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27 June 2006
Viva Las Vegas - Frank
Sinatra
More than any other
entertainer, Old Blue Eyes gave the city it's sophisticated
edge and glitzy image. The rise of the singer and the Strip
are inseparable.
Frank Sinatra was a Las
Vegas fixture for 43 years, from his first gig in September
1951 until May 1994.
It was in 1960, when the
guys who were to become known as the 'Rat
Pack' descended on
the city for the filming of Ocean's
11, that he really
came into his own. By night Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy
Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Buddy Lestorand Peter Lawford would
perform - all together or in various combinations - at the
Sands to overflowing crowds, then deal cards at the
blackjack
tables afterwards. The cover charge was $5.95 and included
dinner.
In 1967, when Howard
Hughes bought the hotel and clamped down on the singer's
huge casino debts, Sinatra moved to Caesars Palace. But
there the issue of casino credit once again reared it's
head, and in 1971 Sinatra announced his retirement from
showbiz.
Just three years later,
however, Sinatra was back in all his tuxedo clad hipness
and, after a much vaunted 'return' concert at Caesars Palace
in January 1974, he never missed a year of packing showrooms
at various Las Vegas hotspots.
In December 1992 the
Desert Inn celebrated Sinatra's 77th birthday with a gala
concert. It was a fitting tribute to the man who put the
swing into the Las
Vegas Strip.
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Also see:
Las
Vegas History. The Story Of
Vegas
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Mecca.
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Vegas Showgirls
She is a beautiful creature bedecked in sequins, feathers
and always wears only the reddest lipstick. Her image is
synonymous with the glamour of the city's stages. She is the
Las Vegas showgirl and without Donn Arden she may never have
existed.
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