is credited to the room's band leader and musical conductor Antonio Morelli. Morelli not only acted as the band leader and musical conductor for the Copa Room during the hotel's Rat Pack heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, but he also served in that role on hundreds of recorded albums by those same entertainers who graced the stage of the Copa. Often the festivities would carry over after hours to Morrelli's home in Las Vegas, nicknamed "The Morelli House", which was eventually relocated and sanctioned an historical landmark by the State of Nevada. Silver Queen Lounge The Silver Queen Lounge was another performing venue at Sands, with nightly acts starting at 5:00 pm and running until 6:00 am. It was particularly popular with the emerging rock 'n' roll crowd. The Sands is where Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys performed the rock 'n' roll-song "Hound Dog", seen by Elvis Presley. After Presley saw that performance at The Sands, he decided to record the song himself, and it became a hit for him. Roberta Linn and the Melodaires and Gene Vincent were also regular performers. See also Footnotes References Sources External links History of Sands Hotel, Classiclasvegas.squarespace.com 1967 Tower architect Martin Stern, Jr. at gaming.unlv.edu Video of 1996 tower implosion Casinos completed in 1952 Hotel buildings completed in 1952 Hotel buildings completed in 1967 Buildings and structures demolished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in Nevada Former skyscrapers Defunct casinos in the Las Vegas Valley Defunct hotels in the Las Vegas Valley Skyscraper hotels in Paradise, Nevada Demolished hotels in Clark County, Nevada Buildings and structures demolished by controlled implosion Las Vegas Strip Resorts in the Las Vegas Valley Hotels established in 1952 1952 establishments in Nevada Casino hotels