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"Hallelujah Hollywood" production at the MGM Grand Hotel, image 012: photographic print

Date

1974 (year approximate)

Description

Donn Arden, (right, holding sign), staged the extravaganza "Hallelujah Hollywood" at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas. The couple at left were the show's 250,000th customers. (c. 1974) Two showgirls stand behind.

Image

Barbara and Norman Kaye oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-00989

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Barbara and Norman Kaye conducted by Claytee D. White on February 24, 2010, March 09, 2010, and December 06, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Barbara Kaye begins the interview by discussing her career as a showgirl and moving to Reno, Nevada in 1955 to work as a dancer in a show at the Mapes Hotel in 1955. She then talks about later moving to Las Vegas, Nevada to dance at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. She also describes living briefly in Hawaii with her husband, Norman Kaye, his career as a musician, and the life of a Las Vegas showgirl. Norman Kaye discusses his career as a musician in the Mary Kaye Trio with his sister, Mary Kaye. He recalls when they performed at the El Rancho Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Hotel, and Sahara Hotel and Casino, as well as his songwriting outside of the group and being named the poet laureate of Nevada by Governor Grant Sawyer. Lastly, he talks about his career in real estate and his company, Norman Kaye Real Estate.

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