Harrah's Lake Tahoe 1963

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Harrah’s Tahoe (1963)

South Shore Room
Lake Tahoe, Nevada

September 9—22, 1963

Steve Robinson described Harrah's South Shore Room as “a real nightclub, like you see in old movies, but bigger, seating 750 for dinner. Going to a showroom was the grown-up event. There was a dress code: cocktail attire for the ladies; jacket and tie for the men, even at the midnight cocktail show. A showroom meant a big sizzling steak; a separate waiter just for your baked potato; and dinner music from a full live orchestra. A showroom meant a production number with the Moro-Landis dancers [ ... ] an opening act; and a headliner. Real headliners. Sammy Davis Jr.; Red Skelton; Judy Garland; Mitzi Gaynor [ ... ] Liberace once brought an opening act he called his 'discovery,' a singer named Barbra Streisand.”


After closing a successful run at L.A.'s Cocoanut Grove , Barbra Streisand (billed as “Extra Added Attraction”) appeared on Harrah's stage with Liberace nightly at 8:15 PM and midnight (with a special third show at 2:15 AM on Saturdays). Also part of the program were the Moro-Landis Dancers.  Leighton Noble and his orchestra accompanied all the performers.  Since last working with Liberace at the Rivier in Las Vegas, Streisand's salary was increased as well – she went from $7,500 a week at the Riviera to $10,000 a week at Harrah's.


The Los Angeles Times ' John Scott called Barbra “a mistress of impish drolleries” and wrote, “Miss Streisand reveals a voice of range and expressiveness in addition to a fine feeling for comedy.”


Liberace and Streisand had the same fun chemistry that they had experienced while they were at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas only months before.  Liberace told a funny story about seeing Streisand on Broadway as Fanny Brice:  “I went to see Funny Girl and she did the cutest thing—sang my theme song, ‘I'll Be Seeing You.’ A woman next to me said, I didn't know Fanny Brice sang that song.”


In the middle of her performances at Harrah's The Barbra Streisand Album was hovering at #17 on the Billboard charts, while the just-released Second Barbra Streisand Album debuted at #103..


When she wasn't on stage, Barbra spent her spare time getting married to Elliott Gould in Carson City on September 13, 1963. The marriage was witnessed by her manager Marty Erlichman and Martin Bregman, her business manager.

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