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{{Short description|Entertainment nightclub showroom in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.}}
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|address = 3950 [[Las Vegas Boulevard]] South<br />[[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] 89119
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|location = [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], [[Nevada]], U.S.
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It was noteworthy for the many popular entertainers who performed there, including members of [[the Rat Pack]], [[Count Basie]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Jimmy Durante]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Nat King Cole]], [[Peggy Lee]], [[Edith Piaf]] and [[Bobby Darin]], among others.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|date=December 27, 1952|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=1|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
It was noteworthy for the many popular entertainers who performed there, including members of [[the Rat Pack]], [[Count Basie]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Jimmy Durante]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Nat King Cole]], [[Peggy Lee]], [[Edith Piaf]] and [[Bobby Darin]], among others.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|date=December 27, 1952|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=1|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>


It was also the recording venue for several live albums, including [[Frank Sinatra]]'s ''[[Sinatra at the Sands]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sinatra-at-the-sands-mw0000650777|title=Sinatra at the Sands|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]]'s ''[[That's All!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-all%21-mw0000005210|title=That's All!|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[The Sounds of '66]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sounds-of-66-bonus-tracks-mw0000025034|title=The Sounds of '66|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> and [[Dean Martin]]'s ''Live at the Sands Hotel - An Evening of Music, Laughter and Hard Liquor''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-sands-hotel-mw0000003162|title=Live at the Sands Hotel|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>
It was also the recording venue for several live albums, including [[Frank Sinatra]]'s ''[[Sinatra at the Sands]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sinatra-at-the-sands-mw0000650777|title=Sinatra at the Sands|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]'s ''[[That's All!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-all%21-mw0000005210|title=That's All!|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[The Sounds of '66]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sounds-of-66-bonus-tracks-mw0000025034|title=The Sounds of '66|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> and [[Dean Martin]]'s ''Live at the Sands Hotel - An Evening of Music, Laughter and Hard Liquor''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-sands-hotel-mw0000003162|title=Live at the Sands Hotel|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>


The Copa Room's [[showgirl]]s were known as "The Copa Girls."<ref name=UNLV>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.unlv.edu/collections/showgirls/jack-entratter-and-copa-girls|title=Jack Entratter and the Copa Girls|publisher=University of Nevada. Las Vegas|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}</ref> The showroom took its name from the famed [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana]] in New York City. Hotel manager [[Jack Entratter]] used to be in charge of the New York venue for more than 12 years, where his showgirls were also known as the Copa Girls. Entratter designed the Copa Room to replicate the Brazilian decor at the Copacabana.<ref name=UNLV/><ref name=drink>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L69CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT192&dq=copa+room&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc-sXJw-vNAhWmpYMKHUkyB5s4ChDoAQg8MAU#v=onepage&q=copa%20room&f=false|title=One For My Baby: A Sinatra Cocktail Companion|last=Smith|first=Tom|publisher=Peter Owen Publishers|year=2016|isbn=978-0-7206-2017-7}}</ref><!-- Comment This is an eBook and has no page numbers.--> The room seated about 400 people.<ref name="Billboard"/> Entratter never allowed his showgirls to appear onstage totally nude.<ref name=UNLV/>
The Copa Room's [[showgirl]]s were known as "The Copa Girls."<ref name=UNLV>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.unlv.edu/collections/showgirls/jack-entratter-and-copa-girls|title=Jack Entratter and the Copa Girls|publisher=University of Nevada. Las Vegas|accessdate=November 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105090326/http://digital.library.unlv.edu/collections/showgirls/jack-entratter-and-copa-girls|archive-date=November 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The showroom took its name from the famed [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana]] in New York City. Hotel manager [[Jack Entratter]] used to be in charge of the New York venue for more than 12 years, where his showgirls were also known as the Copa Girls. Entratter designed the Copa Room to replicate the Brazilian decor at the Copacabana.<ref name=UNLV/><ref name=drink>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L69CwAAQBAJ&dq=copa+room&pg=PT192|title=One For My Baby: A Sinatra Cocktail Companion|last=Smith|first=Tom|publisher=Peter Owen Publishers|year=2016|isbn=978-0-7206-2017-7}}</ref><!-- Comment This is an eBook and has no page numbers.--> The room seated about 400 people.<ref name="Billboard"/> Entratter never allowed his showgirls to appear onstage totally nude.<ref name=UNLV/>


The musical director during the Copa Room's 1950s and 1960s heyday was [[Antonio Morelli]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FqknEiUD9MMC&pg=PA180#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Nevada's Historic Buildings: A Cultural Legacy|last=James|first=Ronald Michael|publisher=University of Nevada Press|year=2009|page=180|isbn=978-0-8741-7798-5}}</ref>
The musical director during the Copa Room's 1950s and 1960s heyday was [[Antonio Morelli]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FqknEiUD9MMC&pg=PA180|title=Nevada's Historic Buildings: A Cultural Legacy|last=James|first=Ronald Michael|publisher=University of Nevada Press|year=2009|page=180|isbn=978-0-8741-7798-5}}</ref>


In 1981 [[The Sands]] in [[Atlantic City]], New Jersey, opened and renamed its showroom the Copa Room. The showroom featured many of the same entertainers as its Las Vegas counterpart.
In 1981, [[Sands Atlantic City|The Sands]] in [[Atlantic City]], New Jersey, opened and renamed its showroom the Copa Room. The showroom featured many of the same entertainers as its Las Vegas counterpart.

CopaRoom is also an Italian swing band who played at Blue Note Club in Milan and with hundreds of performances all around the world, they play a timeless show from the golden 50s era, revamped and revised in a style that is 100% Italian.

The UK's 'Copa Room Swing Band', set up by Drummer Paul Castleman in 2009, took its name from the 'Copa Room' at The Sands Hotel. The band's roots and performances are firmly dedicated and committed to the vibe of the 'Sinatra at The Sands' performances with the Count Basie Orchestra recorded in January and February 1966.


==Notable performers==
==Notable performers==
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*[[The 5th Dimension|5th Dimension]]
*[[The 5th Dimension|5th Dimension]]
*[[Air Supply]]
*[[Air Supply]]
*[[The Ames Brothers]]
*[[Nancy Ames]]
*[[Nancy Ames]]
*[[Paul Anka]]
*[[Paul Anka]]
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*[[Pearl Bailey]]
*[[Pearl Bailey]]
*[[Count Basie]]
*[[Count Basie]]
*[[Dame Shirley Bassey]]
*[[Shirley Bassey]]
*[[Tony Bennett]]
*[[Tony Bennett]]
*[[Pat Boone]]
*[[Pat Boone]]
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*[[Cher]]
*[[Cher]]
*[[Don Cherry (singer/golfer)|Don Cherry]]
*[[Don Cherry (singer/golfer)|Don Cherry]]
*[[Roy Clark]]
*[[Rosemary Clooney]]
*[[Rosemary Clooney]]
*[[The Coasters]]
*[[The Coasters]]
*[[Eddie Cochran]]
*[[Nat King Cole]]
*[[Nat King Cole]]
*[[Bing Crosby]]
*[[Bing Crosby]]
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*[[Bobby Darin]]
*[[Bobby Darin]]
*[[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*[[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*[[Martin Denny]]
*[[Marlene Dietrich]]
*[[Marlene Dietrich]]
*[[Bob Dylan]]
*[[Bob Dylan]]
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*[[Nelson Eddy]]
*[[Nelson Eddy]]
*[[Gloria Estefan]]
*[[Gloria Estefan]]
*[[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*[[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*[[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*[[The Four Tops]]
*[[The Four Tops]]
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*[[Kessler Twins]]
*[[Kessler Twins]]
*[[Sonny King (singer)|Sonny King]]
*[[Sonny King (singer)|Sonny King]]
*[[The Kingston Trio]]
*[[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
*[[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
*[[Frankie Laine]]
*[[Frankie Laine]]
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*[[Marilyn Maye]]
*[[Marilyn Maye]]
*[[Marilyn McCoo]]
*[[Marilyn McCoo]]
*[[The McGuire Sisters]]
*[[Jimmy McHugh]]
*[[Jimmy McHugh]]
*[[Robert Merrill]]
*[[Robert Merrill]]
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*[[Della Reese]]
*[[Della Reese]]
*[[The Righteous Brothers]]
*[[The Righteous Brothers]]
*[[Johnny Rivers]]
*[[Smokey Robinson]]
*[[Smokey Robinson]]
*[[Linda Ronstadt]]
*[[Linda Ronstadt]]
*[[Bobby Rydell]]
*[[Tommy Sands (entertainer)|Tommy Sands]]
*[[Tommy Sands (entertainer)|Tommy Sands]]
*[[Mongo Santamaria]]
*[[Neil Sedaka]]
*[[Neil Sedaka]]
*[[Doc Severinsen]]
*[[Doc Severinsen]]
*[[Sha Na Na]]
*[[Dinah Shore]]
*[[Dinah Shore]]
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
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*[[Jerry Vale]]
*[[Jerry Vale]]
*[[Dana Valery]]
*[[Dana Valery]]
*[[Rudy Vallee]]
*[[Frankie Valli]]
*[[Frankie Valli]]
*[[Sylvie Vartan]]
*[[Sarah Vaughan]]
*[[Sarah Vaughan]]
*[[Bobby Vinton]]
*[[Bobby Vinton]]
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*[[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]]
*[[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]]
*[[Sam Kinison]]
*[[Sam Kinison]]
*[[Murray Langston]]
*[[Jerry Lewis]]
*[[Jerry Lewis]]
*[[Joe E. Lewis]]
*[[Joe E. Lewis]]
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*[[John Pinette]]
*[[John Pinette]]
*[[Richard Pryor]]
*[[Richard Pryor]]
*[[Don Rickles]]
*[[The Ritz Brothers]]
*[[The Ritz Brothers]]
*[[Joan Rivers]]
*[[Joan Rivers]]
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*[[Allan Sherman]]
*[[Allan Sherman]]
*[[Red Skelton]]
*[[Red Skelton]]
*[[Stiller and Meara]]
*[[Alan Sues]]
*[[Alan Sues]]
*[[Judy Tenuta]]
*[[Judy Tenuta]]
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*[[Danny Thomas]]
*[[Danny Thomas]]
*[[Jerry Van Dyke]]
*[[Jerry Van Dyke]]
*[[Jackie Vernon]]
*[[Jackie Vernon (comedian)|Jackie Vernon]]
*[[Slappy White]]
*[[Slappy White]]
*[[JoAnne Worley]]
*[[JoAnne Worley]]
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*[[Tallulah Bankhead]]
*[[Tallulah Bankhead]]
*[[Ray Bolger]]
*[[Ray Bolger]]
*[[John Brascia]]
*[[Francis Brunn]]
*[[Francis Brunn]]
*[[Bruce Cabot]]
*[[Bruce Cabot]]
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*[[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]]
*[[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]]
*[[Florence Henderson]]
*[[Florence Henderson]]
*[[Gregory Hines]]
*[[Maurice Hines]]
*[[Van Johnson]]
*[[Van Johnson]]
*[[Paula Kelly (actress)|Paula Kelly]]
*[[Paula Kelly (actress)|Paula Kelly]]
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*[[Dave Madden]]
*[[Dave Madden]]
*[[Jayne Mansfield]]
*[[Jayne Mansfield]]
*[[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]]
*[[Sid Melton]]
*[[Sid Melton]]
*[[Rita Moreno]]
*[[Rita Moreno]]
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== Notes ==
== References ==
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{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Las Vegas Strip]]
[[Category:Las Vegas Strip]]
[[Category:Nightclubs in the Las Vegas Valley]]
[[Category:Defunct nightclubs in the Las Vegas Valley]]
[[Category:Drinking establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:Drinking establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:Theatres completed in 1952]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:1996 disestablishments in Nevada]]

Latest revision as of 14:59, 8 August 2024

Copa Room
Map
Address3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
LocationParadise, Nevada, U.S.
Coordinates36°07′17″N 115°10′08″W / 36.1214°N 115.1689°W / 36.1214; -115.1689
OwnerLas Vegas Sands
Typeshowroom
Capacity12,000
Construction
Built1952
Opened1952
Closed1996

The Copa Room was an entertainment nightclub showroom at the now-defunct Sands Hotel on The Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was demolished in 1996 when the Sands Hotel was imploded.

It was noteworthy for the many popular entertainers who performed there, including members of the Rat Pack, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Jimmy Durante, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Edith Piaf and Bobby Darin, among others.[1]

It was also the recording venue for several live albums, including Frank Sinatra's Sinatra at the Sands,[2] Sammy Davis Jr.'s That's All![3] and The Sounds of '66,[4] and Dean Martin's Live at the Sands Hotel - An Evening of Music, Laughter and Hard Liquor.[5]

The Copa Room's showgirls were known as "The Copa Girls."[6] The showroom took its name from the famed Copacabana in New York City. Hotel manager Jack Entratter used to be in charge of the New York venue for more than 12 years, where his showgirls were also known as the Copa Girls. Entratter designed the Copa Room to replicate the Brazilian decor at the Copacabana.[6][7] The room seated about 400 people.[1] Entratter never allowed his showgirls to appear onstage totally nude.[6]

The musical director during the Copa Room's 1950s and 1960s heyday was Antonio Morelli.[8]

In 1981, The Sands in Atlantic City, New Jersey, opened and renamed its showroom the Copa Room. The showroom featured many of the same entertainers as its Las Vegas counterpart.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 1952. p. 1. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ "Sinatra at the Sands". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "That's All!". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. ^ "The Sounds of '66". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "Live at the Sands Hotel". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Jack Entratter and the Copa Girls". University of Nevada. Las Vegas. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  7. ^ Smith, Tom (2016). One For My Baby: A Sinatra Cocktail Companion. Peter Owen Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7206-2017-7.
  8. ^ James, Ronald Michael (2009). Nevada's Historic Buildings: A Cultural Legacy. University of Nevada Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8741-7798-5.
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