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I agree.J^ouls (Pn Qi la ^Malone SilM SBlderaand the (fflitnes 279 E. Warm Springs Rd. Las Vegas Nevada SAM BUTERA One of the most exciting instrumental-vocalists of this musical era is SAM BUTERA/ the great exponent of the rocking voice and wild tenor sax. Sam Butera was born August 17, 1927 in New Orleans, and at the age of seven, started playing the saxophone. By the time he had reached his 18th birthday, Sam was voted the outstanding teenage musician in the look Magazine's poll. The year was 1945. .. and greatness was at his doorstep. Several Southern Universities and Notre Dame offered scholorships to young Mr. Butera, but he decided In favor of a musical career and was offered Sam Donahue's chair in the late great Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. A short while later, Louis Prima spotted Sam's talent; took him under his expert tutelage, and today he's featured with the Prima aggregation whenever they appear. Now on Prime Magnagroove Records, in association with Hanna^Barbera Records, Sam has a new album entitled "Thinking Man's Sax"# destined to become one of the great instrumental albums of all time. In it, Sam gives his interpretation of some of the classic hit songs such as: "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", "Days Of Wine And Roses", "Moonlight In Vermont", and the title song "Thinking Man's Sax" and others. Sam Butera won recognition for his sterling performance in the LOUIS PRIMA motion picture, Columbia?╟╓s "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" and "Twist All Night."