Vegas Voices
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 (2 a.m.)
Bob Bailey is one of the most influential figures to ever reside in Southern Nevada. Bailey arrived in Las Vegas in the mid-1950s after performing as a singer with the Count Basie Orchestra. Launching his Las Vegas entertainment career as an emcee and singer at Moulin Rouge, Bailey became in influential television and radio personality, a civil rights leader and an powerful advocate for minority-owned businesses. He and his wife, Anna, recently sat to talk about his remarkable life in Southern Nevada, and his thoughts about today's Las Vegas.