About
Sam
Butera
Sam
was born on August 17, 1927 in New Orleans,
where his father, Joe, ran Poor Boy's Grocery
& Meat Market. His mother's name was Rose
and he had a brother, Joe, Jr. Sam always loved
music and at a young age, was given a saxophone by
his father. At the age of eighteen, in a
contest held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Sam
was voted the Outstanding Teenage Musician in
America by Look
Magazine.
Upon
graduation, he went on the road with Ray McKinley,
with whom he made his recording debut on McKinley's
versions of "Civilization" and "Celery Stalks
At Midnight". After stints with various bands
including Tommy Dorsey, Joe Richman, and Al Hirt,
Sam returned home. Once home, Sam played at
Leon Prima's 500 Club, where he and his five-piece
band backed bad comics and
strippers.
In
his spare time, Sam jammed with the band of one of
his father's customers, Paul Gayten, who had one of
the top bands in the city. In 1951 a
recording was made of Sam with Paul for Regal
records. Eventually, Sam formed his own group
and produced such hits as "Easy Rockin'" and
"Chicken Scratch" for RCA Victor.
When
Louis Prima was looking for his Vegas band, his
brother reminded him of Sam. In 1954 Sam joined
Louis Prima and Keely Smith in Las Vegas, and the
rest is musical history. Together they
recorded several albums, appeared on many T.V.
shows, starred in several movies and broke
attendance records in every showroom and lounge in
the country.
Sam
recorded for Cadence under his own name and, after
the Capitol signing, for subsidiary label Prep as
Sam Butera & The Witnesses. The group was also
given billing on all Prima recordings.
Sam
appeared with Frank Sinatra across America from
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to the Latin Casino in
Philadelphia. The two recorded the song
"Stargazer", which was written by Neil Diamond and
was released through Reprise Records.
Sam
has also appeared with Danny Thomas, Jerry Vale,
Sergio Franchi, Jimmy Roselli, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
with whom he recorded an album "Sam Meets Sam, When
The Feeling Hits You".
On
April 3, 1998 the Augustus Society gave Sam the
"Life Time Achievement" and the "Entertainer of the
Year" awards. In 1999 the Tropicana Casino
and Hotel inducted Sam Butera into the "Las Vegas
Hall of Fame".
To
this day Sam is still packing them in and blowing
them away in major showrooms and lounges around the
world and at home in Las Vegas. A Sam Butera
performance is an event not to be
missed.
Respectfully,
Josie Cory,
Publisher/Editor
TVI Magazine
Email:
mailto:butera@sambutera.com
To
Order Records Direct Write:
Sam
Butera
P.O. Box 42395
Las Vegas, Nevada 89116
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ABOUT SAM & HIS
MERCHANDISE
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Respectfully
Submitted
Josie
Cory
Publisher/Editor
TVI Magazine
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