Rio
3700 W. Flamingo Road
Danny Gans may be a former baseball player, but in this year's Best of Las Vegas hockey league, he's just scored a hat trick: Best All-Around Las Vegas Performer, Best Comedian and now Best Singer. But which singer would you like? Gans, modestly billed as "The Man of Many Voices," has a repertoire of 200, so whether you want to hear Eric Clapton or Ella Fitzgerald, he's your guy. Gans can even do a great imitation of this year's runner-up: post-Midnight Idol Wayne Newton.
Our Pick: TOM JONES
MGM Grand
3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby. And while Danny Gans does a pitch-perfect Tom Jones impression, we'll opt for the original Tom Cat. Three decades after his swinging '60s debut, Jones is one of the few showroom stalwarts to sidestep the dreaded "nostalgia act" trap -- perhaps because he's not afraid to move beyond perennial favorites to include, as he says, "some old songs, some new songs, some love songs and some neglected songs." Neglected, that is, until Jones wraps his booming voice around them.
