LC control no. | n 91089483 |
---|---|
Personal name heading | Butera, Sam |
Found in | Prima, L. The wildest [SR] 1956: label (Sam Butera) All music guide WWW site, Aug. 31, 2006 (Sam Butera; b. Aug. 17, 1927, New Orleans, LA; saxophonist and bandleader) New York times WWW site, June 8, 2009 (in obituary published June 5: Sam Butera; b. Aug. 17, 1927, New Orleans; d. Wednesday [June 3, 2009], Las Vegas, aged 81; his tenor saxophone provided a raucous counterpoint to Louis Prima's frenzied "jump, jive, and wail" vocals for two decades; he was later a successful bandleader in his own right) |