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Aladdin Hotel and Casino
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Riviera Hotel And Casino
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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England
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Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998
Edward "Eddie" Eliscu was born in New York City, New York in 1902. He began performing in vaudeville and on Broadway after completing college; in 1929 he co-produced his first Broadway score and moved to Hollywood the following year to work as a lyricist. In 1935 he earned an Academy Award nomination for "Carioca" from the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers hit, Flying Down to Rio. Eliscu continued to work as a lyricist and screenwriter in Hollywood until 1950. He died in 1998.
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Miller, Steve
Steve Miller was born in California and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated alongside his friend, Keith Austin, in 1962 from Las Vegas High School. The pair built and operated Teenbeat Club on 4416 Paradise Road. They hosted the Teenbeat Club television show every Saturday on KLAS. In 1998, Miller was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame. On May 1, 2011, Miller and Austin were inducted into the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as concert promoters and founders of the Teenbeat Club.
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Austin, Keith, 1944-2023
Keith Austin was born in Santa Barbara, California on May 11, 1944. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 to live with his grandparents on the Rocking Horse Ranch. At the age of 13, he fell in love with rock n' roll after attending Elvis Presley's press conference at the Frontier Hotel.
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