Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Glory Days of Las Vegas

The Queen of Rock

Seen here is the Queen of Rock and Roll, Lillian Briggs. She hit it big in the early ’50s as one of the first female rock stars and blew the crowds away when she did shows in Las Vegas. In this rare photo from 1958, she is seen giving a fierce performance at the Sands Hotel, much like this next superstar…

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