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Bob Brooks recording, 1975 October 28

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File

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Brooks discusses notable musicians he hired, his experience in the El Rancho Vegas hotel and casino, his real estate career, meeting mobster Bugsy Siegel in 1942, and his relationship with the interviewer, Bill Willard.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Vicki Carr recording, 1990 October 10

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File

Scope and Contents

Carr talks about her career, her influences, and her success in reaching both English and Spanish audiences. performing for Queen Elizabeth II, touring Latin America, Las Vegas, and other artists. She also sings.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Buddy Childers recording, 1990 November 16

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File

Scope and Contents

Childers talks about his eary career and time with the Kenton Band, his experiences with other big band artists, his work in Las Vegas, his musical technique, and the skills needed to organize, arrange, and learn music.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Tom Constanten recording, 1993

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File

Scope and Contents

Constanten recounts his career in music as a keyboardist, studying under European composers, and his move to electronic music. He also talks about his military service, working with the Grateful Dead, working off-Broadway, and the future and evolution of music.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Joe Darro recordings, 1995 to 2002

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File

Scope and Contents

Darro recalls his early life as an Italian-American, his music career in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada, his opinions on modern music, and his relationships with other musicians, such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Herb Jeffries, and Bobby Sherwood.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Tommy Deering recording, 2002 September 10

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

In this interview, Tommy Deering speaks about his musical interest early in life, his early professional music career, his parents and siblings, his early comedy career, and sings his song "It's not easy being white".

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Len Hornsby recording, 1979

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Hornsby, CEO of the Las Vegas, Nevada Visitors Center and Convention Authority, answers questions about the current economic climate in Las Vegas, visitor volume, increases in ticket prices, value for money, fuel prices, and how Las Vegas' sells itself.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Danny Kessler recording, 1974

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File

Scope and Contents

Kessler discusses the development of his career in record promotion from his early days with Columbia to his leadership of OKEH Records, a Columbia label that promoted black artists, his love for R&B music and promoting the Treniers, Chuck Willis, and Johnny Ray.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Alan King recordings, 1979 to 1980

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File

Scope and Contents

King answers call-in questions from listeners, talking about comedy, his views on the LGBT community, his twenty-year friendship with Renee Richards, his concerns about nuclear energy, politics, the energy crisis, and other topics.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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George Kirby recording, 1992 September 11

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File

Scope and Contents

Kirby talks about his career as a comedian and impersonator. He talks about getting his start, working for Disney, travelling around the country, his experience with drugs and the law, and how his faith helped him rehabilitate him.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component