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Tanya Tucker recording, 1987

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File

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Audio begins with a recorded performance. Tucker discusses her album Strong Enough to Bend, her musical influences, her thoughts on Laughlin, Nevada, her family relationships, travelling as a musician, and her aspirations. She also discusses meeting Elvis Presley, the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada, and the mixing of her albums.

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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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Louie Bellson recordings, 1991 to 1999

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Bellson demonstrates the styles of well-known drummers, talks about his use of the double-bass drum, and shares comments about the profession.

Bellson discusses his life as a professional drummer, techniques of setting up and playing drums, comparisons with other artists, going on the road, and his recommendations for musicians who want to pursue professional work.

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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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Glen Campbell recordings, 1978 to 1980

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Campbell discusses women participating in warfare, his show at the Frontier and Desert Inn Hotel and Casino, his motivation to becoming a musician, his early life, his memories about Elvis Presley, and his family.

Campbell talks about love, forgiveness, spirituality, his multiple marriages, and addresses questions about his relationship with Tanya Tucker.

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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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Jan Murray recordings, 1978 to 1979

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File

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Murray answers questions about his views on politics and the economy.

Murray talks about his early life, his opinion of the nature of comedy, enjoying his work, and answers audience questions

Talks about moving to Hawaii, buying a juice factory, having a highway named after him in Alabama, his career, and his thoughts on the future.

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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Jim Nabors recording, 1985

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File

Scope and Contents

The first part of this audio clip is a radio interview, where Jim Nabors is asked questions from journalists regarding his career as an actor, singer, and comedian. He talks about his career highlights and his performances coming up. The second part is an interview with Bill Willard where they talk about his time working shows in Las Vegas and his popularity.

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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Fred Travelena recording, 1980

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File

Scope and Contents

Travelena speaks about his ESP abilities, his time in the military, his pet peeves, interest in impressions, his early life, and his wish for world peace.

Travelena talks about the return of lounge acts to Las Vegas, compares Las Vegas to Atlantic City, NJ, his television show, the issue of POWs left in Vietnam, and his faith.

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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Eddy Arnold recording, 1982

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File

Scope and Contents

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.

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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Cholly Atkins and Tommy Check recording, 1995 March 10

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File

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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.

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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Billy Daniels recordings, 1970 to 1971

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File

Scope and Contents

Daniels converse with Shaw over lunch, mentioning mutual friends, and questions Shaw about the process of writing an autobiography. He also talks about his early career and then shifts to discussing Las Vegas as the embodiment of entertainment.

Daniels discusses his career, different clubs, and various entertainers, with a focus on New York City's 52nd Street Jazz district in the 1930s and 1940s.

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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Arthur Jarwood and Sybil Olman recording, 1970 March 15

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File

Scope and Contents

In this interview, Jarwood talks about his business, the Onyx Club, on 52nd Street, New York City, other clubs in the area, drugs and crime, Lionel Hampton, and his thoughts on 52nd street. In the second portion, Olman, wife of Jarwood's business partner Chauncey Olman, discusses her aversion to marijuana usage in the Onyx Club, and the safety of the area during the 1940s.

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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