Bill Miller (impresario)

Bill Miller (1904 – December 9, 2002) was a Russian-born American impresario, best known for serving as the entertainment director for several large casino hotels in Las Vegas from the 1950s to the 1970s.

[3] Starting afresh, as many of his former acts had already been taken to Las Vegas by former Copacabana Club employee, Jack Entratter, he hired Ray Bolger, Donald O'Conner, and Marlene Dietrich.

[3] He also pioneered the Las Vegas lounge show concept, booking Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and Sam Butera.

[3] Miller operated a hotel in the Dutch West Indies, before returning to Las Vegas where he served as the entertainment director of the Flamingo (founded by Bugsy Siegel[6] and pruchased in 1967 by Kirk Kerkorian), where he helped to launch the career of Sonny and Cher with Phil Spector.

[3] In 1969, Miller worked at Kerkorian's new hotel, The International, where he booked Barbra Streisand and revived the career of Elvis Presley.