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Rebroadcast: That Old Black Magic

AIR DATE: October 28, 2011
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Las Vegas entertainment icon Louis Prima would have turned 100 on December 7.

Author Tom Clavin chronicles Louis Prima's success and life along with his wife Keely Smith's in Las Vegas and how the couple influenced entertainment on the strip in his book That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas.

We talk with Tom Clavin about the book and Prima's life in the spotlight in Las Vegas. Originally aired 12/7/11.

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