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The treniers biography
Claude Trenier, a Las Vegas pioneer
November 30, 2003
BY DAVE HOEKSTRA Staff Reporter
They didn't dim the lights on the Las Vegas strip when singer Claude Trenier died Nov. 12, although rock 'n' roll lost one of its primal sparks.
The lead singer of the vocal group the Treniers, Claude jumped and jived with Bill Haley, Louis Prima, Jerry Lee Lewis and other high-lifers.
The original Treniers consisted of Mr. Trenier, his identical twin Cliff (who died of cancer in 1983), Buddy (who died in 1999) and youngest brother Milt, who lives in Skokie and ran the now-defunct Milt Trenier's Lounge on Rush Street.
Mr.
Trenier, who died Monday at age 84 of bladder cancer at a Las Vegas hospice, lived in that entertainment oasis for 55 years, shepherding his brothers through the Las Vegas Hilton, Riviera, the now-defunct Hacienda and Mint, the Frontier, Sahara, Tropicana and the Orleans.
The Treniers were one of the first black groups to perform regularly in Las Vegas, which was still