announcer: friends, viewers, countrymen, lend me your eyeballs. las vegas has always been able to grab you by the lapels and pull you in. little: it s glitz and glamour, entertainment, gambling. it s a place that s like no other. announcer: with time on your hands and money to spend, your thoughts may turn to las vegas. what else can we bring here? woman: love you, elvis! thank you, dear. elvis was, like, an alien-like thing. he was so unique, so charming, and so hot. they saw that sex and debauchery sells, so let s do sex and debauchery. [ chuckles ] luck, be a lady tonight luck, be a lady tonight tonight luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with luck, be a lady tonight luck, be a ladyyyyyy toniiiiiight the stars of the las vegas shows may be frank sinatra, dean martin, and wayne newton, but for years, the fantasy and the razzle dazzle came from the famous long-legged showgirls. the las vegas showgirl was a unique specimen. she w
was nothing more than a few minor railroad man tried to scratch out a living on this parse charm yielding nevada desert. but even in the hardship, there were glimmers of what the city would one day become. the ultimate place to work las vegas he is the vagus is always marketed itself on its not enos. of course, within legal constraints. well sometimes illegal. no one knows gambling better than organized crime actually, vegas became free entertainment capital two of the world hello here together when we had a drink the content of that town, what it has to offer. you can t beat that every song would become visual show wilson will be like an adventure, like an experience to be a headliner was vegas that s what i m want to do luck, be a lady tonight luck, be a lady tonight tonight luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with luck, be a lady tonight luck, be a ladyyyyyyyy toniiiiiiiight green: whether you re driving into las veg
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that you can indulge in any way you like, and the only way you find out what you can t do is if you do it. in the 70s, you start to sense the old days are over. you could just see that las vegas lost its mojo. reporter: howard hughes asked for permission to buy another gambling casino, this one in reno. charles: when howard hughes came in, corporate mentality took over. elvis: i like to get there and fool with an audience. if you can do that, it works. elvis was caught in a trap, and he couldn t get out. luck be a lady tonight luck be a lady tonight tonight luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with luck be a lady tonight luck be a ladyyyyy tonight [ jazz music playing ] binkley: the purpose of las vegas was to forget what was happening in the rest of the country and leave it behind. people in las vegas were certainly aware of what was going on in the 60s, but no casino was going to have a bunch of hippies coming through protesting again
announcer: friends, viewers, countrymen, lend me your eyeballs. las vegas has always been able to grab you by the lapels and pull you in. little: it s glitz and glamour, entertainment, gambling. it s a place that s like no other. announcer: with time on your hands and money to spend, your thoughts may turn to las vegas. anka: by the late 60s, vegas started to figure out, what else can we bring here? woman: love you, elvis! thank you, dear. elvis was, like, an alien-like thing. he was so unique, so charming, and so hot. they saw that sex and debauchery sells, so let s do sex and debauchery. [ chuckles ] luck, be a lady tonight luck, be a lady tonight tonight luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with luck, be a lady tonight luck, be a ladyyyyyy toniiiiiight the stars of the las vegas shows may be frank sinatra, dean martin, and wayne newton, but for years, the fantasy and the razzle dazzle came from the famous long-legged showgirls.