Sam Butera & The Witnesses - Twinkle In Your Eye his first pop hit in the 1958 Legendary saxophonist Sam Butera Dies.
••• Family friends said Butera died at about 6 a.m. June 3rd, 2009 -- at Sunrise Hospital, where he had been since early January suffering from the effects of Alzheimer's Disease.
••• Butera, who retired in 2004, would have been 82 in August
Sam Butera was born on August 17, 1927 in New Orleans,
••• where his father, Joe, ran Poor Boy's Grocery & Meat Market. His mother's name was Rose and he had a brother, Joe, Jr. Sam always loved music and at a young age, was given a saxophone by his father. At the age of eighteen, in a contest held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Sam was voted the Outstanding Teenage Musician in America by Look Magaz
On a junket to Vegas in the early 80's my wife and I learned Sammy was playing in the lounge at the New Orleans Casino. That night we made it a point to be there. It was almost a private concert as there were posibbly 10 people in the joint.
The old man could swing like nobodys business. Face it, he was "there". At the end he and the band did the New Orleans Saints go marching in walk around and I got a picture of a beaming Mr Butera at our table. What a PRO! Highlight of my music career.
hoz49 4 months ago
1:26
Louis Prima?
radioguysbrother 4 months ago
terrific, what a memories , 1959, Don Nacho's soda fountain, nano, chito, roberto, lilian, rosario, susy,pepe castro, sergio y nano lagos, kiko y jorge cuevas,nano, super, tito,lucho romero y garrido,gloria soto, anice, ricardo sepúlveda,beño, juan lehue,milo, pepe lay, jurnay, maría eugenia, ana maría,rita, paty creus,jaime galaz, plaza bogotá, liceos n° 5 y 6 de niñas, barros borgoño, saint rose school,
moe and more, thx for posting it
ferdinando1945 6 months ago
i love let the good times roll
peterganna 7 months ago
Try Medley - When You're Smilin' , Zooma Zooma, Oh Marie
davesk2 7 months ago
I LOVE THIS SONG SO DOES MY 8 YEAR OLD ALL SAMS SONGS JUST MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT
jhgr1963 1 year ago
@SleeveNL No, i searched also myself but no trace ...
A few years ago i find it but now 0
If you find it holla at me ...
secretarul 1 year ago
grrreeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaat :-)))
bluesfreund 1 year ago
That footage with Louis Prima looks liek so much fun, is that on Youtube with the original audio also?
SleeveNL 1 year ago