New Frontier Hotel and Casino was subsequently rebuilt and renamed the Hotel Last Frontier in 1942. On April 4, 1955, it was renamed the New Frontier, following a modernization of the resort. The resort had the distinction of hosting Elvis Presley's first Vegas appearance in 1956, and the final performance of Diana Ross and The Supremes on January 14, 1970. In the 1950s and the early 1960s, the New Frontier went through a succession of owners and operators. In 1966 and 1967 (by which time it had been renamed The Frontier) the casino had secret ownership interests by Anthony Joseph Zerilli and Michael Polizzi, "two
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations The Funk Brothers, with strings and horns by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations is, as the title implies, a collaborative album combining Motown's two best selling groups, Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations. Issued by Motown in late 1968 to coincide with the broadcast of the Supremes/Temptations "TCB" television special, the album was a success, reaching #2 on the "Billboard" 200. Originally the lead single was to have been "The Impossible Dream" as featured in the climax to the TV spectacular TCB. However,