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Frank Gagliardi recording, 1994 July 18
Gagliardi discusses his early life and interest in music, his college teaching career, the effect of advancing technology on Las Vegas, Nevada hotel performances, joining the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and mentoring his current students.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Erroll Garner recording, 1970 January 29
Garner speaks about his early life in New York City, New York, his early music career, forming his band, crime in the venues he played in, and his relationship with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Andy Gibb recording, 1983 August 16
Gibb answers questions about the difficulties he was experiencing in his career, his drug abuse, anxiety, and depression after his break-up with Victoria Principal. He also talks about his upcoming engagement in Las Vegas.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Matt Gregory recordings, 1976 to 1977
In this interview, Matt Gregory talks about what it is like to be a show business personality and a show producer. He discusses the way people would react to the shows he produces and how the music in them resonates with people on a deep level.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Bob Haggart recording, 1987 September 05
Haggart details his interest in visual art, his early musical career, his thoughts on Bob Crosby (Bing Crosby's younger brother), his art gallery, his playing style, and includes short performance.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Len Hornsby recording, 1979
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.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Danny Kessler recording, 1974
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.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Alan King recordings, 1979 to 1980
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.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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George Kirby recording, 1992 September 11
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.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Howard Kirk (Suitcase Murphy) recording, 1975 November 22
Local Las Vegas, Nevada character, Howard "Suitcase Murphy" Kirk shares his views on entertainment and gambling, his arrival in the city in 1946,and his personal history. This interview includes frequent profanity.
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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