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Bob Anderson recordings, 1981 to 1991

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Anderson talks about his career as a singer and impressionist, his family's musical background, and different singers who have influenced his career. Anderson talks about how he started musical impersonation with the help of Merv Griffin, his family and childhood, how he assumes his personalities, the future of impersonators and how he balances impressions and being himself. Musical impressionist Bob Anderson describes Elvis Presley as a person, what his career was like, and his relationship with him. Anderson places emphasis on how Presley's importance to the music and film industry and explains the singer's influence on his own career.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Gilda Maiken Anderson recording, 1993 July 08

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Anderson discusses her musical career as a singer and her work as co-founder of the Las Vegas, Nevada Society of Singers, her childhood, touring, and the professional treatment of singers.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Harry Anderson recording, 1980

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Anderson speaks about his early life and performing magic and comedy.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Dick Angelini, Sam DiStephano, and Tom Synder recording, approximate

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Three short telephone interviews with Dick Angelini, who talks about working in hotels; Sam DiStephano, who talks about the history and development of the Las Vegas show, "Splash"; and television personality Tom Snyder, who talks about his shows, family, and news journalist Lowell Thomas.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Paul Anka recordings, 1980 to 1992

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Anka chats about work, music, his family, his childhoods, and answers questions from callers.

In this interview, Paul Anka talks about his career as a singer in show business and what it was like to work with Joe Delaney. He vividly discusses his travels to foreign countries such as Italy and Japan and how his music was perceived by audiences in those countries. He says that he greatly enjoyed his time in different countries and that people there valued his music and performance on stage. Delaney also mentions that Anka's music rose to fame in their company and that their American audience values their collaboration together.

In this interview, Paul Anka talks about how his career as a singer began and the steps he took to immerse himself in music. He first begins by talking about what high school he went to and what music he courses he took to further explore genres. He also adds that he worked at a night club in Las Vegas which allowed him to socialize with different artists.

Recording of Paul Anka on a television talk show in Las Vegas, discussing his professionalism, perfectionism, money, Las Vegas, religion, and aspects of stardom.

Anka talks about work, music, his family, and answers questions audience members.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Ann-Margret recording, 1990 September 21

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Margret talks about her childhood, early career as a singer in Las Vegas, growing success, first recording contract, first screen test and being selected for 'bad girl' roles, her friendship with Elvis Presley and other actors, and the recovery from her accident.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Peter Anthony recordings, 1987 to 2002

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Anthony discuss he got into show business, his beginnings in New York, getting into live television, his family, what music inspires him, how he came to Las Vegas, working at the Sahara, the type of music he plays in shows and the future of music. Anthony talks about his experience as a musician from childhood, his desire to explore musical genres outside of jazz, and the learning experiences of that exploration. Anthony talks the O.J. Simpson trial, trumpet and piano players, and artists that were famous during Anthony's childhood.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Desi Arnaz Jr. recording, approximately 1980 to 1988

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Arnaz speaks primarily about his philosophical outlook on life, his recovery from addiction, and his increased understanding of the forces that created him as a person.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Eddy Arnold recording, 1982

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Arnold discusses some of the more important songs of his career, why sex appeal is necessary and the way it tranlates when performing onstage. During a Q&A session in Laughlin, Nevada, Arnold answers the audience’s questions about his career. He talks about important moments in his career, the evolution of music, his own music and influences, and other artists. Bill Willard is in the audience.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Cholly Atkins and Tommy Check recording, 1995 March 10

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Atkins talks about his career in entertainment as a dancer and then a choreographer with Motown Artists. He talks about some of the people he’s met and taught as well as what it was like to be a dancer. Check recounts his career as a drummer and talks about his time at the Copacabana, his time alongside other artists, and discusses his time in Las Vegas.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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