Literary Las Vegas: “Tony Sacca: Las Vegas Ambassador of Entertainment”
Tony Sacca is a singer, actor, television host, producer and now, with the publication of “Tony Sacca: Las Vegas Ambassador of Entertainment A 50 Year Journey,” he’s the subject of a biography by local author Arlene Krieger.
The book traces Sacca’s Philadelphia upbringing, the son of second-generation Italian-Americans, his early training in music, his rise in the entertainment world, his romantic escapades and the heartbreak of losing his identical twin, Robert, to leukemia in 1999.
The book credits Joe Sacca’s influence in vaulting his sons to success.
“With an unbroken stalwart will, their dad believed the twins had a trajectory straight to stardom,” Krieger writes. ”The family would put up with the cacophonous sounds until one day, those sounds would be perfected, and the boys would be famous.”
That fame is demonstrated with photos featuring Tony Sacca beside countless celebrities from Charo and Frankie Avalon to Louie Anderson and George Burns.
Sacca and Krieger are set to promote the book at 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at the 8915 W. Charleston Blvd. Barnes & Noble.
For more on the book, visit tonysacca.com.
Excerpt:
True, he didn’t go to college, but with a highly functioning brain, he knew what he didn’t know, and how to go about discovering it. Creativity weighed heavily on his mind, it was one of the most salient factors insuring his performing art would always be fresh and innovative. He read up on brain physiology, and began exploring how to use his left brain, the more creative side. He pushed himself: he consciously learned how to write left handed, and consequently became ambidextrous, the unusual outcome was that he has the exact same signature regardless of which hand he uses. He used his left hand to brush is teeth, comb his hair, and cook. Forcing the opposite lobe to work harder, he felt more inspired, was able to concentrate more easily, and innovative thoughts were more lucid in a shorter time span: it felt like his brain was on a caffeine high.
