Clavin, Tom: That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas. Chicago Review Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-56976-813-6, S.55 (com.au): „She was born to Howard Keely...and Fanny Stevens on March 9, 1928. (Throughout most of her career, however, her birth year was given as 1932.)“
Morgan Sills: That Old Keely Magic. Back on the charts again, singer and swinger Keely Smith brings her Sinatra tribute to Feinstein's at the Regency. Theater Mania, 3. Mai 2001, archiviert vom Original am 8. Dezember 2004; abgerufen am 16. März 2023 (englisch).
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Morgan Sills: That Old Keely Magic. Back on the charts again, singer and swinger Keely Smith brings her Sinatra tribute to Feinstein's at the Regency. Theater Mania, 3. Mai 2001, archiviert vom Original am 8. Dezember 2004; abgerufen am 16. März 2023 (englisch).