Copa Room
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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 noteworthy for the large numbers of 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, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan and Liza Minnelli, among others.
It was also the recording venue for several live albums, including Frank Sinatra's Sinatra at the Sands, Sammy Davis, Jr.'s That's All! and The Sounds of '66, and Dean Martin's Live at the Sands Hotel - An Evening of Music, Laughter and Hard Liquor.
The Copa Room's showgirls were known as "The Copa Girls."
The musical director during the Copa Room's 1950s and 1960s heyday was Antonio Morelli.
The showroom took its name from the famed Copacabana in New York City.
CopaRoom Italian Swing Band is a Jazz band founded in 2004 and they took the name from the famous nightclub at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. CopaRoom band have had over 500 sold-out concerts in Europe, playing in the best theatres and many times on the stage of the famous Blue Note Jazz Club.
Notable performers
Musicians:
- Air Supply
- Paul Anka
- Ray Anthony
- Louis Armstrong
- Count Basie
- Tony Bennett
- Sam Butera
- Cher
- Don Cherry
- The Coasters
- Nat King Cole
- Bing Crosby
- Vic Damone
- Denise Darcel
- Marlene Dietrich
- Billy Eckstine
- Lena Horne
- Bobby Darin
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Bob Dylan
- Nelson Eddy
- Gloria Estefan
- Lola Falana
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Judy Garland
- Georgia Gibbs
- Robert Goulet
- Buddy Greco
- Florence Henderson
- Lena Horne
- Quincy Jones
- Kessler Twins
- Sonny King
- Frankie Laine
- Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
- Michele Lee
- Peggy Lee
- Phil Lesh & Friends
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy
- Little Anthony & the Imperials
- Dean Martin
- Tony Martin
- Al Martino
- Jimmy McHugh
- Robert Merrill
- Liza Minnelli
- Wayne Newton
- Jan Peerce
- Jane Powell
- Louis Prima
- Della Reese
- The Righteous Brothers
- Linda Ronstadt
- Frank Sinatra
- Keely Smith
- O.C. Smith
- The Temptations
- Mel Tormé
- Jerry Vale
- Sarah Vaughan
- Bobby Vinton
- Mary Wilson
- Timi Yuro
Comedians:
- Louie Anderson
- Dave Barry
- Milton Berle
- Joey Bishop
- David Brenner
- Carol Burnett
- Jack Carter
- Pat Cooper
- Bill Cosby
- Billy Crystal
- Phyllis Diller
- Jimmy Durante
- Gallagher
- George Gobel
- Shecky Greene
- Bob Hope
- Alan King
- Sam Kinison
- Jerry Lewis
- Joe E. Lewis
- Rich Little
- Carlos Mencia
- Eddie Murphy
- Bob Newhart
- Richard Pryor
- Don Rickles
- The Ritz Brothers
- Rowan & Martin
- Rita Rudner
- Allan Sherman
- Red Skelton
- Judy Tenuta
- Danny Thomas
- Jerry Van Dyke
- Robin Williams
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