These Amazing Vegas Acts Are Worth Every Penny

Lola Falana

You may know her famous name even if you can’t place who she is. During the 1970s and early ’80s, Falana was hard to miss: she was often on television, dancing, singing or being interviewed on shows like The Tonight Show. Known for her beauty, she was also very talented, with a beautiful, soulful voice that had trained with none less than Sammy Davis Jr.

In the later 1970’s, she contracted to sing and dance at the Aladdin 20 weeks a year for $100,000 a week. That made her the then highest-paid female performer in Vegas history. Later in life, she became known for speaking out about the disease multiple sclerosis, which she has been diagnosed with.