Buttons talks about career in show business, his childhood, his television show, and working in Las Vegas. Buttons tells the interviewers and the audience about his accomplishments in his acting career. He discusses how proud and surprised he was when he was nominated for his achievements.
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Cherry and his wife talk about his life and career as a singer, his early life, his time as a pro golfer, and his life in Las Vegas. Cherry discussed his most famous works, his career and life, as well as what brought him to Las Vegas.
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Contino discusses his early interest in accordions, the beginning of hismusic career, his metaphysical and religious beliefs, his mental representations of music, his fitness endeavors, and his family.
Contino talks about his family and early life, his education, and his feelings about the accordion.
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Jones talks about learning to play the alto saxophone and trumpet with the Booker T. Washington Community Center Band, led by Mrs. Bessie L. Allen. He also talks about the bands he most enjoyed performing with in the 1930s and his starring television appearence on "An Evening with Fred Astaire" in 1958.
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In this telephonic interview, Kaye discusses his early life, his Hawaiian heritage, his military service, moving to Las Vegas in 1951, performing in many cities and on television programs, his relationship to Howard Hughes, becoming poet laureate of Nevada, and his plans to make more albums.
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Laine starts by talking about recent natural disasters and then discusses why he was expanding his musical genre into western and folk music. He talks about at 1957 song, "Cry of the Wild Goose" as a precursor to his western stylings, and how the tune predated the Kingston Trio's hit "Tom Dooley".
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Lane talks about his career as a composer, songs he’s written, people he’s met, his parents' influence, how he started composing, and stories from his career. He also talks about Judy Garland and the use of music in film.
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Bill Willard hosts a panel of Las Vegas lounger singers including Bob Anderson, Sam Butera, Loleatta Holloway, and Claude Trenier. The panelists discuss early casino lounges, who enjoys lounge acts, the type of music, and the business of successful lounges.
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Eglash discusses his first experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, his opinions on the Strip, his thoughts on corporations in the music industry, his audition for Frank Sinatra, the fire at the El Rancho Hotel and Casino, the beginning of his conducting career, and his former bandmates and musicians.
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Fitzgerald, talks about his childhood, his early musical education, his first professional work, his education, working in social care, teaching music, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. The interview concludes with a recording of his band performing.
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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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