Curated playlist
Las Vegas shows
- Elvis PresleyA teacher told young Elvis Presley he had no aptitude for singing. He later sold an estimated 500 million records.
- Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra was dropped by his record label in 1952. A movie role then brought him back to the top.
- Elton JohnElton John sang "Candle in the Wind 1997" live only once, at Princess Diana's funeral. He wrote it days before.
- Prince (musician)Prince once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol to protest his record label.
- Tom Jones (singer)Tom Jones, the Welsh singer born Thomas John Woodward, was 12 years old when doctors diagnosed him with tuberculosis. He spent two years in bed, able to do little but listen to music and draw. Decades later he said of that time, "I spent…
- CherCher, the American singer and actress born Cheryl Sarkisian, first reached radio in 1964 with a record that programmers misjudged. The single was “Ringo, I Love You,” produced by Phil Spector and released under the name Bonnie Jo Mason.…
- Bette MidlerBette Midler was born on the 1st of December 1945, and her trophy shelf is very nearly complete. She has won three Emmys, three Grammys, two Tonys and four Golden Globes. Only the Oscar has eluded her, despite two nominations. Across about…
- Celine DionCeline Dion spent her earliest months sleeping in a dresser drawer, because her family could not afford a crib. She was the youngest of 14 children, born on the 30th of March 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec. Nothing about that crowded, careful…
- Sammy Davis Jr.Sammy Davis Jr. once answered a simple golf question with a line that became his signature. Playing a round with Jack Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. Davis replied, "Handicap?" and then went on: "Talk about handicap. I'm a…
- Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand once filed a lawsuit that sent a crowd of strangers to look at a single photograph. In 2003 she claimed that a website documenting coastal erosion had invaded her privacy. Among its more than 12,000 images, one happened to…
- Love (Cirque du Soleil)Cirque du Soleil's Beatles show Love closed on Ringo Starr's 84th birthday. Its Las Vegas theater will not be rebuilt.