Claim: Frank Sinatra performed in Las Vegas.
Evidence: After releasing Sinatra at the Sands , recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966 , the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim , the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim.
The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada , United States , that operated from 1952 to 1996.
Sinatra at the Sands is a live album by Frank Sinatra accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra , and conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones , recorded live in the Copa Room of the former Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 1966.