Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sam Butera (August 17, 1927 – June 3, 2009) was an American tenor saxophonist and singer best noted for his collaborations with Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Butera is frequently regarded as a crossover artist who performed with equal ease in both R&B and the post- big band pop style of jazz that permeated the early Vegas nightclub scene.
He initially gained popularity in his home city of New Orleans and later in New York. By 1954, Prima had joined a Louisiana band led by Sam Butera. With Prima's stage partner and wife Keely Smith, he, Butera and the Witnesses secured a gig at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. They soon became the most popular act in that city. [4]
Sam Butera, jazz saxophonist; Conte Candoli, jazz trumpeter; Pete Candoli, jazz trumpeter; Freddy Cannon (born 1940), born Frederick Anthony Picariello, rock and roll singer, had three top ten hits; Chris Carrabba, lead singer of Dashboard Confessional and former lead singer of Further Seems Forever
Sam Butera and the Witnesses: Sam Butera - Tenor sax/arranger Lou Scioneaux - Trombone Morgan Thomas - Trumpet Bobby Rosario - Piano Rolando "Rolly Dee" DiIorio - Bass
Louis Leo Prima (/ ˈ l uː i ˈ p r iː m ə /; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) [1] was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans–style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band ...
The recording session took place on 23 April 1956, at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, and was produced by Voyle Gilmore.Prima was backed by his Las Vegas group, Sam Butera & the Witnesses, in its original line-up: Sam Butera (), James "Red" Blount (), William "Willie" McCumber (), Jack Marshall (), Amado Rodriques and Robert "Bobby" Morris (). [8]
Lou Sino (August 16, 1930 – July 30, 1986) was a New Orleans trombonist and singer who came to prominence as a member of Louis Prima's backing band The Witnesses, led by Sam Butera.
The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film adapted from the play of the same name by Garson Kanin.Directed by Robert Mulligan, it stars Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City.