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BLUES KING NEWLEY APPOINTED - Rand D. Clark, Jr. (right), Director of Convention Sales at the Sands Hotel, congratulates Trisha Wagner on her appointment of Convention Coordinator. Tim Lafferty, who recently joined the hotel in the capacity of Sales Manager, is welcomed to the staff. B.B. King, a name synonymous with the blues for nearly a quarter century, is currently headlining in the Casino Lounge of the Las Vegas Hilton along with the wild musical group, the Mob. The blues had been around for years although they were virtually unknown to the vast populace of America until B.B. King single-handedly gave rebirth to the distinctive musicalstyle. His inimitable singing and guitar playing have given the entire world a better view of the blues. Long before blues singing was considered a fashionable form of music, B.B. King had faith. "If Nat Cole could sing in nightclubs and be a great popular singer, if Frank Sinatra could sing ballads and be a great person, if Mahalia Jackson could sing spirituals and be great ?╟÷ why couldn't I be a blues singer and be great?" Twenty-five years later the "world's number one blues singer" is great. He has LJ RESERVATIONS VEGAS Be WISE ""Plan In Advance SEND 20* IN COIN OR STAMPS, PLUS YOUR ARRIVAL DATE . . . WE'LL SEND YOU A 3 MONTH SCHEDULE OF ALL LAS VEGAS SHOWS AND PACKAGE PLAN INFORMATION. finally received the recognition and respect he so richly deserve. The "Boss talent is personified not only by their rich vocal blends but by a wide variety BLUES IN STEREO - When the great B.B. King belts out the blues on his famous guitar, "Lucille", it sounds like a stageful of instruments are in action at the same time. That's the reason King is regarded as the world's leading exponent of pure blues and is currently enjoying another smash engagement in the Casino Lounge of the Las Vegas Hilton. On the same big musical bill is the zany Mob. of the Blues" has now been of musical instruments