Sam Butera

Sam Butera was an American tenor saxophonist and singer best noted for his collaborations with Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Butera is frequently regarded as a crossover artist who performed with equal ease in both R&B and the post-big band pop style of jazz that permeated the early Vegas nightclub scene.

17 August 1927

Born on the same birth date (17 August 1927): F. Ray Keyser Jr.

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Austin Butler • Charles I of Austria • Colin James • Jean-Bernard Pommier • Jim Courier • Julian Fellowes • Nelson Piquet

Born in the same month (August 1927): Allan Kaprow • Anthony G. Bosco • David Ireland (author) • Des Renford • Edwin Edwards • Johnny Temple • Oliver Popplewell • Rocky Bridges • Vernon Washington