, and it makes for an explosive document of a now-gone era when men in sharp suits hung out at the Copa, babes with pointy rocket-launcher breasts at their arms. The sheer effortlessness of it all is still supremely exciting. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Tracklist:
01. Louis Prima - That Old Black Magic (2:57)
02. Louis Prima - Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days (2:10)
03. Louis Prima - Should I ~ I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (5:57)
04. Louis Prima - The Closer To The Bone (The Sweeter Is The Meat) (4:13)
05. Louis Prima - Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (2:41)
06. Louis Prima - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You (3:14)
07. Louis Prima - Autumn Leaves (2:52)
08. Louis Prima - The Music Goes 'Round And Around (2:36)
09. Louis Prima - Just One Of Those Things (2:37)
10. Louis Prima - Felicia No Capicia (3:01)
11. Louis Prima - Oh Marie (2:28)
12. Louis Prima - Greenback Dollar Bill (3:21)
13. Louis Prima - When You're Smiling ~ The Sheik Of Araby (3:59)
14. Louis Prima - Scuba Diver (3:02)
15. Louis Prima - Three-Handed Woman (2:43)
16. Louis Prima - Lazy River (3:28)
17. Louis Prima - Embraceable You ~ I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (2:59)
18. Louis Prima - Pennies From Heaven (2:21)
19. Louis Prima - The Lip (2:18)
20. Louis Prima - Robin Hood ~ Oh Babe! (5:34)
21. Louis Prima - Fee Fie Foo (6:18)
22. Louis Prima - (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby (2:36)

01. Louis Prima - Ive Got You Under My Skin (2:38)
02. Louis Prima - Jump, Jive An' Wail (3:31)
03. Louis Prima - Angelina ~ Zooma Zooma (4:19)
04. Louis Prima - Moonglow (3:08)
05. Louis Prima - I've Got The World On A String (2:28)
06. Louis Prima - Love Of My Live (O Sole Mio) (3:45)
07. Louis Prima - John Ping Pong (2:36)
08. Louis Prima - The Pump Song (1:50)
09. Louis Prima - Banana Split For My Baby (2:31)
10. Louis Prima - Too Marvelous For Words (1:54)
11. Louis Prima - Don't Take Your Love From Me (3:05)
12. Louis Prima - Buona Sera (2:59)
13. Louis Prima - Don't Worry 'Bout Me ~ I'm In The Mood For Love (4:21)
14. Louis Prima - There'll Be No Next Time (3:15)
15. Louis Prima - Shadrack (2:45)
16. Louis Prima - Basin Street Blues ~ When It's Sleepy Time Down South (4:14)
17. Louis Prima - You're Just In Love (2:28)
18. Louis Prima - The Birth Of The Blues (2:49)
19. Louis Prima - Them There Eyes ~ Honeysuckle Rose (4:47)
20. Louis Prima - Sing, Sing, Sing (4:09)
21. Louis Prima - (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby (2:15)
22. Louis Prima - Just A Gigolo ~ I Ain't Got Nobody (4:43)