The Pussy Cat A Go Go was one of the hottest nightclubs in Las Vegas in the '60s. It was located on the Strip, south of where the defunct Desert Inn now sits. That's where Marvin Smith acquired the ...

LAS VEGAS – Marvin “Sweet Louie” Smith, one half of the R&B duo, the Checkmates, has died. He was 68. “His name was really fitting,” said fellow Las Vegas entertainer and close friend Nelson Sardelli, ...