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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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Bob Badgley recordings, 1994 to 2002

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Badgley talks about his childhood, his early musical education, learning to play trombone and double bass in high school, his military service, playing in traveling bands, working as a musician in Las Vegas, and teaching at UNLV. Badgley talks about his childhood, learning to play trombone and double bass in high school, his military service, playing in traveling bands, and working in Las Vegas as a musician and professor at UNLV.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Jim Bailey recording, 1991

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Bailey talks about the process that he uses as a female impersonator, when he first realized that he could impersonate female singers, how he utilizes his operatic training, and how he learns to mimic different tonalities and physical characteristics.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Kaye Ballard recording, 1981 March 29

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Ballard talks about her life, childhood, entertaining, and a wide-ranging pass through many topics.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Pete Barbutti recordings, 1990 to 1995

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Barbutti and Mancuso about their music careers, the process of music, where it is going and where it has been, composing, rock-and-roll, the process of composition, and the lack of new talent. They also play several songs as examples. Barbutti discusses his childhood, being Jewish, discovering music, performing in Las Vegas, career progression, and appearing on the Tonight Show. Barbutti talks about how he had to be on a show everyday for about an hour to develop his musical experience.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Mark Barnett recording, 2002 September 04

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Barnett discusses his musical career as a percussionist, his parents support for his career, pressures on the children of well-known artists, experiences in Las Vegas, and interactions with other artists.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Robert Barragan recording, 1983

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Barragan and an unidentified man discuss their new nightclub-restaurant, "Botanys" with Dick Maurice.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Dave Barry recording, 1976 April 01

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Recorded stage performance.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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