Retro Vegas Nights: Smokey Robinson
Retro Vegas Nights from the Famed Las Vegas Strip with Charlotte Pendragon
Welcome to my sixth episode of Retro Vegas Nights! Recently I join the talented team at KIYQ Radio in Las Vegas where I talk about my slant on show business, magic, performers and celebrities who have graced the Vegas stages. I'm especially grateful for friend and fellow magi Geno Munari for inviting me to join his him, and being a fabulous supporter and host. He’s helped a dream come true, and that’s what magic is about!
In this week’s episode of Retro Vegas Nights on KIYQ Las Vegas 107.1 on the dial, I talk about Smokey Robinson, and write about him HERE. In 1980, he performed at the original MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which became Bally’s Grand, and where I made friends with Smokey. Focusing on his original music he performed one show a night instead of the usual two-show-per-night format. Since then, he has continued to perform, including a residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.
Currently, Smokey Robinson is set to perform at The Venetian Theatre as part of his "Smokey Legacy Tour," celebrating the 50th anniversary of his album "A Quiet Storm." This tour features his biggest hits and showcases his high tenor voice.
Robinson has also taken part in special events in Las Vegas, including a concert experience by Marriott Vacation Club at The Venetian Theatre.
You can hear my segment on KIYQ Las Vegas 107.5 on the dial, and plays different times throughout the day, or if you are a paid subscriber, you can listen to the audio version embedded below at the bottom of this page without having to wait. I hope you enjoy!
Besides my show, there’s a lot going on at KIYQ Las Vegas, so stop by and “listen to all the great legendary performers who played Las Vegas; Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and many more. KIYQ puts you back in time. You will think it is 1964, and you are sitting in the Casbar Lounge at the Sahara Hotel. The music stream plays throughout the day and early evening and is the best music from the great performers of Las Vegas! Late at night will feature the best of the best in informative radio! The mafia, UFOs, Conspiracy Theories and the stories about Las Vegas that have never been revealed.
Throughout the day short vignettes play featuring Geno Munari's Mob Moment, Doresa Banning's Gaming Tidbits, Jack Miller, former Gaming Control Board Agent, and Charlotte Pendragon’s Retro Vegas Nights from the Famed Las Vegas Strip. Stories about the real insiders that operated the Las Vegas casinos.....stories that you will not get anywhere else, from the real insiders who were there! Classic information never published before.
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