Guardian Music — Opulent US city to swap roulette wheels for wheels of steel as top DJs flock for the new musical gold rush in the desertIn its heyday Las Vegas swung to the sound of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr and Dean Martin, luring music lovers into its clubs a... more info

ContactMusic — Beloved crooner Dean Martin landed one of television's biggest deals to host his own long-running variety show - by trying to price himself out of the market. The late actor/singer's daughter Deana recalls her father sitting the family down to tel... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The singer ended up hosting his musical-variety series only after trying to discourage NBC's overtures with a list of seemingly deal-killing demands. The ploy didn't work, but the long-running show did.Dean Martin didn't have any interest in doing a ... more info

Guardian Music — Message of thanks to actor in sleeve notes for Radiohead's new album sparks online speculation about where record was createdWas Radiohead's new album recorded at Drew Barrymore's house? That's the speculation after news that the Oxford quintet have ... more info

Guardian Music — Actor best known for her role as a go-go dancer in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!The actor Tura Satana, who has died aged 72, lived a life as eventful as the plots of the lurid B-movies that made her a star. Almost 6ft tall and trained in martial arts... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... DRIVE-IN MOVIES AT REDUX This week watch "FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS" (1960) and grab some music... * FRANK SINATRA Sinatra At The Sands (1966) * FRANK SINATRA Sinatra And Sextet: Live In Paris (1962/1994) * THE RAT PACK At Villa Venice, Chic... more info

Guardian Music — Vintage Cabaraoke, LondonSome vintage-themed nights seem to be content with soundtracking their soirees with a few Andrews Sisters MP3s before doing their best to convince everyone that the cutesy close harmonising seeping out of the PA is actually c... more info

ContactMusic — An autographed SONNY & CHER album and a THE SOUND OF MUSIC collage signed by DAME JULIE ANDREWS and CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER are among lots going under the hammer next week (beg28Feb11).A photo of The Beatles sparring with Muhammad Ali, signed by the lege... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Barbatrucmobile said... Vinylidyllique ! - Nintendo Teenage Robots (= Alec Empire) - "We Punk Einheit !" (1999, DHR) - Ekseption - "Classic In Pop" http://vinylidyllique.blogspot.com jeffen said... ** Sincerely, L. Cohen Volume One ** 01 Hallelujah ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Spinner Interview Bettmann, Corbis It's been around 50 years since the Rat Pack, perhaps the world's first supergroup, hit the Las Vegas strip, and they've defined cool ever since. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. pers... more info