Newton, Jerry, 95, 159, 160, 162
Newton, Wayne, 14, 95, 140, 156, 159–63, 189, 229, 240, 243
Newton-John, Olivia, 238
New York Times reviews, 105–6, 203–4
Nichopoulos, George, 212
nightclub entertainment, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 22, 28, 29, 30, 32, 42, 44, 54, 63, 64, 77, 92, 93, 109, 115, 219, 237
Niven, David, 62
Nixon, Richard M., 120, 188, 214
nudity on stage, 16, 39–41, 42, 43–44, 108, 112, 128–29
Nureyev, Rudolf, 190
Nutty Professor, The (film), 99
Ocean’s 11 (film), 10, 66–67, 69, 72, 76
O’Connor, Donald, 10, 16, 189
“Oh! My Papa,” 100
“Oldest Established, The,” 85
Oliver, Sy, 60
“Ol’ Man River,” 149
Olsen, Ed, 85–87
“One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, The,” 60
“Only the Strong Survive,” 171
On the Town (film), 57
“O Sole Mio,” 81
“Over the Rainbow,” 213
Over the Top and Back (Jones), 164
Ozzie and Harriet (TV show), 180
Page, Patti, 99, 227
Pajama Game (Broadway show), 37, 64
Pan, Hermes, 111–12
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (film), 165
Paramount Pictures, 3, 81, 165
Parker, Colonel Tom, 3, 49–50, 51, 79–80, 132, 151, 166, 168, 172, 195, 202, 205, 208–9, 217, 243
Elvis documentary, 228
Elvis Las Vegas comeback show (1969) and, 9, 174, 178, 179, 183, 184, 186–88, 194, 200, 201, 202
Elvis long-term contract, 216–17, 224
Elvis movie career, 105, 131, 166, 235
Elvis on national tour, 218–19
Elvis playing Vegas and, 3, 4, 5, 7, 102, 169–70
Elvis publicity, 9, 187, 228
Elvis’s career and, 176–77, 179
Elvis’s decline and, 234
Elvis’s marriage and, 132–34
Parker, Ed, 212
Parker, Loanne Miller, 176–77, 187
Parton, Dolly, 18, 240
Patterson, Floyd, 11
Pearl, Ralph, 2, 26, 203
Pello, Gene, 182
“Pennies from Heaven,” 67
“People,” 192
Peterson, Ray, 229
Phillips, Sam, 3, 212
Piaf, Edith, 55
Pickett, Wilson, 171
Plummer, Claire Fitzpatrick, 128, 129
Pogee, Maria, 127
Poitier, Sidney, 80
“Polk Salad Annie,” 227
Polo Lounge, Beverly Hills, 143
Pomus, Doc, 106
Porgy and Bess (film), 64, 79
Porter, Cole, 31, 60, 77, 152
Powell, Jane, 28
Prell, Milton, 28, 51, 102, 103, 132, 133, 158
Presley, Elvis, 2–7, 18, 19, 91, 174
Aloha from Hawaii TV special, 233
American Sound Studio sessions, 171, 178
Ann-Margret and, 104–6
Beatles and, 151–52
comeback (1969), 173–224
cultural shift in music and, 173–74
Davis and, 80, 104, 200
death of, 236, 244
decline of, 17–18, 230–44
divorce of, 134, 231, 234
documentary on Vegas years, 228–30
drug use, 210, 212, 230, 231, 233–36
early recordings, 3, 206
earnings, 18, 170, 215, 216
entourage of, 175, 200
fan base, 216, 232, 236, 241
Geller and, 131–32, 133, 175
Graceland, 179, 236, 247
Hill & Range publishers, 166
hit single (1969), 218
impact on other musicians, 213–14
inner conflicts, 211
Jones and, 163, 165, 189, 213
Las Vegas and, 2, 6–8, 17, 49–50, 51, 81, 103, 130, 131, 148, 218, 222, 224, 236
Las Vegas comeback show (July 31, 1969), 8–9, 17, 165–68, 173, 174, 178–88, 192–204
Las Vegas debut (1956), 2, 4–8, 49
Las Vegas detractors, 221–22
Las Vegas long-term contract, 216–19, 223, 225
Las Vegas show, final, 235–36
Las Vegas show, new model created by, 18, 223
Las Vegas shows (1970–71), 226–28
Las Vegas shows, number of, 237, 278n
Las Vegas transformed by, 9, 17–19, 215–16, 219, 221, 223, 236–37, 240, 244
Liberace and, 49–51, 262n
manager (see Parker, Colonel Tom)
marriage, 8, 103, 132–34, 142
Memphis Mafia, 81, 170, 231, 234
military service, 8, 51, 78, 173, 208
movie career, 3, 8, 81, 102–5, 130–31, 133, 166, 170, 177, 235
national touring, 218–19, 225
peak as stage performer, 18, 225–30
personal life, 174–75
post-Army changes in, 81, 173
press conference, 202–3
Rat Pack and, 80–81
religion and, 211
revealing monologue by, 207–8
rhythm-guitar playing, 206
security for, 194, 231, 233–34
signature hit, “Hound Dog,” 7
signature Vegas logo, 167–68
Sinatra and, 77–80, 173
Sinatra TV special, 79–80
Singer TV special, 166–68, 174, 201–2
song repertoire, expanded, 227
spiritual quest, 131–32
as supportive to other performers, 222
and TCB Band (backup band), 226
temper of, 175–76
twin who died at birth, 50, 51
Vegas outfits, 50, 167, 186, 196, 199, 226, 228, 232, 238
voice of, 205, 232–33
women and, 51, 81, 130, 134, 213–14, 218
Presley, Gladys, 50, 174–75
Presley, Jesse Garon, 50, 51
Presley, Lisa Marie, 134
Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu, 8, 103, 105, 132–34, 142, 151, 165, 175–76, 186, 196, 201, 213, 218, 222, 234, 235
Presley, Vernon, 175, 202, 222, 234
Prevue Lounge, New Orleans, 119
Prima, Louis, 15, 44–47, 72, 97, 116, 183
production shows, 11, 16, 37–44, 95, 107–12. See also specific shows
“Promised Land,” 233
Proser, Monte, 42
“Proud Mary,” 227
Prowse, Juliet, 76, 112, 127, 194
Pryor, Richard, 17, 157–58
Pryor Convictions (Pryor), 158
Pussycat A-Go-Go, 155
“Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” 82
Pzazz ’68 (show), 110
Pzazz ’69 (show), 128
“Queen of the Hop,” 156
Rabbitt, Eddie, 171
Rat Pack, 10, 17, 56, 62–73, 78, 79–91, 97, 98, 126, 135, 221
Elvis’s ties to, 80–81
“Jackpot Month” at the Sands and, 72
nicknames, 73, 97
the Summit at the Sands show, 67–72
Rat Pack Confidential (Levy), 71
Rat Pack Live at the Sands, The (album), 84–85
Ray, Johnny, 6
RCA Records, 3, 199, 205, 218, 227
Reagan, Ronald, 30, 161
Reed, Jerry, 167
Reed, Jimmy, 205, 206
Reed, Rex, 199
Reese, Della, 130
Reeves, Steve, 161
Reid, Ed, 123
Renaud, Line, 108
Reprise Records, 60
“Return to Sender,” 81, 248
Reynolds, Debbie, 13, 16, 94, 100–101
Rich, Buddy, 46
Rickles, Don, 11, 16, 76–77, 94, 114, 116–17, 119, 121
Riddle, Major A., 42
Riddle, Nelson, 58, 60
Righteous Brothers, 154, 222, 229
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Rivers, Joan, 248
“River, Stay Away from My Door,” 60–61
Riviera Hotel, 6, 8, 10, 41, 47, 52, 94, 95, 96, 120, 121, 125, 147, 153–54, 189, 213, 240
Liberace at, 47, 48, 94, 95, 101
Riviera Hotel (cont.)
the mob and, 124
Versailles Room, 189
Riviera nightclub, Fort Lee, N.J., 28, 45
Rizzo, Jilly, 76, 143
“Road to Mandalay, The,” 67
Roberts, Oral, 211
Robin and the 7 Hoods (film), 84, 87, 90
Rock Around the Clock (film), 7
rock ’n’ roll, rock, and R&B, 34–35, 77–78, 81, 97, 102, 135, 142, 224
booking acts in Las Vegas, 219–20
cultural shift and, 148–58, 188–89
Elvis and, 78, 168, 224
Las Vegas shunned, 238–39
revival in vintage, 177–78, 238
Rodgers, Richard, 77
Rogers, Ginger, 30, 128
Rolling Stones, 17, 150, 201, 220
Rooney, Mickey, 128
Rose Marie, 25
Rosenbaum, Ron, 13, 161
Ross, Frank, 32–33, 34
Royal Nevada Hotel, 51, 52
Rufus Jones for President (film), 64
“Runaway,” 205
Russell, Jane, 10, 31
Russell, Leon, 221
Rydell, Bobby, 82
Sahara Hotel, 10, 15, 28–29, 35–36, 45–47, 51, 93, 94, 95, 96, 113–18, 128, 149, 150, 153, 156, 163, 169
Casbar Lounge, 45, 46, 94, 116
Casbar Theater, 36
Elvis staying at, 103, 104
Garland and, 99–100
Sammy Davis Jr./That’s All (album), 89
Sanders, Denis, 228
Sands, Tommy, 79
Sands Hotel, 10, 28, 30–32, 41, 53–55, 56, 63, 93, 94, 96, 99, 103, 112–13, 119, 125, 127, 128, 138, 149, 150
Copa Room, 55, 148
Dean Martin and His Friends show, 88
Entratter and, 28, 32, 53, 54–56, 99, 142, 222
Garden Room, 76
Hughes owns, 137–39, 141–42, 144
the mob and, 28, 54, 137–38, 139
Rat Pack and, 56, 67–68, 72, 84–85, 97
Sinatra and, 10, 17, 54, 57–59, 66–67, 87, 89–90, 142, 144–48, 155, 219
Sanicola, Hank, 76
Sardelli, Nelson, 123–24, 222
Sarno, Jay, 146
Saturday Night Live (TV show), 99, 239
Sawyer, Grant, 86
Scheff, Jerry, 181, 185, 194, 221, 226
Schilling, Jerry, 50, 51, 166, 175, 179, 184, 210, 221, 223, 231
Schlatter, George, 30, 32–33, 95
Scott, John, 164
“Second Time Around, The,” 60
Self-Realization Fellowship, 132
Sennes, Frank, 39
Sergeants 3 (film), 72, 82
“Shall We Dance,” 68
Sha Na Na, 178
Shannon, Del, 205
Shawn, Dick, 114, 149
Shea, Scott, 46
Shearing, George, 98
Shindig! (TV show), 180
Shoofey, Alex, 169, 178, 188, 216, 217
Shore, Dinah, 30, 47, 67, 127, 189
Shore, Mitzi, 189
Shore, Sammy, 13, 189, 195–96, 211
Shuman, Mort, 106
Sidney, George, 104, 105, 222
Siegel, Bugsy, 23, 24–25, 94, 137
Siegfried and Roy, 19, 108, 242
Beyond Belief (show), 242
Silva, Henry, 69
Silvers, Phil, 30
Silver Slipper Casino, 76, 138
Simon and Garfunkel, 220, 229
“Simple Song of Freedom, A,” 157
Sinatra, Frank, 11, 14, 17, 19, 28, 31, 44, 56–91, 114, 119, 120, 151, 188, 189, 224, 238
at Caesars Palace, 146, 147–48
Cal-Neva Lodge investigation, 85–86
career rebound (1963), 89
career slump (1967), 142–43
danger of bad side of, 65, 83–84
Dorchester Productions, 66
Elvis and, 77–80, 133, 173
Entratter and, 55, 57, 59, 61, 74–75
Farrow and, 74, 122–23, 142–45
film career, 57, 58, 62, 66–67, 75, 76
Frank Jr. kidnapping, 87–88
gambling and, 73
Hughes and, 142
Kennedy and, 71–72, 82–83
late-career numbers, 89
the mob and, 57, 69, 83, 85–86
“My Way” as signature song, 148
opening, Summit at the Sands, 67–68
personality, 74–75, 86, 142, 143–44
Rat Pack and, 56, 62–73, 82–91, 98
Reprise Records and, 60
Rickles and, 76–77, 116
as role model, 59–60, 73–74, 97
Sands and, 10, 17, 54, 56, 57–59, 63, 66–67, 72, 87, 89–90, 155, 219
Sands blowup, 144–47
Vegas salary, 147–48, 170
Sinatra, Nancy (daughter), 79, 217–18
Sinatra, Nancy (wife), 57
Sinatra at the Sands (album), 89–90
Sinatra: Vegas (album), 60–61, 90
Singer Presents Elvis (TV show), 166–68, 174, 201–2
“Sing, Sing, Sing,” 45
Skelton, Red, 10, 68, 93, 94, 103, 113, 152
Sloate, Maynard, 98, 115
Smith, Billy, 168
Smith, Cecil, 43
Smith, Keely, 15, 45–47, 72, 97, 116, 183
Smith, Myrna, 186, 195
Some Came Running (film), 62
Songs for Young Lovers (album), 58
Song to Remember, A (film), 48
Sonny and Cher, 46, 169
South Point Hotel and Casino, 245
Spector, Phil, 155
“Splish Splash,” 156
Spreckels, Judy, 6
Springfield, Dusty, 229
Stamps Quartet, 214
Stardust Hotel, 39–40, 41, 42, 52, 107, 138, 245
Star Is Born, A (film), 150, 235
Starr, Kay, 99
Starr, Ringo, 151, 226
St. Cyr, Lili, 40
Steele, Alfred N., 31
Stone, Mike, 234
Stone, Sly, 155
“Strangers in the Night,” 143
Streisand, Barbra, 11, 14, 101–2, 170, 177, 190–92, 235
“Stuck on You,” 79
Sullivan, Ed, 31, 47
Sumner, J. D., 214
Sun Records, 3, 206, 212
Supremes, 152–53
“Susie Q,” 180
“Suspicious Minds,” 171, 198, 199, 206, 212, 218
“Sweet Caroline,” 227
Sweet Charity (Broadway show), 147
“Sweet Inspiration,” 183, 195
Sweet Inspirations, 183, 186, 195, 206–7, 245
Tally Ho Hotel, 146
Tan, Mark, 232, 239
Taylor, Elizabeth, 82, 100, 101
Temptations, 154, 155
“That Old Black Magic,” 45
“That’s All Right, Mama,” 3, 206
“That’s Life,” 89, 148, 154
Thomas, Bob, 25
Thomas, Danny, 28, 55, 56, 72, 94, 112–13, 152, 189, 190
Thomas, Kevin, 54
Thompson, Hunter, 13, 105
Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama,” 7
Through the Eyes of the Masters (Anrias), 196
Thunderbird Hotel, 26, 36, 95, 147
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Strauss), 227–28, 239
“Tiger Man,” 198
“Till There Was You,” 107
Tiny Tim, 147
Tom Jones (album), 164–65
Tommy Scott and the Senators, 163
“Tonight,” 101
Tormé, Mel, 26, 99
Tosches, Nick, 14, 64
Treasure Island Hotel, 241, 242
Trenier, Claude and Cliff, 34, 35
Trenier, Skip, 35
Treniers (singing group), 34, 155
“The Suitcase Song,” 35
Tropicana, 42–44, 51–52, 95, 100–101, 104, 107, 115, 120, 233
Blue Room lounge show, 98
“Tryin’ to Get to You,” 167, 233
Tucker, Sophie, 23, 72, 150
Turner, Ike and Tina, 154
Tutt, Ronnie, 181–82, 184, 185, 198, 226
2001 (film), 228
Vallee, Pete, 245–46
Vampira, 6
Van, Garwood, 22
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 62, 76
Variety
Battle of the Bosoms, 41
Elvis reviews, 4, 188, 203
entertainer salaries, 95
on Hughes in Vegas, 141
on Las Vegas, 29, 30, 37, 52, 138, 152, 153, 220
on lounge shows, 98
reviews, 4, 31, 40, 75, 99–100, 115, 118, 150, 154, 157, 164, 191
Sands Hotel opening, 28
on Sinatra at the Sands, 57–58
Vaughan, Sarah, 11, 34, 98, 147
Vegas (Dunne), 13–14
“Venus,” 149
“Via Veneto,” 85
Victorson, Dave, 147, 220
Villanueva, Benito and Miriam, 247
Villa Venice, Chicago, 84
Viñas, José Luis, 108
Vinton, Bobby, 201
Viola, Al, 60
“Viva Las Vegas,” 106, 248
Viva Las Vegas (film), 8, 104–6, 130–31, 153, 222
Vive Les Girls (show), 111, 126, 129, 247–48
“Volare,” 64, 85
Wakely, Jimmy, 23
Walker, Ron, 111
Walters, Barbara, 42
Walters, Lou, 42, 43
Warner Bros., 66, 87
Warwick, Dionne, 171, 194
Watt, James, 161
Watusi Stampede (dance show), 153
Way Down (Scheff), 181
Way You Wear Your Hat, The (Zehme), 90
Weatherford, Mike, 34, 153, 219, 239
Webb, Del, 28, 119
Weisman, Fred, 143
West, Mae, 29, 110
West, Red, 133–34, 194
West, Sonny, 194, 200, 215
“What’d I Say,” 106, 198, 224
What Falls Away (Farrow), 74
“What Is This Thing Called Love?,” 67
“What Kind of Fool Am I?,” 89, 160
“What Now My Love?,” 234
Wheeler, Bert, 22–23
“When They Begin to Twist the Beguine,” 149
White, Tony Joe, 227
“Who’s Sorry Now?,” 149
Wild in the Country (film), 102
Wilkerson, Billy, 24, 26
Wilkinson, John, 180–81, 194, 197, 226
Willard, Bill, 4, 27, 118, 220
Williams, Andy, 99, 147, 190, 226
Williams, Esther, 30
Williams, John, 97
Willis, Ellen, 204
Will Mastin Trio, 64
Wills, Maury, 11
Wilson, Earl, 73, 187
Wilson, Mary, 153
Wilson, Nancy, 155
Winters, David, 153–54
“Witchcraft,” 79, 80
“Without a Song,” 60
“With These Hands,” 165
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