Question of the Day — 23 May 2007

Today it's my (Deke's) turn to select a favorite QoD -- in praise of Jessica. This one doesn't spotlight Jessica's flair for creative prose (as we all witnessed this past Saturday in her piece on the Las Vegas heat), or her fearless willingness to get on the phone and cold-call whomever's necessary to get an answer (as we've seen countless times, such as in another of my favorites: her 02/17/2007 answer about the maker of the World Series of Poker bracelets).

But this one does show off Jessica's love of arcane research, as well as her enormous capacity for collecting and compiling feedback from you, our faithful readers, which, of course, points to her devotion to this particular feature of lasvegasadvisor.com.

So here it is again, the complete list, courtesy of Jessica Roe and many of you out there in QoDland, of songs about gambling and Las Vegas.

• Viva Las Vegas - Elvis (or take your pick from ZZ Top, Bruce Springsteen, Dread Zeppelin, Nina Hagen, Dead Kennedys, Engelbert Humperdinck, et al)
• The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
• Luck Be a Lady - Frank Sinatra
• Lucky Too (Christmas in Las Vegas) - Bob Neuwirth
• Las Vegas Virgin – Sonia Dada
• Gambler – Madonna
• Ace of Spades – Motorhead
• Son of a Rotten Gambler – Emmylou Harris
• I Let a Gambler Lead Me Astray – Odetta
• Blackjack – Ray Charles
• Shooting High Dice - Mississippi Sheiks
• Draw of the Cards - Kim Carnes
• Poker – Electric Light Orchestra
• Riverboat Gambler – Carly Simon
• Shape of My Heart - Sting
• House of the Rising Sun – The Animals (or Bob Dylan)
• The Angel and the Gambler – Iron Maiden
• Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones
• The Card Cheat – The Clash
• The Winner Takes It All – ABBA
• The Gambler – Leonard Cohen
• A Good Run of Bad Luck - Clint Black
• Easy Money – Billy Joel
• No Luck in Gambling - Yellowman
• No Cheap Thrill – Suzanne Vega
• Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song) - Hall & Oates
• Desperado – The Eagles
• Life is Just a Card Game - Big Joe Turner
• Karma Hotel - Spooks
• Roulette - Bon Jovi
• Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger
• Ooh Las Vegas - Emmylou Harris
• Gamblin' Man - Bonnie Raitt
• The Jack – ACDC
• Dealer - Traffic
• It's Okay - Eminem (featuring Eye-Kyu)
• Deal 'em Again - Christopher Cross
• Go Down Gambling - Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Whisky, Women And Loaded Dice – Joe Liggins
• Midnight Train - The Monkees
• Gambling Woman – Memphis Minnie
• Lay Your Money Down – Bread
• The Gambling Song - Cliff Richard
• Gambling Polka Dot Blues - Hank Snow
• The Loser – Grateful Dead
• Turn Of A Friendly Card - Alan Parsons
• Norman The Gambler (rides around in a Rambler) - Max Romeo and the Upsetters
• Leavin' Las Vegas – Sheryl Crow
• Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine
• Queen of Las Vegas - B52s
• Roll the Bones - Rush
• Wind Him Up - Saga
• People Get Really Drunk in Las Vegas - Size 14
• Vegas Two Times - Stereophonics
• Me and My Monkey - Robbie Williams
• Vegas Remains - Reclinerland
• Vegas Baby - The Weepies
• Vegas - Clowns for Progress
• Vegas - The Regulars
• Vegas - Dan Mackenzie
• Vegas Bound - Evan Olson
• Vegas - PenthouseJ
• Vegas Dream - Rick McGuire
• Vegas Drag (Instrumental) - Count Basie
• Vegas - Suitcase Pimps
• Vegas Polka - Frankie Yankovic
• Vegas - Bobby Bare
• Jesus in Vegas - Chumbawamba
• Pretty Vegas - INXS
• Goin' to Vegas - Jimmy Ray
• Do It Again - Steely Dan
• Casino Queen - Wilco
• Roll of the Dice - Bruce Springsteen
• It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet - Jimmy Buffett (or Steve Goodman)
• Sin City - Gram Parsons (or Emmylou Harris)
• Here's to the Losers - Frank Sinatra
• I Love Vegas - Dean Martin
• With Plenty of Money and You - Count Basie (or Tony Bennett)
• Silver and Gold - U2
• Street of Dreams - Sinatra
• Mr Siegal - Tom Waits
• Five Card Stud - Ace Frehley