Part 11 · 1988–2026

694 dated entries

August 20, 1988

Concerts

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Witchcraft

3. For Once In My Life

4. September Of My Years

5. Summer Wind

6. Where or When

7. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered my Mind

8. monologue

9. Without A Song

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. My Heart Stood Still

12. Mack The Knife

13. My Way

14. In The Still Of The Night

15. One For My Baby

16. Strangers In The Night

17. I've Got You Under My Skin

18. New York, New York

NOTE: Thanks also go to Ed O'Brien who supplied the above song program. TT

73mins.

Extras

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

August 23, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23 - 29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

August 24, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

August 25, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Extras

The same night as this Bally's Grand engagement, Sinatra raised a toast from Reno in honor of Leonard Bernstein, who was celebrating his seventieth birthday at Tanglewood; Frank's message began, "Dear Genius." Source: David Lehman, Sinatra's Century.

August 26, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

August 27, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

August 28, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

August 29, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (23-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

September 1, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand - Opera House, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Early Show

1. Mack The Knife

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The September Of My Years

4. The Summer Wind

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

8. monologue

9. Soliloquy

10. Witchcraft

11. The Lady Is A Tramp

12. I've Got The World On A String

13. One For My Baby

14. Strangers In The Night

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

Bally's Grand - Opera House, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Late Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Ed O'Brien:

The outdoor Bally's Grand was set for four shows, running from 9-1 thru 9/4. The demand was so great

Frank added an extra show on 9-1 and 2. The song program was the same for the four shows on those two nights. The 9/3 show was quite different because Mr Bennett was on the bill with Frank. Frank introduced The Four Lads during the second show on opening night. Before singing "One For My Baby,"

Frank told the audience it was his favorite of all the saloon songs and it was the best written of them all.

The show with Bennett concluded the engagement.

The scheduled performance for the 4th was rained out.

The MD Telethon with Jerry Lewis had planned to go live at Bally's for the medley Frank and Tony were doing. I wish they had moved the entire proceedings indoors on that rainy night.

September 2, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand - Opera House, Atlantic City , New Jersey (September 1-5)

1. Mack the Knife

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. For Once in My Life

4. The September of My Years

5. Summer Wind

6. I Get a Kick Out of You

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

9. Soliloquy

10. Witchcraft

11. The Lady Is a Tramp

12. I've Got the World on a String

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. Strangers in the Night

15. My Way

16. I've Got You Under My Skin

17. Theme From New York, New York

September 3, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand - Opera House, Atlantic City , New Jersey (September 1-5) w/Tony Bennett

Orchestra For Frank Sinatra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra Jr.

Tony Bennett Accompanied By: The Ralph Sharon Trio

1. Sinatra introduces Tony Bennett

Tony:

2. Because Of You

3. As Time Goes By

4. The Girl I Love

5. Look What I Found

6.. They Say It's Wonderful

7. Russian Lullaby

8. Let's Face The Music And Dance

9. Shake All Your Blues Away

10. Let Yourself Go

11. I Love A Piano

12. When I Lost You

13. Caught In The Rain

14. Change Partners

15. Cheek To Cheek

17. Stranger In Paradise

18. Who Can I Turn To

19. How Do You Keep The Music Playing

Frank Sinatra:

20. Mack The Knife

21. Come Rain Or Come Shine

22. Summer Wind

23. For Once In My Life

24. My Heart Stood Still

25. Saloon Medley : The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

26. Monologue

27. Witchcraft

28. My Way

29. One For My Baby

Frank & Tony:

30. Medley: I've Got You Under My Skin (both) - Just In Time (FS) -

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (TB) - When Joanna Loved Me (FS) - I Got The World On A String (TB) - Maybe This Time (FS) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (TB) - I Wanna Be Around (FS) - The Lady Is A Tramp (both) - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (complete version) (TB) - New York, New York (FS)

NOTE: Sinatraphile John G. reports that he took his father to see this performance and asked if it was a part of a two-night bill. Ed O'Brien said this Saturday night show went off without a hitch.

The Jerry Lewis Telethon planned to televise the Sunday show live, but it rained and the show was cancelled. O'Brien wonders why the show wasn't moved inside.

Extras

Bally's Grand - Opera House, Atlantic City , New Jersey (September 1-5) w/Tony Bennett

Orchestra For Frank Sinatra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra Jr.

Tony Bennett Accompanied By: The Ralph Sharon Trio

1. Sinatra introduces Tony Bennett

Tony:

2. Because Of You

3. As Time Goes By

4. The Girl I Love

5. Look What I Found

6.. They Say It's Wonderful

7. Russian Lullaby

8. Let's Face The Music And Dance

9. Shake All Your Blues Away

10. Let Yourself Go

11. I Love A Piano

12. When I Lost You

13. Caught In The Rain

14. Change Partners

15. Cheek To Cheek

17. Stranger In Paradise

18. Who Can I Turn To

19. How Do You Keep The Music Playing

Frank Sinatra:

20. Mack The Knife

21. Come Rain Or Come Shine

22. Summer Wind

23. For Once In My Life

24. My Heart Stood Still

25. Saloon Medley : The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

26. Monologue

27. Witchcraft

28. My Way

29. One For My Baby

Frank & Tony:

30. Medley: I've Got You Under My Skin (both) - Just In Time (FS) -

Press Of Atlantic City

September 12, 1988

Television

Entertainment Tonight

Guests: Frank Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Jr. 10 mins.

September 16, 1988

Concerts

Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona

Frank, Liza and Sammy performed an hour long singalong in the bar

Extras

Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona

Frank, Liza and Sammy performed an hour long singalong in the bar

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September 17, 1988

Concerts

ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ

The Ultimate Event: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy

Davis Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. For Once in My Life

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Soliloquy

8. Mack the Knife

9. Strangers in the Night

10. My Way

11. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

12. Guys and Dolls

13. I've Never Been in Love Before

14. Luck Be a Lady

15. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New

York)

16. Medley: Style (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis

Jr.)

17. Witchcraft (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

18. All or Nothing at All

19. I've Got You Under My Skin

20. All the Way

21. The Lady Is a Tramp

22. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy

Davis Jr.)

note: There was only one concert at Arizona State University.

It occurred on 9/18 at the Tempe campus. There was

no concert in Phoenix. The opening concert of the tour

was set for the Summit in Houston but a hurricane arrived

first. Houston was rescheduled for October 9th. There was

an impromptu concert at the Biltmore Hotel bar, in Phoenix,

on the evening of 9/16. Hotel patrons certainly appreciated

the free audition. The hour show ended with the threesome

singing "The Party's Over." There is some irony here. Sinatra

could not get a handle on the Styne, Comden & Green song when

putting together "She Shot Me Down" LP in 1981. Frank called

Jule Styne and explained his predicament. Would Jule write a

really modern song for him? Jule called the lyricist Susan Birk-

enhead, and they wrote "Hey Look, No Crying."

Extras

ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ

The Ultimate Event: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr.

September 18, 1988

Concerts

ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ

The Ultimate Event: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Overture

Sammy:

2. With A Song In My Heart

3. Memories

4. Monologue

5. Bad

6. Your Gonna Love Me

7. The Candy Man

8. What Kind of Fool Am I

9. The Music Of The Night

Liza:

10. I Can See Clearly Now

11. Here I'll Stay - Our Love Is Here To Stay

12. Some People

13. I Love A Piano

14. Cabaret

Frank:

15. I've Got The World On A String

16. Come Rain Or Come Shine

17. For once In My Life

18. My Heart Stood Still

19. The Summer Wind

20. The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

21. Soliloquy

22. Mack The Knife

23. Strangers in The Night

24. My Way

Frank, Liza & Sammy:

25. Guys & Dolls Medley: Guys And Dolls (All) - If I Were A

Bell (Liza) - I've Never Been In Love Before (Frank) -

Luck Be A Lady (All) - Promise Me This, Promise Me

That (Liza) - Sue Me (Sammy) - Frugue For Tinhorns

(Liza & Sammy) - A Person Could Develop A Cold

(Liza) - Sit Down Your Rocking The Boat (Sammy) - The

Oldest Established (All) Witchcraft (Frank) - Liza

26. Hits Medley: Style (All) - With A 'Z' (Liza) - Talk To The

Animals (Sammy) - All Or Nothing At All (Frank) -

Money Makes The World Go 'Round (Liza) - Once In A

Lifetime (Sammy) - I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank)

- Maybe This Time (Liza) - I Gotta Be Me (Sammy) - All

The Way (Frank) - Old Friends (Liza) - The Birth Of The Blues (Sammy) - The Lady Is A Tramp (Frank) - And

The World Goes Round (Liza) - There's A Boat That's

Leaving Soon For New York (Sammy) -NY, NY (All)

Extras

ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ

The Ultimate Event: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

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September 22, 1988

Concerts

The Ultimate Event, Atlanta w/Liza, & Sammy w/Liza, & Sammy

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Thursday evening

1. Overture

Sammy:

2. With A Song In My Heart

3. Memories

4. Monologue

5. Bad

6. Your Gonna Love Me

7. The Candy Man

8. What Kind of Fool Am I

9. The Music Of The Night

Liza:

10. I Can See Clearly Now

11. Here I'll Stay - Our Love Is Here To Stay

12. Some People

13. I Love A Piano

14. Cabaret

Frank:

15. Where Or When

16. For Once In My Life

17. Come Rain Or Come Shine

18. This Is All I Ask

19. Please B Kind

20. Soliloquy

21. Strangers in The Night

22. My Way

Frank, Liza & Sammy:

23. Guys & Dolls Medley: Guys And Dolls (All) - If I Were A

Bell (Liza) - I've Never Been In Love Before (Frank) -

Luck Be A Lady (All) - Promise Me This, Promise Me

That (Liza) - Sue Me (Sammy) - Frugue For Tinhorns

(Liza & Sammy) - A Person Could Develop A Cold

(Liza) - Sit Down Your Rocking The Boat (Sammy) - The

Oldest Established (All) Witchcraft (Frank) - Liza

24. Hits Medley: Style (All) - With A 'Z' (Liza) - Talk To The

Animals (Sammy) - All Or Nothing At All (Frank) -

Money Makes The World Go 'Round (Liza) - Once In A

Lifetime (Sammy) - I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank)

- Maybe This Time (Liza) - I Gotta Be Me (Sammy) - All

The Way (Frank) - Old Friends (Liza) - The Birth Of The Blues (Sammy) - The Lady Is A Tramp (Frank) - And

The World Goes Round (Liza) - There's A Boat That's

Leaving Soon For New York (Sammy) -NY, NY (All)

September 24, 1988

Concerts

Arena, Miami, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. with Sammy Davis Jr. & Liza Minelli

1. Where or When

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Soliloquy

7. Mack the Knife

8. Strangers in the Night

9. My Way

10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. Guys and Dolls (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Luck Be a Lady (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York) (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

14. Medley: Style (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.), Witchcraft (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

15. All or Nothing at All

16. I've Got You Under My Skin

17. All the Way

18. The Lady Is a Tramp

19. Theme from New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

Extras

Arena, Miami, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

with Sammy Davis Jr. & Liza Minelli

Sinatra was to have played two shows at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles September 23-24, 1994 but the shows were cancelled.

Ed O'Brien offers an explanation why the Greek Theatre dates were cancelled:

"Shows cancelled at Greek Theater had nothing to do with Frank recording.

He sold out the Greek in just a few days. Barbara had been told how much Frank had struggled in

Boston, Lenox, Cincinnati, etc. She did not want that to happen in L.A.." --ED

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September 25, 1988

Concerts

Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Ultimate Event with Sammy Davis Jr. & Liza Minnelli

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Soliloquy

7. Mack The Knife

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. Guys and Dolls -- with LM & SD

12. Luck Be A Lady -- with LM & SD

13. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York) -- with LM & SD

14. Style -- with LM & SD

15. Witchcraft

16. All or Nothing At All

17. I've Got You Under My Skin

18. All The Way

19. The Lady Is A Tramp

20. Theme From New York, New York -- with LM & SD

Extras

Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Ultimate Event with Sammy Davis Jr. & Liza Minnelli

September 27, 1988

Concerts

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Penn

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Where Or When

3. My Heart Stood Still

4. Summer Wind

5. Mack The Knife

6. Soliloquy

7. Strangers In The Night

8. My Way

9. One For My Baby

Guys & Dolls medley with Liza & Sammy

Hits medley with Liza and Sammy

John George

I attended the concert at the "Spectrum" in Philly. It was a different Sinatra, than when I saw him on his previous visit to the "Spectrum". The previous time he was promoting, "LA is my Lady", and the performance I thought was that of a "recital" as has been named his trips to Carnegie Hall back in 84-86. Here on the "Ultimate Event" tour however he looked and sounded like the older statesman.. This was the first time I had seen Sammy Davis Jr, and I was just blown away by his performance.

Extras

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Penn

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

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Spectrum, Philadelphia, Penn

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

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September 28, 1988

Concerts

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Penn

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Where Or When

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Mack The Knife

7. Soliloquy

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. Medley w/ Liza & Sammy

September 30, 1988

Concerts

Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey

Friday evening

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr. with Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Where Or When Billy Byers arg.

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Suumer Wind

6. Mack The Knife

7. Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. Guys And Dolls medley with Liza & Sammy

12. Style medley vwith Liza & Sammy

FRANK, LIZA & SAMMY HAVE A BALL AT CONCERT

Meadowlands -- The Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr. national tour is billed as "The Ultimate Event," and if their concert at the Meadowlands Friday night wasn't quite the word that "Ultimate" suggests, it was good, solid entertainment. The three sang on behalf of the Sammy Davis Jr. National Liver Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark.

The one-two order out of the gate at the Brendan Bryne Arena was Davis and Minnelli. Sinatra, as befits the eminent, took the stage last, to cries of "We love ya, Frankie," from the almost sold- out house that seats about 20,000.

Predictably, Sinatra did it his way again -- yet this time it was different. The applause swept through the Arena as he began "My Way," but it quickly became apparent that the approach was not one he had taken on previous outings. Instead of defiant throw-down- the-gauntlet pride, he created a softer mood, caressing the lyric nostalgically as if he didn't have to prove it anymore. This artist owns the genius of spontaniety. And when Sinatra, who will be 73 in December, came to the phrase mentioning his "final curtain," a woman punctuated the line by shouting joyously, "Not yet, Frankie!"

While Sinatra was on stage -- which looked like a boxing ring without ropes -- he picked up a glass of red liquid from a small table and asked, "Is this what he drinks on stage?" THIS was strawberry crush and HE was Davis. Earlier, Davis had announced that he hadn't had a drink in four years and, God, "Do I miss it!" In this context, the Liver Institute connection seemed obvious.

Sinatra, Minnelli and Davis grouped for the finale, which included some corny business about what they should sing.

Selections from "Guys And Dolls" resolved the question along with "New York, New York" and a couple of others. Slam-bang stuff, all right.

What was missing, to these ears at least, was the soaring inspiration that sends shivers up the spine. It's impossible, of course, to produce ecstasy on demand, but with this trio you're a fool if you don't expect it.

New Jersey

10-2-88

Extras

Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey

Friday evening

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr. with Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli

October 1, 1988

Concerts

Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. Where or When

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Mack the Knife

7. Soliloquy

8. Strangers in the Night

9. My Way

10. One for my Baby

11. Medley with Liza Minelli and Sammy Davis, Jr.

October 3, 1988

Concerts

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Ultimate Event, Frank, Liza, and Sammy

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Where Or When

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Mack The Knife

7. Soliloquy

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. medley w/ Liza & Sammy

Extras

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Ultimate Event, Frank, Liza, and Sammy

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October 4, 1988

Concerts

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Concert was a sell out. But it was not to be. Sammy and Liza were willing but Frank had laryngitis. There was no make up date. A lot of fans were very upset.

October 15, 1988

Concerts

Centrum, Worcester, Mass (15-16)

THE ULTIMATE EVENT

Frank, Sammy & Liza

Saturday 10-15-88

1. I've Got The World On A string

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Where Or When

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Mack The Knife

7. Soliloquy

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. Guys & Dolls medley w/ Sammy and Liza

12. Style medley of hits w/ Sammy and Liza

This concert was originally scheduled for October 6, 1988 but was canceled along with the October 7, 1988 show: WORCESTER- The Voice didn't sing last night.

Frank Sinatra was ill with the flu, and little more than three hours before he was scheduled to appear at the Centrum with Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli, the concert was postponed. So was tonight's show. The concerts are now scheduled for October 15 and either October 16 or 17, Centrum officials said --The Boston Globe, October 7, 1988

Note: Apparently a company called Video Visuals provided a 4-camera, 4-projector I-Mag for this show at the Centrum. Professional clips of the show have circulated on YouTube.

Extras

Centrum, Worcester, Mass (15-16)

THE ULTIMATE EVENT

Frank, Sammy & Liza

Saturday 10-15-88

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October 16, 1988

Concerts

Centrum, Worcester, Mass (October 15-16)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr..

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Where Or When

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6.. Mack The Knife

7. Soliloquy

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10, One For My Baby

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady /

The Oldest Established / Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / Luck Be A Lady / New York, New York

Notes: TT 75mins.

October 26, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (26-30)

Openig night Wednesday evening

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where or When

4. September of my Years

5. Ol' Man River

6. Monologue

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

9. Mack the Knife

10. They Can't Take That Away from Me (Hefti arg. 1962)

11. For Once in my Life

12. My Way

13. One for my Baby

14. The Lady is a Tramp

15. Strangers in the Night

16. New York , New York

Notes: TT 67mins.

note: "Cry Me A River" was one of the songs Frank rehearsed for this engagement.

--Ed

Extras

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (26-30)

Openig night Wednesday evening

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

October 27, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where or When

4. September of my Years

5. Ol' Man River

6. Monologue

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Guess I;ll Hang my Tears out to Dry

9. Mack the Knife

10. They Can't Take That Away from Me (Hefti arg. 1962)

11. For Once in my Life

12. My Way

13. One for my Baby

14. The Lady is a Tramp

15. Strangers in the Night

16. New York, New York

October 28, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where Or When

4. The September Of My Years

5. Ol' Man River

6. monologue

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. Mack The Knife

10. For Once In My Life

11. My Way

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

October 29, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where Or When

4. The September Of My Years

5. Ol' Man River

6. monologue

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. Mack The Knife

10. For Once In My Life

11. My Way

12. One For My Baby

13. The Lady Is A Tramp

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

October 30, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

Extras

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

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Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

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November 3, 1988

Concerts

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California

Private Taping

Anheuser Busch Convention: Legends In Our Time convention

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. w/Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis, jr.

1. Where Or When

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Ol' Man River

4. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You

Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra portion 27mins.

Ed O'Brien reports that this show ran more than two hours and Sinatra didn't make his appearance until more than 90 minutes had elapsed. He sang "Ol' Man River" and a few other songs before Sammy and Liza joined him for a long medley.

November 4, 1988

Concerts

Summit Arena, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza) w/Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Where Or When

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The September Of My Years

5. For Once In My Life

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Mack The Knife

8. Ol' Man River

9. My Way

10. monologue

11. Strangers In The Night

12. Guys And Dolls medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady / The

Oldest Established /

13. Hits medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got

You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Extras

Summit Arena, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

w/Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, jr.

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November 8, 1988

Concerts

The Summit, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza) w/Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, jr.

Frank:

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Where Or When

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The September Of My Years

5. For Once In My Life

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Mack The Knife

8. Ol' Man River

9. My Way

10. Strangers In The Night

Frank, Liza & Sammy:

11. Guys And Dolls medley: Guys And Dolls (ALL) - If I Were A Bell

(Liza) - Luck Be A Lady (ALL) - Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat (Sammy) - The Oldest Established (ALL)

12. Hits medley: Style (All) - Witchcraft (Frank & Sammy) - Liza With

A 'Z' (Liza) - Talk To The Animals (Sammy) - All Or Nothing At All (Frank) - Money Makes The World Go 'Round (Liza) - Once In A Lifetime (Sammy) - I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank) - Maybe This Time (Liza) - I Gotta Be Me (Sammy) - All The Way (Frank) - Old Friends (Liza) - The Birth Of The Blues (Sammy) - The Lady Is A Tramp (Frank) - And The World Goes Round (Liza) - There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (Sammy) -New York, New York (All)

November 11, 1988

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California (11-13)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where Or When

4. The September Of My Years

5. Ol' Man River

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. Mack The Knife

9. They Can't Take That Away From Me

10. For Once In My Life

11. Soliloquy

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins. Ed O'Brien "Engagement ran from Friday thru Sunday ( 11-13)

Frank did two shows a night on the 11 & 12."

November 12, 1988

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where Or When

4. The September of My Years

5. Ol' Man River

6. Monologue (About Dean)

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. Mack The Knife 10. Nancy

11. The Can't Take That Away From Me

12. For Once In My Life

13. One For My Baby

14. Lady Is A Tramp

15. My Way

16. Strangers In The Night

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 75mins.

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

November 13, 1988

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where Or When

4. The September Of My Years

5. monologue

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. Mack The Knife

9. They Can't Take That Away From Me

10. For Once In My Life

11. One For My Baby

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

November 19, 1988

Extras

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

We had this in our listing but I don't think it happened. I found this from the article below from the UPI Archives that said Sinatra was going to be chairman at a banquet/roast for Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray on November 19, 1988 at Bally's, Las Vegas. Sinatra doesn't appear to have been at the event as there is no mention of Sinatra in coverage of the event or in the advertisement of the televised event.

UPI Archives

Aug. 28, 1988

SINATRA'S KIND OF ROAST:

By JOHN M. LEIGHTY, United Press International

Frank Sinatra has agreed to serve as honorary chairman of a banquet and roast in tribute to Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray. The testimonial is scheduled Nov. 19 at Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

More than 2,000 people are expected, including members of the Cubs plus other entertainment and sports figures. The $100-a-plate dinner will benefit Caray's favorite charity, the Maryville City of Youth Academy, the largest residential child care agency in Illinois. 'Few people realize an ambition I had in my youth was to be a sports reporter,' Sinatra said of his involvement. 'Listening to Harry do his rendition of 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' during the seventh inning stretch of Cubs games, I assume Harry's childhood dream was to be a singer. Besides Chicago being my kind of town, Harry Caray is my kind of people.'

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HARRY CARAY GETS ROASTED ON A LOW FLAME

By Mike Conklin

Chicago Tribune

Published: Nov 21, 1988 at 12:00 am

WRITING FROM LAS VEGAS: ''This is going to be tougher than my second divorce,'' Harry Caray fretted in advance. ''I`ve never been roasted before.''

Harry needn`t have worried. On Saturday night in Bally`s Casino Resort, the gibes were gentle, the showgirls were pretty and the Mayor of Rush Street showed Las Vegas how to party.

A sellout crowd of 2,300 jammed the hotel`s Grand Ballroom for ''Holy Cow! A Tribute to Harry Caray,'' which ended up raising $200,000 for his favorite charity, Maryville Academy in Des Plaines.

The mostly Chicago audience paid $100 each to watch Harry sizzle. There were three chartered planes full of Cubs followers from the Windy City and another plane from Florida.

''We could`ve held this in Peoria, and it would`ve been cheaper for all of us,'' said roaster Jack Buck, Hall of Fame baseball announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Caray didn`t seem to suffer much from four hours of light ribbing.

''Do you think I`m going to get up here in front of 3,000 people and roast him when he can roast me next summer in front of 8 million?'' asked Cub pitcher Rick Sutcliffe. ''Well, if you think the odds are bad in the casino. . . . .''

Caray`s ebullience extended to the new car he received during the evening, which was organized by Bill Sullivan, now with Bally after years of owning Rush Street bars. Caray turned the car over to Maryville.

''I know it`s been a long night,'' said Rev. John Smythe, Maryville`s executive director, who accepted the keys, ''but I hope it goes on and on at this rate.''

''Gee, what a novel idea-a priest raffling off a car,'' said comedian Tom Dreesen, master of ceremonies.

Everyone got what they came for-a full weekend of Harry Caray (the hotel even had a special Harry Caray mass Saturday afternoon).

He was strolling through the casino floor Friday afternoon signing autographs, having his picture taken with fans and kissing every girl in sight.

He was still going strong at 1 a.m.

''His enthusiasm is unbelievable,'' said Jim Frey, who spent a year in the WGN booth with Caray before becoming the Cubs` general manager.

''When I was managing and we won the division in Pittsburgh, I called my mother that night,'' he said. ''The first thing she asked me was, `How`s Harry Caray? You know, I just love him.` ''

She isn`t alone.

On the dais Saturday night were such baseball stars as Sutcliffe, Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Greg Maddux. The rest of the Cub announcing crew of DeWayne Staats, Steve Stone and Dave Nelson were there, along with Frey, Cubs manager Don Zimmer and pioneer Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse.

In addition to native Chicagoan Dreesen, some of the nonsports stars making appearances were U.S. Reps. Henry Hyde and Robert Michel and actors Dennis Farina and George Wendt. There also were golfer Ken Venturi and former Bear QB Sid Luckman.

A condensed version of the event will be aired Dec. 9 on WGN-TV.

The evening`s program concluded, naturally, with the strains of ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' echoing through the casino and overshadowing headliner Tom Jones.

The Mayor of Rush Street was leading the songfest. ''All right, everybody, let`s speed this along,'' Caray said, ''because I gotta date with the tables.''

November 26, 1988

Concerts

Forum, Inglewood, California

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. Where Or When

2. For Once In My Life

3. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. This Is All I Ask

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Please Be Kind

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. monologue

10. Soliloquy

11. Strangers In The Night

12. My Way

13. One For My Baby

14. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

Extras

Forum, Inglewood, California

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November 30, 1988

Television

The Ultimate Event (Nov. 30-Dec. 4)

Frank, Liza & Sammy Concert From Detroit & Behind The Scenes Look

1. Where Or When

2. For Once In My Life

3. Mack The Knife

4. One For My Baby

5. My Way

6. Medley w/Liza & Sammy

Notes: Edited concert. Officially released on Kodak video "Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event" 90mins.

Footage from these shows also used on Sinatra's "Duets" Special.

Scott Henderson adds:

Also has a DVD release "Sing For You, Live From Detroit". Official release put out by Immortal. Same contents as VHS but no backstage interviews.

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30 - December 4th)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

(with Liza & Sammy)

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. Where or When

4. For Once in My Life

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Mack the Knife

7. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

8. Soliloquy

9. My Way

10. Strangers in the Night

11. Guys and Dolls (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Luck Be a Lady (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York) (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

14. Medley: Style

15. Witchcraft) (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

16. All or Nothing at All

17. I've Got You Under My Skin

18. All the Way

19. The Lady Is a Tramp

20. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

note: George Schlatter would tape the first three nights of this engagement. Hank Cattaneo told me they used digital sound equipment and later added songs to "Sinatra 80th Live In Concert," because there were only a few concerts recorded with digital. Reunion Arena, 10-24-87, makes up the rest of the 1995 Capitol "80th Live." That was also a digital recording.

--Ed

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30-December 4)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. I've Got A Crush On You

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Mack The Knife

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. medley w/ Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady / The Oldest Established / Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Source: sinatraphiles digest (date extracted from item text; originally routed to appendix for review).

Extras

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30 - December 4th)

November 30, 1991 Westin Mission Hills Resort, Rancho Mirage, California

Mission Hills Celebrity Sports Invitational

Gregory Peck and wife and Frank Sinatra and wife during Mission Hills Celebrity Sports Invitational –

November 30, 1991 at Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California,

December 1988

Extras

[Sinatra Family New Year Gathering At Bally's]

The Sinatra family - Frank Jr., Nancy Jr., granddaughters AJ and Amanda, Frank, and Tina - gathered to celebrate the New Year at Bally's in Las Vegas in December 1988.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

December 1, 1988

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30 - December 4)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

(with Liza & Sammy)

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. Where or When

4. For Once in My Life

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Mack the Knife

7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

8. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. Guys and Dolls (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Luck Be a Lady (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York) (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

14. Medley: Style

15. Witchcraft) (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

16. All or Nothing at All

17. I've Got You Under My Skin

18. All the Way

19. The Lady Is a Tramp

20. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

Extras

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30 - December 4)

[image referenced in source but could not be recovered]

December 2, 1988

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30 - December 4)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

(with Liza & Sammy)

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. Where or When

4. For Once in My Life

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Mack the Knife

7. Soliloquy

8. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. Guys and Dolls (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Luck Be a Lady (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York) (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

14. Medley: Style

15. Witchcraft) (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

16. All or Nothing at All

17. I've Got You Under My Skin

18. All the Way

19. The Lady Is a Tramp

20. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

December 4, 1988

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30-December 4)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. Where Or When

4. For Once In My Life

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Mack The Knife

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. My Way

9. One For My Baby

10. Strangers In The Night

December 8, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

December 9, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

Extra Performer: Pearl Bailey

Frank:

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Mack The Knife

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby.

11. New York, New York

Frank & Sammy:

12. Luck Be A Lady

13. Tea For Two (parody) - Sammy & Pearl Bailey only

14. The Lady Is A Tramp

Notes: TT 85mins.

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

Walk-on: Liza Minnelli

Frank:

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. My Way

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. Where Or When

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Mack The Knife

9. monologue

10. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

11. One For My Baby

12. New York, New York

Frank & Sammy:

13. introductions including Bill Eckstine

14. Fugue For Tinhorns

15. Luck Be A Lady

16. talk with Liza Minnelli

17. The Lady Is A Tramp

Notes: TT 59mins.

December 10, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

Special Guests: Frankie Randell, Jilly Rizzo, Buddy Greco

Sammy:

1. Here I'll Stay

2. Tomorrow Is Another Day

3. I've Gotta Be Me

4. monologue

5. medley: Talk To The Animals - The Candy Man - Once In A Lifetime - Gonna Build A Mountain - What Kind Of Fool Am I

Frank:

6. I've Got The World On A String

7. In The Still Of The Night

8. They Can't Take That Away From Me

9. Come Rain Or Come Shine

10. Where Or When

11. My Heart Stood Still

12. Mack The Knife

13. Ol' Man River

14. My Way

15. One For My Baby

16. New York, New York

Frank & Sammy:

17. medley: Fugue For Tinhorns - Luck Be A Lady

18. Happy Birthday Tribute for Frank Sinatra & Sammy

Frankie Randell, Jilly Rizzo, Buddy Greco

Frank, Sammy & Buddy Greco:

19. The Lady Is A Tramp

20. chaser "New York, New Yor

Notes: TT 77mins.

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

Frank:

1. monologue

2. I've Got The World On A String

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. They Can't Take That Away From Me

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. Where Or When

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Mack The Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. My Way

11. New York, New York

12. monologue

Frank & Sammy:

13. Fugue For Tinhorns

14. Luck Be A Lady

15. Happy Birhday Salute

16. The Lady Is A Tramp

NOTE: Ed O'Brien says that during this engagement there would be a very large cake wheeled out on the stage after Frank and Sammy finished their medley. Out would pop a celebrity: Pearl Bailey, Barbara Sinatra, Frankie Randall. Buddy Greco. A real highlight was Buddy Greco joining Frank and Sammy on "Tramp."

December 11, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

Early Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

Sammy Davis Jr:

1. I Am What I Am

2. medley: The More I See You - My Funny Valentine

3. medley: Talk To The Animals - The Candy Man

4. Gonna Build A Mountain

5. What Kind Of Fool Am I

6. Mr. Bojangles

Frank:

7. I've Got The World On A String

8. They Can't Take That Away

9. Come Rain Or Come Shine

10. Where Or When

11. My Heart Stood Still

12. Mack The Knife

13. monologue

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. One For My Baby

17. New York, New York

Frank & Sammy:

18. Luck Be A Lady

19. Happy Birthday Tribute for Frank Sinatra

20. The Lady Is A Tramp

Notes: TT 90mins.

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey (8 - 11)

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr. (Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy) w/Sammy Davis, jr.

December 27, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas , Nevada (27 -31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I've Got The World On A String

4. The September Of My Years

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. monologue

8. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. They Can't Take That Away From Me

12. One For My Baby

13. Strangers In The Night

14. The Lady Is A Tramp

15. New York, New York

December 28, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (27 -31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. For Once in My Life

4. The September of My Years

5. Luck Be a Lady

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

8. Mack the Knife

9. My Way

10. They Can't Take That Away From Me

11. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

12. Strangers in the Night

13. The Lady Is a Tramp

14. Theme From New York, New York

December 30, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (26-31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. The September Of My Years

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. monologue

8. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. My Way

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. Strangers In The Night

14. The Lady Is A Tramp

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

Dave Paulson:

My then future wife and I attended this show, and got married the following night just after midnight. It was exciting for us to see Sinatra in a show room, and we had decent seats. The first and third times we saw him were at the Met Center (hockey arena) near Minneapolis.

We took a city bus from the Stardust to Bally's. Tom Dreesen opened the show. I've Got the World on a String was a terrific opener for Frank, and that night he sounded great from the get go. We sat at a table with two guys who had seen Natalie Cole and Dionne Warwick the previous night. They said that Natalie and Dionne were really good, but "all they did was sing." We still say "all they did was sing" whenever we hear a song by Natalie or Dionne.

December 31, 1988

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (26-31)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. For Once In My Life

3. Where Or When

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6.. Mack The Knife

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. My Way

11. Strangers In The Night

12. Ol' Man River

Notes: TT 45mins.

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. For Once In My Life

3. Where Or When

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. Mack The Knife

7.. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. My Way

11. Strangers In The Night

12. Ol' Man River

Notes: TT 50mins.

Extras

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

1989

Extras

[Ava Gardner's Declining Health]

Ava Gardner's health began to fail in 1989. Frank quietly monitored her condition and, once she grew too ill to speak, arranged a private plane to fly her to a Los Angeles specialist.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Eliot Weisman's Touring Timeline]

Around 1989, Eliot Weisman laid out his plan for managing Frank's career to Tina, estimating he could keep Frank touring for four or five more years under good conditions, or two or three under bad ones.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Family Discovers the Joint Tenancy Agreement]

In summer 1989, Tina and her siblings learned that Frank had already signed a postmarital contract making him and Barbara joint tenants over three properties (the Compound, a horse ranch, and the Foothill house), a binding arrangement that could not be freely altered or willed away.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

['The Ultimate Event' Tour With Minnelli And Davis Jr.]

During the 1989 "The Ultimate Event" tour, Sinatra was photographed on stage with Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

[Musicians' union strike ends Sinatra's Bally's residency temporarily]

A strike by the Las Vegas Musicians' Union, prompted by hotels trying to drop their contracted musicians, led Sinatra to cancel shows in support of the union. As a result Bally's "fired" him for a short period, until the strike petered out around March 1990.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Sammy Davis Jr's last screen role in Tap]

Sammy Davis Jr's final screen performance came in the 1989 film Tap, for which he received much acclaim.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Televised Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60 Years in Show Business]

Sinatra opened a televised celebration marking Sammy Davis Jr.'s sixtieth year in show business.

Source: Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra (Rough guide 7.pdf), chapter "The Inner Circle."

January 1, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (12-27-88 thru 1-1-89) Frank Sinatra Jr. conducted

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I've Got The World On A String

4. September Of My Years

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. monologue

8. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

9. A Foggy Day

10. Mack The Knife

11. My Way

12. They Can't Take That Away From Me

13. One For My Baby

14. Strangers In The Night

15. The Lady Is A Tramp

16. New York, New York

January 17, 1989

Concerts

Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas w/Sammy & Liza

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. For Once in My Life

4. The September of My Years

5. Where or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. I Get a Kick Out of You

8. Barbara

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. Medley: Guys and Dolls/Luck Be a Lady/The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)

(with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Medley: Style

(with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. Witchcraft

(with Sammy Davis Jr.)

14. All or Nothing at All

15. I've Got You Under My Skin

16. All the Way

17. The Lady Is a Tramp

18. Theme From New York, New York

(with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

January 18, 1989

Concerts

Superdome, New Orleans, LA w/ Sammy & Liza

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. For Once in My Life(

4. The September of My Years

5. Where or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. I Get a Kick Out of You

8. Soliloquy

9. My Way

10. Mack the Knife

11. Guys and Dolls (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Luck Be a Lady (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)(with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

14. Medley Style (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

15. Witchcraft (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

16. All or Nothing at All

17. I've Got You Under My Skin

18. All the Way

19. The Lady Is a Tramp

20. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

January 19, 1989

Television

George Bush Inaugural Gala

NOTE: Ed O'Brien reports that Sinatra did "I'll Never Walk Alone" with the Riddle chart from the "Concert Sinatra" album.

He was also supposed to do "The Best is Yet to Come" but got confused and the show cut to commercial.

Extras

George Bush Inaugural Gala

January 20, 1989

Concerts

The Arena, Miami, Florida (20-21) w/Sammy & Liza

Ultimate Event Tour

Frank Sinatra Jr. conducting

1. Mack The Knife

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. September Of My Years

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still monologue

7. Soliloquy

8. Barbara

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. My Way

11. One For My Baby

12. Guys & Dolls medley with Liza & Sammy

13. Style medley with Liza & Sammy

Extras

The Arena, Miami, Florida (20-21)

w/Sammy & Liza

Ultimate Event Tour

Frank Sinatra Jr. conducting

The Ultimate Event

April 29, 2015/by

Bill

Hardesty

When I moved to New York I put everything I could fit in a blue trunk. Naturally that meant my car, an old Oldsmobile beater, couldnt go; I left it with my mom back in Miami Beach. This is why, during my one month break from college (Pratt Institute puckishly called it Winterim) a year and half later mom offered to drop me off in front of the Miami Arena for a show.

My last 18 months in college, being in art school, and in New York; I strove to carve out an identity. This path led me through the good old days, the Fifties and early Sixties and a stack of cassette tapes featuring Ol Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra (I, like most discerning listeners, favored the Capitol Years). I played them in my dorm as an ironic counterpart to the whining sounds of The Smiths emanating from my roomies boombox. It was Louder than Bombs vs. A Swingin Affair. But my interest wasnt ironic, I was really into this.

The music sounded great, had a very lively beat, and Franks voice was amazing, full of the confidence I felt I lacked; being all alone up in New York. I couldnt exactly pull off going around town in a fedora, but I liked to think that Frank helped me, at least in some small way, to court my girlfriend Isabelle, who would later become my wife.

Maybe Frank helped with the whole 'come hither' thing, I mean, who knows?

Maybe Frank helped with the whole come hither thing, I mean, who knows?

Im proud now to claim that my interest in Fifties Swing (during the late-Eighties) and all that cocktail lounge coo-cooness predated the mid-Nineties Rat Pack revival as evidenced by the popularity of movies like Swingers. In a way I was both behind yet somehow ahead of the times. Anachronistically perfect for Art School.

Mom dropped me off in front of the Miami Arena that night for this show. I was by myself because nobody would go with me, not even her. In fact she sped off as soon as I was out of the car, headed for the on-ramp to MacArthur Causeway. It was January 20th, 1989.

The Miami Arena was only a couple of years old. Miamians liked to call it the Pink Elephant because it was as big as an elephant, and was, well, pink. To me it looked like a giant sleeping pill lying on its side; a giant sedative dropped on a Miami, that, by 1989, was getting a little too exciting for its own good. It housed an awful new expansion NBA team called the Miami Heat. The games were, as I recall, sparsely attended; the prevailing opinion was that theyd be moving on to another city (like Vancouver) in a few years.

I walked up to the gate (Gate C, lets say) eagerly clutching my ticket. I wasnt there to see a band like The Alarm, Simple Minds, or even Scritti Politti. I was there for what was immodestly called The Ultimate Event.

It was none other than Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and, um, ok, Liza Minnelli! All in one place for one night only (actually a national tour and this was the first of two nights at the Arena)! But the first thing sounded better to me, and matched the bombast of the title billing. And I probably had something to do the next night. This was, for me, one night only!

I was thrilled to be there and couldnt believe nobody would go with me. As family went, my brother was in New York, my sister was in California, my other sister, though in Miami was too lame to get it, and my mom darkly suspected Sinatra had had something to do with Sam Giancana and the Kennedy Assassination, or something like that. I rarely listened to anybodys anti-Frank rants.

My only reservation, and the only thing that held me back from buying a t-shirt once I entered the place, was the fact that Liza Minnelli was part of it. You see, all the Ts had a picture of the three together. Liza had replaced Dean Martin after a few shows when the tour started the previous year, he had taken ill and had started his long last decline (in fact by 1997, only 8 years later, theyd all be gone, Sammy, Dean and Frank, all except for Liza). To me she wasnt cool, couldnt possibly be considered pre or post-ironic hip or hipster-y by any definition. But really it had to do with the fact that my California sister was really into her and had been for years. Years before she would wait for one inattentive moment from me to pull Journeys Captured album off our portable record player so she could pop on Liza with a Z. So I grew up having to hear it a lot.

Plus, at Pratt, I was already into Marilyn Monroe, if Id added Liza (not that that could have ever happened) everybody there would have been convinced that I was gay and perhaps I would have never met up with Isabelle. Frank was my counterbalance, the Haha, look, hes into Marilyn, but wait, whats that with Sinatra? Maybe hes a little more complicated than we all supposed. I imagined all this anyway.

A few months before I had a temp job with some jewelry company in midtown (lets call it Tiffanys). I was tasked with addressing holiday invitation addresses on envelopes sent out all over the country. My handwriting had to be really neat, and it was. Whoa, cool, Elizabeth Taylor, she lives in Bel Air! I was careful with that one. I wondered how many of these holiday invites were sent out to celebrities by companies that perhaps theyd only shown a cursory interest in. No wonder they had people to take care of such things.

Then I struck gold. Frank Sinatra 70588 Frank Sinatra Dr. Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. Cool, he had his own street! But why wouldnt he?! He was Frank Sinatra! I took special care with this one and sealed it up. That night I put Franks address in my address book next to other Ss like Streicher and Shelton (2 of my roommates at the Willoughby dorm). It was as if Frank had given me his address and I had just nonchalantly added it with the other S names. Nothin special, just my buddy Frank.

The next day I carefully crafted a fan letter to Frank, gushing on about the Tin Pan Alley Tradition and how I liked Billy May as an arranger. I wanted him to know I wasnt just another vapid 21-year-old. And off it went from Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Rancho Mirage.

When I saw a bunch of these on Google I finally knew it was stamped on. But this one is mine.

About a month later I received a manila envelope from California that had been forwarded from its original destination in Brooklyn all the way back to Glendale, California where I was spending the summer. It was a picture of Frank signed All the best, Frank Sinatra. Looking at it in the light, and from an angle, I could tell it was really stamped on. But I didnt care; I still thought it was really cool.

So to paint a picture here, the guy that strolled in the Miami Arena that night was a fan. That guy was also younger by far than any other person who was in attendance. There were groups, some small, some large, of senior citizens, war veterans (both I and II) and ex bobby-soxers long past their prime. If this didnt prove my carving my own identity credentials then nothing would. I was definitely in some cultural frontier town.

As I took my seat (lets say Section E, Seat 17) I sat down reverently with my bag of freshly popped popcorn. No beer at this concert, for this was not going to be a rowdy crowd. Occasionally someone would look over at me, like Why is this guy here?!, perhaps imagining I would suddenly realize where I was and run out laughing.

The lights dimmed, they had it set up in a square, like a boxing ring. Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the Ultimate Event! All right, all right; I thought, lets start the show. I never went in for that hyperbolic title, you know. Liza came on first, and though I tried to ignore her, she was really good, a naturally charismatic entertainer with a great strong voice. A little hyper though, like the kid in school who really wants you to be her friend. Then Sammy came on. I knew a little about him but was really impressed by his stage presence; he had a lot of energy and broadcast it out to the arena. He even did an imitation of Michael Jackson and did a moonwalk. His songs were great. Then he nimbly ducked down and was gone.

There was a delay, it went on for a bit; and then Frank Sinatra came out wearing a tux and holding a martini glass. He may have been old and his voice largely gone, but this was Frank Sinatra! He had a few words with the audience, by way of introduction; and then started with Ive Got the World on a String. I couldnt believe I was listening to the same guy singing the same song from back in the mid-Fifties; first reproduced on my tape player at Pratt and now at the Miami Arena all these years later.

I looked around me and saw genuine appreciation and respect from these fans. It was quiet in the Arena but for Franks singing, which by 1989 was really speak-singing. But still. I wondered what the world was like when they were all young. Yet here they still were, in this world of Milli Vanilli and MetroRail, crack cocaine and terrorism; forgetting it all for one night with their pal Frank.

Frank did a set of about 13 songs, including one of my favorites, Luck Be a Lady. Then Sammy and Liza joined in for a medley of songs interspersed with personal reminiscences and jokes that reminded me of the Rat Packs heyday at the Sands Hotel in Vegas. Frank and Sammy called Liza a youngster and told stories about her mom, Judy Garland, and Liza went on about how shed been listening to these guys since she was a little girl. They liked each other, and thats important, because an audience can always tell. When they know its real they have a better time, Frank used to say that in interviews.

During the show I kept thinking. I get to hear Frank Sinatra live, how many people my age could say that?

As we all filed out of the arena I got on a payphone and called mom for a pickup. While I waited there I wanted to talk to the other people filing out, I could have heard stories about old cars, Wurlitzers, the Nazis, maybe even Rudy Vallee. But these were not clichéd old people; they left with purpose, like they had someplace to be. They werent waiting around for the validation of a young person pumping them for info from their glory years. I liked that, and I was too abashed anyway to approach anyone; I still felt really out of place.

Mom pulled up with a big grin on her face, though she may have been a Frank-basher, she wanted to hear all about it. And unlike the other people who seemed to have left in such a hurry, I was only too happy to oblige.

January 21, 1989

Concerts

The Arena, Miami, Florida (20-21) w/Sammy & Liza

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. Mack The Knife

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. The September Of My Years

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Barbara

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Soliloquy

10. One For My Baby

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady /

The Oldest Established / Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 84mins.

Extras

The Arena, Miami, Florida (20-21) w/Sammy & Liza

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

January 25, 1989

Extras

Will Rogers Award Dinner, Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Guests: Frank Sinatra, Charlton Heston, Lucille Ball, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra Jr., Ella, Gregory Peck, Don Rickles.

John Forsyte presented the award to Frank.

Sinatra Saluted In Palm Springs as "Most Legendary Legend."

A starry black-tie invitational audience at the Beverly Hills Hotel was treated to an evening of sentimentality and high mirth as a procession of speakers, aided by film and video clips, dealt with Sinatra's tough guy mythology, his legendary aura as the entertainer, and a career during which he was extolled for raising more than $1 billion for worldwide charities.

Emcee Steve Lawrence called Sinatra "the best friend charity ever had. It was the 30th annual Will Rogers Memorial Award of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.

Last year's Will Rogers recipient, John Forsythe, dubbed him " the most legendary legend in show business," and introduced him with what he called "the two most exciting words in show business --- Frank Sinatra." Sinatra as the Will Rogers laureate contrasted his own residence in Beverly Hills, past and present, with his boyhood in his native Hoboken, N.J., where he almost died at birth 73 years ago. "The odds were 10 to two that I would make it at that time," Sinatra reminisced. "And they got higher as I got older and went around with the wronger guys . . The whole town of Hoboken didn't cost what our house cost in Beverly Hills --- the whole goddamn town, a mile square city of about 150,000 Italians.. . . This is not the first time I lived in Beverly Hills ( his primary residence remains Palm Springs).. I lived here when Merv Griffin was the vocalist with the Freddy Martin band." And he told stories about the old days when he and Montgomery Clift would lift a few at 3 in the afternoon" at the Beverly Hills Hotel and be escorted out. Sinatra's best line: "Will Rogers said he never met a man he didn't like. Of course, Will Rogers never met Dan Rather." In another glimpse down memory lane, Sinatra remarked that when he first came to Beverly Hills, it was not uncommon for people to ride horseback down Sunset Boulevard." He allowed himself serious reflections as well: "I've come a long way from the skinny kid standing on a New Jersey street corner playing the ukelele, singing songs. Now it's nice that through people like yourselves that other skinny kids get a chance to do the same thing I did with my life. That is why this country is great. That's really what our country is about."

Sinatra's longtime friend, restauranteur Jilly Rizzo, made one of his rare appearances as he added his homage to that of Frank Sinatra Jr, Paul Anka, Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Joan Collins, Don Rickles, Lucille Ball, George Hamilton, Angie Dickinson, Merv Griffin, Ella Fitzgerald ( who sang -- Frank helped her off the stage afterward ), Dudley Moore, Jimmy Rogers, son of Will Rogers, and Larry King in a video clip spoof. Anka sang a custom tailored parody of "My Way" and Charlton Heston put Sinatra in the same class with Laurence Olivier as an actor. "A song, Heston submitted, "is really a four-minute play, and has to be inter- preted. I don't think there's another living singer that does that better than Frank . . . He does what Laurence Olivier does. I can pay no greater tribute." Frank Jr. sang "Our Love Is Here To Stay." His father was moved to tears by the performance.

Combined Wire Services Coverage

Ed O'Brien:

Frank segued from the Will Rogers honors Wednesday night to LAX and winged to Vegas where he bowed at Bally's, 1/26-28.

George Schlatter taped the Will Rogers gala. He also captured the 75th Anniversary of Beverly Hills celebration. The best of both events aired as a TV special on ABC, 2-26-89.

January 26, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (26-28)

1. In The Still Of The Night

2. I Get A Kick Out Of You

3. A Foggy Day

4. Witchcraft

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. medley The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

7. monologue

8. Soliloquy

9. Angel Eyes

10. If You Are But A Dream

11. The Summer Wind

12. One For My Baby

13. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

14.. Barbara

15. Bewitched

TT 68 min.

Ed O'Brien:

"If You Are But A Dream" was a song closely associated with Sinatra back in the 1940s. He made a marvelous recording at Columbia and sang it onstage and on his radio shows. There was also a 1957 Capitol recording with Nelson Riddle. He also did that version in concert and on his 1-10-58 TV show. The Bally's 1-26-89 show was the first known performance since the late 1950s. And it was a wonderful vocal. Sinatra stayed with the Riddle chart and the audience love it. The song would go in and out of the act for the next four years.

Extras

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Ed O'Brien:

Frank held a rehearsal on the afternoon of the 26th. He ran down a Bill Rogers chart of the Charlie Chaplin composition "Smile."

Frank Jr. was trying to get his father to put some new songs into the act. Often there would be songs done in rehearsal that F.S. would pass on. "Smile" was one of them.

January 27, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (26-28)

1. Theme From New York, New York

2. I Get a Kick Out of You

3. A Foggy Day

4. Witchcraft

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Angel Eyes

8. If You Are but a Dream

9. Summer Wind

10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

12. Mack the Knife

January 28, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (26-28)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Brad Garrett

1. New York, New York

2. I Get A Kick Out Of You

3. A Foggy Day

4. Witchcraft

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. monologue

8. Angel Eyes

9. If You Are But A Dream

10. Summer Wind

11. One For My Baby

12. Bewitched

13. Mack The Knife

Notes: TT 58mins.

January 29, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. New York, New York

2. I Get A Kick Out Of You

3. A Foggy Day

4. Witchcraft

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. monologue

8. Angel Eyes

9. If You Are But A Dream

10. Summer Wind

11. One For My Baby

12. Bewitched

13. Mack The Knife

Notes: TT 60mins.

February 4, 1989

Concerts

Canyon Country Club, Palm Springs, California

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Comedian; Tom Dreesen

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. September Of My Years

3. Mack The Knife

Extras

Canyon Country Club, Palm Springs, California

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Comedian; Tom Dreesen

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. September Of My Years

3. Mack The Knife

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February 23, 1989

Concerts

Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Mack The Knife

5. One For My Baby

6. Where Or When

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Ol' Man River

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. My Way

11. Happy Birthday (to Barbara)

12. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady /

Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat / The Oldest Established / Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 73mins.

February 25, 1989

Television

Frank, Liza & Sammy From Tokyo Bay

Complete Concert Including Entire Medley. Aired on Japan TV

NOTE: Ed O'Brien says that this show is much, much better than the video that was made available in this country.

Frank is in better form and the production values are far superior to the effort made over here.

Concerts

MK Hall, Tokyo Bay, Japan

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. Overture

Sammy Davis Jr:

2. For Once In My Life

3. Bad

4. Mr. Bojangles

5. The Candy Man

6. What Kind Of Fool Am I

7. By Myself

Liza Minnelli:

8. All That Jazz

9. Some People

10. God Bless The Child

11. I Can See Clearly Now

12. I Love A Piano

13.. Cabaret

Frank Sinatra:

14. I've Got The World On A String

15. A Foggy Day

16. Come Rain Or Come Shine

17. Summer Wind

18. Mack The Knife

19. Strangers In The Night

20. My Heart Stood Still

21. Where Or When

22. The Best Is Yet To Come

23. My Way

Frank, Liza & Sammy:

24. Guys And Dolls Medley: Guys And Dolls (FS-LM-SD) - If I Were

A Bell (LM) - Luck Be A Lady (FS-LM-SD) - Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat (SD) - The Oldest Established (FS-LM-SD)

25. Hits Medley: Style (FS-LM-SD) - Witchcraft (FS-SD) - Liza with a

Z (LM) - Talk To The Animals (SD) - All Or Nothing At All (FS) - Money Makes The World Go 'round (LM) - For Once In A Lifetime (SD) - I've Got You Under My Skin (FS) - Maybe This (LM) - I Gotta Be Me (SD) - All The Way (FS) - Old Friends (LM) - Birth Of The Blues (SD) - The Lady Is A Tramp (FS) - The World Goes Round (LM) - There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (SD) - New York, New York(FS-LM-SD)

Notes: Edited Concert on Video Tape. TT 72mins.

February 28, 1989

Television

Who's The Boss (ABC)

Frank Guests

Concerts

National Tennis Center, Melbourne, Australia

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Where Or When

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Soliloquy

7. Mack The Knife

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls (ALL) / If I Were A

Bell (LM) / Luck Be A Lady (FS) / Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (SD) / The Oldest Established (FS) / Style (ALL) / Witchcraft (FS) / Liza (LM) / All Or Nothing At All (FS) / Money Makes The World Go Round (LM) / Once In A Lifetime (SD) / I've Got You Under My Skin (FS) / Maybe This Time (LM) / I Gotta Be Me (SD) / All The Way (FS) / Old Friends (LM) / The Lady Is A Tramp (FS) / And The World Goes Round (LM) / There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (SD) / New York, New York (ALL)

Extras

Who's The Boss (ABC)

Frank Guests

Back Row: Scott Bloom (?), Tony Danza, Frank Sinatra, Judith Light

Front Row: Katherine Helmond, Danny Pintaruo, Anne Cammisa Iadanza

(Tony Danza's Mother)

From Tony Danza's Twitter feed:

One of the greatest days of all time. The day I introduced my mother to Frank Sinatra, and he did a guest spot on Who's The Boss.

Judith Light's reply:

It was indeed a great day:) I'll never forget it or how thrilled you made your Mom and all of us too! Xo

March 1, 1989

Concerts

National Tennis Center, Melbourne, Australia

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Where Or When

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. Soliloquy

7. Mack The Knife

8. Strangers In The Night

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls (ALL) / If I Were A

March 3, 1989

Concerts

Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. Summer Wind

5. Mack The Knife

6. Strangers In The Night

7. Where Or When

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. I Get A Kick Out Of You

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. My Way

12. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls (ALL) / If I Were A

March 4, 1989

Concerts

Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. Summer Wind

5. Mack The Knife

6.. Strangers In The Night

7. Where Or When

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. I Get A Kick Out Of You

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. My Way

12. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls (ALL) / If I Were A

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 51mins.

March 7, 1989

Concerts

Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu (7-8)

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. A Foggy Day

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. Strangers In The Night

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. Mack The Knife

9. My Way

10. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 51mins.

Extras

Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu (7-8)

Review:

The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8 Mar 1989

Photo taken March 7, 1989 at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, as he was leaving for a concertwith Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis, Jr. (Today the hotel is called the Kahala Hotel and Resort).

Photo by Alan Light

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March 8, 1989

Concerts

Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. A Foggy Day

4. Summer Wind

5. Where Or When

6. Strangers In The Night

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. Mack The Knife

9.. My Way

10. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

April 6, 1989

Television

Frank, Liza & Sammy From Milan, Italy

165 min.

Concerts

"The Ultimate Event", Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza) Sammy Davis jr.:

1. With A Song In My Heart

2. Begin The Beguine

3. It Could Happen To You

4. You'd Be So Easy To Love

5. Bad

6. Mr. Bojangles

7. The Candy Man

8. What Kind Of Fool Am I

9. The Music Of The Night

10.. One (Intro for Liza)

Liza Minnelli:

11. The Sound Of Your Name

12. Shine On, Harvest Moon

13. Some People

14. Sailor Boys

15. Medley: I Can See Clearly Now - I Can See It The Way

16. Ring Them Bells

17. I Love A Piano

18. Cabaret Frank Sinatra:

19. For Once In My Life

20. Come Rain Or Come Shine

21. I Get A Kick Out Of You

22. My Heart Stood Still

23. Where Or When

24. Medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

25. Strangers In The Night

26. Barbara

27. Mack The Knife

28. My Way

Frank, Liza & Sammy:

29. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style (All) - Witchcraft (FS-SD) - Liza with a Z (LM) - Talk To The Animals (SD) - All Or Nothing At All (FS) - Money Money (LM) - Once In A Lifetime (SD) - I've Got You Under My Skin (FS) - Maybe This Time (LM) - I Gotta Be Me (SD) - All (FS) - Old Friends (LM) - The Birth Of The Blues (SD) - The Lady Is A Tramp (FS) - And The World Goes Round (LM) - There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (SD) - New York, New York (All)

Notes: The complete concert aired on RAI UNO (Italian Network) Television. Sinatra portion TT 75mins.

Extras

"The Ultimate Event", Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

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April 8, 1989

Concerts

Ahoy Palace, Rotterdam, Holland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr..(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Barbara

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 58mins.

Extras

Ahoy Palace, Rotterdam, Holland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr..(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

Day of Then: Sinatra in Rotterdam

(1989)

ROTTERDAM - For many, he is the very best singer in the world… The Voice, Ol' Blue Eyes, aka Frank Sinatra. The superstar was in the Netherlands in the 1980s for a series of three performances. One of them, on April 8, 1989, was in Ahoy in Rotterdam. And despite the sky-high entrance fees, the hall was completely full.

Kees de Wilde (72) shows the reporter of Dag van Toen his attic room. Photos of famous people like Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Peck and Horst Tappert hang on the wall. But it is Frank Sinatra who occupies a large place in Kees' private museum.

A thick photo album comes out of the closet. Between some small photos is an entrance ticket for 'The Ultimate Event' on April 8, 1989. Kees smiles when he shows it.

A lifelong fanKees has been a big fan of Frank Sinatra from a young age. “It's mostly swing music,” he explains. “When I was very young, my brother mainly played swing music on the piano. And that's how I moved in."

But despite his great fondness for Sinatra's music, he didn't see him in person for a long time. De Wilde: “In 1980 I had the chance once during a visit to Las Vegas. But then we were with a group. And he wanted to go somewhere else. Then you just conform to the rest”.

A second chance came in 1989. “And I really didn't want to miss it,” says De Wilde. “It was 'The Ultimate Event'. And also in Rotterdam!”

Expensive ticketsLiza Minelli, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra tickets are in high demand. And that despite the sky-high prices that have to be paid for it. “The tickets were 500 guilders,” De Wilde continues. “Then she told my wife that I should go alone. But she definitely let me go, it's not like we argued about it."

A total of eight thousand spectators will come to Ahoy'. And there are many well-known Dutch people among them. From Willem Ruys, Lee Towers and Vanessa to wealthy business people. He paid up to 20,000 guilders for a complete table.

“And then you think that for that 500 guilders you are almost at the front,” De Wilde continues. “But that is certainly not the case. I was halfway through the corner.”

The experience was no less, says De Wilde. All known songs were played. And everything is captured on camera, because Kees has managed to smuggle a small camera right into Ahoy'.

The feeling that Kees de Wilde got from the concert in Ahoy was overwhelming, he says. “It has always stayed with me.”

Kees de Wilde is also a member of the Sintra fan club in the Netherlands. This club, the International Sinatra Society Holland, can be followed via www.issh.nl

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April 11, 1989

Concerts

Hamburger Börs, Stockholm, Sweden

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr..

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once in My Life

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. I Get a Kick Out of You

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where or When

6. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Strangers in the Night

8. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

9. Mack the Knife

10. My Way

11. Style (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Witchcraft (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. All or Nothing at All

14. I've Got You Under My Skin

15. All the Way

16. The Lady Is a Tramp

17. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

Extras

Hamburger Börs, Stockholm, Sweden

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr..

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

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April 13, 1989

Concerts

Ekeberg Idrettshall, Oslo, Norway

Time: 8:00 PM

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. Sammy's Set

2. Liza's Set

Frank:

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where Or When

8. Medley The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. Mack The Knife

12. My Way

Frank, Liza, & Sammy:

13. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 90mins.

Extras

Ekeberg Idrettshall, Oslo, Norway

Time: 8:00 PM

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

April 15, 1989

Concerts

Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. In The Still Of The Night

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Bewitched

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. One For My Baby

12. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: New York, New York (FS) / Style

(ALL) / Where Or When (FS & SD) / Witchcraft (FS) / All Or Nothing At All (FS) / I've Got You Under My Skin (FS) / All The Way (FS) / The Lady Is A Tramp (FS) /New York, New York (ALL)

Notes: TT 155mins.

Extras

Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

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April 16, 1989

Concerts

Ice Hockey Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, & Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy)

1. For Once in My Life

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. I Get a Kick Out of You

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where or When

6. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Strangers in the Night

8. Barbara

9. Mack the Knife

10. My Way

11. Style (with Sammy)

12. Witchcraft (with Sammy Davis Jr.)

13. All or Nothing at All

14. I've Got You Under My Skin

15. All the Way

16. The Lady Is a Tramp

17. Theme From New York, New York (with Sammy)

Note: Liza Minnelli was also supposed to appear, but Minnelli stayed in Stockholm.

April 18, 1989

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Barbara

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 58mins.

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Ice Hockey Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy)

Singer Liza Minnelli, already in the doghouse with Swedish authorities for taking her dog into the country last week without proper authority, ran into more problems over the weekend. On Sunday, she was grounded by a severe ear infection and had to pull out of a concert with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. in Helsinki, Finland. Doctors told her she could not fly for 10 days. Sinatra and Davis went ahead with the show.

--Los Angeles Times - April 18, 1989

Ritchie Blackmore raved about the hotel, Sinatra's memory faltered, Sammy Davis Jr. fell in love with the car - promoter Antti Einiö recalls world stars' visits to Finland

( https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005510331.html)

Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. gave a concert at the Helsinki Ice Hall in 1989. Liza Minnelli was also supposed to come with them , but Minnelli stayed in Stockholm. Frank Sinatra's memory traveled badly even then.

When Einiö asked for an autograph for a joint photo, Sinatra pointed out that Einiö would then get Minnelli's autograph at the ice rink in the evening. Einiö corrected that Minnelli was not coming, which confused Sinatra.

- Oh, he won't come... Was he with us yesterday? Sinatra said.

Einiö had already met Sammy Davis Jr. a couple of times before. The promoter himself went to pick up the star from the field in a specially made Volvo limousine.

- He knocked me from the back seat with his silver stick and asked what car this was. I explained that it was a Volvo stretch limousine. He asked if there are many of these in Finland. I explained that it is the only one because this is so expensive. The car costs 40,000 bucks.

Sammy wondered if it was that expensive.

- Then he showed the gas meter with his stick and said, that is expensive, this car is not, Einiö laughs.

Einiö recalls that the duo ended their concert with duets.

- According to the managers, they had to sing three duets, but they performed five to six duets in the ice rink. I saw from behind the curtain when they were leaving that Frank would have gone back on stage, but Sammy took his hand and said let's go now. The day before, they had argued in Gothenburg about something very small. Injured by this, both of them flew here to Helsinki on their own jet. Then when they were friends after the concert in Helsinki, they flew back on the same jet and one jet flew back alone.

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April 19, 1989

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. monologue

7. Soliloquy

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Barbara

10. Mack The Knife

11. My Way

12. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 65mins.

Extras

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy),

Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

April 20, 1989

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. My Heart Stood Stil

5. Where Or When

6. Soliloquy

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Mack The Knife

9. My Way

10. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 62mins.

April 21, 1989

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. I Have Dreamed

5. Where Or When

6. Bewitched

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Ol' Man River

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady /

The Oldest Established / Style / All Or Nothing At All / Iâ ve Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra portion 73mins.

Extras

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

April 22, 1989

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. I Have Dreamed

5. Where Or When

6. Barbara

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Ol' Man River

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Oldest Established / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 60mins.

April 25, 1989

Concerts

Opera House, Paris, France

Benefit

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. I Have Dreamed

5. Where Or When

6. April In Paris

7. Barbara

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Ol' Man River

10. Mack The Knife

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

Ed O'Brien:

Frank introduced Billy Byers,.who was in attendance that night.

A running joke for years was Frank's acknowledgment of Byers' charts for "Tramp" and "Where Or When." He would then ask the audience, "Who the hell is Billy Byers?" Obviously, Sinatra was very much aware of Mr. Byers, who wrote the great chart for "The Best Is Yet To Come." He also wrote a very interesting arg. for "Let Me Try Again" that was used a few times.

Extras

Opera House, Paris, France

Benefit

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

The following information and photos sent along from Michel Macaire regarding the Paris concert.

On Tuesday 25 April the Ultimate Event concert took place - an extremely rare event - at the Paris Opera. It was a charity to benefit the Pasteur-Weismann Institute. There was no publicity in the press, the institute addressing itself directly to its benefactors. The price of seats peaked at 10.000 french francs/ 2920 US $ today at the orchestra and first balcony. For my part I was lucky to get a ticket for 1000 francs under the Opera roof. For the anecdote : there was on each floor of the Opera a sumptuous buffet where people went during the intermission. When Frank walked into the scene without and ad like he did at the time, the room was still half empty. If you have the tape I made of the concert you can hear me think about it.

Enclosed photos at the City Hall and paper items for the concert

April 27, 1989

Concerts

RAI Palace, Amsterdam, Holland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. I Have Dreamed

5. Where Or When

6. Bewitched

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Ol' Man River

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

Coen de Jonge:

I saw this performance. Ol' Man River was stunning. When he walked away, I saw him very close by, a few meters. The man was extremely happy. 'This is why he is singing, was my primary thought...

Extras

RAI Palace, Amsterdam, Holland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

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April 29, 1989

Television

The Ultimate Event in Munich

News Footage & Clips. 30 min.

Concerts

Olympiahalle, München, Germany

The Ultimate Event Tour

Time: 9:00 PM

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza) Sammy Davis, jr.:

1. Here I'll Stay

2. Begin The Beguine

3. It Could Happen To You

4. The Candy Man

5. What Kind Of Fool Am I

6. Bad

7. Mr. Bojangles

8. The Music Of The Night

9. One (Intro for Liza)

Liza Minnelli:

10. The Sound Of Your Name

11. God The Bless The Child

12. Some People

13. Sailor Boys

14. Medley: I Can See Clearly Now - I Can See It

15. I Love A Piano

16. Mein Herr

17. Cabaret Minnelli

Frank Sinatra:

18. For Once In My Life

19. Come Rain Or Come Shine

20. The Best Is Yet To Come

21. I Have Dreamed

22. Where Or When

23. Bewitched

24. Strangers In The Night

25. Soliloquy

26. Mack The Knife

27. My Way

Frank, Liza & Sammy:

28. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style (All) - Witchcraft (Frank & Sammy) - Liza With A 'Z' (Liza) - Talk To The Animals (Sammy) - All Or Nothing At All (Frank) - Money Makes The World Go 'Round (Liza) - Once In A Lifetime (Sammy) - I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank) - Maybe This Time (Liza) - I Gotta Be Me (Sammy) - All The Way (Frank) - Old Friends (Liza) - The Birth Of The Blues (Sammy) - The Lady Is A Tramp (Frank) - And The World Goes Round (Liza) - There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (Sammy) - New York, New York (All)

Notes: Sinatra portion TT 67mins.

Extras

Olympiahalle, München, Germany

The Ultimate Event Tour

Time: 9:00 PM

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

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April 30, 1989

Concerts

Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once in My Life

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet to Come

4. I Have Dreamed

5. Where or When

6. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

7. Strangers in the Night

8. Ol' Man River

9. Mack the Knife

10. My Way

11. Medley: Style (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

12. Witchcraft with Sammy Davis Jr.

13. All or Nothing at All

14. I've Got You Under My Skin

15. All the Way

16. The Lady Is a Tramp

17. Theme From New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr.)

Extras

Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria,

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

-Thanks to Carl R for the above photo.

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May 3, 1989

Concerts

Landsdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. Bewitched

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Soliloquy

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

NOTE: Ed O'Brien reports that a remarkable event occurred during this show. Sinatra closed his segment with "My Way." As he began to sing, the audience joined in and they gave him the greatest choral backing of his career. It was just astonishing. Frank immediately recognized how magical the moment was and just went with it. There was thunderous applause as the song ended and a long standing ovation.

Extras

Landsdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

Carl R sent along the following photos and information:

Frank Sinatra On Stage Musician Frank. Sinatra performs onstage at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland, May 4, 1989. (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection) (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)

My way: Brendan Grace leaves fan Frank Sinatra laughing with delight.

Photo: COLLINS DUBLIN

Back in 1989, Irish promoter Oliver Barry hired Grace to do a private gig at the Horse Show House in Dublin's Ballsbridge.

He had no idea that the special guests were Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr and Liza Minnelli.

Grace then had Sinatra in convulsions with his sozzled father of the bride routine. Sinatra loved his act so much he hired him as support for his concert at London's Royal Albert Hall and flew him to America to do shows.

Sinatra opened doors for Grace in the States where he would go on to perform at conventions and corporate events in the decades that followed.

Recalling the night that changed his life, Grace told me: "Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jnr and myself really hit it off. When I did the drunk act it really knocked them sideways.

"They were both hard drinking and chain-smoking men and they totally identified with it. "I remember getting up in company and telling them that Sammy Davis had a cousin in Dublin. I said he was a window cleaner who did a bit of singing and his name was Shammy Davis Jnr. And, of course, they loved all of that.

"I found Frank Sinatra to be a very nice person. When I appeared with him in London all those years ago, I brought along my local priest, Fr Sean Breen.

"When I introduced them, Frank asked Fr Breen to bless him. He was a very religious person, despite the rough life that he lived. He had a bishop with him in Dublin."

May 4, 1989

Concerts

Landsdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. For Once In My Life

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Where Or When

6. Bewitched

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Soliloquy

9. Mack The Knife

10. My Way

11. Frank Liza & Sammy medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At

All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

12. Frank Liza & Sammy: Auld Lang Syne

Notes: TT 68mins.

Extras

Landsdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

The Ultimate Event Tour

Performers: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Morty Stevens (Sammy), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

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May 18, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Something

8. Mack The Knife monologue

9. Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered My Mind

10. Witchcraft

11. The Lady Is A Tramp

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York note:" Soliloquy" alternated with the saloon medley during the four day engagement

May 19, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. I Get Kick Out Of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Something

8. Mack The Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. The Lady Is A Tramp

11. One For My Baby

12. My Way

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins.

May 20, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. For Once in My Life

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Luck Be a Lady

7. Something

8. Mack the Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. The Lady Is a Tramp

11. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

12. My Way

13. Strangers in the Night

14. Theme From New York, New York

May 26, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 26-28)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Something

8. Mack The Knife

9. monologue

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. The Lady Is A Tramp

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14.. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

May 27, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 26-28)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Luck Be A Lady

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. Something

6. Summer Wind

7. Barbara

8. Mack The Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. The Lady Is A Tramp

11. My Way

12. Strangers In The Night

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 26-28)

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Luck Be A Lady

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. Something

6. Summer Wind

7. Barbara

8. Mack The Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. The Lady Is A Tramp

11. My Way

12.. Strangers In The Night

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

May 28, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I Get A Kick Out Of You

2. Summer Wind

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Luck Be A Lady

5. For Once In My Life

6. Something

7. Mack The Knife

8. monologue

9. Soliloquy

10. The Lady Is A Tramp

11. My Way

12. Strangers In The Night

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

June 8, 1989

Concerts

Intrepid, New York Harbor, New York City

AIDS Benefit w/ Dionne Warwick & Sammy Davis Jr

Extras

Intrepid, New York Harbor, New York City

AIDS Benefit

w/ Dionne Warwick & Sammy Davis Jr

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June 14, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Luck Be A Lady

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. Something

6. Summer Wind

7. Mack The Knife

8. monologue

9. Soliloquy

10. The Lady Is A Tramp

11. Witchcraft

12. My Way

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

June 15, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

1. Come Fly With Me

2. At Long Last Love

3. Summer Wind

4. Where or When

5. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

6. The Best Is Yet to Come

7. The Lady Is a Tramp

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. Mack the Knife

10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. My Way

12. Strangers in the Night

13. Theme From New York, New York

June 16, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. At Long Last Love

3. Summer Wind

4. Where Or When

5. Bewitched

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. My Way

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

June 17, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. At Long Last Love

3. Summer Wind

4. Where Or When

5. Bewitched

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. My Heart Stood Still

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

Notes: 52mins.

June 18, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. At Long Last Love

3. Summer Wind

4. Where Or When

5. Bewitched

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. My Heart Stood Still

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

Notes: TT 54mins.

June 22, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3.. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. If You Are But A Dream

6. Where Or When

7. Try A Little Tenderness

8. Mack The Knife

9. monologue

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Strangers In The Night

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

June 23, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. If You Are but a Dream

6. Where or When

7. Something

8. Mack the Knife

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. The Lady Is a Tramp

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Strangers in the Night

15. Theme From New York, New York

June 24, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. If You Are but a Dream

6. Where or When

7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

8. Mack the Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. The Lady Is a Tramp

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Strangers in the Night

15. Theme From New York, New York

June 25, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. If You Are but a Dream

6. Where or When

7. Something

8. Mack the Knife

9. Soliloquy

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. The Lady Is a Tramp

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Strangers in the Night

15. Theme From New York, New York

July 1989

Extras

[Launches pasta sauce line]

Sinatra branched into food products, launching a range of pasta sauces in July 1989 through Armanino Foods; he and wife Barbara later also published a companion cookbook.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

July 1, 1989

Concerts

Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. If You Are But A Dream

6. Where Or When

7. Something

8. Mack The Knife

9. monologue

10. Soliloquy

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Strangers In The Night

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins.

July 2, 1989

Concerts

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. If You Are But A Dream

6. Where Or When

7. Something

8. Mack The Knife

9. monologue

10. Soliloquy

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Strangers In The Night

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins.

July 7, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grandstand, Atlantic City , New Jersey

50th Anniversary

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For One In My Life

3. I've Got You Under My Skin

4. The Summer Wind

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. Where Or When

7. Something

8. Mack The Knife

9. Monologue - Poem

10. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

11. The Lady Is A Tramp

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

Ed O'Brien provides us with Sinatra's closing remarks concerning his 50th anniversary in show business:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd just like to say [voice breaking] that without you this anniversary would never have happened, never could have happened. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. That is about all I can get to say [voice breaking badly]. I love you .. . and thank you." He then leaves the stage.

July 8, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. At Long Last Love

3. Summer Wind

4. It's All Right With Me

5. Bewitched

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. My Heart Stood Still

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

July 9, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. At Long Last Love

3. Summer Wind

4. It's All Right With Me

5. Bewitched

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. Barbara

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. My Heart Stood Still

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

July 13, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Thursday evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. It's All Right With Me

3. My Heart Stood Still

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Summer Wind

6. Something

7. Mack The Knife monologue

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. The Lady Is A Tramp

10. My Way

11. Strangers In The Night

12. One For My Baby

13. New York, New York

July 14, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Friday evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. It's All Right With Me

3. My Heart Stood Still

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Summer Wind

6. Something

7. Mack The Knife monologue

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. The Lady Is A Tramp

10. My Way

11. Strangers In The Night

12. One For My Baby

13. New York, New York

July 15, 1989

Television

Mike Tyson: A Portrait of the Peoples Champion (1989)

(syndicated)

Ed O'Brien:

TV special, was aired on this date in 1989. Sinatra's comments on Iron Mike are heard on tape during the show.

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Saturday evening closing night

1. Come Fly With Me

2. It's All Right With Me

3. My Heart Stood Still

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Summer Wind

6. Something

7. Mack The Knife monologue

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. The Lady Is A Tramp

10. My Way

11. Strangers In The Night

12. One For My Baby

13. New York, New York

August 31, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. For Once In My Life

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Summer Wind

5. This Is All I Ask

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Something

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. monologue

10. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 75mins.

September 1, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Mack The Knife

2. For Once In My Life

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Summer Wind

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Barbara

8. In The Still Of The Night

9. monologue

10. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

11. Where Or When

12. All The Way

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 64mins.

September 2, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City , New Jersey (August 31 - September 3)

1. For Once in My Life

2. The Lady is a Tramp

3. Summer Wind

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. Luck be a Lady

6. Barbara

7.. In the Still of the Night

8. Mack the Knife

9. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

10. Where or When

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. Strangers in the Night

14. New York , New York

September 3, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Atlantic City , New Jersey (August 31 - September 3) Sunday, September 3

1. Mack the Knife

For Once in my Life

2. Lady is a Tramp

3. Summer Wind

4. Barbara

5. In the Still of the Night

6. Monologue

7. The Best is Yet to Come

8. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

9. Where or When

10. Angel Eyes

11. My Way

12. Strangers in the Night

13. New York, New York

September 4, 1989

Television

MDA Telethon

Frank Sings Two Songs

1. Mack the Knife

2. Guess I'll Hang my Tears Out to Dry

NOTE: Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien, who supplied this program information, says that the latter two songs were stunningly performed

note: Frank would appear on Lewis' Telethon in 1975-76-77-80-81-85-86( repeat of 85)-87 and 89. A strong argument can be made that he saved his best for last. Frank was shown singing "Mack The Knife" around midnight. His second appearance was aired only on the

West Coast around 1: A.M. PDT. And what a moment it was. His reading of "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" is Sinatra at his absolute best. A stunning performance. Lewis and Julius LaRosa exchanged bravos for what they had just witnessed.

Extras

MDA Telethon

Frank Sings Two Songs

1. Mack the Knife

2. Guess I'll Hang my Tears Out to Dry

There's a 90 minute video of the 1989 MDA Telethon that features both of Sinatra's performances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WuKKqW7GDs

Mack the Knife is around the 25:45 mark

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 1:17:19

Ed, is correct. Sinatra's performance of Tears is absolutely stunning.

Scott

September 14, 1989

Television

Bally's Reno, Aired December 30, 1989

Taped For The UNCF Telethon

1. Luck Be A Lady

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

Notes: 10 min.

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (14-17)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. For Once In My Life

2. How Little We Know ( Riddle arg.)

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. September In The Rain (Riddle arg)

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. monologue

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. My Way

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

September 15, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (14-17)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Rain or Come Shine

2. For Once in my Life

3. September in the Rain (Riddle arg.)

4. The Lady is a Tramp

5. Where or When

6. Night and Day (Don Costa arg.) (Tells audience of singing the song when Cole Porters came into the Rustic Cabin on a summer night in 1938. And Sinatra was so nervous that he forgot all the words.

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Monologue

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. One for my Baby

12. My Way

13. I've Got You Under my Skin

14. New York, New York

September 16, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (14-17)

1. Come Rain or Come Shine

2. For Once in My Life

3. September in the Rain

4. The Lady Is a Tramp

5. Where or When

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Soliloquy

9. Mack the Knife

10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. My Way

12. Strangers in the Night

13. Theme From New York, New York

October 1989

Extras

[A Soviet Spokesman Names A Frank Sinatra Doctrine]

Nancy Sinatra: When the Kremlin signaled it would not object to Hungary leaving the Warsaw Pact or a reunified Germany, Soviet spokesman Gennady Gerasimov cited Sinatra's "My Way" on television to explain the new hands-off policy, dubbing it the "Frank Sinatra doctrine." Sinatra said he was honored to have his name tied to freedom of choice, while Vice President Dan Quayle joked back by invoking Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

October 2, 1989

Concerts

The Skydome, Toronto, Canada

The Ultimate Event Tour - Frank and Liza only

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. Come Fly with Me

2. For Once in my Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I Get a Kick out of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Where or When

7. Brief Monologue

8. The Best is Yet to Come

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. Stranger in the Night

12. My Way

13. One for my Baby

14. Guys and Dolls Medley w/Liza

15. Style Medley w/Liza

Extras

The Skydome, Toronto, Canada

The Ultimate Event Tour - Frank and Liza only

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, Jr.(Frank), Bill Lavorgna (Liza)

1. Come Fly with Me

2. For Once in my Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I Get a Kick out of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Where or When

7. Brief Monologue

8. The Best is Yet to Come

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. Stranger in the Night

12. My Way

13. One for my Baby

14. Guys and Dolls Medley w/Liza

15. Style Medley w/Liza

October 20, 1989

Extras

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (19-22)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Frank's Bally engagement was from October 19 thru the 22.

Three of the Vegas resorts, including Bally's and Caesars,

were struck by musicians in a dispute over guaranteed

pay and the use of taped music. On Monday (16), Sinatra

issued a statement supporting the musicians and announced

he would not cross the picket lines if the strike was not settled

by Thursday (19). It was not and Sinatra cancelled. Former President

Ronald Reagan refused to honor the musicians request and gave a

speech to car-rental executives on the 18th at Caesars. Frank's

appearance was rescheduled for November 16-19. The strike

continued and Frank was a no-show. But he did announce in

late November that his two scheduled appearances in December

( 4-9 and 26-31) would take place. In his released statement, Frank

said, "The holiday season is here and it's time for everyone to get

back to work." Strike was not settled and Frank canceled the early

December dates. In another statement, he gave this explanation:

"A settlement of the strike is near and I don't want to interfere in the

negotiations." Bally's retaliated by cancelling the scheduled

engagement closing out the old year. Then they fired him.

Bally's quickly realized they had overreacted and Frank, with the

strike settled, opened at Bally's on March 8 for a four day engagement.

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October 26, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Rehearsal mid-afternoon

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. Please Be Kind

3. Where Or When

4. Cry Me A River arg. by Billy May

5. September Of My Years

6. Ol' Man River

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. They Can' t Take That Away From Me

9. For Once In My Life

Ed O'Brien notes:During the engagement Frank sang #1,3,7,9.

October 27, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 28, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 29, 1989

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

November 1989

Extras

[Frank Jr. Negotiates For Frank In The Las Vegas Musicians' Strike]

Nancy Sinatra: When Las Vegas hotels moved to replace house bands with taped music, Sinatra backed the musicians' union strike and sent his son, Frank Jr., to negotiate on his behalf, including a 1 a.m. meeting with a union local president. Talks collapsed once Bally's turned the matter over to its attorneys, and the hotel later fired Frank Jr. for being "undependable" after Sinatra canceled several shows in solidarity with the union.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

November 9, 1989

Concerts

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

SINATRA GIVES CLASSY SHOW

Ol' Blue Eyes does it, um, his way at the Circle Star

San Carlos --- Surrounded by three large, mean-looking bodyguards, Frank Sinatra,

the greatest popular singer of the 20th century, took the Circle Star stage Thursday

night as his 30-piece orchestra struck up the swinging tones of "Come Fly With Me."

Sinatra urged the cheering crowd to do just that as he mounted the stage like a boxer

stepping into the ring, ready for action. He sang this come-hither love song as he stalked

about with a malevolent stride. "Fasten your seat belts," he warned as the band hit a

bumpy final note. Ouch!

Right away, Sinatra put his fans at ease, talking to them like true pals. "I'm delighted

to be here," he said, getting all cozy and familiar. "This may be the finest and nicest city

in the United States. I mean that seriously."

"Now let's all go to the bar!" he joked, a born kidder. Then he got sincere again. "There's

nothing written today that I could do much for and vice versa," he humbly explained. "The

kids today have different standards, so I'm gonna stick with the standards I know," he said,

or something close to that. (He was talking so much at this point, it was hard to keep up

with him, spry fellow that he still is).

"This was his introduction to "For Once In My Life" and to prove just how spry he really

is, the 73-year-old did a playful jump as the orchestra pulled off a jazzy, snazzy accent that

went "BLAAT!" Sinatra waved his hands high in the air, as if he were a matador waving a red

cape at a charging bull. He is God's gift to hand gestures and I also mean that seriously.

He then launched into "Come Rain Or Come Shine," which he introduced as one of his

favorite "14 or 15 songs." Following in this weather mode was a tune among his many hits of

Extras

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

November 10, 1989

Concerts

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

1. Come Fly with Me

2. For Once in my Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Summer Wind

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where or When

8. I've Got You under my Skin

9. monologue

10. The Best is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for my Baby

14. Strangers in the Night

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

NOTE: Ed O'Brien provided the song program material for both the Notre Dame and Circle Theatre appearances.

November 11, 1989

Concerts

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California (9-12)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

First Show

1. Come Fly with Me

2. For Once in my Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Summer Wind

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where or When

8. I've Got You Under my Skin

9. monologue

10. The Best is yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for my Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York notes: Ed O'Brien "Frank played a four day engagement ( 9 -12) performing five shows ( 11th there were two ). "

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Second Show

1. Come Fly with Me

2. For Once in my Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Summer Wind

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where or When

8. I've Got You Under my Skin

9. monologue Displays his new spaghetti sauce. Tells audience how delicious it is. Audience member asks how much it sells for. Sinatra says $14,000 a jar and gets a big laugh."

10. Barbara

11. The Best is yet to Come

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for my Baby

15. Strangers in the Night

16. My Way tells audience San Francisco is one of the three greatest cities in the world. During the vamp of NY , NY , sings a few lines of "San Francisco ." The one made famous by Jeanette MacDonald in the movie.

17. New York , New York

Notes: Ed O'Brien provided the notes on this show.

November 12, 1989

Concerts

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Summer Wind

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where Or When

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. monologue

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. Strangers In The Night

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 69mins.

November 13, 1989

[Photograph: TV tribute taped for Sammy Davis Jr's 60 years in showbiz. From Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007), p.347.]

Extras

On 13 November 1989, Sinatra joined a host of stars taping a TV special at the Shrine Auditorium honoring Sammy Davis Jr's 60 years in show business. Davis was already too ill with the cancer that would kill him to perform. (Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).)

November 18, 1989

Extras

Roast of Tommy Lasorda, Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Benefit for Barbara Sinatra's Children Center

December 1989

Extras

[Tina Meets Eliot Weisman]

In December 1989, still reeling from the joint tenancy revelations, Tina met Eliot Weisman, who had become the central figure in Frank's business affairs after Rudin's departure, at Bob Finkelstein's office. She told him bluntly that she found it hard to trust him, given his closeness to Barbara.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

December 30, 1989

Television

Lou Rawls Telethon for The United Negro College Fund

Saturday night

1. Luck Be A Lady

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

1990

Extras

[Bouquet From An Admirer At Radio City Music Hall]

Following a 1990 show at Radio City Music Hall, an admiring fan presented Sinatra with a bouquet of flowers.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

[Frank Buys Barbara a Malibu Beach House]

In 1990, Frank purchased a Malibu beach house for Barbara, adding a third residence (alongside the Compound and Foothill) to his household expenses even as his daughters urged him to scale back.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Frank Performs 65 Tour Dates]

In 1990, Frank kept up an intense touring schedule of sixty-five dates, part of a pattern his daughters worried was unsustainable given his age and declining health.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Larry O'Brien's death]

Consiglio: Consiglio worked alongside Larry O'Brien, former Postmaster General, DNC chairman, and NBA commissioner, until O'Brien died in 1990.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones]

Sinatra appeared for under ninety seconds in the 1990 Quincy Jones documentary Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, a tribute to his longtime arranger and collaborator of nearly forty years.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones]

Santopietro grades this a C, noting it's a very brief appearance as himself in tribute to good friend Quincy Jones.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Career Scorecard

[Sammy Davis Jr.'s illness and death]

Consiglio: In 1990 Sammy Davis Jr. told Sinatra he had throat cancer and faced a choice between surgery (which would remove his vocal cords, ending his singing) or chemotherapy. He chose surgery based on doctors' assurance the cancer was removed, but it returned, and he died in May 1990. Afterward Sinatra learned the government planned to seize Davis's house over more than a million dollars in back taxes and quietly paid it off so Altovise Davis and Sammy's mother could keep it.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[The Godfather: Part III]

When The Godfather: Part III was filmed in 1990, Francis Ford Coppola approached Sinatra to play mafioso Don Altobello. Sinatra reportedly liked the script but declined over the length of the shooting schedule; a 1996 profile by Douglas Thompson claimed it was actually wife Barbara Sinatra who talked him out of taking the role, wary of the effect on his image. Eli Wallach — Sinatra's old rival for the Maggio role in From Here to Eternity — ultimately played the part.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), The Rat Pack (pt. 2)

[75th birthday show at the Meadowlands]

For his 75th birthday, Sinatra opened his world tour at the Meadowlands, fittingly beginning with "You Make Me Feel So Young," and closing with co-stars Liza Minnelli, Steve Lawrence, and Eydie Gormé singing "Happy Birthday To Frank."

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Pete Hamill spots aging Sinatra leaving a restaurant]

Columnist Pete Hamill spotted an elderly Sinatra leaving Rocky Lee's restaurant on Second Avenue with wife Barbara, stepson Bobby Marx, and friend Jilly Rizzo, and wrote a wistful newspaper column describing him heading to his car with the license plate "NY NY."

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

January 1990

Extras

[Ava Gardner Dies]

Sinatra's second wife, Ava Gardner, died. As with other losses, Sinatra dealt with it in his customary way, by grieving and then returning to work.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Death of Ava Gardner]

Consiglio: Ava Gardner died in January 1990 at age sixty-seven. Consiglio notes she loved Sinatra to the end, and calls 1990 a devastating year for Frank, coming just months before Sammy Davis Jr.'s death.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

January 17, 1990

Concerts

Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I Sing The Songs

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Summer Wind

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Where Or When

9. Barbara

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. monologue

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. Strangers In The Night

17. My Way

18.. New York, New York

Notes: TT 83mins.

Extras

Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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January 18, 1990

Concerts

Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Summer Wind

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where or When

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. Strangers in the Night

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

January 19, 1990

Concerts

Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Summer Wind

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where or When

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. Strangers in the Night

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

January 20, 1990

Concerts

Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Where Or When

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. Barbara

9. monologue

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78min.

January 21, 1990

Concerts

Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is a Tramp

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Where or When

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. Barbara

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. Strangers in the Night

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

January 23, 1990

Concerts

Orlando Arena, Orlando , Florida

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Where Or When

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. Monologue (About Ultimate Tour)

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. Strangers In The Night

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

TT 68 min.

January 25, 1990

Extras

Frank learns that Ava Gardner has died in London at sixty-seven of pneumonia. The two hadn't spoken in some time, and Mickey Rudin -- with whom Frank was also not on speaking terms -- placed the call to tell him. A member of Frank's staff recalled him repeating, "I should have gone to see her. I should have been there for her." Ava had kept a framed photo of the two of them kissing on a table beside her bed until the end. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

January 30, 1990

Concerts

Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Opening night at The Knick record crowd of 18,000 +

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Where Or When

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. monologue

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. Strangers In The Night

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Note: Late in the afternoon of the concert day, there was panic at the Knick Arena.

Frank was too distraught over Ava's passing to perform. He had asked Liza Minnelli to sub for him. With all due respect to Liza, this was a disaster. Sinatra just had to be the inaugural act at the new arena. Dan Di Nicola , husband of Susannah McCorkle and art critic at the local CBS affiliate, confirmed Minnelli was replacing Sinatra. The local TV stations called me and wanted to know if Sinatra would be there. I had been assured he would and was told after the initial queries that he was in the air and heading north from N.Y.C. All but the CBS station trusted my account and announced Frank would indeed perform that evening. Hard to believe 31 years have passed since Frank's first appearance in Albany.

There is an excellent section on Frank's performance in John Brady's "Frank and Ava in Love and War." I highly recommend it.

--Ed

Extras

Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Opening night at The Knick record crowd of 18,000 +

Opening night at the Knickerbocker Arena January 30, 1990.

Frank Sinatra took the stage on Knickerbocker Arena's opening night Jan. 30, 1990 grabbed the microphone and told the crowd to fasten their seat belts for a wild ride.

A parade of stars and sporting events followed Sinatra over the years as the venue changed names from the Pepsi Arena to the Times Union Center.

February 4, 1990

Television

Sammy Davis Jr.. 60th Anniversary

Guests: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Danza

Taped November 13, 1989

1. Where Or When

Notes: Show runs 120 min.

Extras

Sammy Davis Jr.. 60th Anniversary

Guests: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Danza

Taped November 13, 1989

1. Where Or When

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February 7, 1990

Extras

Jimmy Van Heusen, who had listed his interests as "chicks, booze, music, and Sinatra," died on 7 February 1990. Beyond being Frank's longtime drinking companion, he had written many of Frank's signature songs. (Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).)

February 24, 1990

Concerts

Marriott's Desert Springs Resort, Palm Springs, California Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Where Or When

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. My Way

5. Barbara

6. Mack The Knife

7. New York, New York

March 8, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Rehearsal:

1. Medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

2. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

3. The September Of My Years

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Summer Wind

6. This Is All I Ask

7. Angel Eyes

8. At Long Last Love

9. Yesterday

10. Cry Me A River

Notes: TT 63mins

John K. George, SFC (Ret):

I am amazed that the 1990 rehearsal at Ballys, only 2 of the 10 songs rehearsed would be performed that night.

Ed O'Brien:|

Beginning in the late '80s many of the songs rehearsed were not performed. He just couldn't get a handle on songs not already in the book. He rehearsed songs by Don McLean, Newley & Bricusse,Chaplin' s "Smile," plus many standards he had performed back in the '50s and '60s, including "I'm A Fool To Want You," "Yesterdays," "Just In Time," "Last Night When We Were Young" (Riddle' s arg.. 1954 ), "The Way You Look Tonight" and many more.

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 8-11)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening act: Tom Dressen

1. I Sing The Songs

2. Come Fly With Me

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. monologue

10. Barbara

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Strangers In The Night

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins. There were 5 shows done during the engagement.

--Ed

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 8-11)

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Extras

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 8-11)

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whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publisher (The

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Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 8-11)

This calendar, or any parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any fashion

whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publisher (The

Sinatra Archive)

March 9, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. For Once In My Life

5. Guess IÃ¢ ll Hang My Tears rs Out To Dry

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. Soliloquy

9. Mack The Knife

10. Angel Eyes

11. My Way

12. Strangers In The Night

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

March 10, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. For Once In My Life

5. Happy Birthday - sung to Barbara Sinatra

6. Barbara

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Luck Be A Lady

9.. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

March 11, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Night

Orchestra (40 piece) Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. For Once In My Life

5. Guess Ill Hang My Tears Out To Dry

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

9. Mack The Knife

10. Angel Eyes

11. My Way

12. Strangers In The Night

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

March 22, 1990

Concerts

Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Where Or When

5. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Soliloquy

8. Mack The Knife

9. Strangers In The Night

10. My Way

11. Frank And Liza Guys And Dolls Medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck

Be A Lady / The Oldest Established

12. Frank & Liza Hits Medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All

/ I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp

13. New York, New York w/Liza

Notes: TT 75mins.

March 24, 1990

Concerts

Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Liza Minelli

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Where Or When

5. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Soliloquy

8. Mack The Knife

9. Strangers In The Night

10. My Way

11. Angel Eyes

12. Frank And Liza Guys And Dolls Medley: Guys And Dolls / Luck

Be A Lady / The Oldest Established

13. Frank & Liza Hits Medley: Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All

/ I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / 14, New York, New York w/Liza

Notes: TT 82mins.

Ed O'Brien notes:

Frank's last concert with Liza. He was not in good voice that evening. The highlights included the two medleys with Liza and "Soliloquy." On the latter, Sinatra was overcome by the emotional impact of the song and was moved to tears at its conclusion.

April 6, 1990

Concerts

Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Cancelled

April 7, 1990

Concerts

Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Cancelled

April 19, 1990

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan

Two Shows

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Extras

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan

Two Shows

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 20, 1990

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. For Once In My Life

5. This Is All I Ask

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Barbara

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

April 21, 1990

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is a Tramp

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. For Once in My Life

5. This Is All I Ask

6. The Best Is Yet to Come

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

12. My Way

13. Strangers in the Night

14. Theme From New York, New York

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. For Once In My Life

5. This Is All I Ask

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. monologue

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

April 22, 1990

Concerts

Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. The Lady Is a Tramp

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. For Once in My Life

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. The Best Is Yet to Come

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. Strangers in the Night

14. Theme From New York, New York

April 27, 1990

Concerts

Starplex Theater, Dallas, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. I've Got You Under My Skin

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Summer Wind

9. In The Still Of The Night

10. monologue

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Strangers In The Night

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

April 28, 1990

Concerts

Woodlands Pavilion, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6.. My Heart Stood Still

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Summer Wind

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: 75mins.

May 1990

Extras

[Death of Sammy Davis Jr.]

Sammy Davis Jr., whom Sinatra nicknamed "Smokey" for his ever-present cigarette, died of throat cancer.

Source: Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra (Rough guide 7.pdf), chapter "The Inner Circle."

May 3, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1.. Come Fly With Me

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. For Once In My Life

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. monologue

9. Summer Wind

10. Something

11. Where Or When

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. I've Got You Under My Skin

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 77mins.

There was a rehearsal in the afternoon before this concert. Frank sang the Jerome Kern/

Otto Harbach tune ""Yesterdays" from "Roberta.."

He did not perform the song that evening or on any other evening for that matter. During the late

80s, early 90s, he would often rehearse tunes but opt not to do them in concert.

May 4, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. In the Still of the Night

3. The Lady Is a Tramp

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I Get a Kick Out of You

6. Luck Be a Lady

7. Summer Wind

8. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

9. Where or When

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. My Way

14. Strangers in the Night

15. Theme From New York, New York

May 5, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. In the Still of the Night

3. The Best Is Yet to Come

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

7. Where or When

8. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

9. Mack the Knife

10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

11. My Way

12. Theme From New York, New York

13. Witchcraft

14. Strangers in the Night

15. What Now My Love

16. All or Nothing at All

17. Luck Be a Lady

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. The Best Is Yet To Come

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

7. Where Or When

8. monologue

9. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 84mins.

May 6, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. I've Got You Under My Skin

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Summer Wind

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. monologue

9. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. Strangers In The Night

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 57mins.

May 12, 1990

Concerts

Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. Where or When

7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Barbara

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Strangers in the Night

16. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY

Thanks to Carl R for the above photo.

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May 15, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Where Or When

7. Bewitched

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Barbara

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Strangers In The Night

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

Extras

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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May 16, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (cancelled)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Sinatra cancelled performances May 16-18, 1990 due to the death of Sammy Davis Jr.

Extras

Sammy Davis jr. dies,

Sinatra cancels the remaining 4 Radio City dates

Ed:

Note: After a splendid opening night, Frank and Barbara went out on the town.

Upon returning to their hotel, they learned that Sammy Davis Jr. had passed

away in the early hours of May 16. Frank canceled the rest of the engagement

( would have run through Saturday evening ). And later in the day, Frank issued

a statement:

Sammy Davis Jr.'s death, after an eight-month battle with throat cancer, hit Frank almost as hard as Ava Gardner's four months earlier; the two had considered themselves brothers for more than forty years, and Frank sat in the front row at Sammy's funeral beside Barbara and Dean Martin. "It's terrible when the people closest to you start dropping," he told his old friend Joey D'Orazio not long after. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

May 17, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (cancelled)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Sinatra cancelled performances May 16-18, 1990 due to the death of Sammy Davis Jr.

May 18, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (cancelled)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Sinatra cancelled performances May 16-18, 1990 due to the death of Sammy Davis Jr.

May 24, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (May 24-27)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. What Now, My Love?

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. monologue

8. Bewitched

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Summer Wind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. Strangers In The Night

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 80mins.

May 25, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (May 24-27)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. What Now, My Love?

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. monologue

8. If You Are But A Dream

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

May 26, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (May 24-27)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. What Now, My Love?

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. New York, New York

Notes: 85mins.

May 27, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (May 24-27)

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. What Now, My Love?

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

17. Strangers In The Night

18. This Is All I Ask

Notes: TT 68mins.

June 6, 1990

Concerts

Capitol Music Center, Columbus, Ohio

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I Get a Kick Out of You

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

June 8, 1990

Concerts

Fox Theater, St. Louis, Missouri

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I Get a Kick Out of You

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. Barbara

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. Theme From New York, New York

June 9, 1990

Concerts

Fox Theater, St. Louis, Missouri

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Strangers In The Night

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins.

June 10, 1990

Concerts

The Fox Theater, St.Louis, Missouri

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I Get a Kick Out of You

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. If You Are but a Dream

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

June 14, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1, Come Fly With Me

2. How About You

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. For Once In My Life

8. monologue

9. My Heart Stood Still

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Strangers In The Night

12. Barbara

13. The Best Is Yet To Come

14. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

15. Mack The Knife

16. One For My Baby

17. My Way

18. Summer Wind

19. New York, New York

Notes: TT 84mins.

June 15, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Sinatra Tells Jokes

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. How About You

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. For Once In My Life

8. Monologue & Jokes

9. If You Are But A Dream

10. What Now My Love

11. Strangers In The Night

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 90mins.

NOTE: Ed O'Brien says a big surprise was a very good "How About You."

Sinatra dropped the Durante reference and substituted his wife Barbara. A real showstopper was "Summer Wind." Sinatra tells the crowd that it's the perfect song for that time of year. He also does a nice reading on "If You Are But a Dream."

June 16, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. How About You

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. For Once In My Life

8. monologue

9. My Heart Stood Still

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Strangers In The Night

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

19. I've Got You Under My Skin

20. Where Or When

Notes: TT 92mins.

June 17, 1990

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Sunday evening

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. How About You

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. For Once In My Life monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. What Now My Love

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Barbara

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

Extras

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

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Radio City Music Hall, New York City

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June 30, 1990

Concerts

Globen Arena, Stockholm

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. For Once In My Life

7.. monologue

8. Bewitched

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Strangers In The Night

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 86mins.

Extras

Globen Arena, Stockholm

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

July 4, 1990

Concerts

Docklands, London, England

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. For Once In My Life

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. A Foggy Day

9. What Now My Love

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Barbara

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. My Way

17. The Summer Wind

18. New York New York

Extras

Docklands, London, England

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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July 4, 1991 Los Angeles Times

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July 6, 1990

Concerts

Docklands Arena, London , England (4-8)

1. Come Fly with Me

2. You Make me feel so Young

3. In the Still of the Night

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. For Once in my Life

7. Monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. Foggy Day

10. What now my Love

11. Strangers in the Night

12. The Best is Yet to Come

13. The Gal that Got Away

14. It Never Entered my Mind

15. Mack the Knife

16. One for my Baby

17. My Way

18. Summer Wind

19. New York, New York

NOTE: Thanks to Ed O'Brien who supplied the song programs for the Universal Amphitheater, Bally's Grand, and Dockland Arena concerts detailed above.

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EXTRAS – PART 1:

July 7, 1990

Concerts

Docklands Arena, London England

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. For Once In My Life

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. A Foggy Day

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Strangers In The Night

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

Notes: 79mins.

July 8, 1990

Concerts

Docklands Arena, London England

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tram

6. For Once In My Life

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. A Foggy Day

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Barbara

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 86mins.

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EXTRAS – Part 1

July 10, 1990

Concerts

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Tuesday evening

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. monologue

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Bewitched

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

18. Where Or When

Notes: TT 82mins.

Extras

He was magnificent that night. Here he is extolling the delights of the summer wind. -Vance

On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 at 21:04, michel macaire <michelmacaire@hotmail.com> wrote:

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Tuesday evening

VANCE ADAIR added in 2009:

It is almost incomprehensible that 19 years have passed since I saw FS in Glasgow. He turned in a breathtaking performance and was genuinely appreciative of the warmth of the audience - so much so he did "Where or When" as an encore. I so wish that this performance had been filmed for posterity.

Vance Adair added in 2021:

31 years ago today I attended the most memorable musical event of my life. I've been fortunate enough to see many legendary performers in concert. I saw Sinatra on two other occasions too - but nothing compares to this evening. The impromptu encore gives you some indication of the man's reaction to the Glasgow audience who cheered, wept and sang along during the concert. He was magnificent that night.

Ed O'Brien then kindly supplied the set list for us

To which Vance had this reply:

Thank you for the full listing, Ed. I have attended several FS concerts and have listened to scores of others. Leaving aside Scottish pride, I genuinely consider this to be one of the highlights of FS's later concert performances. Here are some quotes from his onstage repartee on that unforgettable night: "Thank you for coming out on this breezy evening. Breezy? It's cold!" (Commenting on the delights of a Scottish summer). "In order to get into the spirit of this great country you have to get into the spirits of this great country" (Cue a swig from amber liquid in a glass that originated, I suspect, more from Kentucky than Morayshire) "I wanna get down there!" (FS protesting to the stage manager that he wanted to leave the stage and mingle with the audience at the perimeter of the stadium). "I haven't had this much exercise since I was twelve!" (Teasing the audience about his impromptu walkabout on the stadium running track when he crooned 'Strangers in the Night'). "You're marvellous.. .I wish I could take you on the road with me wherever I go!" (Marvelling at the response from a crowd that treated the whole event like a sing-a-long lovefest) "See you when i come back next year." (Alas, this was not to be). This was a very special night for FS. It is all the more irritating to me, then, that a lot of the band members from that 1990 European tour have erroneously cited Sweden as the place where FS emoted to the crowd and performed an encore. Readers, twas not so. It was Glasgow, July 10th 1990. At the end of the evening an old couple tottered across the car park outside the stadium in a state of rapture. I smiled at them and it provoked this unsolicited analysis: "This guy is still the absolute best," the old man swooned. At which point his wife offered the following rejoinder: "Night and Day. Now and forever."

Quite.

pic from track area, 1990 Ibrox Stadium

From Alison Kerr's Jazz Blog: https://jazzmatters.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/sinatra-ibrox-a-night-to-remember/

Sinatra @ Ibrox: A Night to Remember

Twenty years ago, my hometown of Glasgow celebrated being named a European City of Culture. One of the most eagerly anticipated events in the city’s cultural calendar that memorable year was a concert by the man who was arguably the greatest singer of the 20th century – Frank Sinatra. From the beginning of Glasgow’s year as a City of Culture, a visit by Ol’ Blue Eyes had been dangled tantalizingly before Glaswegians. And when it finally happened, on July 10, 1990, it proved to be a night to remember.

Scots jazz singer Carol Kidd and her London-based trio had been asked to be the support band after Sinatra’s “people” came to a concert and asked for all her CDs to be sent to the man himself. Kidd and her pianist, fellow Glaswegian David Newton, were in Ibrox throughout the day.

“We turned up quite early,” says Newton, “and watched the stand in the middle of the stadium being built, and saw these amazing sound guys sorting out what was the best sound I’ve ever heard. I mean, when the band started playing, it was like listening to a record.”

Kidd was also already there when Sinatra “breezed in” wearing a baseball cap and the famous bomber jacket with “The Guv” written on the back. “His soundcheck was four words of a song – Come Fly With Me. Then he walked off.”

Newton nods: “It sounded immaculate, so he said: ‘I’m outta here’. And off he went.”

Kidd played five numbers which, as Newton remembers, “went down a storm”. The atmosphere was charged. “A lot of people in the audience hadn’t heard him in such a long time and, of course, he had been the soundtrack to their lives. You could feel the excitement building.”

Neither Kidd nor Newton was aware at this point that the atmosphere was also charged because of trouble brewing. Outside the stadium, hundreds of fans clutching the most expensive tickets couldn’t get in; and inside – in certain areas – confusion reigned over where people were to sit. The stooshie over seating arrangements, which had been changed after people had bought tickets, would rumble on for days.

On a high as she came off, Kidd saw Sinatra arriving at the marquee beside the stage in a golf buggy. “He came upstairs into the marquee where he had his Jack Daniels and his cigarette. We shook hands very, very briefly while somebody fixed his tie. He was totally gorgeous,” she says categorically. “Drop-dead gorgeous. Even at 74 – because it’s in the eyes. And it was in his eyes. Plus he was in performance mode. At the soundcheck he’d been breezy and laidback, but by this point he was switched on and ready to go.”

When Sinatra walked out on to that Ibrox stage – at 8.10pm on July 10, 1990, 37 years after his previous visit to Glasgow – the audience went mad. Edinburgh-based singer and jazz promoter Todd Gordon says: “I had never experienced anything like the roar of that audience. It went right through your body.”

For 83 minutes – David Belcher, reviewing for The Herald, timed it – Sinatra held the audience in the palm of his hand with hit after hit, starting with Come Fly With Me. “When it came to My Way – forget it!” says Kidd. “He didn’t have to sing. He just stood there and the audience sang it back to him.” Belcher wrote: “His voice was amazing, for a man of 34, let alone 74.”

“Nevertheless,” says journalist Allan Brown, “for me, the music was the least of that evening. Something else entirely has stayed in my mind. There were maybe more than 15,000 of us there, yet the angle of the stand and the proximity of the stage created an atmosphere that was strangely intimate. You had the sense that, were you to rise from your seat and wave, you could easily attract Sinatra’s attention. And many did. The flavour of that night was one I have never experienced since: a blend of high devotion and downright gallusness, like a bingo night in the Sistine Chapel.”

There was a massive outpouring of affection – and emotion – from the generally geriatric audience. Newton noticed folk clutching bottles of whisky which they were clearly hoping to pass down to the stage, while Jeanette Belcher remembers the poignant sight of the two old ladies next to her “sobbing quietly and without any great drama” through the first few songs.

Gordon had taken his mother along to Ibrox that July night. “On the way through from Edinburgh I began to have severe apprehensions about taking her because she kept saying, ‘He was at his best in the 1950s’. I thought: ‘Oh God, she thinks he’s past it.’

“However, within about two numbers my mum, along with most of the rest of the stadium, was up on her feet between songs. There was something quite magical about the night.” Sinatra himself was visibly moved by the warmth of the audience. So much so that he not only treated Glasgow to a rare encore; he also promised he’d be back.

From the wings, Kidd and Newton watched most of the show, tears streaming down their faces as Sinatra gingerly stepped down from the stage to shake hands with the disabled concert-goers stationed at the front of the audience. The Herald’s Jack Webster wrote: “The sight of Frank Sinatra strolling along the Ibrox track with a radio-mike in his hands and singing Strangers In The Night will remain one of my richest and most abiding memories.”

Then came what David Newton calls “The Moment” – when Sinatra, back up on stage, poured himself a cup of tea and sat on the stool next to a table. Newton recalls: “The spotlight came down, the place went dark and all you could see was a man in a tux. He lit a cigarette – the whole place applauded – sipped his tea and began to sing Angel Eyes. And he turned a football stadium into a small nightclub. I don’t know if anyone else on the planet could have done that. It was remarkable.”

He was magnificent that night. Here he is extolling the delights of the summer wind.

-Vance

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August 18, 1990

Concerts

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I Get a Kick Out of You

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. I've Got You Under My Skin

11. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

August 19, 1990

Concerts

Concord Pavilion, Concord, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Also: Don Rickles & Pia Zadora

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Strangers In The Night

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 77mins.

Extras

Concord Pavilion, Concord, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Also: Don Rickles & Pia Zadora

Frank Sinatra (from left), Pia Zadora and Don Rickles absorb the applause during a show at the Concord Pavilion.

Aug. 21: Frank Sinatra did it his way at Concord Pavilion, the old voice not what it used to be but that Sinatra gusto very much in evidence in a generous concert. Sinatra, 74, often had to squint those ol' blue eyes at stage-mounted TelePrompTers designed to help him remember time-honored lyrics to a dozen standards. But facing an audience whose median age was approximately 50, the place overflowed with understanding. There were many smokers in the audience and the parking lot showed unusual devotion to GM cars. The 8,500-capacity pavilion was far from sold out for the event which featured Pia Zadora in a brief opening set, and a long embarrassingly out-of-date comedy stretch by insult comic Don Rickles. Pia Zadora was warmly received. She's a pretty good, gutsy vocalist who's paid her dues after years of smirking media coverage. .... Sinatra can still swing. He brought the house down with "One More for My Baby,"ť which he sang while smoking a cigarette and sipping from a glass of whiskey. He sang it with his soul unwrapped. That moody voice, suggesting a tortured passion, here and there brought memories of years of loves and losses tumbling back to many in the audience you could see it in their faces.<

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August 23, 1990

Concerts

Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia

Time: 8:30 PM

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Don Rickles, Pia Zadora

1, You Make Me Feel So Young

2, Where Or When

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. Bewitched

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Strangers in The Night

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

Notes: inclomplete, TT 45mins.

Extras

Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, Georgia

Time: 8:30 PM

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Don Rickles, Pia Zadora

August 25, 1990

Concerts

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Where Or When

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Bewitched

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Strangers In The Night

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

Extras

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr

August 26, 1990

Concerts

Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel so Young

2. Where or When

3. For Once in my Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. Luck be a Lady

6. The Lady is a Tramp

7. Barbara

8. What Now my Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. My Heart Stood Still

11. The Best is Yet to Come

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for My Baby

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York , New York

NOTE: Ed O'Brien, who provided this song program, says it was an excellent performance. TT 78mins.

August 29, 1990

Concerts

Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Good

2. Where Or When

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers In The Night

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 80mins.

August 31, 1990

Concerts

Riverbend Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Where or When

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. Luck Be a Lady

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

September 1, 1990

Concerts

Hoffman Estates, Poplar Creek, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Where Or When

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. What Now, My Love?

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. My Kind Of Town

17. I Get A Kick Out Of You

18.. New York, New York

Notes: TT 77mins.

Extras

Hoffman Estates, Poplar Creek, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

September 2, 1990

Concerts

Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, with Don Rickles

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Where or When

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. Luck Be a Lady

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI,

September 6, 1990

Concerts

Greek Theater, Los Angeles , California( September 6-7) Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles, Pia Zadora

Bill Miller on piano for Mr. Sinatra

Orchestra Conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

Vinnie Falcone conducted for Ms. Zadora

Nelson Cole conducted for Mr. Rickles

1. You Make me Feel so Young

2. In the Still of the Night

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. Summer Me, Winter Me

7. Where or When

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. What Now my Love

10. Strangers in the Night

11. Barbara

12. The Best is Yet to Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack the Knife

Extras

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California( September 6-7)

Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles, Pia Zadora

Bill Miller on piano for Mr. Sinatra

Orchestra Conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

Vinnie Falcone conducted for Ms. Zadora

Nelson Cole conducted for Mr. Rickles

September 7, 1990

Concerts

Greek Theater, Los Angeles , California (September 6-7) September 7, 1990

1. You Make me Feel so Young

2. In the Still of the Night

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. Summer Me, Winter Me

7. Where or When

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. What Now my Love

10. Strangers in the Night

11. Barbara

12. The Best is Yet to Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack the Knife

NOTE: Ed O'Brien provided us with the latter three concert programs listed above.

September 8, 1990

Concerts

Pacific Amphitheater, Costa Mesa , California

1. You Make me Feel so Young

2. In the Still of the Night

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady is a Tramp

6. Summer Me, Winter Me

7. Where or When

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. What Now my Love

10. Strangers in the Night

11. Barbara

12. The Best is Yet to Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack the Knife

September 17, 1990

Concerts

Bally's Grand, Reno, Nevada (14 - 17)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

September 27, 1990

Extras

[Death of Larry O'Brien]

Consiglio: Larry O'Brien died on September 27, 1990. The family held a private memorial service in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts; at Mrs. O'Brien's request, Consiglio rode in the limousine behind the Kennedy family during the funeral procession.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012).

October 1990

Extras

[Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones]

Santopietro (Filmography): Cameo appearance in documentary. Curt Productions/Warner Bros. Pictures. Produced by Courtney Sale Ross, directed and written by Ellen Weissbrod. Sinatra appeared as himself alongside Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Filmography

October 4, 1990

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Where Or When

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. The Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

Extras

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 5, 1990

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (4-7)

Friday evening

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Where Or When monologue

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Medley: The Gal That Got Away -

It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. The Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

October 6, 1990

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Where Or When

7. Bewitched

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. The Summer Wind

17.New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins. Complete concert on Audio Tape (audience tape in excellent quality)

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Late Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Where Or When

7. Bewitched

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. The Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

Extras

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publisher (The

Sinatra Archive)

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 7, 1990

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Where Or When

7. monologue

8. Bewitched

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Strangers In The Night

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

October 31, 1990

Concerts

Metro Center, Rockport, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. Where or When

7. What Now My Love

8. Strangers in the Night

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack the Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. Theme From New York, New York

November 2, 1990

Concerts

Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. Where or When

7. This Is All I Ask

8. What Now My Love

9. Strangers in the Night

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

The Daily Illini

note: A very strange review. The reviewer is ripping at the local denizens. I

wonder how long he kept his job. He also confused "September Of My

"Years" and "It Is A Very Good Year." Latter one is what he heard.

Concert was originally set for Nov. 1. Rescheduled for the following

day to accommodate Sinatra's itinerary.

note: Sinatra's second night with the Dorsey Band was in Davenport, Iowa,

November 3, 1990

Concerts

Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. Where or When

7. What Now My Love

8. Strangers in the Night

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack the Knife

12. My Way

13. Summer Wind

14. Theme From New York, New York

The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) · 4 Nov 1990,

December 3, 1990

Extras

Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Society Of Singers Salute To Frank Sinatra

Orchestra Conducted By: Henry Mancini

Performers: Jack Jones, George Burns, Harry Connick, Jo Stafford, The Hi -Lo's, Tony Bennett, Manhattan Transfer, Connie Haines, Peggy Lee, Herb Jeffries, Tony Martin, Kay Star, Helen Forrest, Martha Tilton, Bea Wayne, Kitty Kallen, Helen O'Connell, Frances

Warren, The Sentimentalists, Joe Williams, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme.

1. The Lady Is A Tramp w/Ella

2. Alright, Ok, You Win w/Joe William & Cast

Notes: Private Tape. TT90mins.

Ed noted:

Marvelous show. A real who's who of the big band era. Jo Stafford told me she hadn't sung in years but just couldn't pass up the chance to sing for Frank. Sy Oliver's widow, Lil, one of The Sentimentalists, told me it was a thrilling evening. She had worked with Frank back in July of 1949

Arguably the two greatest singers of the century performed for one last time that evening: Frank and Ella. And they couldn't get them off the stage, Ella was quite frail but she matched Frank note for note on "Lady Is A Tramp.." They reprised the number three times to standing ovations.Poor Jack Jones had to follow them. Simply impossible. He told the gathering that he had drawn the short straw. Connie Haines and Manhattan Transfer did a rousing "Snootie Little Cutie" that had Sinatra in tears of laughter. That was folowed by one great song after another from the best singers of Sinatra's era. Peggy Lee couldn't stand and her daughter had just undergone a serious operation, so she sat at her table and crooned for Frankie. He was very moved by her performance. The windup was a spirited "Alright, Okay, You Win," initiated by Joe Williams, and then all the performers, along with the honored guest, joined him onstage and warbled away. Quite an evening.

Vance Adair added:

It was quite an evening indeed. Ella was marvelous considering her frailty at the time. But, boy, Frank sounds so vital at this concert. He was also in ebullient mood and was looking great. Poster for the show

MUSIC

POP MUSIC REVIEW : Singing the Praises of Frank Sinatra :

Tribute: Society of Singers awards the crooner an Ella for lifetime achievement.

BY LEONARD FEATHER

DEC. 5, 1990

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

"There Will Never Be Another You" was the song Ella Fitzgerald dedicated to Frank Sinatra Monday at the Beverly Hilton, and it was clear that she was speaking for the 1,200 Sinatraphiles who jammed the International Ballroom. As the recipient of the Ella, a lifetime achievement award given by the Society of Singers, Sinatra reminded us that he has transcended his role as a singer; his work has been woven into the fabric of 20th-Century American society. He has elevated popular singing to its highest form as a lasting contribution to our culture.

Impeccably produced by George Schlatter, the swiftly paced two-hour show, which will air on CBS Dec. 16 at 9 p.m., started, in effect, at the top. An announcer introduced conductor Henry Mancini, who introduced organization president Ginny Mancini, who introduced Ella Fitzgerald, who introduced Sinatra. The first lady of jazz--who last year was the initial recipient of the Ella award--then dueted delightfully with him on "The Lady Is a Tramp." During the dinner time pre-show, the two were seen together in a 1967 TV clip of the same duet, shown on one of two big screens that provided the audience with ingenious "This Is Your Life" Sinatra visuals in reverse chronological order. A comparison of the two performances did no harm to either singer; there may have been a slight downward change in their range, but overall the years have been quite decent to them. At a party before the show, Fitzgerald mused, "I hit a high note at rehearsal that surprised everyone. I hope I can make it tonight." And, of course, she did. Three male singers walked off with the honors. Tony Bennett, in a tune worthy of his talent, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing," by Michel Legrand and the Bergmans, was in stunning voice, with an incredibly powerful ending. Herb Jeffries, who sang "Flamingo," has progressed far beyond the youngster who sang the same song with Duke Ellington 50 years ago. And Joe Williams, who will hit 72 the same day Sinatra makes 75 (next Wednesday), had everyone, including the honoree, finger-snapping along with "Alright, Okay, You Win."

It was a decade-jumping soiree. Nonagenarian George Burns followed Jack Jones ("At my age you can follow anybody") in "Young at Heart." Harry Connick Jr., 70 years Burns' junior, was out of his depth in this star-rich company; he forgot the words, stopped the band, put on his glasses, resumed and struggled to the end of his song, which was "More." Which was more than enough. If a few of the speeches or vocal tributes tended to gush a little too much, why not? Since Sinatra has afforded most of the participants a half-century of listening joy, a touch of extravagance was hardly out of line. Peggy Lee and Jack Jones wrote and sang special lyrics; Fitzgerald's humble praise was well met by Sinatra's brief words of acceptance. A thread that ran through much of the show was the Tommy Dorsey band, represented by everyone from Joe Bushkin, the ex-Dorsey pianist, who played warm-up music, and Tony Danza and Gretchen Wyler, who jitterbugged to the Dorsey hit "Opus One," to the various Dorsey singers.

Jo Stafford was joined by the Hi Lo's (simulating Dorsey's Pied Pipers), in "I'll Never Smile Again," and Connie Haines joined the Manhattan Transfer for a reprise of "Snootie Little Cutie," which she and Sinatra sang with the Pipers and the band in 1942. As was made clear in the "Ladies Who Sang With the Bands" segments (repeated from last year's show), trivia abounded in the 1940s, but so did songs like "A Sunday Kind of Love," splendidly rejuvenated by Fran Warren, who sang it in 1946 with the Claude Thornhill band.

Tony Martin, one of several singers who performed from a table, exploded into fulsome Italian melodrama with "O Sole Mio." Kitty Kallen sang into a temporarily dead mike, the evening's only noticeable glitch. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were in good humor and voice in two songs co-written by Sinatra, "This Love of Mine" and "I'm a Fool to Want You." The evening ended with most of the singers on stage to join voices in Johnny Mercer's "Dream."

December 11, 1990

Concerts

Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. Where Or When

7. monologue

8. This Is All I Ask

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Barbara

12. What Now, My Love?

13. Medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

19. medley Frank, Steve & Eydie: All Or Nothing At All / Come Fly With Me / Night And Day / Day In - Day Out / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I’ve Got The world On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I’ll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You’re Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 79mins.

Extras

This Diamond Jubilee World Tour, marking Frank's 75th birthday, featured Frank Sinatra Jr. conducting his father's orchestra -- Frank had asked him personally, reasoning "maybe a singer can understand what another singer is trying to do." As Frank's memory increasingly failed him onstage over the year-long tour, his son became an essential source of support, at one point telling him nightly, "Now get in there and fight." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

December 12, 1990

Concerts

Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

75th Birthday Concert

Opening of the World Tour

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Introduction By: Rooger Moore

Opening Act: Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme

Special Guest: Liza Minelli

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine All

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. Where Or When

7. This Is All I Ask

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. What Now My Love

12. Medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York - Frank & Liza

18. medley Frank, Steve & Eydie: All Or Nothing At (SL) / Bewitched (EG) / Come Fly With Me (FS) / Oh Look At Me Now (EG) / Night And Day (FS) / Day In, Day Out (SL-EG) / I Thought About You (SL) / Saturday Night (SL-EG) / Come Dance With Me (SL) / I Won't Dance (EG) / I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) / The Tender Trap (SL) / Witchcraft (SL-EG) / I've Got The World On A String (All) / You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) / A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) / This Love Of Mine (EG) / I'll Never Smile Again (FS) / Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) / All The Way (FS) / One For My Baby (All) / That's Life (SL) / When You're Smiling (All) / Young At Heart (All) / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (All)

19. Happy Birthday To Frank - Steve & Eydie w/Audience

Notes: "For Once In My Life", "Where Or When", "The Best Is Yet To Come", "My Way" (last Chorus), "Summer Wind", "New York New York" (w/Liza Minnelli) all appear on the Video: Sinatra 75. TT 93mins. Complete Diamond Jubilee Concert. Un-aired. 150 min. Only a few songs were used in the special.

Extras

[Frank's 75th-birthday party and the start of the Diamond Jubilee Tour]

After his Meadowlands seventy-fifth-birthday concert, Barbara hosted a hundred-guest party for Frank at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, where she toasted him: "to the world you've given your music, but to me you have given the world." The birthday kicked off Frank's "Diamond Jubilee Tour," on which he was supported by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, with Liza Minnelli joining for part of the run; by this point cataracts and memory lapses sometimes required Lawrence or Gorme to prompt him with forgotten lyrics onstage.

Source: Barbara Sinatra, Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank Sinatra (New York: Crown Archetype, 2011).

For Frank's 75th birthday, Nancy impulsively asked a stranger at a Los Angeles Kings hockey game to give her his candy-themed necktie as a gift, since Frank loved penny candy; the man obliged and Frank was delighted with the gift.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

December 16, 1990

Television

Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet To Come

CBS-TV

Sunday Evening

9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Produced by George Schlatter & Tina Sinatra

Directed by Jeff Margolis

Musical Director: Frank Sinatra Jr.

Ed O'Brien:

Show contained a retrospective of Sinatra's life and career in show business. There was archival footage plus a marvelous segment of Frank at home in Palm Springs, fondly recalling highlights of his work and warm remembrances of beloved friends.

The show offered segments from Frank's SRO performance at the Meadowlands on 12-12-90 and the Society Of Singers Award Dinner on 12-3-90.

Guests: Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Harry Connick, Paul Newman, Rosemary Clooney, Eydie Gorme, Tony Danza, Gene

Kelly, Sophia Loren, Ella Fitzgerald, Steve Lawrence, Jo Stafford, Robert Wagner, Quincy Jones, Shirley MacLaine, Roger Moore, Tom Selleck and others.

Segment from SOS included Frank and Ella singing "The Lady Is A Tramp." Frank's vocals from the Meadowlands: "The Best Is Yet To Come," "Summer Wind," "For Once In My Life," "My Way," "New York, New York," sung with Liza Minnelli. Frank sang the following songs in a medley with Steve & Eydie: "Where Or When," "When You're Smiling," "Young At Heart" and "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart."

December 31, 1990

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. I've Got The World On A String

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. For Once In My Life

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. monologue

7. This Is All I Ask

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Barbara

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. New York, New York

TT 52mins.

1991

Extras

[Frank's 1991 World Tour]

In 1991, Frank performed seventy-three tour dates across seventeen countries, from Ireland and Sweden to Australia and Japan, a punishing pace for a man in his mid-seventies.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Diamond Jubilee World Tour With Lawrence And Gormé]

Sinatra toured with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé on what was billed as 'Frank Sinatra's Diamond Jubilee World Tour.' Audiences on this tour began noticing signs of confusion, with rambling introductions and lyrics going astray despite teleprompters, worsened by his cataracts.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Harvey Silbert Retained as Frank's Lawyer]

By 1991, Eliot Weisman had brought in prominent attorney Harvey Silbert of Loeb & Loeb to represent Frank. Silbert would ultimately oversee a new will that favored Barbara's interests.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra Miniseries Begins Production]

Seven years and three screenwriters after the original announcement, production formally launched on the Sinatra television miniseries in June 1991, with Frank staying updated through nightly phone calls, especially about casting.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra's Will Included A No-Contest Clause]

Sinatra drew up a will that inserted a clause disinheriting any family member who contested it, a provision that was expected to head off, but did not fully prevent, later disputes among his heirs.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Tina Publishes Book Of Sinatra's Paintings]

Sinatra's daughter Tina became active in preserving her father's legacy, publishing A Man and His Art, a book showcasing his private paintings.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Tina's Book Reveals Frank's Private Passion For Painting]

Nancy Sinatra: Tina Sinatra's book A Man and His Art disclosed a side of her father few people knew: his love of painting. She described it as a visceral, almost poetic outlet for him rather than an intellectual pursuit, and one of the few places he shared something deeply personal.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

[From Here to Eternity / The Man with the Golden Arm]

A ten-film retrospective of Sinatra's screen work (including From Here to Eternity and The Man with the Golden Arm) was held at the School of the Arts Institute in Chicago as part of a broader critical reevaluation of his film legacy, followed by a career achievement award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

This film/context matches multiple dated entries in the chronology; the specific date Santopietro is referring to could not be determined with confidence.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[O'Brien inducted into NBA Hall of Fame]

Consiglio: Larry O'Brien was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[Death of Jilly Rizzo in car fire]

Sinatra's close friend Jilly Rizzo was killed in a horrific car fire near his home in Palm Springs, shortly before Sinatra left for a European tour; Sinatra reportedly spent much of his time in London mourning at his suite in the Savoy.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Drummer Gregg Field takes over after Irv Cottier's death]

After longtime drummer Irv Cottier, who had worked with Sinatra since 1955, died, Gregg Field took over the drum chair in 1991 and later spoke about hearing Sinatra's changing but still commanding voice up close.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Fund-raiser for Andrew Stein at the Waldorf Astoria]

Sinatra began his 53rd year since joining Harry James's band with a fund-raising show for mayoral candidate Andrew Stein at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, alongside Shirley MacLaine and Liza Minnelli.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Silent Night, Holy Night -- critical commentary]

Will Friedwald: In August 1991, Sinatra entered the studio to record the traditional carol 'Silent Night, Holy Night' with just piano accompaniment for a Christmas charity album.

Source: Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art" (2018 revised edition), Ch. 10, "Concert Years" (1973-1994)

[Unmade film title theme by Maurice Jarre (Japanese film producer negotiation) -- critical commentary]

Billy May: Around 1991, a Japanese film producer sought Sinatra to sing a title theme composed by Maurice Jarre, contingent on Cahn writing lyrics and May doing the orchestration. May felt Jarre's minimal theme left 'virtually nothing to arrange' and told Cahn, 'Look, I'll make the arrangement, but I'm not into the business of changing other people's songs.' The producers had already booked musicians and studio time before securing a firm commitment from Sinatra; when he ultimately passed, the filmmakers considered (but never pursued) Ella Fitzgerald instead. Friedwald recalls asking May whether Jarre was 'a classical-type composer,' to which May replied: 'No, he's a Godzilla Eats the Steel Pier-type of composer!'

Source: Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art" (2018 revised edition), Ch. 7, "With Billy May" (1953-1979)

January 1991

Extras

[Sinatra Enterprises Downsized]

In January 1991, Sinatra Enterprises was downsized, moving from its studio offices into a small annex at Sonny Golden's business. Only Eliot Weisman's intervention kept Barbara from firing longtime assistant Dorothy Uhlemann and closing the office entirely.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[awards]

Sinatra presented the humanitarian award to Leo Jaffe at the American Cinema Awards in January 1991, maintaining his ties to the film community even though he was no longer acting.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

January 23, 1991

Concerts

Miami Arena, Miami, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Barbara

9. What Now, My Love?

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night

And Day / Day In - Day Out / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I’ve Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You’re Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 75mins.

January 25, 1991

Concerts

Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. monologue

6. New York, New York

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. The House I Live In

14. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All / Come

Fly With Me / Night And Day / Day In - Day Out / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / When You're Smiling / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 70mins.

Extras

Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida

January 26, 1991

Concerts

Sun Dome, Tampa , Florida

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. New York , New York

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. What Now My Love

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. America

14. Frank, Steve & Eydie: Hits Medley

TT 71 min.

NOTE: A year ago, Sinatraphile Dick Bellach asked if there has there even been, in any field of endeavor, who has had his/her creative life, and, oftentimes, personal life as well, so thoroughly and, for the most part, warmly detailed as Sinatra is in these daily postings. Why Frank Sinatra?

Ed O'Brien points out that there are no simple answers to that question. Sinatra was without question the finest singer of the 20th Century. If you doubt that statement, talk to musicians and other singers. We preserve, O'Brien observes, that which represents the very best of who we are.. He was the best. Another important factor was his sustaining power. Frank lasted over 60 years. In 1943, he was selling out 11 shows a day at the Paramount Theater in New York City and, in 1993, he wa still filling stadia, theatres, and nightclubs throughout the world. And he did this for more than a half-century.

The body of work he left us is an absolute treasure trove of the best popular songs ever written, O'Brien emphasizes. The inveterate collector has to marvel at the amount of work done by this one man. The radio years alone are enough to discourage all but the most determined admirers. He just did so much and for such a long time. Collecting it is endlessly fascinating. Documenting he work is a constant challenge and hugely rewarding.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that there are no second acts in Amerian lives, O'Brien reminds us, but, obviously he had not anticipated a force as great as Sinatra. Frank redefined himself over and over for most of his life. He was a band singer, the teen idol, the great comeback kid, the Chairman of the Board, the living legend, Ol' Blue Eyes, and finally the venerated elder statesman.

He wasn't always on top and often he did things that made us cringe. But he ENDURED. Starting in 1958, he told interviewers that he moment the vibrato widened it was goodbye. It never happened. And he had so many sounds. Listen to "Night and Day" or "The Song Is You" from the 40s, 50s, 60s. 70s. and 80s and you can't help but marvel at how protean his voice was and how he shaped it to fit the changing vocal styles and sounds of each era. Astonishing and quite often transcendent.

O'Brien says that he can't think of anyone who said it better than Sinatra himself in a private interview done in 1990. Asked why he had captivated so many generations of music lovers, he said, "I paid attention.." Indeed he did. And as Authur Miller so aptly put it, "Attention must be paid."

Extras

Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida

February 6, 1991

Concerts

Tempe, Arizona

Benefit for Arizona State University

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

February 8, 1991

Concerts

Sports Arena, San Diego.. California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Where Or When

6. New York, New York

7. monologue

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. I've Got The World On A String

10. What Now, My Love? 11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. America, The Beautiful

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night

And Day / Day In - Day Out / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / One For My Baby / When YouÃ¢ re Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! g! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 76mins.

February 9, 1991

Concerts

Sports Arena, San Diego. California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Where Or When

6. New York, New York

7. monologue

8. This Is All I Ask

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. I've Got The World On A String

11. What Now, My Love?

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. America, The Beautiful

17.. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All / Come Fly With Me / Night And Day / Day In - Day Out / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 73mins.

Extras

Arena, Long Beach, California

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Arena, Long Beach, California

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February 10, 1991

Concerts

Arena, Long Beach, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Where Or When

6. New York, New York

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. What Now, My Love?

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13.. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. America, The Beautiful

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All / Come

Fly With Me / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 73mins.

February 14, 1991

Concerts

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills, California. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

Presents A Tribute To The Late Jimmy Van Heusen

Valentine's Special

" All-Star Memorial Tribute" to Jimmy Van Heusen

Bob Hope, Angie Dickinson, Donald O'Connor,

Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Frank Sinatra and The

Ray Charles Singers

Frank Sinatra Jr conducting

Frank sang:

Imagination

I Thought About You

All The Way.

February 21, 1991

Extras

Third Annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament February 21-23, 1991

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Third Annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament February 21-23, 1991

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February 23, 1991

Concerts

Marriott's Desert Springs Resort, Palm Springs, California Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Rain or Come Shine

3. The Best Is Yet to Come

4. Barbara

5. Where or When

6. Mack the Knife

7. Theme From New York, New York (duet with Liza)

Extras

Marriott's Desert Springs Resort, Palm Springs, California Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Also: Liza Minnelli

March 2, 1991

Concerts

Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. Luck Be A Lady

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. monologue

7. Where Or When

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. What Now, My Love?

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

17. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All /

Bewitched / Come Fly With Me / Oh! Look At Me Now / Night And Day / Day In, Day Out / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / Come Dance With Me / I Won't Dance / I Get A Kick Out Of You / The Tender Trap / Witchcraft / I've Got The World On A String / A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening / This Love Of Mine / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again / Everything Happens To Me / All The Way / One For My Baby / That's Life / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Notes: TT 88mins.

Extras

Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

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Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

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March 4, 1991

Concerts

Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2.. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Something

8. Monologue & Intro

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now My Love

12. The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered my Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. My Way

15.. New York, New York

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (FS) -

Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (SL) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (SL-FS) - Day In, Day Out (SL-EG-FS) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL) - I Won't Dance (SL) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (EG) - I've Got The World On A String (FS) -You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) - This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (All) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (All) - Young At Heart (All) - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (All)

17. Chaser: "This Is A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening"

Notes: 83mins.

Extras

Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia

Review of the March 4, 1991 Concert:

The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mar, 05, 1991

March 6, 1991

Concerts

National Tennis Center, Melbourne, Australia

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World on A String

2. You Make me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now My Love

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (SL) -

Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (SL) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (FS) - Day In, Day Out (SL-EG) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL) - I Won't Dance (EG) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (SL-EG) - I've Got The World On A String (FS) -You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) - This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (All) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (All) - Young At Heart (All) - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (All)

16. My Way

Notes: Concert broadcast on ABC (Autrailia Broadcasting) Television. TT 80mins

Extras

National Tennis Center, Melbourne, Australia

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Australian VHS Release

March 10, 1991

Television

Yokahoma, Japan

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Strangers In The Night

5. Barbara 6. Mack The Knife

7. New York, New York

8. Medley w/Steve & Eydie

9. My Way

Note: This is an edit of the two concerts shown on Japanese TV.

The Voice Of Our Time

Sinatra Biography hosted by Mel Torme

Concerts

Yokahoma Arena, Yokahoma, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Where Or When

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue + intro

8. If You Are But A Dream

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now My Love

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For Baby

15. New York, New York

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (SL)

Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (SL-FS) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (FS) - Day In Day Out (ALL) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL)- I Won't Dance (EG) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (SL-EG) - Strangers In The Night (SL-EG) - I Got The World On A String (ALL) - You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL)- This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (ALL) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (ALL) - Young At Heart (ALL) - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (ALL)

17. Frank: My Way

Notes: TT 72mins

Extras

Yokahoma Arena, Yokahoma, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Sinatra Biography hosted by Mel Torme

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Yokahoma Arena, Yokahoma, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Yokahoma Arena, Yokahoma, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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March 11, 1991

Concerts

Yokahoma, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Where Or When

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Monologue + Intro

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Barbara

12. What Now My Love

13. Medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. New York New York

17. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (EG-SL)

- Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (SL) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (FS) - Day In, Day Out (All) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL) - I Won't Dance (EG) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (EG) - Strangers In The Night (SL-EG) - I've Got The World On A String (FS-SL-EG) - You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG-FS) - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) - This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (SL-FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (All) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (All) - Young At Heart (All) - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (All)

Notes: TT 70mins.

March 21, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Where Or When

8. Barbara

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. America, The Beautiful

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

March 22, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. monologue

7. Bewitched

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now, My Love?

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. monologue

12. Mack The Knife

13. America, The Beautiful

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

March 23, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3.. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. What Now, My Love?

9. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

10. monologue

11. Mack The Knife

12. America, The Beautiful

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63min.

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

7. Where Or When

8. What Now, My Love?

9. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind.

10. Mack The Knife

11. America, The Beautiful

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 61mins.

March 24, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2.. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. monologue

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. Where Or When

9. What Now, My Love? 10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. America, The Beautiful

13. My Way

14. One For My Baby

15. New York, New York

16. Summer Wind

17. Strangers In The Night

Notes: TT 82mins.

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

7. Where Or When

8. What Now My Love

9. Medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

10. Mack The Knife

11. America The Beautiful

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

April 5, 1991

Television

Welcome Home America

Guests: Frank Sinatra

1. The House I Live In

Notes: TV special to welcome home Gulf War troops (Sinatra section10 min.)

Ed O'Brien:

Sinatra was part of an all-star tribute to the Gulf War troops at the Universal Amphitheater in L.A. The show was aired on ABC, 4-14-91. Sinatra did a good job but Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." was the stand out moment in this show. George and Barbara Bush and Colin Powell were at the taping.

Extras

Welcome Home America

Guests: Frank Sinatra

1. The House I Live In

Notes: TV special to welcome home Gulf War troops (Sinatra section10 min.)

April 5, 1991, President Bush greets Frank Sinatra

at the USO's 50th Anniversary salute, "Welcome Home America."

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April 18, 1991

Concerts

Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. Where or When

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Strangers in the Night

9. What Now My Love

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack the Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. Theme From New York, New York

Medley:

14. Night and Day

15. I Get a Kick Out of You

16. I've Got the World on a String(with Steve & Eydie)

17. I'll Never Smile Again

18. All the Way

19. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (with Steve &

Eydie)

20. When Youâ€™re Smiling (with Steve & Eydie)

21. My Way

Extras

Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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April 20, 1991

Concerts

Centrum Pavilion, Worcester, Massachusetts

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Corbett Monica

1. Bad Bad Leroy Brown

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6.. My Heart Stood Still

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now My Love

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. New York, New York

14. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Day In - Day Out / I Thought

About You / Come Fly With Me / Night And Day / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

15. My Way

Notes: TT 72mins.

April 21, 1991

Concerts

Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now, My Love?

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. New York, New York

14. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Night And Day / Day In - Day

Out / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You' re Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

15. My Way

Notes: TT 72mins.

Extras

Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 26, 1991

Concerts

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. For Once In My Life

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. Bewitched

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now, My Love?

12. The House I Live In

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

Extras

Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 27, 1991

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: Sinatra was harassed by a fan at this show.

Sinatraphile Eugene Lo Curto reports that Sinatra handled the harassment by a fan beautifully but wants to know where security was.

April 28, 1991

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. In the Still of the Night

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I Get a Kick Out of You

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Strangers in the Night

10. What Now My Love

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack the Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

May 9, 1991

Concerts

Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Bewitched

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night

And Day / Day In - Day Out / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

16. My Way

Notes: TT 80mins.

Extras

Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

May 15, 1991

Concerts

Ervin J. Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Summer Wind

10. What Now My Love

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. Theme From New York, New York

15. Medley: Night and Day, Saturday Night, I Get a Kick Out of You, I've Got the World on a String (with Steve & Eydie), I'll Never Smile Again, All the Way, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (with Steve & Eydie), When You're Smiling, (with Steve & Eydie)

16. My Way

Extras

Ervin J. Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

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May 16, 1991

Concerts

Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. September Of My Years

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Summer Wind

10. What Now My Love

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley:Night And Day / Day In - Day

Out / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again /All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

16. My Way

Notes: TT 82mins.

Brian notes: I attended this concert. Sinatra was in fine form. Interesting little fact,

Sinatra sang "Summer Wind" on this night exactly 25 years to the day of recording it. If any collectors comes across either a line or video. Let me know. There is a reward (a big one!) to the finder.

Extras

Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

May 18, 1991

Concerts

Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois

Saturday evening

Orchestra conducted by F.S. Jr.

Opening acts: Tom Dreesen

Steve & Eydie

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. September Of My Years

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Summer Wind

10. What Now My Love

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. New York, New York

15. My Kind Of Town

16. Sinatra A to Z Medley with Steve & Eydie

17. My Way

Note: A professional video was shot of this one. --Ed

Extras

Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois

Saturday evening

Orchestra conducted by F.S. Jr.

FRANK SINATRA HAS NO LIMITS AT THE HORIZON

After bounding on the stage with the vigor of a man half his 75 years,

Frank Sinatra sang his heart out Saturday night at the Rosemont Horizon.

Fight songs, saloon songs, show tunes, ballads, down-in-the-dumps

songs, high-as-a-kite songs -- the whole incredible range reminded a

sold-out house why no other popular singer has endured as long or as

well as Sinatra.

His songbook never gets old because the tales they tell never do,

and because Sinatra himself never tires of the tunes he has made classic.

Watch him jab his forefinger into the air as he sings "The Best Is Yet

To Come," watch him swing out his fists as he proclaims "I Get A Kick

Out Of You," and it's clear that Sinatra is singing these songs as if for

the first time.

Somehow, he can still summon a white-hot rage when dishing out

the bitterly ironic lines of "The Lady Is A Tramp," he can still conjure

the joy of love rediscovered in "You Make Me Feel So Young." And

as long as these incisive lyrics and melodies spark fresh emotions

within Sinatra, they will ignite audiences as they did at the Horizon.

The rambunctious atmosphere of the show evoked Sinatra's

famous "Main Event" concert in New York's Madison Square Garden

several years ago. Here, too, the overflow crowd surrounded an in-

the-round stage as if it were a boxing ring. Little wonder Sinatra came

out fighting.

He opened with "I've Got The World On A String," swinging the

rhythms hard and fast, pushing both the tempo and the volume to an

irresistible climax. The intensity held for "Come Rain Or Come Shine,"

which started at barely a whisper and ended in a roar. In an ineffably

poetic gesture, Sinatra sang the last word while holding his left hand

skyward, the five outstretched fingers representing the bright light of

the sun.

This and other moments reminded at least one listener that Sinatra

always has been every bit as much actor as singer, though the two are

inseparable during his concerts. Thus he pours himself a tall drink, takes

a drag on a cigarette, watches the smoke billow across the stage, then,

suddenly, it's 3 a.m. at some forgotten saloon.

Soon he begins to sing "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry," his

dark vocal tone and mournful grimace suggesting a man deep in romantic

despair. The hushed sound and the terribly clipped phrases underscore

the bitter message of the song.

Yet the concert had its lighter moments as well. When Sinatra sang

"I Get A Kick Out Of You," he swiveled his hips on the word "kick;" when

the band began playing "New York, New York," he started singing

"Chicago;" and when he raised a toast to the crowd, he said: "May each

of you live to be 150 years old, and may the last voice you hear be mine."

The evening's surprise song was "The House I Live In," an ode to

America that Sinatra hasn't sung in years, though his carefully modulated

performance was the perfect counterbalance to its richly patriotic message.

Comic Tom Dressen and singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme also

appeared, but the night was Sinatra's. In a week when the world was fixated

on the inconsequential music of Madonna, it was a pleasure to behold a

genuinely great artist.

Howard Reich

Chicago Tribune

May 19, 1991

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May 21, 1991

Concerts

Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The September of My Years

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Summer Wind

10. What Now My Love

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. Theme From New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley:Night

And Day / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of

You / I've Got The World On A String /I'll Never

Smile Again /All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling

16. My Way

Extras

Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Cancelled Frank Sinatra Jr. fills in.

June 13, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Moonlight In Vermont

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Summer Wind

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. I've Got A Crush On You

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 73mins.

June 14, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3.. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Moonlight In Vermont

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Summer Wind

10. Mack The Knife

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. My Way

13. I've Got A Crush On You

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62mins.

Extras

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

The following photos and note below were sent along by Sinatraphile, Santo (Brad) LoRicco:

"I wish to reference the photo on pp 2-3 of the booklet included in the Sinatra - New York DVD/CD set from 2009. The photo of FS with Frank Jr conducting is actually from the June 14, 1991 concert at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. The photo was taken by my wife, Carol. We attended the shows on June 13 and June 14. The photos were taken with a film camera, while trying not to be too obvious.

As I mentioned, we attended many concerts and over the years sent photos to Gary Doctor and Charles Pignone. Happily, some of the photos appeared in the newsletters of both the International Sinatra Society and the Sinatra Society of America. I'm sure that this is one we had sent to Charlie. When I first saw the photo in the booklet, I wrote to Charlie and told him the photo was Carol's and asked him to credit her in any future releases of the New York set. I did not receive a response.

We also gave a copy of this photo to Vinnie Carbone, Frank Jr's manager. At the time, Vinnie told us, a magazine was interested in writing an article about Junior and thought they might use the photo. The article was never done. We have it signed by Junior and had hoped to have it signed by Mr S., but, sadly, that did not happen. It does hang on a wall in our home."

--Santo (Brad) LoRicco

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June 15, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Moonlight In Vermont

8. Where Or When

9. This Love Of Mine

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 58mins.

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. What Now, My Love?

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I Get A Kick Out Of You

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Try A Little Tenderness

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

June 16, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Try A Little Tenderness

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins.

June 17, 1991

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. Where Or When

6. The House I Live In

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. What Now My Love

9. The Summer Wind

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Note: Date Needs Checked TT 72 min.

June 20, 1991

Concerts

Hemisfair Arena, San Antonio, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The September Of My Years

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Barbara

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The House I Live In

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Night And Day / Day In - Day

Out / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

16. My Way

Notes: TT 78mins.

Extras

Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas

O.A. Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

June 20, 1991 : American actor and singer Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) sits on a stool during a performance of his Golden Jubilee Tour, San Antonio, Texas.

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June 22, 1991

Concerts

Mexico City, Mexico

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The September of My Years

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Barbara

10. Summer Wind

11. What Now My Love

12. Mack the Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. Theme From New York, New York

15. Medley: Night and Day, Saturday Night (w S&E), I Get a Kick Out of You, I've Got the World on a String (w S&E), I'll Never Smile Again, All the Way, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (w S&E), When You're Smiling (w S&E)

16. My Way

Extras

Mexico City, Mexico

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

Frank Sinatra's Night

Jose Luis Martinez

Frank Sinatra sings 'If I don't see her every day/ I miss her…/ Gee what a thrill/ Each time I kiss her…' and sadness surrounds the amanuensis. The feeling, the emotion, the tenderness displayed in the lyrics and music of 'Nancy' lead to June 22, 1991 at the Palacio de los Deportes, where 15,776 privileged people witnessed the spectacle with which Sinatra shone brightly in the sky. From Mexico City.

On the Mexican stop of the Diamond Jubilee World Tour, which began on December 11, 1990 on the occasion of its 75th anniversary in a place near his native Hoboken, the temperamental performer was accompanied by Steve Lawrence and Eddie Gorme to captivate the public, to trap them. with the beauty of their songs.

The Trappist revisits the images of that palace day and with a discreet and melancholic smile he evokes the chronicle of Leopoldo Meraz Â El Reportero Cor Â, who wrote: 'At the outset we must notice Sinatra's vertical. A majesty of firmness and elegance, a slight bow of greeting and gratitude to the reception of applause, a play with words and then a passionate delivery.'

That was Sinatra's second and last performance in Mexico; he had previously done it in the International cinema in the fifties, when the city was a party and numerous characters and places inaugurated or confirmed prestige and legends.

But that June night, the Carthusian was mortally wounded by Jack Daniels, the subtle fragrances, the beautiful women and the songs.

In front of him was the old blue-eyed wolf, the contradictory and brilliant character described by Gay Talese in Fame and Darkness , the unfaithful lover of Lauren Bacall, the great love of Ava Gardner (with whom he spent his honeymoon at the Regis Hotel, from Avenida Juarez), the friend of gangsters and politicians, the leader of a clan envied and feared at the same time.

In the center of the track he was saying: 'Thank you Mexico, I feel very happy to be here, to achieve this dream, tonight I will try to perform some songs that will make us remember good times.'

When remembering that experience, the brother thinks how right Brad Dexter, one of Sinatra's best friends, was when he pointed out: 'Frank has an insatiable desire to live intensely every moment. I think he has the feeling that everything is going extinct around the corner.'

That's why his dedication on stage, that's why his loves, that's why the waste and the urgency of being loved 24 hours a day. Hence his vigil and certainty: 'I am in favor of anything that allows me to get through the night: a prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.'

In tribute to his 100 years - he was born on December 12, 1915 and died on May 14, 1998 - the amanuensis dusts off these memories of when, on his knees, he listened to The Voice , one of the greatest singers of the 20th century.

Dear five readers, with 'My Way' as background music, The Holy Office showers you with blessings. The Lord be with you. Amen.

June 23, 1991

Concerts

Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once in My Life

4. I Get a Kick Out of You

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The September of My Years

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Summer Wind

10. What Now My Love

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. Theme From New York, New York

16. My Way

July 4, 1991

Extras

For Independence Day, Frank wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times condemning bigotry, antisemitism, and racism, invoking Rosa Parks as an example of how one act of courage can change a nation.

Frank Sinatra (quoted): "I have never unloved a human being because of race, creed or color."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

July 14, 1991

Concerts

World Music Center, Tinley Park, Chicago, Illinois

O.A. Tom Dreesen

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Chicago (That Toddling Town)

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Luck Be a Lady

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now My Love

9. Summer Wind

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

16. My Kind of Town

Extras

World Music Center, Tinley Park, Chicago, Illinois

O.A. Tom Dreesen

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Howard Reich, Entertainment writer CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The concert was in Tinley Park, but the message was pure Chicago when Frank Sinatra played the World Music Theatre over the weekend.

''I`m home, I know I`m home,'' said Sinatra as he walked on stage Sunday night to a characteristically rambunctious ovation.

''Chicago happens to be my favorite city in the United States, and I`m not just saying that to fill time,'' added Sinatra, who proved the point by packing the next 90 minutes with alternately tough, swinging and tender performances. By evening`s end, there was no doubt he had given the audience everything he had to give.

Paying homage to a city that has embraced him since the mid-`30s, he opened with Fred Fisher`s ''Chicago (That Toddlin` Town).'' But this was not simply a run-through of a dusty `20s tune. From virtually the first phrase, Sinatra toyed with the original lyrics, creating double-entendres and freewheeling lines as he went along. It was about as rocking and dangerous a reading as you could hope to hear.

It also set the tone for much of the music to come. Any Sinatra fan knows well his approach to Rodgers and Hart`s ''The Lady Is a Tramp,'' but the tune rarely has sounded as ferocious as it did this time. Sinatra launched it with an audacious tempo, hitting rhythmic accents with tremendous force and literally swinging out his fists at key words.

The evening`s tour de force was in a similarly defiant mode, with Sinatra making a one-act play of the magnificent ''Soliloquy'' from Rodgers and Hammerstein`s ''Carousel.''

''I went to see that show opening night (in 1945),'' Sinatra recalled, ''and this piece of material knocked me out.''

It`s unlikely, however, that the show`s original Billy Budd character

(played by John Raitt), or many since, mustered half the fight and fury that Sinatra did. Clenching his fists, planting his feet firmly on the ground and looking up toward the stars, he virtually defined the rough-and-tumble character who has just learned that he`s going to be a father.

It takes an accomplished actor to finesse this grand aria in a fully staged production, but to see what Sinatra could do without so much as a prop nearly defied believability. His portrait was larger than life in its grand gestures and roaring sound, yet it had moments of introspection and poetry as well.

Consider, for instance, the startled look on Sinatra`s face when his character realizes that the son he`s hoping for could be a daughter. With a single, fleeting change of expression, Sinatra summed up the wonder and fear of an impending birth.

The sweetly lyric side of Sinatra`s art surfaced at other moments, too, particularly his mournful reading of a favorite Sinatra saloon song, ''Guess I`ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry,'' and a deeply reflective performance of ''My Way.''

Naturally, Sinatra offered ''My Kind of Town,'' literally blowing a huge kiss to the crowd at the appropriate passage in the lyrics. And when he came to the word ''razzmatazz,'' he all but growled it. The audience went wild.

Considering that the evening opened with Chicago comic Tom Dreesen, who held a huge and rowdy audience in his palm, the evening amounted to a thrilling ode to this city.

No doubt that`s just what Sinatra had in mind.

June 14, 1980

Frank Sinatra receives St. Jude Award at Danny Thomas St. Jude Benefit Dinner

World Music Center, Tinley Park, Chicago, Illinois

O.A. Tom Dreesen

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Chicago (That Toddling Town)

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. Luck Be a Lady

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now My Love

9. Summer Wind

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

16. My Kind of Town

Chicago Tribune

July 16, 1991

Concerts

Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now My Love

9. Summer Wind

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

Ed O'Brien reports that there is a digital tape of this performance. Sinatra is in good form and the song selection is outstanding. Sinatra does memorable readings on "The House I Live In," "Summer Wind," (tells audience it is the perfect time of the year for the song) and "Tears out to Dry." Interesting that he sings three Rodgers and Hart songs in succession.

July 17, 1991

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. Where Or When

6. The House I Live In

7. My Heart Stood Still

8.. What Now, My Love?

9. Summer Wind

10. monologue

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

July 18, 1991

Concerts

Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Extras

Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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July 19, 1991

Concerts

Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

July 20, 1991

Concerts

Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Two Shows

Extras

Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Two Shows

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Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Two Shows

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July 21, 1991

Concerts

Sands Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

July 22, 1991

Concerts

Meriwether Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. Where Or When

6. Summer Wind

7. The House I Live In

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess Iâ ll Hang My Tears Out To To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Extras

Meriwether Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

J. D. Considine

THE BALTIMORE SUN

There are basically two ways to review a concert like the one given by Frank Sinatra last night at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. One is to take the fan's viewpoint, and that works very well with Sinatra. After all, if you listen with your memory more than your ears, it's easy to let nostalgia filter out the few bum notes and off-key phrases. Or you could take the critical approach, and discount all that celebrity baloney. Instead, what you look at are the notes -- did he hit them cleanly? Did he stay on pitch? -- and judge the show strictly in terms of its musical merit. In other words, be fair, and be objective.

Except that objectivity isn't entirely fair to Sinatra. Sure, his voice isn't what it used to be; it isn't even what it was last time around. He sang flat throughout the show, from the final chorus of "You Make Me Feel So Young" to the last notes of "New York, New York," wobbled way off pitch in "Where or When" and barely hit half the notes in "For Once in My Life." Even the show's strongest moments, like his reading of "Soliloquy" (from "Carousel") depended more on his dramatic gifts than his musical ability. To fuss over such flaws, though, makes it seem as if the show was a failure, and that was hardly the case. Some songs, like "My Way," were near perfect; his sense of showmanship remained undiminished; and his wit is as wicked as ever (he even slipped a reefer joke into "The Best Is Yet to Come"). Which is why, though it was hardly a perfect concert, only a fool would have felt cheated.

August 1, 1991

Concerts

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel so Young

3. For Once in my Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. Luck be a Lady

6. The House I Live In

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Summer Wind

9. What Now my Love

10. Barbara

11. The Best is Yet to Come

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack the Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

NOTE: Ed O'Brien, who supplies us with the song program, points out that this was a terrific show from the Lion in Winter, referring to Sinatra at that time late in his career. TT 80mins.

Extras

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Variety

8-7-91

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August 8, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The House I Live In

7. Night And Day

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. Summer Wind

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 81mins.

August 9, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel so Young

3. In the Still of the Night

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. For Once in My Life

6. The House I Live In (Sinatra introduced this number by calling it a piece of material, not a song, but a small aria.)

7. monologue

8. Night and Day (He did the verse with the 1961 Costa chart)

9. The Best is Yet to Come

10. Luck Be a Lady

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife (Sinatra called this number "better than a song.")

13. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

14. Summer Wind

15. My Way

16. New York , New York

Notes: Ed O'Brien says that Sinatra walked out on the stage to thunderous applause and said,

"You've been most wonderful, thank you and goodnight."

When the audience stopped laughing, Sinatra started singing. TT 78mins.

August 10, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Night And Day

8. Where Or When

9. The House I Live In

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

August 11, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

September 3, 1991

Extras

Unbeknownst to the family until 1998, Sinatra had returned to attorney Harvey Silbert's office four days after signing his original will and executed a second version, dated September 3, 1991, that increased Barbara's share of community funds by $3.5 million. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

September 3, 1991

Extras

September 16, 1991

Extras

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September 16, 1991 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

with Steve & Eydie .

I could find no record of this concert. I gained access to Barcelona papers for September 1991 and checked a week before and week after September 16th and there was no mention of this concert.

Sinatra did play there June 3, 1992:

The same Barcelona newspaper had full coverage of the 1992 concert:

I would think if there had been a September 16, 1991 concert, there would have been coverage. The headline from the image above translates as:

Frank Sinatra seduces 15,000 spectators at the Palau Sant Jordi

"The Voice" performs for the first time in Barcelona

If that was his first time in Barcelona then there was no 1991 concert.

Scott

I removed the following entry from today’s posting:

September 16, 1991 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie .

I could find no record of this concert. I gained access to Barcelona papers for September 1991 and checked a week before and week after September 16th and there was no mention of this concert.

Sinatra did play there June 3, 1992:

The same Barcelona newspaper had full coverage of the 1992 concert:

I would think if there had been a September 16, 1991 concert, there would have been coverage. The headline from the image above translates as:

Frank Sinatra seduces 15,000 spectators at the Palau Sant Jordi

"The Voice" performs for the first time in Barcelona

If that was his first time in Barcelona then there was no 1991 concert.

Scott

September 19, 1991

Concerts

Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

Thursday Evening

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12 One For My Baby

13. New York, New York

Medley w/ Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme:

All Or Nothing At All / Bewitched / Come Fly With Me /

Oh! Look At Me Now / Night And Day / Day In - Day Out / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / Come Dance With Me / I Won't Dance / I Get A Kick Out Of You / The Tender Trap / Witchcraft / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening / This Love Of Mine / I'll Never Smile Again / Everything Happens To Me / All The Way / One For My Baby / That's Life / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart My Way

September 21, 1991

Concerts

Il Foro, Milano, Italy w/Steve & Eydie

Frank Sinatra Jr conducting

1.Come fly with me

2.Where or when

3.You make me feel so young

4.Come rain or come shine

5.For once in my life

6.The lady is a tramp

7.Reprise

8.My heart stood still

9.The best is yet to come

10.Summer wind

11.Barbara

12.What now my love

13.Soliloquy

14.Mack the knife

15.One for my baby

16.New York New York

17.Medley with Steve & Eydie

18.My way

September 23, 1991

Concerts

Palazzo dello Sport, Montecatina, Italy with Steve & Eydie

September 24, 1991

Concerts

Palazzo del Gilaccio, Roma, Italy

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Summer Wind

11. Barbara

12. What Now, My Love?

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. New York, New York

17. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All The Way / Young At Heart

/ I've Got The World On A String / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

18. My Way

Notes: TT 86mins.

September 26, 1991

Television

Teatro Grande, Pompeii, Italy

10 songs. Partial list below.

1. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. For Once In My Life

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. The Best Is Yet To Come

6. Summer Wind

7. Mack The Knife

Notes: This was an Italian RAI (TV) special shown only in Italy. Concert was edited.

Concerts

Teatro Grande, Pompeii, Italy

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Summer Wind

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Night And Day / All The Way

/ Young At Heart / When You're Smiling / I've Got.The World On A String / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

16. My Way

Extras

During his Diamond Jubilee European tour, Frank performed a concert among the ruins of Pompeii; the show almost did not happen due to conservationists' concerns about fans damaging the ash-preserved site, but promoters agreed to added security precautions.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

September 28, 1991

Television

Spektrum, Oslo, Norway

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. For Once In My Life

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. The Best Is Yet To Come

6. The Summer Wind

7. Mack The Knife

8. Angel Eyes

9. New York, New York

10. Hits Medley w/Steve & Eydie

11. My Way

Notes: Edited. Full set list in Concert section. 120 min.

Concerts

Spektrum Arena, Oslo, Norway

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5.. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. The Summer Wind

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. Soliloguy

14. New York, New York 15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (SL) - Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (SL) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (FS) - Day In, Day Out (SL-EG) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL) - I Won't Dance (EG) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (SL-EG) - I've Got The World On A String (FS) - You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) - This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (All) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (All) - Young At Heart (All) - Zing! Went The Strings Of

My Heart (All)

16. Frank Sinatra : My Way

Notes: Deleted From Broadcast: "Where Or When", "You Make Me Feel So Young ", "My Heart Stood Still", & "Soliloquy." TT 90mins.

October 1, 1991

Concerts

Ice Hockey Stadium, Malmo

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. New York, New York

13. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night

And Day / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

14. My Way

Notes: TT 60mins.

Extras

Ice Hockey Stadium, Malmo

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 3, 1991

Concerts

Palais Des Congres, Paris, France

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Summer Wind

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. New York, New York

15. medley Steve & Eydie only

16. My Way

Notes: Sinatra did not perform during the medley. TT 81mins.

Extras

Palais Des Congres, Paris, France

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 5, 1991

Concerts

Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

1. overture

2. Come Fly With Me

3. Where Or When

4. You Make Me Feel So Young

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. For Once In My Life

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. monologue

9. Bewitched

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Summer Wind

12. I've Got You Under My Skin

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. Luck Be A Lady

16. New York, New York

17. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley:Come Fly With Me / Night And

Day / I Thought About You / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

18. My Way

Notes: Sinatra solo part broadcast on German TV. TT 90mins.

October 6, 1991

Television

Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr

10 Songs

Notes: Concert was from October 5th, 1991 but was an edited telecast on October 6th, Shown in Germany.

Full concert is floating among collectors in its entirety.--ED

October 7, 1991

Concerts

Congresgebouw, Hague, Holland

Monday evening

W/ Steve & Eydie

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. Bewitched

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Summer Wind

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. Luck Be A Lady

15. New York, New York

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night

And Day / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

17. My Way

Notes: TT 91mins.

Extras

Congresgebouw, Hague, Holland

Frank Sinatra bedankt in 1991 het publiek in het Haagse Congresgebouw (Frank Sinatra thanks the public in 1991 in the Hague Congress Building)

--Thanks to Carl Rasmussen for the note and photo above

October 9, 1991

Concerts

Point, Dublin, Ireland

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Bewitched

8. Intro's

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Summer Wind

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. Luck Be A Lady

15. New York, New York

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (SL) -

Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (SL) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (SL-FS) - Day In, Day Out (All) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL) - I Won't Dance (EG) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (SL-EG) - Strangers In The Night (SL-EG) - I've Got The World On A String (FS) - You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) - This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (SL-FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (All) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (All) - Young At Heart (All) - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (All)

17. My Way

18. Chaser: "Goodbye"

October 10, 1991

Concerts

Point, Dublin, Ireland

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Barbara

11. The Summer Wind

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. New York, New York

16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: All Or Nothing At All (SL) -

Bewitched (EG) - Come Fly With Me (FS) - Oh Look At Me Now (EG) - Night And Day (FS) - Day In, Day Out (All) - I Thought About You (SL) - Saturday Night (FS) - Come Dance With Me (SL) - I Won't Dance (EG) - I Get A Kick Out Of You (FS) - The Tender Trap (SL) - Witchcraft (EG) - Strangers In The Night (SL-EG) - I've Got The World On A String (FS) - You Make Me Feel So Young (SL-EG) - A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (SL) - This Love Of Mine (EG) - I'll Never Smile Again (SL-FS) - Everything Happens To Me (SL-EG) - All The Way (FS) - One For My Baby (All) - That's Life (SL) - When You're Smiling (All) - Young At Heart (All) - Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (All)

17. My Way

Notes: TT 90mins.

October 11, 1991

Concerts

The Point, Dublin , Ireland w/Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Friday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. Where Or When

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. I've Got You Under My Skin monologue

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. New York, New York

14. Sinatra Hits Medley "A to Z" w/Steve & Eydie

15. My Way

November 8, 1991

Concerts

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is a Tramp

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. For Once in My Life

6. The House I Live In

7. Where or When

8. Moonlight in Vermont

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. Theme From New York, New York

15. Medley with Steve & Eydie

16. My Way

November 9, 1991

Concerts

Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr..

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The House I Live In

7. Where Or When

8. Moonlight In Vermont

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. New York, New York

15. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night

And Day / Saturday Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On On A String / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / One For My Baby / When YouÃ¢ re Smiling / Young At Heart / / Zinging! Went The Strings Of My Heart

16. My Way

Notes: TT 86mins.

Extras

Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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November 12, 1991

Concerts

Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. Where Or When

7. Moonlight In Vermont

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. New York, New York

13. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Saturday

Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / All The Way / One For My Baby / When You're Smiling

14. My Way

Notes: TT 86mins.

Sinatraphile Scott Henderson notes:

I was at the 1991 Diamond Jubilee concert in Toronto in 1991. We had great seats at Maple Leaf Gardens and Frank, Steve & Eydie were in fine form. I always thought Steve & Eydie were the epitome of schmaltz but I have to say I was impressed by them. I have a tape of this concert and Sinatra's voice is strong and clear. One of my favorite moments of the night came when Sinatra was talking about modern music and said "throw up time". When he left the stage, he walked within six feet of meet. I thought he would have been taller.

Extras

Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Steve & Eydie

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November 13, 1991

Concerts

Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr

Wednesday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The House I Live In

7. Where Or When

8. Moonlight In Vermont

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. New York, New York

14. My Way

Ed O'Brien:

Frank was the inaugural act at the Knick

Arena on 1-30-90. He drew what is still the all-time record crowd of over 18,000. It was truly a night to remember.

The return appearance on 11-13-91 had no where near the hype

November 15, 1991

Concerts

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Friday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The House I Live In

7. Where Or When

8. Moonlight In Vermont

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. New York, New York

14. A?to Z Medley with Steve and Eydie

15. My Way

Notes: TT 80mins.

Extras

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Friday evening

Review/Pop; Tried Is True for Sinatra

New York Times

By Karen Schoemer

Nov. 19, 1991

After opening his set at the Nassau Coliseum here tonight with his 1953 hit "I've Got the World on a String," Frank Sinatra made a little speech.

"I'm not going to do much that's new tonight," he groused, "because there's nothing new that's decent." Wearing a steel-gray suit, trading his pocket hankies for the bouquets that women from the audience lavished like vestal offerings, Mr. Sinatra delivered an hour-plus program that leaned heavily on standards from the 1950's and 60's. Introducing each song, he would make jokes about forgetting the name of the composers. When he dropped his cordless microphone to punctuate a quip about how he doesn't drink alcohol, he earned a round of applause for his stiff, elaborate attempt to bend over and pick it up.

Now nearly 76 years old, Mr. Sinatra is, more than ever, the spokesman for pop-music conservatism. He wisecracked about Milli Vanilli; even Steve Lawrence, who opened the show with Eydie Gorme, joked that he would need a tetanus shot if he touched a Rolling Stones song. (This was not a crowd for whom the Stones' bad-boy heirs Guns 'n' Roses had much meaning.) And while there seemed to be an element of defensiveness to Mr. Sinatra's banter, his concert left nothing to apologize for. Much more than nostalgia, his music today is about history, and by continuing to perform it he is preserving a crucial American tradition: not only for those who lived it, but also for the generations who know it only second- or thirdhand.

Mr. Sinatra's performance didn't make songs like "The Lady Is a Tramp" and "The Best Is Yet to Come" seem new or fresh; rather, they had the stateliness and grandeur of a surviving World War II general. They summoned forth the past, disclosing it. And throughout, Mr. Sinatra himself was magnificently present. His readings of "Moonlight in Vermont" and "Come Rain or Come Shine" brimmed with emotion, and the saloon song "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" couldn't have been more melancholy if it had been playing on a jukebox in a bar after closing.

In the upper and low registers his voice showed its wear, but in the middle range it had the confidence and bravura of yore. Probably no one needs to hear the recorded version of "Theme From 'New York, New York' " ever again, but everyone should hear him raze a room with it live at least once.

Perhaps the biggest difference between Mr. Sinatra's pre-rock style and most of the music that eventually surpassed it is that his songs don't need to be updated. (Imagine Elvis Presley, if he were still alive, performing "Hound Dog" with a three-piece rock band.) Standing on a square stage that looked like a boxing ring without ropes with his son, Frank Sinatra Jr., conducting the orchestra, Mr. Sinatra managed to triumph over time. In his singular way, he made age a thing of great beauty.

Cancelled

November 16, 1991

Concerts

Madison Square Garden, New York City

Diamond Jubilee Concludes

Time: 8:00 PM

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The House I Live In

7. monologue

8. Where Or When

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Barbara

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. New York, New York

17. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me /Saturday

Night / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A String / I'll Never Smile Again / All The Way / When You're Smiling / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

18. My Way

Notes: TT 86mins.

Extras

Madison Square Garden, New York City

Diamond Jubilee Concludes

Time: 8:00 PM

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Chicago Tribune

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November 21, 1991

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (21-24)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once In My Life

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The House I Live In

7. Where Or When

8. I Have Dreamed

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

November 22, 1991

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (21-24)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. What Now, My Love?

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. Barbara

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Ol' Man River

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

November 23, 1991

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once in My Life

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The House I Live In

7. Where or When

8. This Is All I Ask

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack the Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Theme From New York, New York

November 24, 1991

Extras

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey ( November 21-24 )

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Frank's show was scheduled to start at 8:00 P.M. Throughout his

four-day stay at the Sands, Sinatra had been experiencing problem

with his throat. By Sunday night, it had worsened to the point where

there was no way he could possibly sing. The audience was becoming

anxious when the management announced at 8:17 that Frank would

not be able to entertain them that evening.

Tom Dressen came out and did his 20 minutes and then introduced

Frank Sinatra Jr. Frank Jr. came on and did numbers from the Sinatra

Songbook. He wowed the audience, regaling them with memorable stories

about his father and singing the following songs:

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day'

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. My Heart Stood Still

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Where Or When

8. Ol' Man River

9. Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind

10. Mack The Knife

Frank Sinatra's son received two standing ovations from a very appreciative

audience on that long ago November night.

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December 1991

Extras

[Angie Dickinson Jokes That She Calls Frank "Mr. God"]

Nancy Sinatra: While helping promote Sinatra's Chivas Regal charity phone hotline, longtime friend Angie Dickinson was asked by a radio interviewer whether she called him God. She quipped that she would never do that — she would call him "Mr. God."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

December 5, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

December 6, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada (5 - 8)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. In the Still of the Night

3. What Now My Love

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Night and Day

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack the Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Theme From New York, New York

December 7, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada (5 - 8)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Comic: Tom Dreesen

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once In My Life

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The House I Live In

7. Where Or When

8. Moonlight In Vermont

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

15. Young At Heart

16. Summer Wind

Notes: TT 73mins.

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Fly With Me

3. For Once In My Life

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The House I Live In

7. Where Or When

8. Moonlight In Vermont

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

15. Young At Heart

16. Summer Wind

Notes: TT 73mins.

December 8, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada (5 - 8)

First Show, Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got You Under My Skin

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. What Now, My Love?

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. For Once In My Life

6. The House I Live In

7.. Luck Be A Lady

8. Summer Wind

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. Where Or When

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

December 31, 1991

Concerts

Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62mins.

1992

Extras

[At Radio City Music Hall, 1992]

Sinatra performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York in 1992.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

[Bennett Praises Sinatra's Hidden Generosity]

In 1992, Tony Bennett remarked on Sinatra's rarely publicized warm side, noting that as a private man he downplayed the many charitable benefits and personal kindnesses he quietly extended to those he loved.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

[Frank's 1992 Tour Load]

Frank's touring intensified further in 1992, with eighty-four dates performed that year despite his family's growing concern about his stamina and judgment.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra (1992 miniseries)]

Daughter Tina spent nearly a decade developing the four-hour TV miniseries Sinatra, which Frank eventually blessed; it had a then-record miniseries budget of $18.5 million and covered his life from childhood through 1974, starring Philip Casnoff as Sinatra.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[personal life]

Jilly Rizzo, one of Sinatra's closest remaining companions, was killed on May 6, 1992, further shrinking Sinatra's inner circle.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[Death of Jilly Rizzo]

Jilly Rizzo was killed in a car crash the day before he was due to spend his seventy-fifth birthday with Sinatra; Barbara Sinatra made sure a doctor was on hand when Frank heard the news, anticipating how devastated he would be.

Source: Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra (Rough guide 7.pdf), chapter "The Inner Circle."

[personnel/session origin -- critical commentary]

Phil Ramone: Producer Phil Ramone recalls that in 1992 he approached Sinatra's manager Elliot Weisman with an idea for an album: Sinatra performing live at the Rainbow Room with a string section, a hot rhythm section, and top soloists like Phil Woods, in the spirit of what Tony Bennett was doing with the Ralph Sharon Trio. Weisman suggested pitching the Duets concept first instead, doubting Sinatra would ever agree to a live album.

Source: Charles L. Granata, "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording" (1999/2003), Part V: Capitol Revisited

January 21, 1992

Concerts

Waldorf Astoria, New York City w/ Liza and Shirley MacLaine

Fund raiser for NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Stein

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. What Now My Love

4. Mack The Knife

5. New York, New York

Ed O'Brien:

Frank was in great form.. Some funny comments and good humor throughout.

Extras

Waldorf Astoria, New York City

Fund raiser for NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Stein

Frank Sinatra and Barbara Sinatra during Andrew Stein's Birthday Party - January 21, 1992 at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City

Politician Andrew Stein and son Benjamin Stein, actress Shirley MacLaine, businessman Ronald O. Perelman, singer Frank Sinatra and wife Barbara Sinatra attend Andrew Stein's 47th Birthday Celebration on January 21, 1992 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

January 24, 1992

Concerts

Met Center, Minneapolis, Minn

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Summer Wind

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

Extras

Met Center, Minneapolis, Minn

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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February 1992

Extras

[Sinatra Miniseries Begins Filming]

Filming on the Sinatra miniseries began in February 1992, on a budget of $18.5 million, making it the most expensive miniseries produced up to that point.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra (1992 miniseries)]

Filming began in February 1992 and the miniseries aired that November; it won the Golden Globe for Best Television Miniseries and received nine Emmy nominations, winning for Best Director (James Sadwith) and Best Costume Design (Shelley Komarov).

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

February 12, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. My Funny Valentine

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Barbara

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 75mins.

February 13, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. My Funny Valentine

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins

Engagement ran from 2-12 to 2-16.

There were two shows on Saturday (15). Frank had two sets of songs by 1992. The A set opened with "I've Got The World On A String" and the B set with "Come Fly With Me." There were 35 songs in the book and each show had some overlap from the other set. Frank usually sang 16 or 17 numbers per show.

--Ed

February 14, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. My Funny Valentine

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Barbara

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. My Way

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

February 15, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6.. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: 64mins.

February 16, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7.. The House I Live In

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

February 29, 1992

Concerts

Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament, Palm Springs, California

1. You Make me Feel So Young

2. What Now My Love

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Best Is Yet To Come

5. Barbara (No Strings)

6. Mack The Knife

7. For Once In My Life

8. New York, New York

9. The Lady Is A Tramp

TT 37 min.

Barbara Sinatra and Frank Sinatra during Sinatra Golf Invitational Gala - February 29, 1992 at Marriott Hotel in Palm Springs, California

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March 12, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

Extras

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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March 13, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

March 14, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Notes: TT 63mins.

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. All Or Nothing At All

8. My Heart Stood Still

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

March 15, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. What Now, My Love?

8. This Is All I Ask

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

15. Summer Wind

16. I've Got You Under My Skin

17. I've Got The World On A String

Notes: TT 76mins.

March 18, 1992

Concerts

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FT. Lauderdale, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Witchcraft

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack the Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FT. Lauderdale, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

March 19, 1992

Concerts

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FT. Lauderdale, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. monologue & Band Intros

8. The House I Live In

9. Witchcraft

10. Barbara

11. Where or When

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 67mins.

March 20, 1992

Concerts

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FT. Lauderdale, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Witchcraft

9. Barbara

10. Where or When

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

March 21, 1992

Concerts

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FT. Lauderdale, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Witchcraft

9. Barbara

10. Where Or When

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 73mins.

March 22, 1992

Concerts

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, FT. Lauderdale, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Witchcraft

9. Where Or When

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

March 25, 1992

Concerts

THE DINAH SHORE GOLF TOURNAMENT, Palm Springs, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. The Best Is Yet To Come

2. New York, New York

April 8, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Moonlight In Vermont

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 67mins.

April 9, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 8-11)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Funny Valentine

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Where Or When

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

April 10, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Funny Valentine

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

April 11, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Bewitched

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Where Or When

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 56mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 12, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 23, 1992

Concerts

Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Shirley MacLaine

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Where or When

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack the Knife

11. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

12. My Way

13. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Shirley MacLaine

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April 25, 1992

Concerts

Superdome, New Orleans, LA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. My Funny Valentine

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. New York, New Yor

Notes: TT 66mins.

April 26, 1992

Concerts

Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. Summer Wind

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Mack the Knife

11. My Way

12. Theme From New York, New York

Note: Incomplete Setlist

May 1992

Extras

[Royal Albert Hall With Son Frank Jr. Conducting]

In May 1992 Sinatra performed at London's Royal Albert Hall with his son, Frank Sinatra Jr., serving as conductor and musical director.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

May 5, 1992

Extras

On the night of May 5, 1992, Frank's best friend Jilly Rizzo left a gathering shortly after midnight and was killed when a drunk driver broadsided his borrowed Jaguar, which caught fire. Frank reportedly collapsed to his knees when told the news. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 5, 1992

Extras

May 6, 1992

Extras

Jilly Rizzo, Frank's closest friend for decades, is killed on his own seventy-fifth birthday when a drunk driver struck the car he was riding in, a white Jaguar belonging to his girlfriend Betty Jean Kelly, which caught fire; the doors had locked automatically and he could not escape. Frank was devastated, sinking to his knees when told the news and secluding himself for days before serving as a pallbearer at Jilly's funeral in Cathedral City. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

[Additional detail on Jilly Rizzo's death, from Barbara's memoir]

Barbara's memoir adds that the crash happened just after midnight at a Dinah Shore Drive intersection in Palm Springs, hours before the seventy-fifth-birthday party that Frank had helped arrange for Rizzo, who had spent the previous day cooking a pasta "gravy" for the celebration. Barbara recalled the difficulty of deciding how to break the news to Frank the next morning, and friend George Schlatter's remark that no one had expected Jilly to die of natural causes, but nobody expected anything like this either.

Source: Barbara Sinatra, Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank Sinatra (New York: Crown Archetype, 2011).

May 14, 1992

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California (14-16)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. Theme From New York, New York

Ed O'Brien:

Frank played three nights (14-16) and did four shows.

He alternated between his A set of songs, beginning with "Come Fly With Me," and B set, beginning with

"I've Got The World On A String."

Extras

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California (14-16)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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May 14: Frank Sinatra dies in 1998 at the age of 82.

How odd is it that Frank Sinatra died on May 14th and throughout his life he was featured on the covers of TV Guide and Look Magazine for the week of May 14th: TV Guide Week of May 14, 1954

TV Guide Week of May 14, 1966

Look Magazine May 14, 1957

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May 15, 1992

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Funny Valentine

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. What Now My Love

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack the Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Theme From New York, New York

May 16, 1992

Concerts

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

6:30pm Show

1. Where Or When

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. What Now, My Love

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. New York, New York

Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

10:00pm Show

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. Moonlight in Vermont

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. The House I Live In

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. Theme From New York, New York

May 26, 1992

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Opening Night

The John Dankworth Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7.. Moonlight In Vermont

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Barbara

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 73mins.

Extras

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Opening Night

The John Dankworth Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

May 27, 1992

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England (May 26-31)

The John Dankworth Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Where Or When

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. My Funny Valentine

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New Yor

Notes: TT 74mins.

May 28, 1992

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Soliloquy

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. New York, New York

Notes: 82mins.

Extras

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, May 28, 1992

Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr backstage at the Royal Albert Hall, London, May 28, 1992

May 29, 1992

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. This Is All I Ask

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. What Now My Love

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York New York

May 30, 1992

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England

The John Dankworth Orchestra

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Cleo Laine was the opening act.

1. Where Or When

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Funny Valentine

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Ol' Man River

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: 76mins.

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May 31, 1992

Concerts

Royal Albert Hall, London, England (May 26-31)

Closing Night

The John Dankworth Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Cleo Laine

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Moonlight In Vermont

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

16. One For My Baby

Notes: This was Sinatra's last concert in London. TT 88mins.

June 3, 1992

Television

Barcelona, Spain

Note: Sinatra concert. TT82 min.

Concerts

Palaur Sont Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. What Now, My Love?

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. monologue

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: 75mins.

June 5, 1992

Concerts

Coliseum da Coruña, Spain

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. I Get a Kick Out of You

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. What Now My Love

11. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Coliseum da Coruña, Spain

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Coliseum da Coruña, Spain

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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June 7, 1992

Concerts

Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All or Nothing at All

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The Girl From Ipanema

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. What Now My Love

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Ol' Man River

12. Mack the Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

Frank’s second appearance in Portuguese grounds (arguably) - the first in 1945 in the Azores, as part of the USO tour with Phil Silvers.

--Pedro M

Extras

Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

(Google Translation):

Sinatra in Portugal: was it good or decadent?

Observador

Bruno Horta, 12 Dec 2015,

The first and only performance in our country took place 23 years ago, in June 1992. Challenged and forgotten about lyrics, he sang 16 songs at Estádio das Antas. It charged the corresponding to 700 thousand euros.

Sinatra gave many great concerts in his career (like this one in Israel) - in Porto, opinions were divided

The night is humid, but the rain is not confirmed. Through the red carpet, next to door 10 of the Estádio das Antas, a parade of politicians, businessmen and artists: Américo Amorim, Dias Loureiro, Proença de Carvalho, José Lello, Fernando Gomes, Pinto da Costa, Arlindo de Carvalho, Valentim Loureiro. And also Maluda and Amália Rodrigues (received with ovation), Carlos do Carmo, Filipe La Féria, Júlio Isidro, Augustus, Teresa Guilherme, many others. The people lurk. “Rings, necklaces and sequins are coveted that shine in a coat that two minimum wages would not pay”, will observe in the Diário de Notícias Miguel Carvalho, a reporter seconded to cover that night.

“What impressed me a lot was the fact that hundreds of people went, in procession, to the doors of the stadium, just to see and wave to the stars ”, recalls Miguel Carvalho in 2015. “Many of these stars from telenovelas, from competitions TV, politics, were only known to the people on television. ”

Sinatra concert poster in Portugal

It's Sunday, June 7, 1992. Porto is getting ready for Frank Sinatra's first concert in Portugal. And you will be the only one. The singer is 76 years old, has lost the vigor of the past, of course, and this will discourage many people. Some say it is "gaga", but others boast the timbre that resists.

On the eve, it was the favorite subject of the people of Porto: on the streets, in cafes, at home. As far as memory goes, Miguel Carvalho recalls that this “was the first big stadium concert that Porto had” . At that time, the city “was little more than the desert in terms of nominated shows.”

The press extolled “the voice of America” with special magazines, supplements, translated interviews. In the newspaper Público, Helena Vasconcelos sums up the figure and grasps the detail: descendant of poor Italian immigrants, who went up the pulse in life, Sinatra was an only child “very spoiled and even effeminate, as his biography says”. In fact, “his mother dressed him in pink and put on little dresses for him, because, according to her, what he liked was having a girl.

The Sinatra team was asked how much a concert cost in Madeira and they answered with another question: 'How much does Madeira cost?'

Sinatra, at sunset, arrives in Antas in a limousine escorted by police motorcycles , says Público . In a dark blue Audi, he secures the Correio da Manhã , then adding the picturesque: “Next to an escort, not the woman”. He is in the middle of a tour that went through Barcelona and A Coruña, has Porto in between and goes to Athens. It is brought by the production company LPE, which meanwhile has lost track.

Years before, a producer had already tried to bring him to Madeira, reports José Duarte, musicologist and author of the

Cinco Minutos de Jazz program , also in Porto in 92. “The Sinatra team was asked how much a concert in Madeira cost and they answered with another question: 'How much does Madeira cost?' ”

The singer is photographed from afar, entering Antas, but few see him. Go to the booth for the Futebol Clube do Porto coach, turned into a dressing room. Meanwhile, the “very important” figures make the red carpet and are expected by blue and red hosts, who install them on the stadium lawn, on tables provided with candles, strawberries and Raposeira - 350 tables of ten seats each. The rest of the audience is on the stands.

The doors opened at eight in the evening. But the show doesn't start until ten, first with Herman José, at the height of his popularity, to warm up the spectators. “It didn't burn the stadium, but it was up to the occasion, with an unstoppable pace of jokes,” notes Público.

Accompanied by Ana Bola and a “Japanese organ”, to demonstrate “what the first part of a Sinatra concert in Japan would be like”, the humorist does striptease , dresses in “Maximiana” and “José Estebes” and, of course, does jokes about Francisco Alberto , that is, Francis Albert Sinatra.

The concert itself starts at 10:55 pm, with Sinatra and an orchestra of more than 40 musicians on stage, directed by the son, Frank Sinatra Jr. The stands are filled to two thirds, because the tickets, sold exclusively to the Bank's counters Nacional Ultramarino, had no extraordinary demand: seven thousand to 15 thousand, the newspapers do not match, with a minimum price of almost five contos (25 euros) and a maximum of 30 contos (60 euros) per person.

Decadent figure or legendary breath

The singer appears in a suit and tie, a red scarf in his coat pocket. He will sing almost all the big hits: "Come Fly With Me", "All or Nothing At All", "Strangers in The Night" or "I'Ve Got You Under My Skin". Out of tune, little communicative, debits 16 themes. "Old Man River" is considered one of the best moments of the night.

In a text entitled “in the shadow of glory”, journalist Jorge Dias writes in Público, two days later, that Sinatra had presented a “decadent figure, but still with some pride”. “Sober and engaging”, qualifies Fátima Vilas-Boas, in the Correio da Manhã. “The man is almost gaga, a pale reflection of portentous times”, loads Jorge Dias. “A very good concert,” says João Botelho da Silva in the Diário de Notícias, with an appreciative shot: “The legendary breath is reduced, but the timbre has lost nothing in thickness, the diction remains sharp, the timing unperturbed”.

The Antas was a bad choice, but seeing Frank Sinatra live was always watching a miracle.

“A Voz” had landed in Porto by private jet and stayed no more than five hours, time for dinner, singing and boarding again. It is known that he brought 12 security guards, asked Camel without a filter in the dressing room and Jack Daniel's on stage, in addition to presenting a list of requirements, those that concert producers like to promote and you never know if they really come from the artists: colors, a piano, telephone, two soaps, towels, linen napkins, 12 boxes of cough drops, cans of Campbell's soup, egg sandwiches with chicken and turkey salad, etc., etc., etc.

The Sheraton do Porto hotel had prepared the presidential suite, but the singer did not stay overnight, only his son stayed. There were about 70 minutes of songs for the modest amount, the chronicles say, of 140 thousand contos - something like 700 thousand euros.

“An artist's work on stage is subject to varied extramusical conditions, and in this case, Antas was a bad choice ”, analyzes José Duarte. But was it good or was it decadent? “Seeing Sinatra live was always watching a miracle,” he replies.

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June 9, 1992

Concerts

Panathinaiko Stadio, Athens, Greece

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Where Or When

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. All Or Nothing At All

5. Witchcraft

6. Strangers In The Night

7. For Once In My Life

8. Come Rain Or Come Shine

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. My Heart Stood Still

11. I Get A Kick Out Of You

12. The Lady Is A Tramp

13. What Now My Love

14. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

15. Mack The Knife

16. One For My Baby

17. Luck Be A Lady

18. My Way

19. Summer Wind

20. New York, New York

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Extras

Panathinaiko Stadio, Athens, Greece

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Sinatra's June 9 concert in Athens was financial flop

By JOHN CARR, Tampa Bay Times

Published June 22, 1992|Updated Oct. 11, 2005

A June 9 concert appearance in Athens, Greece, by Frank Sinatra appears to have lost its backers as much as $500,000 and deprived a local charity of anticipated income.

Despite a $300,000 advertising and publicity campaign, the show at Athens' 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium drew less than 20,000 concertgoers. It appears to have been an example of bad financial planning by leading Greek insurance company Aspis Pronia and local promoters Acropolis International, which reportedly contracted a formidable bank loan to pay Sinatra $650,000.

Media analysts say the figure is by far the biggest fee a foreign artist in Greece has ever received. In the wake of the less-than-capacity show, the press and promoters are asking how this small market can afford such stars. "There was a huge miscalculation somewhere," states a leading Athens promoter not connected with the venture.

The promoters were reportedly confident of selling at least 50,000 tickets to recover costs and give something to the Greek Organ Transplant Society.

Acropolis International says it sold 30,000 tickets, but the real figure, according to independent promoters, was more like 18,000. The total financial loss has been estimated at around $500,000.

It's the third time Sinatra has sung in Athens. The first was in 1962, when he donated his fee to charity and in return received the Gold Key of the city of Athens from grateful local authorities. This time, however, he received strong criticism in the national press for the heavy security surrounding his arrival, performance and departure.

June 24, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. I've Got A Crush On You

10. What Now My Love

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins.

June 25, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. I've Got A Crush On You

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 73mins.

June 26, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Where Or When

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Ol' Man River

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

June 27, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. My Funny Valentine

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 56mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. I've Got A Crush On You

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

11.. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13.. My Way

14. Strangers In The Night

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

June 28, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 82mins.

July 21, 1992

Concerts

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 79mins.

Extras

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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July 23, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Barbara

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. My Way

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins

Ah, yes, the great Comedian Frank Sinatra.

July 24, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. I've Got You Under My Skin

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away /It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 77mins.

July 25, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (23-26)

First Show

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Monologue & Introductions

8. The House I Live In

9. I Get A Kick Out Of You

10. I've Got A Crush On You

11. What Now My Love

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York , New York

TT 79 min.

July 26, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (23-26)

1. Where or When

2. In the Still of the Night

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

August 7, 1992

Concerts

Sporting Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Princess Grace Red Cross Gala

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Partial Set List:

1. For Once In My Life

2. The Lady Is A Tramp

3. Witchcraft

4. What Now, My Love?

5. Strangers In The Night

6. Mack The Knife

7. My Way

8. New York, New York

August 19, 1992

Extras

note: Frank joined Dean on the 23rd and Sammy arrived on Saturday

the 25th. There would be four shows that night. The final one was at

4 A.M. on the 26th. And that would be Frank's final show at Skinny's

legendary club.

September 17, 1992

Concerts

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California

W/ Shirley MacLaine

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Witchcraft

4.. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady s A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now My Love

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16 Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Los Angeles Times

Extras

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California

W/ Shirley MacLaine

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

September 18, 1992

Concerts

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 77mins.

September 23, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (September 23-27)

F.S. Jr. conducting

Wednesday afternoon rehearsal

1. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Costa arg.)

2. Come Fly With Me

3. A Foggy Day ( Costa arg.)

4. Young At Heart

Wednesday night

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All Or Nothing At All (Riddle arg.)

3. A Foggy Day (Costa arg.)

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In ( Costa arg.)

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Bewitched

10. I Get A Kick Out Of You

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

September 24, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

September 25, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. afternoon Rehearsal:

1. The Way You Look Tonight

2. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Costa chart 61)

3. Come Fly With Me

4. A Foggy Day

5. Young At Heart

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All or Nothing at All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. What Now My Love

10. I Get a Kick Out of You

11. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

September 26, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. For Once In My Life

4. Witchcraft

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. This Is All I Ask

10. I Get A Kick Out Of You

11. Ol' Man River

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

September 27, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 1, 1992

Concerts

Warner Theater, Washington DC

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

17. Luck Be A Lady

Notes: TT 80mins.

Extras

Warner Theater, Washington DC

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

THE WARNER, ROARING ONCE MORE

LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD AS DOWNTOWN THEATER REOPENS

By Jacqueline Trescott

and

Richard Harrington

October 1, 1992 at 8:00 p.m. EDT

The snapping sound of limousine doors closing in front of the newly grand theater on 13th Street NW had attracted a slew of onlookers. The invitation to last night's gala reopening of the Warner Theatre had urged either black-tie or 1920s attire, and there were choruses of admiring aahs from passersby for the guests who came in billowing capes and bugle beads and who accented their satins and silks with marabou muffs and feathered headbands.

The air was thick with nostalgia as the crowd of 2,000 swarmed in to see both the restoration of the old downtown movie palace and performances by Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine.

More than a few years ago, Sinatra played the Earle Theater as the male vocalist in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The Earle changed its name to the Warner, Sinatra became a star in his own right, and last night, it was finally Sinatra at the Warner. Of course, Sinatra at 76 is almost a decade older than the theater, and he hasn't had the benefit of a $7 million restoration, but for the most part it was a comfortable fit, one classic institution gracing another.

MacLaine, an Arlington native, recalled working the Warner -- in a previous lifetime, of course -- before she embarked on a determined stroll down memory lane, singing snippets of songs drawn from her long film and stage career and the same deep well of American Popular Song from which Sinatra has drawn so much inspiration. MacLaine put a lot of kick into her material ("that's what Mary Day taught me," she said of her teacher at the Washington School of Ballet). Unfortunately, Sinatra's TelePrompTer hid MacLaine's lower legs from the audience.

"I first came to Washington in 1949, so I am just full of memories tonight," former National Gallery of Art director J. Carter Brown said after the show. "I remember seeing 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and all those other great movies and the great innovations in film technology, right here. Also, I'm overjoyed from the point of view of preservation," said Brown, who is also the chairman of the Commission on Fine Arts. "This is fabulous. The whole center of gravity of Washington's cultural center is moving."

The general wisdom last night was that the reopening of the Warner, a bit seedy when it was shuttered in 1989, would breathe life into a downtown often deserted by Washington's stiff-collared office workers. "When you have something, something as wonderful as this -- even though it's been so crowded I haven't had much time to look -- I just salute it," said Frankie Hewitt, the doyenne of the nearby Ford's Theatre.

"No question about its impact," said D.C. Council member Linda Cropp. "This an important part of our downtown arts district from Seventh Street to here. Now you will see a big difference in the nighttime around here."

The dual beneficiaries of the Warner's reopening were noted by J. Byrne Murphy, a senior vice president of the Kaempfer Co., which redeveloped the block of E Street between 12th and 13th NW. "What we wanted to happen was that the Warner would come back and be noticed," he said. "This is a great night for arts and the city."

Outside the theater, the most authentic of the Roaring Twenties guests were attracting cameras and applause. Members of a Washington swing dance group, they were invited to help create some mood: Lucy Renzi, a secretary to Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health; Craig Hutchinson, a retired military officer; Rick Carter, an international marketing businessman; and Carole Watt, a vice president of Meridian House. Renzi was wearing a blue spangled dress covered by a gold and green brocade coat and a red cap of marcel waves. "We just love getting dressed, though actually we didn't know what we were wearing until 6:30. Usually we just dance," Renzi said. The group was first on the black-and-white-checked dance floor when the show stopped and the guests retreated to a champagne supper on the top floor of an adjoining office building.

During the early evening, the rubbernecking was not confined to the curb. Inside the theater, the exacting detail of the restoration was drawing praise."We would come downtown on the bus to see people like Sinatra, Red Skelton and a number of great big bands," said William Cafritz, a native Washingtonian. "This is beautiful." Jaime Sendra-Catafau, a language professor at George Mason University, recalled the many evenings he had spent in the theater. Standing last night in the packed lobby, Sendra also pronounced the effort "beautiful. This will help make Washington more livable as a city with a downtown."

Also at the theater were Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp, whose department gave a $4 million grant for the restoration; D.C. Council members Charlene Drew Jarvis, H.R. Crawford and Harold Brazil; film producer Ted Pedas; and fund-raiser Jayne Ikard.

The bipartisan support for the event was jokingly noted by MacLaine, who said she had known Sinatra for 35 years. "I knew Frank when the government was Camelot instead of lie-a-lot." There was scattered laughter.

At his age, no one should expect Sinatra to reflect the sentiment expressed on "You Make Me Feel So Young," and his long history and undeniable achievement undoubtedly helped fans overlook the continued deterioration of The Voice (most obvious in Sinatra's narrowing range, wandering pitch and occasionally clumsy phrasing). Often, the 24-piece band covered these weaknesses, but sometimes Sinatra didn't keep pace: "A Foggy Day in London Town" sounded a bit froggy, and "Under My Skin," "For Once in My Life" and "Where or When" suffered from dragging tempo. "Come Rain or Come Shine" struggled along, as well, but its declaration seemed appropriate for fans, who are going to love Sinatra however he sounds.

The more effective moments in the show were those with the built-in drama that draws out Sinatra's interpretive acumen: the grandly patriotic narrative of "The House I Live In"; "My Funny Valentine," where the tear in Sinatra's heart was transformed into his sigh; a brassy, propulsive "The Best Is Yet to Come"; the introspection, bravado, pride and anxiety careening through the "Soliloquy" from "Carousel"; and "One for My Baby," the ultimate saloon song for the ultimate saloon singer. To complete the mood, the singer lit up a cigarette, causing some grumbling among the deprived smokers in the house. Backed by Bill Miller's piano and subdued strings, Sinatra turned the SRO audience into a surrogate bartender that apparently didn't mind his bending their collective ear.

"For those of us who have not been on the Vegas circuit, it was a lifetime experience," announced Jarvis. With the strains of Sinatra still echoing, Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly declared the evening "terrific. It shows downtown Washington is alive and well."

October 2, 1992

Concerts

Centrum, Worcester, Mass

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Bill Miller on Piano

O.A. John Pinette

Shirley MacLaine

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. My Funny Valentine

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins.

Extras

Centrum, Worcester, Mass

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Bill Miller on Piano

O.A. John Pinette

Shirley MacLaine

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October 3, 1992

Concerts

Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. New York, New York

15. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

16. Frank: My Way

Notes: TT 80mins.

Extras

Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Providence Journal

10-5-92

October 8, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

First Show, Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. All Or Nothing At All

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. The House I Live In

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Barbara

8. Summer Wind

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. What Now My Love

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. My Way

14. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

15. New York New York

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Second Show, Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. The House I Live In

6. Strangers In The Night

7. Barbara

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Autumn in New York

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

16. New York, New York

Notes: 80mins. note: Frank was set to play RCMH from 10/8 thru 10/17. He did shows up thru 10/11 and then missed the 12th, 13th, 14. He finished the run from the 15th to the 17th. He came back on 10/30 and made up the three days missed earlier, closing on 11/1.. Shirley MacLaine was there for both engagements.

--Ed

Extras

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Review/Pop; Sinatra and MacLaine: Stoic and Feisty Nostalgia By Karen Schoemer

Oct. 10, 1992

Shirley MacLaine isn't as big a legend as Frank Sinatra, but she sure can kick higher. At Radio City Music Hall on Thursday night, opening their eight-night engagement, Ms. MacLaine strove to dazzle by abundance. She had lots of great costumes, lots of songs, lots of jokes and lots of gusto. With her red hair short and her mouth fresh, she came onstage wearing a black-and-silver dress that showed off a generous percentage of her long legs; when she stepped just right she gave a glimpse of a fiery red petticoat underneath. Later, she wore a cosmic-blue ball gown. Ms. MacLaine doesn't have a voice that exactly dazzles, but she went easily from hot-mama bravura to lovelorn tenderness. Most of her numbers were medleys. She sang so many songs, or portions of them, that it was hard to keep count: everything from "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," "Irma la Douce," and selections from the musical "Gypsy" to "Heart and Soul," "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" and Hank Williams's "Hey Good Lookin'." Throughout, Ms. MacLaine happily played the feisty grande dame. In between cracks about how she spent a good portion of her film roles in bed, she made all her costume changes onstage, within view of the audience. She even did a can-can. "It was easier playing hookers," she panted afterward, lifting the dress and ripping off the petticoat. By contrast, Mr. Sinatra showed an almost stoic, grandfatherly restraint. He wore a gray suit with a red hankie in his breast pocket, and the most high-stepping he did was a slight hip chuck during Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You" or a subdued tap dance in "You Make Me Feel So Young." But flash and frills have, of course, never been Mr. Sinatra's style; his greatness has always been built around his casual, effortless grace. He is a man of first takes, a singer who sits as comfortably in his songs as in an easy chair yet winds up looking like a king on a throne. Much has been made of the deterioration of Mr. Sinatra's voice. Yet one of the most intriguing aspects of his autumn-years performances is that his approach hasn't changed an iota. His phrasing still swings, and his candor is intact. The physical instrument alone shows age. So when he leaps into "Come Fly With Me" or tosses off a reference to "that chick" in "The Lady Is a Tramp," the authority remains very much evident. And when he shoots for a note that he can't quite reach, the shadow of the younger man echoes, clear and strong. On Thursday, Mr. Sinatra had a moment of magnificence that would have been impossible in his youth. Singing the saloon standard "One for My Baby," he climbed inside the song, emotionally and physically. Here, his voice broke by design; the words, and the feeling, were no longer just out of reach but right in the palm of his hand. As the song waned, he stood up from his bar stool and shuffled offstage. The time was a quarter to 3. One could almost see him take his fedora from the coat rack. One could almost hear the saloon door click shut behind him. NEW YORK TIMES

OCTOBER 10, 1992

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

New York Post

10-9-92

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October 9, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

October 8 -17

Frank Sinatra & Shirley MacLaine

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Barbara

10. Summer Wind

11. Autumn In New York

12. What Now, My Love?

13. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. My Way

17. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 86mins.

Extras

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

October 10, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. The House I Live In

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. Barbara

9. Summer Wind

10. I've Got A Crush On You

11. What Now, My Love?

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 75mins.

October 11, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (8-17) w/ Shirley MacLaine

Sunday evening

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. Strangers In The Night

8. Barbara

9. I Get A Kick Out Of You

10. Moonlight In Vermont

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. Medley with S. MacLaine: Frank sang "You Make Me Feel So Young" & "Witchcraft"

17. New York, New York

October 12, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (8-17) w/ Shirley MacLaine

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. The House I Live In

7. Luck Be a Lady

8. Barbara

9. Summer Wind

10. My Funny Valentine

11. What Now My Love

12. The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

15. My Way

16. Medley - Let's Sing It(with Shirley MacLaine)

17. You Make Me Feel So Young

18. Witchcraft

19. Theme From New York, New York

October 13, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (8-17) w/ Shirley MacLaine

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

October 14, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (8-17)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr. with Shirley MacLaine

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. Strangers in the Night

8. Barbara

9. I Get a Kick Out of You

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Medley: Let's Sing It (with Shirley MacLaine) & You Make Me Feel So Young (with Shirley MacLaine) & Witchcraft (with Shirley MacLaine)

16. Theme From New York, New York

October 15, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (8-15)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. All Or Nothing At All

2. For Once In My Life

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. The House I Live In

6. Luck Be A Lady

7. Barbara

8.. Summer Wind

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. What Now, My Love?

11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

12. Mack The Knife

13. My Way

14. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 61mins.

Ed O'Brien:

Sinatra's engagement was set to run from 10-8 to 10/17. The last two dates were on a Friday and Saturday, with two shows a night.

Frank canceled both nights and flew back to Palm Springs. The four shows were rescheduled for 10-30-31 and 11/1. He did two shows on 11/1.

October 30, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. monologue

8. The House I Live In

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. My Funny Valentine

Notes: incomplete tape running 45mins.

October 31, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. My Heart Stood Still

11. Where Or When

12. Ol' Man River

13. Mack The Knife

14. My Way

15. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 83mins.

November 1992

Extras

[Sinatra TV Mini-Series Broadcast]

A five-hour TV mini-series about Sinatra's life, years in the making and produced by his daughter Tina, aired. Though dismissed by some as a whitewash since Frank had approved the script, it was more candid than expected, including in its treatment of his friendship with mobster Sam Giancana.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

November 1, 1992

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (October 30-November 1)

Sunday afternoon, 3:00 p.m. show

w/Shirley MacClaine

1. Come Fly with Me

2. A foggy Day

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in my Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck be a Lady

9. The Best is Yet to Come

10. Moonlight in Vermont

11. What Now My Love

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for My Baby

15. My Way

16. Medley with Shirley MacLaine. She sings parody of Porter's

"Let's Do It" and Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek."

Sinatra sings "You Make me Feel so Young" and

"Witchcraft."

17. New York, New York

Radio City Music Hall, New York City (October 30-November 1) 8:00 p.m. show w/Shirley MacClaine

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Where or When

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Medley : Let's Sing It (with Shirley MacLaine), You Make Me Feel So Young (with Shirley MacLaine), Witchcraft (with Shirley MacLaine)

16. Theme From New York, New York

November 5, 1992

Concerts

Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. Autumn In New York

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Soliloquy

10. Mack The Knife

11. One For My Baby

12. New York, New York

13. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

14. My Way

Notes: TT 75mins.

November 7, 1992

Concerts

Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio w/Shirley Maclaine

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Strangers In The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. I've Got A Crush On You

11. Where Or When

12. Ol' Man River

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. New York, New York

16. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me

Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) - Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)

17. My Way

Notes: TT 86mins.

Extras

Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio

November 8, 1992

Concerts

Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Shirley MacLaine

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. Strangers in the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. I've Got A Cursh On You

1. Where or When

12. Ol' Man River

13. Mack the Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. Theme From New York, New York

16. Medley: Let's Sing It (with Shirley MacLaine), You Make Me Feel So Young (with Shirley MacLaine), Witchcraft (with Shirley MacLaine)

17. My Way

November 11, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (11-15)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Bewitched

11. Where Or When

12. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

November 12, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (11-15)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. I've Got A Crush On You

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: Check to see if track 9 should be corrected. TT 76mins.

November 13, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (11-15)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

November 14, 1992

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (11-15)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Saturday evening

8:PM show

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In monologue

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Bewitched

10. Where Or When

11. Soliloquy

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 79mins.

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (11-15)

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Note: Sinatra was dark on the 13th.

November 15, 1992

Extras

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (11-15)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Ed O'Brien:

The 15th was cancelled. Frank on the 11th and 12th,

he did one show per night, dark on the 13th and two shows on

the 14th.

December 8, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Barbara

10. What Now, My Love?

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Where Or When

13. Soliloquy

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. My Way

17. New York, New York

Notes: Poster lists 12/7 as opening, needs checked. TT 82mins.

December 9, 1992

Studio

Young At Heart

(J. Richards/C. Leigh)

Cherio Corporation/ June's Tunes (US) Cherio Corporation (CANADA) (ASCAP) Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle

-12 (2:49) CD: CDP 724383595228 Sinatra 80th "All The Best"

CD: C2 724383808922 The Complete Capitol Singles

CD: C2-94777 The Capitol Years

CD: CDP 7-92160-2 Frank Sinatra Collectors Series

LP: T768 This Is Sinatra!

45: 2703

11993 I Could Have Told You

(J. Van Heusen/C. Sigman)

Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle

-11CD: C2 724383808922 The Complete Capitol Singles

CD: CDP 7-94519-2 No One Cares

LP: W1164 Look To Your Heart

45: 2787

Musicians - Reeds: Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Harry Klee, Warren Webb; Trombone:

Tommy Pederson; Bass Trombones: George Roberts; French Horn; John Cave, John Graas; Vilons: Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Henry Hill, Anatol Kaminsky, Mischa Russell, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci; Violas: Paul Robyn, David Sterkin; Cellos: Cy Bernard, Elleanor Slatkin; Piano: Bill Miller;

Bass: Joe Comfort; Guitar: Bob Bain; Drums: Alvin Stoller; Harp: Kathryn Julye

Session Producer: Voyle Gilmore

note: I realized this afternoon that we were observing the 70th anniversary of this session. Frank did not think much of "Young At Heart" and was very reluctant to make a recording. Jimmy Van Heusen thought it had hit written all over it. Chester reminded Frank of his rather faulty judgment through the years. Citing a number of songs Frank passed on including "Mona Lisa." Frank gave in and the song was a smash hit for him. It took him sometime to warm to it but eventually he did. "I Could Have Told You" was William B. Williams' favorite Sinatra recording. I love the chart Riddle wrote for "Rain." What a perfectionist Sinatra was back then. He did 27 takes before he was satisfied with the first song to be recorded that night.

Ed O'Brien notes: What a session ! Alan Livingston told me "Young At Heart" was the turning point for Frank at Capitol. He had had some success that year with Riddle but the huge hit that "Heart" gave him really got the musical career back on track. Fifty takes were done that evening on three songs. The last take is the released recording of "I Could Have Told You." Not bad for number fifty. I asked Riddle about this marathon session and he told me "Frank had voice to burn back then." Did he ever.

In November of 1953 Jimmy Van Heusen played "Young At Heart" for Sinatra and urged him to record it. It put Carolyn Leigh on the map. Frank would go on to record "Witchcraft," "How Little We Know," "Stay With Me," "Pass Me By,""Best Is Yet To Come all composed by Ms. Leigh.

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The House I Live In

9. Luck Be Lady

10. The Summer Wind

11. My Funny Valentine

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. medley: The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

14. Mack The Knife

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. My Way

17. New York, New York

TT 74mins.

December 10, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Strangers in the Night

9. What Now My Love

10. My Funny Valentine

11. Where or When

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

December 11, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now, My Love?

10. If You Are But A Dream

11. Where Or When

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 64mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

Second Show

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. In the Still of the Night

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once in My Life

6. Come Rain or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The House I Live In

9. Summer Wind

10. Moonlight in Vermont

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

December 12, 1992

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

SINATRA 77

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. In the Still of the Night

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once in My Life

6. Come Rain or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The House I Live In

9. Summer Wind

10. My Funny Valentine

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (8 - 12)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

SINATRA 77

Ed O'Brien:

Frank did one show a night 8 thru 10. There were two shows on Friday the 11th and then a private show on his birthday in the Crystal Room with a reception after the show in the Grand Ballroom.

Friends and family members were in attendance.

Frank sang for 70 minutes. The numbers included

"Summer Wind," "My Funny Valentine," "My Way,"

"New York, New York" and a dozen more.

Celebrities began arriving in limos at 6:pm. Leading a list too numerous to name were Debbie Reynolds,

Larry King, Leroy Neiman, Charles Bronson, Angie

Dickinson, Steve Lawrence, June Allyson, Henry

Mancini, Terry Moore, Rod Steiger, Dick Van Dyke,

Robby McDowall. The public was invited to view the arrivals.

The Desert Inn celebrated Frank's birthday all week.

You could win $7,777 on the Sinatra 77th slot carousel.

They also offered 77th souvenirs and collector coins plus a top daily drawing of $777 in the Daily Twin Quinella. They even had a 77th promotion booth.

Frank received a half-dozen standing ovations during his perform- ance. After Frank sang his final number, "New York, New York,"

Don Rickles wheeled out a cake with the message "Happy Birthday -- Blue Eyes." Visibly moved, Frank said "Thank you for helping me celebrate a very important birthday because there aren't many left." This elicited moans from the capacity crowd who encouraged him to keep performing.

Over the course of the five day stint, there were 32 songs sung by the birthday boy.

1993

Extras

[Cataract Surgery]

Frank had cataracts removed in 1993, with only slight improvement to his vision. His declining eyesight led him to give up his lifelong hobby of painting and eventually stop reading altogether.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Duets Album Tops The Charts]

At age 77, Sinatra reached number one on the Billboard charts with Duets, an album pairing him with contemporary rock and pop stars singing his standards, which won over a new generation of fans.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Re-Signs With Capitol, Begins Recording Duets]

In 1993 Sinatra re-signed with his original label, Capitol Records, and began recording the album Duets in the label's famed "Studio A."

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

[Frank re-records "My Way" with Pavarotti]

Frank cut 'My Way' again during his 1990s Duets era, released as a bonus track on Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert, sharing the vocals with Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[recording session -- critical commentary]

A third attempt at a Duets session was scheduled for July 1, 1993. Ahead of it, Ramone and Sinatra's longtime concert sound director Hank Cattaneo built a small stage around the orchestra to replicate the environment of Sinatra's live shows, rather than relying on the isolated vocal booth.

Source: Charles L. Granata, "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording" (1999/2003), Part V: Capitol Revisited

[recording session -- critical commentary]

Patrick Williams: In that single July 1, 1993 session, Sinatra recorded nine songs in about three and a half hours, giving full commitment to each performance -- an outpouring Williams found remarkable given Sinatra's age and initial reluctance.

Source: Charles L. Granata, "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording" (1999/2003), Part V: Capitol Revisited

[recording session/anecdote -- critical commentary]

Patrick Williams: When Sinatra arrived at about ten minutes to six for the July 1, 1993 session, the band happened to be on a break, prompting a scramble to get everyone back in position. This was also the first time Williams met Sinatra in person, despite having arranged for him for weeks.

Source: Charles L. Granata, "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording" (1999/2003), Part V: Capitol Revisited

January 13, 1993

Concerts

Cerritos Performing Arts Center (13-17)

Opening Night

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now My Love

10. This Is All I Ask

11. Street Of Dreams

12. Soliloquy

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York , New York

TT 79 min.

Ed O'Brien

Frank inaugurated the new $60-million Center For The Performing Arts. Opening night was by invitation only. There was a pre-concert party for the celebrities that was catered by the nearby Sheraton Cerritos Hotel. Partygoers went through 72 cases of champagne and devoured fancy canapes passed around on silver trays by a staff of 50 waiters.The mayor, Sherman R. Kappe, said, "This is the biggest thing to happen to our city. It will put Cerritos on the map culturally." Sinatra drew a capacity audience of 1,850. He was completely sold out for the five-night engagement.

Among the star-studded celebs were Buddy Hackett, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickenson, Jack Carter, Phyllis Diller, Brenda Vacarro, Lee Meriwether, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Ernest Borgnine, Kirk Cameron, Corbin Bernsen, Michael Lerner, Gloria Loring and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sinatra was very impressed with the new house. He told the audience that the it was really beautiful.

Alternate songs done during the engagement:

I've Got The World On A String

All Or Nothing At All

A Foggy Day

I've Got You Under My Skin

Luck Be A Lady

Barbara

Summer Wind

I've Got A Crush On You

My Funny Valentine

The Best Is Yet To Come

Where Or When

Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered My Mind

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

Extras

Cerritos Performing Arts Center (13-17)

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January 14, 1993

Concerts

Cerritos Performing Arts Center (13-17)

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. Summer Wind

10. My Funny Valentine

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

January 15, 1993

Concerts

Cerritos Performing Arts Center (13-17)

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Strangers in the Night

9. What Now My Love

10. Street of Dreams

11. Where or When

12. Mack the Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

Ed O'Brien:

Sammy Cahn died on January 15, 1993.

Sinatra paid tribute to him from the stage of the Cerritos Performing Arts Center. He recorded 89 of Cahn's songs.

January 16, 1993

Concerts

Cerritos Performing Arts Center (13-17)

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All or Nothing at All

3. My Kind of Town

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. Summer Wind

11. Moonlight in Vermont

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

January 17, 1993

Concerts

Cerritos Performing Arts Center, Cerritos, CA (13-17)

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. Summer Wind

10. I've Got a Crush on You

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

January 22, 1993

Extras

Frank attended the funeral of Sammy Cahn, one of his closest friends and favorite lyricists, who died of congestive heart failure at 79.

Frank Sinatra (quoted): "I've never known, never sung a Cahn song that didn't say something."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

January 28, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (28-31)

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Summer Wind

10. I've Got A Crush On You

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. Street Of Dreams

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

January 29, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (28-31)

Orchestra Conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where or When

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. Summer Wind

10. I've Got a Crush on You

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. Street of Dreams

15. My Way

16. Theme From New York, New York

January 30, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (28-31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Of Me

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. monologue

10. My Funny Valentine

11. Street Of Dreams

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

January 31, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (28-31)

Closing Night

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. My Funny Valentine

10. Street Of Dreams

11. Mack The Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13.. My Way

14. New York , New York

TT 60 min.

March 6, 1993

Concerts

Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitation Gala,

Marriott's Desert Springs, Palm Desert, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1.. Come Rain Or Come Shine

2. For Once In My Life

3. Barbara

4. Mack The Knife

5. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins of which 25mins is Sinatra's Set

Extras

Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitation Gala

March 23, 1993

Concerts

Wyndham Hotel, Palm Springs, California

Dinah Shore Nabisco Classic

Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller w/ Dinah Shore

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. For Once In My Life

3. Barbara

4. Luck Be A Lady

5. Come Fly With Me

6. One For My Baby

7. Mack The Knife

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You w/Dinah

Notes: TT 20mins.

note: This was not a TV show.

There is a video of the highlights of the tournament and dinner filmed by the sponsor. Sinatra segment is well done.

Ed notes:

There is a moment of pure magic near the end of

Sinatra's performance. Dinah had introduced him and Frank did five or six songs before turning to the Arlen/Mercer classic "One For My Baby." You were never sure what would happen at a Sinatra concert by 1993. What did happen that night electrified both the audience and the musicians. The latter watched in awe as the master storyteller weaved a tale of unrequited love. He inhabits the song in a way no one else ever could or should. The cigarette prop, body movement and stage presence are all used to full effect and it is simply mesmerizing. The lion in winter could still thrill an audience and musicians who had seen it all.

April 15, 1993

Concerts

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get a Kick Out of You

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Where or When

9. Strangers in the Night

10. Street of Dreams

11. I've Got a Crush on You

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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April 16, 1993

Concerts

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. What Now, My Love?

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 69mins.

April 17, 1993

Concerts

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Where Or When

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Street Of Dreams

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

TT 68mins.

April 18, 1993

Concerts

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. In the Still of the Night

3. All or Nothing at All

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once in My Life

6. Come Rain or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. What Now My Love

11. My Heart Stood Still

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

April 20, 1993

Concerts

War Memorial Stadium, Rochester, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Where Or When

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Street Of Dreams

11. My Heart Stood Still

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

April 22, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 23, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Barbara

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Street Of Dreams

11. I've Got A Crush On You

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 64mins.

April 24, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Street Of Dreams

10. I've Got A Crush On You

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got Youn Under My Skin

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Luck Be A Lady Tonight

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Moonlight In Vermont

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

April 25, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Closing Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Luck be Lady

9. What Now My Love

10. Moonlight In Vermont

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

Extras

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

May 5, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Mack The Knife

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. My Kind Kind Of Town

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

May 6, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. monologue

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Barbara

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Kind Of Town

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

May 7, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Ol' Man River

11. Mack The Knife

12. Angel Eyes

13. My Kind Of Town

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

May 8, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Witchcraft

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Street Of Dreams

11. Mack The Knife

12. My Way

13. monologue

14. New York, New York

Notes: 63mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Mack The Knife

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. My Kind Of Town

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins.

May 9, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Luck Be A Lady

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Mack The Knife

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. My Kind Of Town

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

May 12, 1993

Concerts

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Opening Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind of Town

2. Come Fly With Me

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Where or When

5. For Once in My Life

6. Come Rain or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is a Tramp

8. I Get a Kick Out of You

9. Strangers in the Night

10. Street of Dreams

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Theme From New York, New York

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. Summer Wind

15. Mack the Knife

16. My Way

Extras

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Opening Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Opening Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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May 13, 1993

Concerts

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind of Town

2. I've Got the World on a String

3. All or Nothing at All

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once in My Life

6. Come Rain or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. Witchcraft

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. Street of Dreams

11. What Now My Love

12. Theme From New York, New York

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. Summer Wind

15. Mack the Knife

16. My Way

May 14, 1993

Concerts

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind Of Town

2. Come Fly With Me

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. Where Or When

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11.. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Funny Valentine

13. New York, New York

14. Angel Eyes

15. Mack The Knife

16. Summer Wind

17. My Way

Notes: TT 76mins.

May 15, 1993

Concerts

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind Of Town

2. I've Got The World On A String

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Witchcraft

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. Street Of Dreams

10. What Now, My Love?

11. My Funny Valentine

12. New York, New York

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. Summer Wind

15. Mack The Knife

16. My Way

Extras

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Howard Reich profiled Bill Miller, in the Chicago Tribune, prior to Frank's opening on 5/12

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May 16, 1993

Concerts

Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind Of Town

2. I've Got The World On A String

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. A Foggy Day

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. You Make Me Feel So Young

8. Where Or When

9. I've Got You Under My Skin

10. Witchcraft

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. Street Of Dreams

13. What Now, My Love?

14. My Funny Valentine

15. New York, New York

16. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

17. Summer Wind

18. My Way

Notes: TT 75mins.

May 29, 1993

Concerts

Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Street Of Dreams

12. Ol' Man River

13. New York, New York

14. One For My Baby

15. Summer Wind

16. Mack The Knife

17. My Way

Notes: TT 84mins.

May 31, 1993

Concerts

Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. A Foggy Day

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now, My Love?

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. New York New York

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. Summer Wind

16. Mack The Knife

17. My Way

Notes: TT 75mins

June 1993

Extras

[A.J. Lambert Recalls A Sold-Out Concert In A Cologne Plaza]

Nancy Sinatra: Sinatra's granddaughter A.J. Lambert remembered a European tour stop where he performed at dusk in a plaza at the foot of a cathedral in Cologne, with rows of chairs set up outdoors and fans leaning out of surrounding buildings to watch the sold-out, sweltering show.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

[Amanda's High School Graduation]

In June 1993, Tina picked up Frank for granddaughter Amanda's high school graduation, finding him foggy and running late; they arrived after the diploma had already been handed out. His mood brightened considerably at a family lunch afterward at the Bistro Garden.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Westbury Music Fair Review]

After a rough June 1993 performance at the Westbury Music Fair, a Newsday critic wrote that it was painful to watch Frank struggle to read the oversized lyric screens meant to prompt him.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra balks at singing to pre-recorded track]

On the second night of the Duets sessions, producer Phil Ramone tried to get Sinatra to sing to headphones playing a track recorded the previous day; Sinatra tried it, called it "hokey," and left the studio.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Sinatra nails "Come Fly With Me" live with the band]

On the third night, Sinatra returned and sang "Come Fly With Me" live with the orchestra in one take, immediately wanting to move to the next song, a pace drummer Gregg Field found astonishing for conductor Patrick Williams to keep up with.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

June 2, 1993

Concerts

Derby Park, Hamburg, Germany

Open Air

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Street Of Dreams

12. Moonlight In Vermont

13. New York New York

14. Angel Eyes

15. Summer Wind

16. Mack The Knife

17. My Way

Notes: TT 76mins.

June 3, 1993

Concerts

Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Orchestral Overture

2. I've Got The World On A String

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. My Kind Of Town

5. For Once In My Life

6. A Foggy Day

7. Come Rain Or Come Shine

8. I've Got You Under My Skin

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Strangers In The Night

12. What Now My Love

13. I've Got A Crush On You

14. New York New York

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. Summer Wind

17. Mack The Knife

18. My Way

Notes: TT 86mins.

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June 5, 1993

Concerts

Schlossplatz Square, Stuttgart, Germany

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Street Of Dreams

12. Ol' Man River

13. New York New York

14. One For My Baby

15. Summer Wind

16. Mack The Knife

17. My Way

Notes: TT 74mins.

June 6, 1993

Concerts

Roncalliplatz, Cologne, Germany

Open-Air

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. A Foggy Day

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. monologue

11. Strangers In The Night

12. What Now My Love

13. Barbara

14. New York New York

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. Summer Wind

17. Mack The Knife

18. My Way

Notes: TT 70mins.

June 10, 1993

Concerts

Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7.. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Street Of Dreams

12. I've Got A Crush On You

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. I've Got You Under My Skin

16. Summer Wind

17. My Way

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins.

Extras

Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Sinatra Reaches the December of His Years

By WAYNE ROBINS

JULY 3, 199312 AM

NEWSDAY

NEW YORK It's a quarter to 3. I’m sitting at home with the stereo on, quietly so as not to wake the family. The floor is strewn with more than 20 Frank Sinatra albums, from the Dorsey sessions of 1940 to my '50s favorite, "One More for the Road."

On a chair is "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)," in which Sinatra takes an absurd Sonny Bono song and makes it sound as meaningful as something by my fondly remembered late acquaintance, Mr. Sammy Cahn.

There's no one in the place except me . . . and two of the friends that Sinatra used to introduce at many of his concerts: "Mr. Chivas" and "Mr. Regal." Soon they too will be gone. We're drinking, my friend, to the end of a long episode. Sinatra is singing "one for my baby, one more for the road." But soon he must sing it no more, for the road is coming to an end.

It is difficult to imagine a world without Sinatra singing. But it is a subject we must confront. Over and over in my mind, I have been reliving the night of June 10, the first of three consecutive evenings of Sinatra performances at Westbury Music Fair on Long Island. He did not seem well.

It was agony to watch the greatest entertainer of our lifetimes stumble around the stage, unable to read the seven oversized video screens that coached him with the lyrics, unable to remember the words to songs he has sung thousands of times. "What the hell are the words?" he shouted in the middle of "I've Got a Crush on You."

Some viewers of this sad spectacle were satisfied just to be in the presence of a legend. "Sure he forgot words and his voice sometimes failed him but . . . we love him for it!" one woman wrote.

Love is a funny thing. Sometimes it makes us blind to the faults of those closest to us, which--considering our species' stunning absence of perfection--is a good thing. But sometimes that love also protects us from facing painful truths about those we cherish.

Of course, people with problems find it difficult to admit the truth to themselves. The word psychologists use is denial . Let us stop our denial and face the uncomfortable fact that for the sake of his health and the sake of his reputation, Frank Sinatra should be elevated to Chairman of the Board Emeritus. He should retire, with dignity.

It has been an extraordinary run. For more than 50 years--50 years!--Sinatra has been the standard by which every other popular singer is judged and found, in whatever way, wanting.

Others may have better pipes--you could make an argument that Tony Bennett has a voice technically superior to Sinatra's in terms of range and power. But as great as Bennett is, he knows who stands where in the firmament: He recorded an album of Sinatra songs last year called "Perfectly Frank." I haven't heard about Sinatra recording a Tony Bennett tribute.

But that's because it's not just about singing. It is about charisma, those intangible qualities of confidence and power the great ones possess.

Sinatra is the most formidable entertainer of our history. He's already outlived Elvis by 35 years. If Sinatra and the Beatles had started the same year, the Beatles would have broken up shortly after the end of World War II.

So the fact that Sinatra's voice these days has a rusty creak to it doesn't bother me at all. I've seen him perform about 10 times--roughly every two years since 1974, when, as a young man of 58, he returned to Madison Square Garden in New York. Standing in what looked like a boxing ring, with a huge television audience watching, the heavyweight musical champion of the world sang with the force of Dempsey, Louis and Ali combined

But Sinatra has stayed in the ring too long, and now he is risking his reputation. If enough people spend $100 to see him stumble around a stage, they'll start to think of him as a punch-drunk club fighter, not the champion of all champions.

That's what it was like June 10. Sinatra disoriented. Unsure where he was, geographically. Losing his place in the songs, not even able to find cues in the arrangements he's been using for more than 30 years.

In the introduction to "One for My Baby," the classic saloon song by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, Sinatra set the mood by putting a cigarette in his mouth.

Scene: He flicks his lighter, but can't get the cigarette to burn. He shrugs, tosses the cigarette on the floor. I fear that he is so oblivious he will pocket the lighter while it's still burning. Sinatra wipes his brow. Surely he knows the words to one of his most intimate and familiar ballads. "It's a quarter to 3, there's no one in the place, except you and me." But that is not what Sinatra sings. "I . . ." lurches from his mouth. Sinatra pauses, perplexed. ". . . And when it's gloomy." Bad guess.

He finally meanders back to the melody, but it's too late.. It's time to say thanks for the cheer. And for the people who love him to take the keys from his hand before he hurts himself. It's time for Frank to sing one for my baby, but no more for the road.

note: I have to admit that this is a very accurate review. None of what was done at Westbury should ever be heard. Why wasn't something done to

stop this is the question The man -- great artist -- needed to be protected and no one stepped forward. Shameful.

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June 11, 1993

Concerts

Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. A Foggy Day

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Street Of Dreams

11. What Now, My Love?

12. My Funny Valentine

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. Summer Wind

16. My Way

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 76mins.

June 12, 1993

Concerts

Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, New York

First Show, Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Street Of Dreams

12. I've Got A Crush On You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Kind Of Town

16. Summer Wind

17. My Way

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, New York

Second Show, Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Saturday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All ( Riddle arg. from 66)

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. A Foggy Day

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Street Of Dreams

11. What Now My Love

12. My Funny Valentine

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. Summer Wind

16. My Way

17. New York, New York note: A line recording is in circulation

June 20, 1993

Extras

About a week after Amanda's graduation, Frank flew back to Los Angeles for Tina's forty-fifth birthday despite the cost and effort involved. In the car afterward, he broke down crying, telling Tony Oppedisano that time with his family showed him the life he might have had. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

June 18, 1993

Extras

The first Duets album session began at the Capitol Tower on 18 June 1993, with conductor Patrick Williams rehearsing "Come Fly With Me"; it was Sinatra's first time recording in a studio in over 30 years, since a September 1961 session with Axel Stordahl. (Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).)

June 20, 1993

Extras

July 14, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Rehearsal:

1. They Can't Take That Away From Me

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. A Foggy Day

4. Bewitched

5. The September Of My Years

6. All Or Nothing At All

7. My Kind Of Town

8. Fly Me To The Moon

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Night

Conducted By : Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. What Now My Love

10. Moonlight In Vermont

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

July 15, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. What Now, My Love?

10. My Funny Valentine

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. The Best Is Yet To Come

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

July 16, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4.. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Fly Me To The Moon

11. I've Got A Crush On You

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68min.

July 17, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. I Get A Kick Out Of You

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. Witchcraft

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Fly Me To The Moon

11. I've Got A Crush On You

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Second Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. Luck Be A Lady

9. What Now, My Love?

10. My Funny Valentine

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. The Best Is Yet To Come

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

July 18, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Closing Night (only one show)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. Where Or When

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 64mins.

August 17, 1993

Concerts

Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me to the Moon

9. Strangers in the Night

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA

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August 19, 1993

Concerts

Paramount Theater, Aurora, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Partial Set List For Shows:

1. I've Got You Under My Skin

2. Come Rain Or Come Shine

3. My Kind Of Town

4. All Or Nothing At All

5. Luck Be A Lady

6. My Funny Valentine

7. Mack The Knife

8. My Way

9. New York, New York

Extras

Paramount Theater, Aurora, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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August 20, 1993

Concerts

Paramount Theater, Aurora, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

August 21, 1993

Concerts

Paramount Theater, Aurora, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

August 23, 1993

Concerts

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey (DAT)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

August 24, 1993

Concerts

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Street Of Dreams

12. I've Got A Crush On You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins.

Extras

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

The Saratogian

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August 26, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (26-29)

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Barbara

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

August 27, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

First Show

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Street Of Dreams

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: 68mins.

August 28, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Frank was ill on this date so Jr sub at the Sands

August 29, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Street Of Dreams

11. I've Got A Crush On You

12. Mack The Knife

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 65mins.

September 10, 1993

Concerts

Western Washington State Fair, Pullyup, Washington

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Friday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All ( Riddle 66)

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. What Now My Love

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. My Way

13. Summer Wind

14. New York, New York

September 12, 1993

Concerts

Arena, Long Beach, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Luck Be A Lady

13. My Funny Valentine

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 79mins.

Extras

Arena, Long Beach, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

L.A. TIMES

Arena, Long Beach, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

L.A. TIMES

9-14-93

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Arena, Long Beach, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

L.A. TIMES

9-14-93

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September 21, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (September 21-26)

Frank Sinatra Jr conducting

1. Come Fly With Me

2. My Kind Of Town

3. At Long Last Love

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Summer Wind

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

September 22, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (September 21-26)

Frank Sinatra Jr conducting

Wednesday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. All Or Nothing At All Riddle arg.

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In Costa arg.

8. Street Of Dreams Bill Rogers arg.

9. A Foggy Day Costa arg.

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. What Now My Love

12. My Funny Valentine Patrick Williams arg.

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

September 23, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (September 21-26)

F. S. Jr. conducting

Thursday evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. My Kind Of Town

3. At Long Last Love

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Summer Wind

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Bewitched

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

September 24, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. My Kind Of Town

3. At Long Last Love

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Funny Valentine

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

September 25, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2.. My Kind Of Town

3. At Long Last Love

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Funny Valentine

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

September 26, 1993

Concerts

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra Jr

October 3, 1993

Television

Daddy Dearest, Fox

Don Rickles, Richard Lewis

Sinatra makes a cameo at the end of the show

Extras

Daddy Dearest, Fox

Don Rickles, Richard Lewis

Sinatra makes a cameo at the end of the show

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October 6, 1993

Concerts

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. At Long Last Love

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Moonlight In Vermont

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins. photo backstage that evening

Extras

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. At Long Last Love

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Moonlight In Vermont

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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October 8, 1993

Concerts

Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. At Long Last Love

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 77mins.

Extras

Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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October 9, 1993

Concerts

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. At Long Last Love

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. monologue

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. The Best Is Yet To Come

13. My Heart Stood Still

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. My Way

17. Summer Wind

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 79mins.

Sinatraphile Scott Henderson, who provided the above song program, reports that this is a sad anniversary for him. He was at the Copps Coliseum October 9, 1993 in Hamilton and it would be the last time he saw Sinatra in concert. It was a benefit performance for the Kidney Foundation and both Sinatra and Don Rickles delighted the audience. Sinatra was fantastic the entire night. Here is Henderson's personal account of the concert: I had to drive three hours to Hamilton and tickets cost $53.25 each. Compare that to the Sky Dome from October2, 1989 when I had to shell out $79.50 for top seats that weren't so top or for floor seats at Maple Leaf Gardens November 11, 1991 to see Sinatra and Steve & Eydie at $88.50 a pop. My best friend and I took the long drive down to Hamilton and we had such great seats that my friend kept thinking we were in the wrong seats and that security was going to come and remove us. He was with me at the Sky Dome in 1989 and, as I've said before, the seats were in the stratosphere and the fry machine at McDonald's keep drowning out the concert. Is it any wonder my friend wondered if we were in the wrong spots in Hamilton ?

Rickles was hilarious and he worked so well with Sinatra. This was at the time when Rickles had his TV show "Daddy Dearest" and was popular again. He actually mentioned the show during the concert and Sinatra's cameo on one of the episodes. It's a funny episode if you've been lucky enough to see it.

Sinatra muffed the lyrics only a little on All of Nothing at All, but for later Sinatra, he was in the zone. All in all a great concert. I'm not sure if that was his last Canadian concert but it was the last one he gave in Ontario . If I'd have known then that he was going to be with us for just under five years, I would have made it to other concerts no matter how far I had to drive.

Sinatraphile Vance Adair thanked Henderson for his first-hand account of the concert. He says he always loves to read first hand accounts of concert performances. It certainly sounds as though Sinatra was in form this particular night.

Kurt added:

Brian's mention of the October 1992 concert in New York at Radio City Music Hall and Scott Henderson's tale of his 1993 experience (driving 3 hours to Hamilton, Ontario) brought to mind one of my own experiences. My wife, 5-yr-old son, and I flew from Minneapolis to New York for one of those Radio City concerts. It turned out to be memorable...but not for the reasons you might expect. Even though we had tickets, we arrived early because--- for those of you who don't know--- the pre-concert "vibe" at a Sinatra performance was always very special. We took our seats, the lights dimmed, and the orchestra began a medley of Sinatra songs. Shirley MacLaine took the stage and managed to kill about 45 minutes before the intermission. It was then that an announcement came over the P.A. "Ladies and gentlemen, we regret to announce that Frank Sinatra will be unable to appear this evening due to illness." Obviously, this was a last-minute cancellation. A thunderous roar erupted in the Hall and to say that people were upset would be an understatement. (My son heard words that he had never heard before!) But, there was nothing any of us could do so we simply went back to our hotel and spent the rest of the evening trying to explain to a little boy why the man we had come to see didn't appear. For us, it was the concert that never was.

Extras

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario

October 26, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 26-31) Orchestra Conducted By Frank Sinatra, Jr.

O.A. Tom Dressen

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Fly Me to the Moon

10. Strangers in the Night

11. Sreet of Dreams

12. Mack the Knife

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (October

26-31)

Orchestra Conducted By Frank Sinatra, Jr.

O.A. Tom Dressen

note: Frank and Frank Jr. performed at the same hotel for the first time since 1977 at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe

Jr's schedule allowed him to work around his father's appearances and still conduct for his dad.

October 27, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Rehearsal mid-afternoon

Embraceable You

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 28, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada (26-31)

Orchestra Conducted By Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Ed O'Brien:

Frank Sinatra sang in the Crystal Room of the Desert Inn while in the Starlight Theatre Room of the Desert

Inn, Frank Jr appeared. He was backed by the Buddy Childer's Big Band. Jr scheduled his performances around his father's schedule, so he could conduct for him in the main room.

October 29, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 30, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. You Make Me Feel So Young

2. Fly Me To The Moon

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. monologue

9. At Long Last Love

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Street Of Dreams

12. Barbara

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins.

October 31, 1993

Concerts

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. I've Got A Crush On You

11. What Now, My Love?

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 70mins

November 1993

Extras

[Duets Album Released]

Billed as "the recording event of the decade," Duets was released in November 1993, pairing Sinatra with stars such as Charles Aznavour, Tony Bennett, Bono, Natalie Cole, Julio Iglesias, and Barbra Streisand, and became the top-selling duets album in history.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

November 2, 1993

Extras

DUETS

note: Album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums.

Was at that position for three consecutive weeks. Dropped

to #6 for another three weeks and then went to #7 in its seventh

week.

Liner Notes: DUETS

Duets is unlike anything else in Sinatra's catalogue -- not a studio session in the conventional sense but a technological experiment, built around Sinatra recording his vocal parts alone at Capitol Studios while duet partners across the country and around the world recorded their own contributions separately, the two performances stitched together afterward by producer Phil Ramone. The approach drew real criticism at the time for its lack of shared spontaneity, but it also allowed Sinatra, at seventy-seven, to appear alongside an extraordinarily broad range of artists.

The pairings span genres in a way no prior Sinatra record had attempted -- Bono on "I've Got You Under My Skin," Aretha Franklin on "What Now My Love," Tony Bennett on "New York, New York," Barbra Streisand, Gloria Estefan, Charles Aznavour, Liza Minnelli, and more, each one working from Sinatra's pre-recorded vocal and finding their own way into the arrangement. It became the best-selling album of Sinatra's entire career, reaching triple platinum in the United States.

Whatever one makes of its studio methodology, Duets accomplished something genuinely significant: it introduced Sinatra's voice, on new recordings, to an audience that had grown up on entirely different music, and it did so without asking Sinatra to change a single thing about how he sang.

Written by Claude (Anthropic), commissioned for this chronology, 2026.

November 5, 1993

Extras

Taped the "I've Got You Under My Skin" video with Bono

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Taped the "I've Got You Under My Skin" video with Bono

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November 10, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (10-14)

Opening Night

F.S. Jr. Conducting

1. My Kind Of Town

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Bewitched

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby Bill Miller on piano

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

November 11, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (10-14)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. What Now, My Love?

12. I've Got A Crush On You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 73mins.

November 12, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (10-14)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

November 13, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (10-14)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Barbara

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

November 14, 1993

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (10-14)

Closing Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind Of Town

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Summer Wind

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack The Knife

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 64mins.

November 16, 1993

Extras

Duets sold a million copies within weeks and hit number one on the Billboard chart. Frank called Nancy, thrilled and excited like a kid over the news, and Capitol Records made him its first Tower of Achievement laureate.

Frank Sinatra (quoted): "We're number one! We're number one!"

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

November 17, 1993

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Wednesday evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. My Kind Of Town

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In monologue

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Barbara

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Moonlight In The Vermont

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Encore!

17. Where Or When

Notes: TT 73mins.

Vance Adair notes:

I see that FS did an encore on this date - which is quite rare. He did an encore at Glasgow in July 1990 - the song then was also Where or When.

I have heard many performances from all over the world and in many venues, but I don't think I have ever heard FS get a reception like the one provided by that Glasgow audience.

Extras

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) · 18 Nov 1993,

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Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

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[Fox Theatre opening at Foxwoods]

Consiglio: Sinatra opened the Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Casino on November 17, 1993; a plaque outside the building commemorates the event.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012).

November 18, 1993

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Thursday evening

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All (Riddle chart 1966)

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin monologue

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. What Now My Love

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 67mins.

November 19, 1993

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. My Kind of Town

3. In the Still of the Night

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me to the Moon

9. Strangers in the Night

10. Where or When

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. Moonlight in Vermont

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

15. My Way

16. Theme From New York, New York

November 20, 1993

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. What Now My Love

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

Extras

The Duets album first charted in the US on 20 November 1993, reaching No. 2 and spending 38 weeks on the chart; it eventually went triple-platinum and was among the first Sinatra albums recorded specifically for the CD generation. (Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).)

November 21, 1993

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. My Kind Of Town

3. In The Still Of The Night

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Summer Wind

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 69mins

Extras

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Hamill: Frank Sinatra’s fans still drawn by his magic

(Originally published by the Daily News on November 21, 1993. This story was written by Pete Hamill.)

MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT RESERVATION, CONN. – There was a slow steady line of blurred tail lights moving through the damp November fog on Route 2, like a retreating army of red-eyed soldiers.

For miles, the passengers could see only the fog and the skeletal remains of lost factory towns, and then, suddenly, up ahead to the right, two gigantic searchlights rose from the dark earth, signaling that the Foxwoods casino was open for business and so was Francis Albert Sinatra.

SINATRA CRAFTED AN EXCITING CAREER, HIS WAY

“It took us five hours,” said Rose Cipriano, who wore six decades of life proudly on her face, and spoke in the glorious accents of Hudson County. “But ya know, ya never know when it could be the last time ya see him.”

That knowledge moved hundreds of them through the night from Jersey and Providence, New York and Boston and places in between. Sinatra was weeks shy of 78. He had been singing for money since 1935, when he first took a microphone on the stage of the Union Club in Hoboken and took home $40 for a five-night week. He has done thousands of shows in the years since, greeted hundreds of whiskey dawns, smoked millions of cigarets. Ya never know.

So they moved into the great ratcheting sound of the sloths and out past the craps tables and the roulette wheels, past the fake waterfall and the giant translucent statue of an Indian aiming an arrow at the Big Dipper, checking their watches.

Time was short. None of them stopped to look at the shops peddling Native American art; few cared that this vast casino, perhaps the largest in the world, was here because a group of winners had shoved a group of losers into reservations long ago.

For many decades, Sinatra fans had gathered without asking who owned the joint. This was no different.

There were thousands who were not there for Sinatra, of course; they were there to ruin a night, parked at the quarter slots or turning cards. They were in search of luck, not magic; a score, a reversal of fortune.

Only a few were in the old style, out of Vegas in the ’50s, or the Colonial Inn in Miami Beach before the reformers ruined everything. The concert-going men wore tailored suits, white ties, an odd pinkie ring; the women fought the lumpiness of age with loose dark dresses and Baroque piles of hair. They were heading for the showroom. Magic first, please; luck could wait.

“I saw him first when I was 14,” said Catherine Pavese, from Providence. “Our graduating class had a trip to New York, a bus ride, and the first morning we went to the Paramount, where Frank’s movie ‘Johnny Concho’ was playing, and he was doing shows in between. The movie was a Western and all the kids laughed, it was so stupid. Then Frank came on and everybody shut up. When he started to sing, forget it.” She laughed. “I know he had me.”

She was, as the Frank Loesser song urges, going to stick with with the fella she had come with; she wasn’t gonna blow another guy’s dice. She and the others filed into the showroom, where seats were sold at prices up to $150. She sat through a comedian. She listened to an overture. And there, suddenly, was Sinatra.

He is, of course, a ruin now, if measured against what he was. Measure against what Frank Sinatra was, every popular singer is a ruin. The upper register is gone; the lower register, that great baritone, is clogged with cigaret phlegm.

On some tunes, this doesn’t seem so much about the erosion of his voice as about the erosion of belief; the core of Sinatra’s genius was his sincerity. He took the most banal products of Tin Pan Alley and found in some emotion that moved him, and thus moved the audience.

Now he does “The House I Live In,” the creaky anthem of the New Deal, and it sounds like empty Fourth of July oratory. He labors through “Strangers in the Night” as if he’s on work release; it’s a song he has always hated, but he has been convinced the customers love it. Too often, he’s singing for them, not for himself.

The words didn’t matter so much as the feeling, Sinatra’s knowledge that at his age, he had a No. 1 album again with “Duets,” that he had come a long long way from Hoboken. Even on a few ballads, he seemed to match his lyrical heart to his craft, taking a stool at center stage, lighting a cigaret, finding a safe place in an imaginary saloon at closing time.

Sinatra taught several generations how to deal with loneliness, expressing the stoic without being mindlessly macho. In this show, he did it with “Embraceable You” and “Angel Eyes.” To the audience before him in the dark, it would always be a quarter to three, with no one in the place except you and me.

But for an encore, he was forced into his personal war horses: “My Way” and “New York, New York.” Even on these, he blew some lyrics, looked baffled, and even once – in a flash of the eyes – scared. The audience didn’t care; they cheered, gave him a standing O, begged for more. He might be a ruin, they seemed to be saying, but so is the Coliseum in Rome, and it’s probably more beautiful in its ruin than it was in its youth.

When it was over, I waited a while, staring at the empty stage, and I remembered covering Sugar Ray Robinson’s last fight. The place was Pittsburgh and the opponent was Joey Archer, a tough brave fighter who couldn’t break a potato chip with a punch. In the first round, Archer knocked down the greatest fighter who ever lived. Robinson got up, labored across the rounds, absorbing pain, unable any longer to do what he once did, but showing us flashes – a left hook in the fifth round, the wicked jab in the late rounds – that assured us that our belief in him was no mistake.

Robinson lost a decision, and in the dressing room, Miles Davis, the great trumpet player, told him: “That’s it, Ray. You’re packing it in.” And that was it; Robinson never fought again.

That’s how I feel about Sinatra. I wish someone like Miles would tell him to pack it in, to retreat to the recording studio, where the erosions of time can be hidden with craft. There seems to be nobody around him now who will say such words. And out in the casino in the Connecticut darkness, the fans drifted to the tables to pick up dice and cards and whiskey. They had seen him again, as they had seen him during the wars and recessions, during good times and bad, and if Frank Sinatra was still there, then by God, so were they.

In this life business, you have to take what you can get when you can get it. Ya never know.

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December 8, 1993

Concerts

Sports Arena, San Diego, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Where Or When

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. I Get A Kick Out Of You

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Witchcraft

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack The Knife

Notes: TT 51mins.

Extras

Sports Arena, San Diego, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Sports Arena, San Diego, California

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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December 10, 1993

Concerts

America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The Word On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. A Foggy Day

9. I've Got A Crush On You

10. Street Of Dreams

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. What Now, My Love?

13. My Funny Valentine

14. Mack The Knife

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. Where Or When

17. My Way

18. Comedy: Sinatra & Don Rickles

19. New York, New York

Notes: TT 78mins.

December 13, 1993

Concerts

Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio (13 - 14)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

note: There were two concerts on the 13th and one on th14th.

--Ed

Extras

Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio (13 - 14)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

December 14, 1993

Concerts

Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio (13 - 14)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

December 27, 1993

Concerts

MGM Grand, Las Vegas , Nevada (27 - 31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Fly Me To The Moon

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. At Long Last Love

8. Strangers In The Night

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Barbara

11. What Now My Love

12. Moonlight In Vermont

13. Mack The Knife

14. One For My Baby

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62mins.

December 28, 1993

Concerts

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (27 - 31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Street Of Dreams

9. My Kind Of Town

10. Summer Wind

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. Mack The Knife

14. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

December 29, 1993

Concerts

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (27-31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Fly Me To The Moon

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. At Long Last Love

8. Strangers In The Night

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Summer Wind

11. What Now, My Love?

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62mins.

December 30, 1993

Concerts

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (27-31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. A Foggy Day

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Street Of Dreams

9. My Kind Of Town

10. Summer Wind

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. My Funny Valentine

13. Angel Eyes

14. Mack The Knife

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien observes there has been many comments about Sinatra's performances in the 90s and he certainly had some tough nights. But this appearance wasn't one of them. He was superb this evening.

Extras

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (27-31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

I attended this show. It was the only time I saw Sinatra live in concert.

Celebrating the New Year in Las Vegas is very popular and generally a pretty wild time. Adding to the usual crowds, this was the opening week for the MGM Grand, a very highly anticipated hotel. Over 5000 rooms, a huge arena, and a theme park, all on the same property. Barbra Streisand opened the Grand Arena and Sinatra opened the Grand Theatre. The hotel and casino were very, very crowded.

As a lifelong Sinatra fan, I was really excited to finally see him perform in a live show. We had heard mixed reviews from his performances at that time, but the chance to see him in Vegas at a brand new venue was too good to pass up.

We were not disappointed, the pace of the show was terrific and I don’t recall any missed lyrics or other flubs. Naturally his voice was a little frayed around the edges but he could still put it out there. Pretty amazing for a 78 year old man with a lot of tough miles in the rear view mirror! I particularly enjoyed the opening song, “I’ve Got The World On A String,” and my favorite Sinatra tune, “Summer Wind.” The audience was welcoming and appreciative, giving a warm ovation after every number. Frank Jr. conducted the orchestra and it sounded great. The show ran about an hour, and I remember wishing it could go on for much longer.

All in all, a great experience that was well worth the time, effort and expense.

Paul D'Alessandro

Huntington Beach, CA

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December 31, 1993

Concerts

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (27-31)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. Fly Me to the Moon

3. For Once in My Life

4. Come Rain or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is a Tramp

6. The House I Live In

7. At Long Last Love

8. Strangers in the Night

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. Summer Wind

11. What Now My Love

12. Embraceable You

13. Mack the Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Theme From New York, New York

1994

Extras

[Death of Jule Styne]

Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra: Composer Jule Styne, a Sinatra friend and collaborator since 1943 who scored Anchors Aweigh and other 1940s vehicles, died in 1994; he had once described Sinatra as the man "mainly responsible for my career."

Source: Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra (Rough guide 8.pdf), chapter "The Inner Circle."

[Nancy Sr. Buys a Palm Springs Condo]

In 1994, Tina's mother, Nancy Sr., bought a condominium in Palm Springs near the Compound, continuing the connection to the area she and Frank had discovered together decades earlier.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra Forgets Lyrics at MGM Grand, Threatens Refunds]

During a Las Vegas engagement at the MGM Grand, Frank repeatedly lost the words to his signature songs. Leaving the stage, he angrily ordered Eliot Weisman to refund the entire audience, and Eliot took the threat seriously.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Young at Heart (1995 TV movie)]

Sinatra's last-ever on-screen appearance was a brief cameo as himself in daughter Tina's TV movie Young at Heart, filmed in 1994 and broadcast March 12, 1995; he plays a near-mythic figure who appears to Olympia Dukakis's character, a widow whose life had been shaped by his music, delivering the line "Joe sent me."

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[Announcement that Sinatra would stop touring]

In November 1994 it was officially announced that Sinatra would stop touring by year's end.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Brazil declares mourning for Antonio Carlos Jobim's death]

When Jobim died in 1994, Brazil declared three days of official mourning in honor of the man regarded as the father of Bossa Nova.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Final proper concerts, Fukuoka Dome with Natalie Cole]

About a month after his Atlantic City finale, Sinatra traveled to Japan to play the Fukuoka Dome for two nights with Natalie Cole, just days after his 79th birthday. Havers notes Sinatra's age often showed during these shows, which were effectively his last true concerts.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

["My Way" charts again on reissue]

A 1994 Reprise reissue of 'My Way' crept back into the UK charts at No. 45 for two weeks. Altogether the song spent 124 weeks on the UK singles chart across its various releases.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Peggy Lee performs from a wheelchair at Royal Festival Hall]

In 1994, despite being confined to a wheelchair since the late 1980s due to ill health, Peggy Lee sold out London's Royal Festival Hall performing with the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Duets II -- critical commentary]

Granata's discography entry: Duets II, arranged by Patrick Williams, released October 1994 on Capitol Records.

Source: Charles L. Granata, "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording" (1999/2003), Afterword & Appendices A-D

[Sinatra's final concert tour, Fukuoka Dome, Japan -- critical commentary]

Will Friedwald: Sinatra resumed touring on December 19, 1994 with two nights at the Fukuoka Dome in Japan; unusually for him, jet lag and incoherence set in and he struggled to get through songs without losing his way -- footage was edited together for a Japanese video release, but it marked, in Friedwald's words, the point where he had 'finally... passed the point of no return.' His people pulled him off the road afterward.

Source: Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art" (2018 revised edition), Ch. 10, "Concert Years" (1973-1994)

January 1994

Extras

[Shows in Fort Lauderdale]

Touring continued into the new year with shows in Fort Lauderdale in January 1994, part of a busy touring stretch before Sinatra's final year on the road.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

January 17, 1994

Extras

A massive predawn earthquake rocked Tina from her bed in total darkness; with her phones dead and no flashlight, she worried about her mother, sister, and father in the desert. Frankie drove from two canyons away, checking on Nancy and their mother first before reaching Tina and inspecting her house for damage. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

January 17, 1994

Extras

January 20, 1994

Concerts

Broward Center, FT. Lauderdale, Florida (20-23)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. Barbara

12. Summer Wind

13. My Funny Valentine

14. Mack The Knife

15. One For My Baby

16. My Way

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT:72mins.

note: Engagement was originally for five days.

Frank was set to open on the 19th. He was not feeling well so the opening was delayed a day and became a four day stint.

Extras

Broward Center, FT. Lauderdale, Florida (20-23)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

January 21, 1994

Concerts

Broward Center, FT. Lauderdale, Florida (20-23)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. monologue

8. The House I Live In

9. At Long Last Love

10. Street Of Dreams

11. Where Or When

12. Luck Be A Lady

13. My Heart Stood Still

14. What Now, My Love?

15. Mack The Knife

16. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

17. My Way

18. New York, New York

Notes: TT 74mins

January 22, 1994

Concerts

Broward Center, FT. Lauderdale, Florida (20-23)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. In The Still Of The Night

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. Strangers In The Night

10. Fly Me To The Moon

11. Barbara

12. Summer Wind

13. Embraceable You

14. Mack The Knife

15. Angel Eyes

16. My Way

17. New York, New York

Notes: TT 72mins.

January 23, 1994

Concerts

Broward Center, FT. Lauderdale, Florida (20-23)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Where Or When

11. Luck Be A Lady

12. (Monologue)

13. Moonlight In Vermont

14. What Now, My Love?

15. Mack The Knife

16. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

17. My Way

18. New York, New York

Notes: 75mins.

January 25, 1994

Concerts

Harborside Convention Hall, Fort Myers, Florida

Orchestra Conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me to the Moon

9. Strangers in the Night

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Luck Be a Lady

12. Summer Wind

13. Embraceable You

14. Mack the Knife

15. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

16. My Way

17. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Harborside Convention Hall, Fort Myers, Florida

News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) · 26 Jan 1994

Ava Gardner died on 1-25-90.

Frank locked himself in his hotel room, N.Y.C., and didn't come out for more than 24 hours. He was set to be the inaugural act at the Knick Arena in Albany, N,Y, 1-30-90. There were rumors floating about that he couldn't make it and Liza Minnelli would sub for him. He did make it, drawing a crowd of more than 18,000 fans. Still has not been broken. When he started singing "One For My Baby," the crowd realized Ava was up there on the stage with him. John Brady captured that moment beautifully in his book "Frank and Ava--In Love and War." Frank electrified the crowd that night. Concert also offered Frank's very last rendition of "Lonely Town." He offered a stunning goodbye to the great love of his life. -Ed

January 27, 1994

Concerts

Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Where Or When

11. Luck Be Lady

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. What Now My Love

14. Mack The Knife

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. My Way

17. New York , New York

TT 77 min.

Extras

Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida

January 29, 1994

Concerts

Omni, Atlanta, GA

Orchestra Conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. My Kind of Town

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street of Dreams

10. Where or When

11. Luck Be a Lady

12. My Funny Valentine

13. What Now My Love

14. Mack the Knife

15. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

16. My Way

17. Theme From New York, New York

February 1994

Extras

Sinatra's 1993 album Duets was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Source: Sinatra, Nancy. Frank Sinatra: An American Legend. 1998. (via sinatra.com/frank-sinatra-timeline)

February 5, 1994

Concerts

Marriott's Desert Springs Resort, Palm Springs, California Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. Where Or When

5. Barbara

6. My Way

Notes: TT 25mins.

Extras

Marriott's Desert Springs Resort, Palm Springs, California Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament

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February 12, 1994

Concerts

Convention Center, Manila, Philippines

Cancelled and Rescheduled for June

March 1994

Extras

[Grammy Legend Award Introduced By Bono]

At the Grammy Awards, Sinatra was introduced by Bono, who praised him effusively, and received the Legend Award. The ceremony proved a mild embarrassment, since Sinatra was not invited to perform and was reportedly cut off mid-speech by his own press agent.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

March 1, 1994

Television

Grammy Awards

Bono introduces Sinatra who received a Lifetime Achievement Award

Extras

36th Annual Grammy Awards

At the 36th annual GRAMMY Awards on March 1, 1994, Frank Sinatra was bestowed the GRAMMY Legend Award, introduced by Bono. â€œRock â€˜n roll people love Frank Sinatra because Frank Sinatra has got what we want: swagger and attitude.â€

At the Grammy Awards, Frank accepted the Legend Award for lifetime achievement from Duets collaborator Bono, who gave an elaborate introduction he wrote on the plane. Mid-speech the broadcast cut to commercial because producers had been told to cut away if he ran long; Nancy says this was misread by some as a deliberate snub given his remarks about not being invited to perform on the show.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

March 2, 1994

Extras

Frank received the Grammy Legend Award before a worldwide TV audience. Watching from home, Tina could tell he was disoriented as he rambled through his acceptance speech, and with no one able to intervene, the orchestra was eventually cued to cut him off. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

March 2, 1994

Extras

March 5, 1994

Concerts

Mosque, Richmond, Virginia

Orchestra (36 Piece) Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Embraceable You

12.. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

March 6, 1994

Concerts

Mosque, Richmond, Virginia

Frank Collapses During Concert

Orchestra (36 Piece) Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

Notes: TT 60mins

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Extras

Mosque, Richmond, Virginia

Frank Collapses During Concert

Orchestra (36 Piece) Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Midway through "My Way," Frank grew dizzy, reached for a chair, and collapsed to the stage floor in front of thirty-seven hundred stunned fans; he was unconscious for several minutes before reviving and being wheeled off in a wheelchair, waving and blowing a kiss to reassure the audience. Doctors attributed the collapse to overheating and mild dehydration. He was back onstage within weeks, but an underlying sense of fear never fully lifted from his remaining performances. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

Frank collapsed on stage during a concert in Richmond, Virginia. Road manager Tony Oppedisano recalled Frank asking for a chair mid-song, falling roughly two feet after reaching for a stool, and his first concern on the ground being whether the audience could still see him; Frank insisted on waving to the crowd as he was helped off, and they gave him a standing ovation.

Frank Sinatra (quoted): "What happened? Can the audience still see me?"

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

March 24, 1994

Concerts

Mabee Arena, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Where Or When

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Embraceable You

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Note: First concert after the March 6 incident. TT 73mins.

Ed O'Brien supplied this review for the concert:

Tulsa, Okla.

3-24-94

A little slowly, a little shakily, Frank Sinatra mounted the stage set up in the center of Tulsa's

Mabee Center on Thursday night as the near sell- out crowd thundered out its welcome.

After thanking the "marvelous crowd," Sinatra held up one hand and , as the crowd quieted, said, "Fasten your seat belts." Then he launched into a hard-swinging "Come Fly With Me," the song that has opened his shows for years, belting the lyrics with a feistiness that belied all the recent speculation that Ol' Blue Eyes should hang up his tuxedo for good.

And that pretty much set the pattern for Sinatra's show Thursday -- his first since his much-publicized collapse a couple of weeks ago in Richmond, Va., and his first ever in Tulsa.

There would be moments when the 78-year-old Sinatra would snap off a line or vocally caress a lyric in a way that recalled the Sinatra of yesterday, when he could either cheer your heart or tear it in two with a single syllable.

And there were moments that were almost too painful to watch, as Sinatra struggled with and stumbled over lyrics he's been singing for years and between song patter.

Fortunately, those moments were relatively few.

For the most part, the "First Coming of Frank," was everything the crowd of 9,000 or so could have wanted.

"We're just gonna do the old songs, "Sinatra said a couple of times early on, and that's true--- anyone who has seen Sinatra perform in recent years could have probably guessed the evening's program without much effort.

For example, Sinatra followed up "Come Fly With Me" with "You Make Me Feel So Young," done with enough verve that you almost believed every word. Then came

"Witchcraft, " a slinky, slower-than- usual "For Once In My Life" that he and the band built from a hopeful whisper to a triumphant shout, then a strong, touching turn at the Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer classic, "Come

Rain Or Come Shine."

Then came "The Lady Is A Tramp." This is where it hurt to watch, as Sinatra would be standing there, staring mutely at the Teleprompters scrolling the lyrics in front of him, every so often managing to get out a syllable or two.

Sinatra has always been one to toy with lyrics, improvising new words on the spot, and sometimes his silences seemed like moments when he couldn't come up with something fast enough. Other times, he just truly seemed lost.

But then he'd come back with a final chorus, hit that last long note, and all would be forgotten and forgiven.

Or he'd do something like the patriotic "That's

America To Me," or Rodgers and Hart's "Where

Or When or "What Now My Love," showing that when he really leaned into a song, he could still send shivers down the spine.

But the crowning moment of the evening was his "One For My Baby and One More For the

Road," done with the usual props of cigarette and drink. Everything, from Bill Miller's moody piano to the gravel Sinatra put in the word "sad," worked beautifully -- that one perfect moment when the singer and the song were one.

It made "My Way," "The Summer Wind" and even "New York, New York," all of which brought the crowd to their feet, seem anticlimatic.

The orchestra of local musicians and Sinatra regulars, all under the baton of Frank Sinatra Jr., did a bang-up job all evening, swinging hard during such workouts as "Mack The Knife" and swaying easy on the slow numbers.

"May you all live to be 750 years old, and may the last voice you hear be mine," he said. Thursday night's crowd would have had it no other way.

Comedian Tom Dressen opened the evening with a bright, fast-paced 30-minute set that hit all the requisite comic targets -- doctors, Dressen's own

Italian-Irish heritage and sports.

TULSA WORLD

James D. Watts Jr.

World Staff Writer

March 25, 1994

March 26, 1994

Concerts

Mark, Moline, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All or Nothing at All

3. My Kind of Town

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. Street of Dreams

9. Fly Me to the Moon

10. Luck Be a Lady

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

March 27, 1994

Concerts

Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, Omaha, Nebraska

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. My Kind of Town

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. The Best Is Yet to Come

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. My Funny Valentine

11. Mack the Knife

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. Theme From New York, New York

16. I Get a Kick Out of You

Extras

AkSarBen Coliseum, Omaha, Nebraska

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 1994

Extras

[Sinatra Hints Farewell At Radio City]

Performing at Radio City Music Hall, Sinatra told the audience this might be the last time they would all be together, though he went on to fulfill roughly 40 more concert commitments that year.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

April 14, 1994

Concerts

UNC Campus, Azalea Festival, Wilmington, North Carolina

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me to the Moon

9. Strangers in the Night

10. What Now My Love

11. Mack the Knife

12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. Theme From New York, New York

April 16, 1994

Concerts

Veterans War Memorial, Syracuse, New York

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr..

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Embraceable You

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 68mins..

WTVH, in Syracuse, had a half-hour TV special after Sinatra's appearance at the War Memorial Titled "24 Hours With Frank Sinatra,", the coverage included the preparations at the arena, the ticket problems created by a change in the seating plan and the reactions of long time Sinatra fans. A marvelous moment occurred as Frank's white limo arrived at the War Memorial. As Hank Cattaneo and Frank stepped out of the car, a rainbow suddenly appeared in the background. The station taped Frank singing "For Once In My Life" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine." Both were included in the special. The documentary concludes with fan reaction to Frank's performance. He got rave reviews.

April 19, 1994

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The House I Live In

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Barbara

10. What Now, My Love

11. Embraceable You

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16.. New York, New York

Notes: TT 61mins.

Extras

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

NYT 4-21-94

Note: I had an interesting conversation with the reviewer, Jon Pareles. He told me you had to give Sinatra his due, but, in his opinion, Bob

Dylan was a far greater artist. He felt that Dylan had transcended pop music with lyrics that were timeless critiques of injustice and mayhem in the world. We had a very lively chat. I'm sure he was thrilled when Dylan received the Nobel Prize for literature. I wonder what he thinks of the Sinatra tribute albums by Mr. Dylan.

Daily News

New York Post

April 20, 1994

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. My Kind of Town

2. For Once in My Life

3. Come Rain or Come Shine

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

5. The House I Live In

6. At Long Last Love

7. The Best Is Yet to Come

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. Mack the Knife

10. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

11. My Way

12. Summer Wind

13. Theme From New York, New York

April 22, 1994

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

April 23, 1994

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Fly Me To The Moon

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Embraceable You

11. Mack The Knife

12. One For My Baby

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

April 24, 1994

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. At Long Last Love

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. Moonlight In Vermont

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. Summer Wind

15. New York, New York

16. Witchcraft

17. I Get A Kick Out Of You

Notes: TT 80mins.

NOTE: Ed O'Brien considers this one of the best Sinatra concerts from the 1990's.

Sinatra didn't want to leave the stage and came back with encores after "New York, New York." "Think of me once in a while", he told the audience before leaving the staged. Eugene Lo Curto observes: Really terrific singing for a man pushing 80.

Vance Adair:

I agree. This was a magnificent performance. The old man could still defy the years when the conditions were hospitable and the stars were in proper alignment.

Scott Henderson

I listened to this concert today and I agree. He was really enjoying himself and it's an all-around a great concert. I especially enjoyed "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry". Glad he put it back into his repertoire.

Andrea Battilana:

I agree! Terrific concert... Anyway i think his performance of "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry". in Saint Louis 6 months after could be considered more impressive, especially when hit the words "oh weeeeeelll".

April 26, 1994

Concerts

Radio City Music Hall, New York

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. You Make Me Feel So Young

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is a Tramp

7. Fly Me to the Moon

8. Strangers in the Night

9. What Now My Love

10. Mack the Knife

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. Summer Wind

14. Theme From New York, New York

Notes: Thanks to Eugene Lo Curto for correction.

Frank played RCMH on 4-19-20 and 4-22-24

He opened on Tuesday, was dark on Thursday and did the weekend. There were 5 shows in all. Gross was

$1, 762,000.

--Ed

May 10, 1994

Concerts

Hershey Park Arena, Harrisburgh, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Intro

2. Come Fly With Me

3. A Foggy Day

4. You Make Me Feel So Young

5. For Once in My Life

6. Come Rain or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is a Tramp

8. The House I Live In (That's America to Me)

9. Fly Me to the Moon

10. Strangers in the Night

11. What Now My Love

12. I've Got a Crush on You

13. Mack the Knife

14. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. Theme From New York, New York

Extras

Hershey Park Arena, Harrisburgh, PA

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

The Patriot News

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

May 11, 1994

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May 12, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Overture

2. Come Fly With Me

3. A Foggy Day

4. You Make Me Feel So Young

5. For Once In My Life

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. The Lady Is A Tramp

8. The House I Live In

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now My Love

12. My Heart Stood Still

13. Mack The Knife (gap)

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. Summer Wind

17. New York, New York

18. Chaser "Goodbye"

Notes: TT 62mins.

May 13, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. The House I Live In

8. At Long Last Love

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Moonlight In Vermont

12. Mack The Knife

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 66mins.

May 14, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. A Foggy Day

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now, My Love?

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 61mins.

May 15, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. My Kind of Town

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. At Long Last Love

8. Street of Dreams

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. A Foggy Day

12. Mack the Knife

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Way

15. Theme From New York, New York

May 19, 1994

Concerts

Fox Theatre, Foxwoods, Ledyard, CT

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. A Foggy Day

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now My Love

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby B. Miller on piano

14.My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Ed O'Brien:

Looking at this date last night, I knew something unusual had occurred. This morning I did some checking and was pleased to discover some very interesting information.

Frank was stricken with laryngitis after the show on the 19th. He didn't want to cancel the engagement, so he asked his son to sub for him the next few nights.

Here is the program Frank Jr. sang on May 20 and 21.

1. Be Careful It's My Heart

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. September In The Rain

5. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

6. That's Life

7. It Might As Well Be Spring

8. The House I Live In

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind

11. Luck Be A Lady

May 20, 1994

Extras

Fox Theatre, Foxwoods, Ledyard, CT

Here is the program Frank Jr. sang on May 20 and 21.

1. Be Careful It's My Heart

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. September In The Rain

5. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

6. That's Life

7. It Might As Well Be Spring

8. The House I Live In

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind

11. Luck Be A Lady

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May 21, 1994

Extras

Fox Theatre, Foxwoods, Ledyard, CT

Here is the program Frank Jr. sang on May 20 and 21.

1. Be Careful It's My Heart

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. September In The Rain

5. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

6. That's Life

7. It Might As Well Be Spring

8. The House I Live In

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind

11. Luck Be A Lady

May 22, 1994

Concerts

Fox Theatre, Foxwoods, Ledyard, CT

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Both May 21st and 22nd shows were cancelled

May 27, 1994

Concerts

Grand Theater, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 27-29)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. A Foggy Day

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Strangers In The Night

11. What Now, My Love?

12. Mack The Knife

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 55mins.

May 28, 1994

Concerts

Grand Theater, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Barbara

8. At Long Last Love

9. Street Of Dreams

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Mack The Knife

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Way

14. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

May 29, 1994

Concerts

Grand Theater, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. My Kind Of Town

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I’ve Got You Under My Skin

7. At Long Last Love

8. Street Of Dreams

9. Luck Be A Lady

10. The Best Is Yet To Come

11. A Foggy Day

12. Where Or When

13. Guess I"ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62mins.

June 28, 1994

Concerts

Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. For Once In My Life

3. Strangers In The Night

4. What Now, My Love?

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. Come Rain Or Come Shine

7. Come Fly With Me

8. Witchcraft

9.. New York, New York

10. Luck Be A Lady

11. Monologue

12. You Make Me Feel So Young

13. Mack The Knife

14. All Or Nothing At All

15. My Kind Of Town

16. Angel Eyes

17. The Best Is Yet To Come

18. A Foggy Day

19. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

20. Street Of Dreams

21. Where Or When

22. My Way

Notes: TT 78mins. We are grateful to Ed O'Brien who provided the song program. He points out that Hank Cattaneo, Sinatra's engineer, culled the best of the Manila shows for a TV special that was shown in the Philippines .

Frankie's A Thrilla In Manila

Manila -- About 5,000 fans gave Frank Sinatra a rousing welcome yesterday at the start of his four-day concert tour in the Philippine capital.

"I'm happy to be here," said Sinatra after he was given a standing ovation as he stepped onto the stage in the Folk Arts Theater.

President Fidel Ramos and his wife, Amelita, were in the audience. The concert was for the benefit of the first lady's project to rehabilitate the polluted Pasig River in Manila.

President Ramos brought along a street sweeper and an aging traffic policewoman to the concert. Ramos told reporters at a news conference that the American singer had sent him some free tickets to the event, each with a value of $555.00.

After keeping two for himself, Ramos said, he gave one to a woman who sweeps the streets outside the presidential palace, and another to an old policewoman who directs traffic at the palace gate

Lea Salonga, multi-awarded artist of international stature, also performed for the four nights in Manila.

Extras

Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr

June 29, 1994

Concerts

Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. My Kind of Town

3. All or Nothing at All

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Street of Dreams

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. My Funny Valentine

11. Theme From New York, New York

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. Summer Wind

14. Mack the Knife

15. My Way

June 30, 1994

Concerts

Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. My Kind Of Town

3. All Or Nothing At All

4. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. I've Got You Under My Skin

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. A Foggy Day

8. Street Of Dreams

9. Strangers In The Night

10. New York, New York

11. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

12. Luck Be A Lady

13. Summer Wind

14. Mack The Knife

15. My Way

Norman Blum notes:

I was lucky enough to attend the June 30, 1994 concert in Manila. It was the 13th time I had seen Sinatra live in concert; the previous 12 had all been in my home town of London commencing with the Sunday June 3rd, 1962 concert at the Gaumont Theatre, Hammersmith.

The Folk Art Theatre, Manila is not air conditioned and there is a gap between the walls and the ceiling through which flashes of lightning from a passing storm could be seen. June is in the rainy season in the Philippines and the humidity level and temperature that evening were both very high. Sinatra joked about losing weight due his perspiration.

Frank Sinatra and Matt Monro were both adored by the Filipinos and they had been waiting for years for Sinatra to visit Manila. There was a real buzz about the audience that evening and a great roar erupted, with everyone on their feet, when Sinatra came onto the stage. During the concert the opening of every song was greated with wild applause. The fans of all ages readily forgave the odd forgotten lyric or missed note; all that mattered was that they were there, they had seen Sinatra.

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Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

July 1, 1994

Concerts

Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. My Kind of Town

3. All or Nothing at All

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Street of Dreams

8. Luck Be a Lady

9. The Best Is Yet to Come

10. A Foggy Day

11. Theme From New York, New York

12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

13. Summer Wind

14. Mack the Knife

15. My Way

Extras

Folk Art Theater, Manila, Philippines

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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August 2, 1994

Concerts

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey

Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

Tuesday evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. A Foggy Day

9. Summer Wind

10. Fly Me To The Moon

11. Strangers In The Night

12. What Now My Love

13. Mack The Knife

14. Angel Eyes

15. My Way

16. New York, New York

Ed O'Brien:

Frank Sinatra first appearance at the Garden State Arts Center was on August 22, 1975. Over the next 20 years he would do 17 benefit performances at the center, raising more than $1 million dollars for the Garden State Arts Center Foundation.

On the evening of August 2, 1994, the Foundation bestowed upon him the inaugural Francis Albert Sinatra Tribute To The Performing Arts award. The Foundation also issued the following statement: "We honor and thank this classic performer for he is a model for other New Jersey humanitarians and benevolent organizations. With Frank Sinatra's support, the Foundation has been able to contribute to the Cultural Center Fund's free programs for the state's school children, seniors, and special residents."

The award in his name would be presented annually to an individual, corporation, or philanthropic foundation which has demonstrated a dedication to improving the cultural lives of the residents of the State of

New Jersey through support of the

Foundation.

The concert, on that evening of August 2, 1994, would be Frank's last appearance at the center.

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Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr.

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August 4, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly with Me

2. You Make Me Feel so Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once in my Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. The Lady is a Tramp

7. I Get a Kick out of You

8. A Foggy Day

9. Fly Me to the Moon

10. Strangers in the Night

11. What Now my Love

12. My Kind of Town

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

NOTE: Ed O'Brien supplied us with this song program and we are grateful. TT 72mins.

August 5, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. Fly Me To The Moon

7. Strangers In The Night

8. What Now, My Love?

9. Embraceable You

10. My Kind Of Town

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 50mins.

August 6, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. A Foggy Day

3. For Once In My Life

4. My Kind Of Town

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. Fly Me To The Moon

8. Strangers In The Night

9. What Now, My Love?

10. Embraceable You

11. Angel Eyes

12. My Way

13. New York, New York

Notes: TT 53mins.

August 29, 1994

Concerts

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Embraceable You

12. My Kind Of Town

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 71mins.

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Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Sinatra falls short of his singing legend in a creaky concert

J. D. Considine

THE BALTIMORE SUN

What becomes a legend most?

It was funny how that old ad slogan kept coming to mind while watching Frank Sinatra perform at the Merriweather Post Pavilion last night. Because there was something unbecoming about the whole thing -- not just in having to watch the 78-year-old singer miss notes and muddle lyrics, but also in seeing his fans lavish praise on him as if his merely being Sinatra were reason enough for an ovation.

Everyone meant well, sure. The fans obviously thought they were paying homage to a great star, and there was no doubting the sincerity of those who shouted, "We love you, Frank." Nor, to be honest, is there any pleasure in pointing out all the mistakes made in the course of the evening, for even the most churlish critic has to feel slightly embarrassed about underscoring how much old age has taken from the singer's skills.

But let's be honest: Greatness of the kind Frank Sinatra has reached comes with responsibilities as well as perks. It hardly matters if the fans cheer at the sight of you; if you're going to present yourself as a great singer, you have to do some great singing. And that Sinatra didn't do.

It wasn't just that he missed notes in almost every song, straining on the high notes in "Witchcraft" or singing "Strangers in the Night" almost totally out of tune; what hurt was hearing him stumble through "For Once in My Life" as if he couldn't quite remember how the melody went. Worse, even with multiple teleprompters at the edge of the stage, he got lost frequently, stopping in midphrase to ask his son, conductor

Frank Sinatra Jr., "Where are we?"

Even "One for My Baby," a song every Sinatra fan knows by heart, found him flummoxed, searching for words mid-verse, not once, but twice. To his credit, he had style and brass enough to turn that failing to his advantage, winning the audience over through sheer determination.

But what got lost was the song -- the thing that once was the most important element of any Sinatra performance. What makes his great recordings so resonant, remember, isn't just the quality of his vocal tone or the musicality of his phrasing, but the way he invests the songs with meaning. In his prime, no one could illuminate a lyric or touch on the emotional heart of a song the way he could. He moved his audience because he made them feel those songs as deeply as he did. There was none of that last night at Merriweather. Instead, all we got was cheap nostalgia and the sad intoxication of celebrity-worship. Frankly, it would be hard to imagine what could become a legend less.

August 31, 1994

Concerts

The Shed, Tanglewood, Massachusetts

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now, My Love?

11. Embraceable You

12. My Kind Of Town

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 60mins.

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The Shed, Tanglewood, Massachusetts

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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September 1, 1994

Concerts

Harborlights, Boston, Mass

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All Or Nothing At All (N. Riddle arg.)

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now My Love

11. Embraceable You ( B. Rogers arg.)

12. My Kind Of Town

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Ed noted:

During the east coast tour in 94, the critics gave thumbs down to the concerts. Some of the reviews bordered on outrage because Frank couldn't remember the lyrics and was often confused during a performance. The people Frank dubbed "snipers" lived up to their names. Despite the critical response, there was at every show a true love-in between the performer and his audience.

Sinatra didn't want to leave the arena and he exhibited great courage and determination fighting father-time.

His brave stance was admired by his audiences and they cheered him on through every number.

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Harborlights, Boston, Mass

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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September 2, 1994

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September 3, 1994

Concerts

Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

1. Come Fly With Me

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Fly Me To The Moon

9. Strangers In The Night

10. What Now My Love

11. Embraceable You

12. My Kind Of Town

13. One For My Baby

14. My Way

15. New York, New York

Extras

Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

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September 25, 1994

Extras

September 29, 1994

Concerts

Music Hall, Dallas State Fairground, Dallas, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Fell So Young

3. Witchcraft

4, For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. My Funny Valentine

11. What Now My Love

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Kind Of Town

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Extras

Music Hall, Dallas State Fairground, Dallas, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

September 30, 1994

Concerts

Fair Park Music Hall, Dallas State Fairground, Dallas, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. Luck Be a Lady

10. What Now My Love

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. My Way

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Kind of Town

15. Summer Wind

16. Theme From New York, New York

October 1, 1994

Concerts

Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas

Benefit

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 4, 1994

Concerts

Jones Hall, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Barbara

8. At Long Last Love

9. Embraceable You

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Kind Of Town

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 63mins.

Extras

Jones Hall, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

October 5, 1994

Concerts

Jones Hall, Houston, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. Embraceable You

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Kind Of Town

15. Summer Wind

16. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62 min.

Sinatraphile Jim White writes that his wife Rowena insisted that they get top notch tickets for this concert in Houston . White says he was reluctant because he didn't want to see or hear him on the decline. But she, as usual, was right. Sinatra was, in every way, terrific, astonishingly vigorous and energetic that night, the third and last time White was to be in his audience.

October 21, 1994

Concerts

Kiel Center , St.Louis, Missouri

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All (Riddle arg. 1966)

3. A Foggy Day (Mandel arg. 1960)

4. For Once in my Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You under my Skin

7. Where or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. I've Got a Crush on You

10. What Now my Love

11. The Best is Yet to Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

14. My Kind of Town

15. Summer Wind

16. New York , New York

NOTE: By the summer of 1994, Ed O'Brien emphasizes, Frank Sinatra was a very uncertain performer. A concertgoer was taking a chance that the singer would stumble often during a show. But the diminished expectations did not stop SRO crowds although it certainly had many departing the arena saddened by the experience of seeing a great artist struggle through the ravages of time.

But, on the evening of October 21, 1994 (St.

Louis) and October 22 ( Chicago ), Frank Sinatra rolled back the hands of time and gave electrifying performances. He was letter perfect in song after song throughout the shows. His voice was strong and he easily sang the most challenging program imaginable for man about to turn 79.

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Kiel Center, St.Louis, Missouri

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1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All (Riddle arg. 1966)

3. A Foggy Day (Mandel arg. 1960)

4. For Once in my Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You under my Skin

7. Where or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. I've Got a Crush on You

10. What Now my Love

11. The Best is Yet to Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry

14. My Kind of Town

15. Summer Wind

16. New York , New York

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October 22, 1994

Concerts

United Center, Chicago, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. Embraceable You

10. What Now My Love

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. New York , New York

15. My Kind Of Town

While it was a crisp October evening in Chicago, everybody knew it was late December of Frank Sinatra's Years. Along with many in the crowd, I had also attended a performance during Frank's previous 3 show Chicago engagement at the Civic Opera House in May 1993 where I did hear he was in fine form on opening night but it was painful to witness him stumble during his Saturday night performance where fatigue exacerbated by old age made him forget lyrics and occasionally mumble incoherently between songs. At the time, I didn't think he'd ever perform live again let alone come back through Chicago yet when the next concert date was announced I pounced on 4 tickets as I knew my buddy Dutch would like to go and we'd take a couple of English au pairs from the neighborhood who also hung out with us at Ranalli's (along with our mutual friend King mentioned in previous 2 posts). I forewarned the nannies of how Frank was now only a relic of the performer they heard on the Ranalli's jukebox and this concert was only to be looked upon as paying our respects. Ordinarily, I prefer to attend cultural events by myself rather than having a date whose presence far too often distracts and diminishes the evening often leading to post performance tensions. These two nannies had become genuine Sinatra fans and I knew they would also view this evening as quite special and always treasure.

Longtime Chicagoans like to think of Frank Sinatra as our own even though he's more often associated with New York. Frank spent a great deal of time in Chicago over the years particularly during the 1950s and '60s when he frequently made movies or did extended engagements at Chicago Outfit associated nightclubs. Everybody older than 70 has a Sinatra story to tell. One I've heard frequently was when he got in a fight at Chicago's famous rib joint Twin Anchors. At every sporting event in Chicago they wait to play the Sinatra classic My Kind of Town during a pivotal moment to rouse the crowd to a fever pitch as everybody knows the words and sings along.

While I was careful to tamp down expectations on Frank's performance, the United Center was another vexing issue. The brand new home of the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks had only been open a couple of weeks and had just hosted a Billy Joel concert. The acoustics were so bad that attendees were demanding their money back. We all were wearing our best suits and outfits and were prepared just to look at the evening as paying tribute to a once great performer and American icon.

The crowd was unlike any other I've ever attended a concert with. The whole Sinatra Rat Pack scene was making a big comeback in the major cities with the movie Goodfellas dialog often overheard and cigar bars on nearly every block downtown and the North Side. I was afraid there were going to be a lot of these poseurs littering the crowd but thankfully that was not the case. We were among the youngest there with many looking like the crowd at Johnny Sac's daughter's wedding on The Sopranos. These were people who fell in love while listening to Frank on the radio and cried when their daughters took their first dance to that same song at her wedding. The general mood was we were all there to say goodbye.

Don Rickles was the opening act. Rickles has always said that Sinatra was the making of him since when he was a complete unknown performing in Miami Beach in the late '50s, Frank came in to watch his act, liked what he saw, and gave Rickles gigs opening for him in Vegas and soon became a household name. I've always liked Rickles and he was sensational that night perfectly setting the stage for what was to follow.

As Sinatra entered, there was a thunderous ovation that he acknowledged and then quickly dissipated by turning and ordering the band to commence with Come Fly With Me which has no musical prelude. I could tell immediately that Frank's voice sounded much stronger and more sure of itself than during the previous year's performance and the United Center's acoustics issues had apparently been resolved. The nannies grinned over at me with looks of startled bemusement that said "I thought you said Frank was washed up...". Frank was off and running and while the songs didn't sound like the recordings from the '50s and '60s, his richer, more mature, if less powerful, voice gave those songs a deeper meaning that everybody understood. As the lights came up for intermission, the crowd noise went from eardrum piercing applause to an intensely animated din of electrified astonishment over what we had just witnessed. Dutch, the nannies, and I raced out as they were all in need of a quick ciggie to calm their overstimulated nerves. Everybody poring into the Main Floor concourse was abuzz with excitement and not even 5 minutes into intermission with Dutch and the nannies nicotine fix not yet sated we heard noise coming from inside the main floor which we soon recognized as Frank Jr's band striking back up triggering a chaotic stampede of people stomping out just lit cigarettes, abandoning just purchased drinks, and racing to get back inside. I later heard Frank was in his dressing room pacing back and forth like a caged lion and being very conscious of having the now fleeting capacities of his A Game at his full command barked to Frank Jr and the band: "Fuck this...Let's go!!!" and ready or not here 'Ol Blue Eyes' comes adding frenzy to all the commotion. Frank was every bit as strong after the short break and the night was reaching a crescendo as he did New York, New York, and My Way and he closed, just as we hoped he would, with My Kind of Town...and while there wasn't a dry eye in the house we each now had a sentimental journey to always help our lonely heart find a home.

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United Center, Chicago, Illinois

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra jr.

At the United Center in Chicago, Nancy sensed -- and believed her father sensed too -- that this would be his last Chicago performance, and he poured everything into it. The crowd's response to "New York, New York" built into what Nancy describes as an overwhelming wave of noise and emotion; she recalls it as one of the proudest moments she shared with her father.

Frank Sinatra (quoted): "My kind of town, Chicago is..."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

November 1994

Extras

[Frank sings 'All or Nothing at All' near the end of his career]

Fifty-five years after first likely performing it during Harry James's Atlantic City engagement, Frank sang 'All or Nothing at All' at one of his final concerts, at the Sands in Atlantic City in November 1994.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

November 11, 1994

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. Embraceable You

11. What Now, My Love?

12. My Way

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Kind Of Town

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 56 min.

November 12, 1994

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut (11-13)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Kind Of Town

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 54mins.

November 13, 1994

Concerts

Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut (12-13)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got the World on a String

2. All or Nothing at All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once in My Life

5. Come Rain or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. Embraceable You

10. What Now My Love

11. The Best Is Yet to Come

12. My Way

13. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

14. My Kind of Town

15. Theme From New York, New York

November 18, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (18-20)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Friday evening

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Witchcraft

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. I Get A Kick Out Of You

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Fly Me To The Moon

10. My Funny Valentine

11.. What Now My Love

12. My Way

13. Angel Eyes

14. My Kind Of Town

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62mins.

November 19, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (18-20)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. My Funny Valentine

10. What Now, My Love?

11. The Best Is Yet To Come

12. My Way

13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

14. My Kind Of Town

15. New York, New York

Notes: TT 62 mins.

November 20, 1994

Concerts

Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey (18-20)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. All Or Nothing At All

3. A Foggy Day

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. I've Got You Under My Skin

7. Where Or When

8. At Long Last Love

9. My Funny Valentine

10. What Now, My Love?

11. My Way

12. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

13. My Kind Of Town

14. New York, New York

Notes: Final Club/Casino Performance

November 25, 1994

Television

SINATRA DUETS

CBS-TV

10:00 TO 11:00 P.M.

Extras

SINATRA DUETS

CBS-TV

10:00 TO 11:00 P.M.

"Sinatra Duets" (10 p.m.-11 p.m., Channel 11) -- Frank Sinatra's new "Duets" album, like his last one, is an engineering marvel that makes the vocal collaboration a disconcertingly disembodied event: Mr. Sinatra records his vocals first, after which the guest artists overlay their own contributions at a separate time and studio. Therefore, a lot of these people who talk of "singing with" Mr. Sinatra actually are singing along with his recordings, something they could do at home. Visually, this -- presents an insurmountable challenge for the producers of this special, who use everything from split screen to video montages to dodge the fact that these performances were recorded separately. But the music holds up, of course, and "Sinatra Duets" also includes generous samplings of film and TV clips in which Mr. Sinatra sings real duets in real time with the likes of Elvis Presley, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and Jimmy Durante. CBS. Baltimore Sun 11-25-94

Liner Notes: DUETS II

Duets II arrived roughly a year after its predecessor, built from the same electronically assembled process -- Sinatra's vocals recorded separately from his partners, the performances later combined -- but drawing from a still wider and, in places, more unexpected roster of collaborators, including a moving pairing with his own son, Frank Sinatra Jr., on "My Kind of Town," and a late, previously unreleased recording alongside Luciano Pavarotti.

Though it sold less than the first Duets album, Duets II received somewhat warmer reviews from critics who felt the song selection and pairings showed more care the second time through -- "For Once in My Life" with Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder, "Fly Me to the Moon" with Antonio Carlos Jobim, "The House I Live In" with Neil Diamond, each one finding a genuine point of connection between Sinatra's phrasing and his partner's own idiom.

It would prove to be the final studio album of Sinatra's fifty-four-year recording career, and the record won him his final competitive Grammy, for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. Heard now, Duets II plays as a genuinely fitting closing statement -- an artist who began recording in the swing era signing off surrounded by a chorus of voices from every generation and genre he had influenced along the way.

Written by Claude (Anthropic), commissioned for this chronology, 2026.

December 19, 1994

Concerts

Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Natalie Cole

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Fly Me To The Moon

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Lady Is A Tramp

7. The Best Is Yet To Come

8. Strangers In The Night

9. Where Or When

10. My Kind Of Town

11. What Now, My Love?

12. New York, New York

13. One For My Baby

14. Summer Wind

15. My Way

Notes: TT 55mins.

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Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Natalie Cole

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Frank did two shows at Fukuoka Dome in Japan while visibly fatigued from travel; after the first concert, the touring orchestra learned by fax that trombonist Jim Huntsinger, who could not make the trip due to cancer, had died, which left Frank very down.

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

December 20, 1994

Concerts

Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan

Last Complete Concert

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Opening Act: Natalie Cole

1. Come Fly With Me

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Fly Me To The Moon

4. For Once In My Life

5. Come Rain Or Come Shine

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

7. Strangers In The Night

8. My Kind Of Town

9. What Now, My Love?

10. New York, New York

11. One For My Baby

12. Summer Wind

13. My Way

Notes: TT 50mins

Ed O'Brien notes:

Frank's last full concert. He would do a benefit performance on 2-25-95 and sing six songs, but Fukuoka was the swan song for the concert performer. There would be a TV special of the two shows from 12/19&20/94.

1995

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[Death of Lana Turner]

Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra: Actress Lana Turner, whose mid-1940s affair with Sinatra had made headlines, died in 1995; a passage referencing the affair reportedly appeared in an early draft of her 1982 memoir, The Lady, The Legend, The Truth, but was removed before publication.

Source: Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra (Rough guide 8.pdf), chapter "The Inner Circle."

[Christie's Auction of Frank's Keepsakes]

By 1995, Barbara had auctioned off many of Frank's irreplaceable personal keepsakes at Christie's, moving the proceeds into a joint tenancy bank account and rendering moot any question of which child should inherit them.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Final Time Singing In Public, At His 80th Birthday Gala]

Later in 1995 Sinatra sang in public for the last time, at his own eightieth-birthday celebration at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, attended by Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Johnny Depp, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.

Source: Charles Pignone, "Frank Sinatra 100" (2015).

[Dean Martin Dies As Sinatra Turns 80]

Dean Martin died just as Sinatra reached his 80th birthday. Barbara produced a TV special, Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, featuring rappers and rockers, but Frank was not in the mood for it, and his children wanted nothing to do with the production.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Nancy Publishes Updated Sinatra Biography]

Ten years after her first book, Nancy Sinatra published an expanded version titled Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, intended partly as a rebuttal to the criticisms that had accumulated in the interim, including from Kitty Kelley's book.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Nancy Jr.'s Playboy shoot and performance at The Sting]

Consiglio: Around the time of Nancy Jr.'s nude Playboy shoot, Frank asked Consiglio to accompany her to a show at The Sting nightclub in New Britain, Connecticut, and make sure fans weren't bringing the magazine to inappropriate pages for her to autograph. Consiglio recalled that Frank, unhappy about the shoot, had reportedly told Nancy to double her fee hoping Playboy would balk -- but they paid it and the shoot went ahead.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[Sinatra denies writing Frankly Speaking]

Nancy Sinatra Jr.: Decades later, in 1995, Frank's daughter Nancy wrote that when she asked her father whether he had written the "Frankly Speaking" piece, he told her succinctly it was "crap" and that they had made the whole thing up -- though Kaplan notes he had, in fact, paid to have it written.

Source: James Kaplan, "Frank: The Voice" (2010)

[80th birthday TV celebration]

Sinatra's 80th birthday celebration was broadcast on TV, hosted by Gregory Peck and Sharon Stone, with guest performers including Little Richard, Hootie and the Blowfish, Salt-N-Pepa, Paula Abdul, and Natalie Cole; the book wryly suggests it was as much about ratings as celebrating Sinatra.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Dean Martin dies]

Dean Martin died in 1995, following what Havers describes as unhappy final years after his retirement from performing.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

February 25, 1995

Concerts

Marriott, Palm Springs, California (FINAL CONCERT)

Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra jr.

FINAL CONCERT

Introduction by : Tom Dresen

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. You Make Me Feel So Young

3. Fly Me To The Moon

4. Where Or When

5. My Kind Of Town

6. The Best Is Yet To Come

Ed O'Brien (2015):

Hard to believe this evening was 20 years ago. Tom Dressen gave Frank a very nice introduction. There were five songs in the set, Frank was good, real good. After "My Kind Of Town," and a rousing ovation, Frank announced he wanted to do one more. Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh wrote the song for Frank in 1959. He gave it a listen and passed. In June of 1964, Frank finally got around to recording it with a dynamite Billy Byers arrangement, backed by the great Count Basie band. It would become a staple in his repertoire, beginning in 1979. At the end, the man remained the eternal optimist: Somehow -- "The Best Was Yet To Come."

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Marriott, Palm Springs, California (FINAL CONCERT)

Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament

Orchestra Conducted By : Frank Sinatra jr.

FINAL CONCERT

Introduction by : Tom Dressen

Though no one knew it at the time, this would prove to be Frank's final public performance. He closed with "The Best Is Yet to Come" and left the stage elated, convinced he still had years of singing left in him. "I ain't quittin'," he announced afterward. "Just takin' some time off, that's all." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

Frank continued to perform all the way up until February 1995; here he is at the Long Beach Arena, in California. “May you live to be one hundred,” Frank would tell his audiences before leaving the stage, “and the last voice you hear be mine.” Source: photo and caption from J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend (mptvimages.com).

At age 79, Frank performed at a VIP party closing the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament in Palm Springs. Contemporary press called his singing clear and in absolute control; Nancy notes that, given his talk of retiring before turning 80 that December, this may have been intended as a symbolic final show.

Frank Sinatra (quoted): "May you live to be 100 and the last voice you hear be mine."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

Additional detail on the final concert: the show was a private party for roughly 1,200 guests marking the close of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament. Esquire magazine praised the 79-year-old's vocal control that night, and Sinatra closed the performance -- and his live career -- with "The Best Is Yet to Come." Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

March 1995

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[The Compound Sold for Nearly $5 Million]

The family's longtime Palm Springs estate, the Compound, was sold for close to five million dollars. Though Frank initially seemed accepting of the move, he began stalling as the closing date approached, grieving as if he had lost a loved one.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Nature Boy composer eden ahbez dies after being hit by a car]

Eccentric composer eden ahbez, who reportedly lived under the Hollywood sign living on nuts and berries while writing 'Nature Boy,' died in Los Angeles in March 1995 after being struck by a car.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

June 23, 1995

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Duets was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA, and its 1994 sequel Duets II was certified platinum. Source: Sinatra, Nancy. Frank Sinatra: An American Legend. 1998. (via sinatra.com/frank-sinatra-timeline)

July 24, 1995

Extras

"Carnegie Hall Celebrates the Music of Frank Sinatra" featured a different lineup and theme each night for his 80th birthday, including performers like Vic Damone, Rosemary Clooney, and Linda Ronstadt; the final night included a program conducted by Frank Sinatra Jr. called "As I Remember It."

Source: Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend, 1995.

July 26, 1995

Extras

note: Jonathan invited me be his guest at Carnegie. I had just become a

grandpa for the first time. No brainer.

October 12, 1995

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Tickets went on sale for "Sinatra: 80 Years My Way," the ABC television special celebrating Sinatra's 80th birthday, to be taped at the Shrine Auditorium; seats ranged from $50 to $1,000.

Source: Jessica Hodge, Sinatra (Chartwell Books, 1998).

November 1995

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[career commentary]

Tina Sinatra: Sinatra gave his last public concert on February 25, 1995, at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom; that November he appeared, visibly uncomfortable, on an ABC 80th-birthday television salute -- Tina later said "I could tell that he hated almost every minute of it."

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

November 19, 1995

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Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

taped at the Shrine Auditorium on 11-19-95 and aired over ABC 12-14-95.

Note: There is a fascinating

tape of the complete event with multiple screens showing different activities

occurring simultaneously throughout the taping. Ed

View : 80 Years His Way : ABC THROWS FRANK SINATRA AN ALL-OUT BIRTHDAY PARTY TO BENEFIT TWO CHARITIES

By SUSAN KING

DEC. 10, 199512 AM

TIMES STAFF WRITER

Frank Sinatra and his ol' blue eyes turn 80 on Tuesday. And ABC is pulling out all the stops: "Frank Sinatra: 80 Years My Way" is a two-hour gala birthday party the network is airing Thursday.

Taped Nov. 19 at the Shrine Auditorium, "My Way" features such performers as Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Bono, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Salt-N-Peppa and Hootie and the Blowfish paying tribute to the Chairman of the Board.

Executive producer George Schlatter conceived of the "My Way" extravaganza, which was also a benefit for the Barbara Sinatra Children's Clinic in Palm Springs and AIDS Project Los Angeles. Schlatter ("Laugh-In," "The American Comedy Awards") also produced Sinatra's 75th birthday party for CBS. For the last four years, he says, he's been asking Sinatra and his wife Barbara what they wanted to do for his 80th. "I said, We can have dinner at our house. We can have dinner at your house. Or, we will have a party at the Shrine."

The very private Sinatra, Schlatter says, agreed to have a very public birthday only because the event would raise money for two charities. "It continues with what he has been doing all of his life. He has been responsible for raising more than one billion dollars in charity. I mean, you have to figure he started doing charity events when he was 18 years old. Sometimes he has done two or three a day."

As for the guests, Schlatter says, there is a cross-section of ages and styles, as well as Sinatra cronies. Sinatra and Ray Charles, who sings "Ol' Man River," have been friends for years. He's known Natalie Cole, who sings "They Can't Take That Away From Me," since she was a little girl. "He's worked with Patti LaBelle. Tony Danza is a particular favorite of his. Of course, Vic Damone and Steve and Eydie have worked with him for a long time. Tony Bennett--you know what that relationship is about." (Sinatra has called Bennett the best male singer around.)

Springsteen, who performs "Angel Eyes," and Dylan, who sings his own 1964 composition "Reckless Forever," are two rockers whom Sinatra appreciates. "And then we have three of the comedians who have worked the most with him--Don Rickles, Tom Dreesen and Norm Crosby. And then you have some of the people who are very hot today, like Salt-N-Peppa and Hootie and the Blowfish."

Schlatter says he can't really define what makes Sinatra unique in the world of popular music. "He lights up a stage," Schlatter says of the Hoboken, N.J., native who won the 1953 best supporting actor Oscar for his role in "From Here to Eternity."

"He lights up a room. He lights up a theater. He lights up a city. Part of it is the voice. Part of it is the memories he brings back."

A high point in the show occurs when longtime friends Lawrence, Gorme and Damone sing a medley of two dozen Sinatra standards, beginning with his first bobby-soxer hit "All or Nothing at All," which he recorded when he was with Harry James' orchestra. Also in the mix are "Night and Day," "Witchcraft," "You Make Me Feel So Young" and "This Love of Mine," which Sinatra also wrote.

No one, Lawrence says, can interpret a lyric like Sinatra. "The American popular song was poetry and, for the most part, there were a lot of poems that were set to music," Lawrence explains. "Frank grew up in a period of time where we had some great intellectual people writing. People like Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn. ... Frank had the good taste to take the best of their music and make it better."

Unlike his contemporaries of the day, Lawrence adds, Sinatra performed in such a way "that he was singing a story rather than ... in tempo. He personalized the story. He made it a small little drama."

And he influenced singers like Lawrence. "His influence was profound on everybody who came after him," he says. "And then it was up to you to take that, add yourself to it and become somebody else."

Five years ago, Lawrence and Gorme opened for Sinatra on his worldwide tour. "It was extraordinary," Lawrence says. "He's the only performer--even out of the realm of performance--one of the few people in the world who has the recognition worldwide not only for his music, but for his acting. He gets the same reaction in Norway as he does in Newark!"

"Frank Sinatra: 80 Years My Way" airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on ABC

December 1, 1995

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More than two hundred of Frank's possessions were auctioned at Christie's, including Fabergé boxes, paintings by Grandma Moses and Andrew Wyeth, his Bösendorfer piano, and his 1976 green Jaguar. Net proceeds totaled about $1.9 million, with the Jaguar's $70,000 sale price separately forwarded to its true owner, Bobby Marx, though the catalogue never disclosed his ownership. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

December 1, 1995

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December 12, 1995

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Frank turns eighty. "I'll never sing again in public," he told Larry King around this time, "because those days are just gone. But I'm very, very happy." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

Frank's eightieth birthday itself was overshadowed by a family rift: Barbara accepted a small dinner invitation from friends George and Jolene Schlatter for the night, which did not include Frank's children, even though Tina believed she and Barbara had already agreed months earlier that the family would celebrate together. A furious Tina told Frank she was done trying to navigate the situation, effectively beginning another period of estrangement. Frank insisted he wouldn't attend the Schlatter dinner without his kids there, but Barbara held firm that it was a dinner party, not a birthday party, and that she wasn't obligated to invite them; in the end, he went anyway. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

December 14, 1995

Television

Sinatra 80 Years My Way

Taped November 19, 1995 at the Heinz Pavilion

Guests: Danny Aiello, Tony Bennett, Bono, Ray

Charles, Natalie Cole, Vic Damone, Tony Danza,

Bob Dylan, Dennis Franz, Eydie Gorme, Patti

LaBelle, Steve Lawrence, Luis Miguel, Chazz

Palminteri, Gregory Peck, Paul Reiser, Don

Rickles, Tom Selleck, Bruce Springsteen

1. New York, New York w/cast

2. Happy Birthday w/cast

Ed O'Brien notes: Frank would sing for the last time in public.. He sang almost all of the

Kander-Ebb song. The TV broadcast edited out quite a bit of his performance.

Extras

Frank had wanted no part of this birthday special, reportedly telling producer Eliot Weisman years earlier, "Don't you ever do this kind of bullshit tribute thing for me," and his children boycotted the taping entirely. The night before, Barbara arranged a dinner at home with Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to lift his spirits; the three got pleasantly drunk on Jack Daniel's and sang around the piano together. Frank ultimately went through with the special, closing the broadcast by joining an all-star lineup onstage to sing the last two notes of "Theme from New York, New York." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

"New York, New York"

Will Friedwald: At his 80th birthday concert on November 19, 1995, Sinatra -- by then rarely performing -- came onstage only for the finale, escorted by Tony Bennett, to join the company in singing 'New York, New York,' looking both pleased and mildly annoyed that others were performing 'his' show.

Source: Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art" (2018 revised edition).

December 25, 1995

Extras

Dean Martin dies on Christmas morning at seventy-eight of acute respiratory failure brought on by emphysema. Frank had spoken with him by phone the night before, signing off as he always did: "Goodbye, Dag." Too grief-stricken to attend the funeral, Frank stayed in bed for two days afterward. In a prepared statement he said, "Dean was my brother -- not through blood but through choice... He has been like the air I breathe -- always there, always close by." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

1996

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[Barbara Begins Relying on the Daughters for Coverage]

Starting in November 1996, after Sinatra's heart attack, Barbara had routinely called Nancy and Tina to sit with their father whenever she had an evening engagement — an arrangement that ended abruptly after the February 1998 bleeding crisis.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Original Ureter Cancer Stent Procedure]

Dr. Leon Bender had first treated Sinatra's ureter cancer with a stent procedure in 1996; the February 1998 recurrence was addressed by simply repeating that same treatment.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Billy May returns in 1996 for a Stan Freberg sequel album]

Billy May re-emerged in 1996 to write band charts for comedian Stan Freberg's The United States of America, Vol. 2, twenty-five years after working on the original; in 1999 he traveled to Britain to conduct the BBC Big Band in Edinburgh.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

January 1996

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[George Burns's 100th Birthday Party]

Sinatra hosted a party to mark George Burns's 100th birthday, though Burns himself was too unwell to attend; by this point Sinatra had also stopped singing in public. Burns died a few weeks later.

Source: Michael Freedland, All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997; Orion paperback, 1998).

[Abandoned Serenade for George Burns's 100th Birthday]

In one of his final public performance attempts, an ailing Sinatra tried to serenade comedian George Burns for Burns's hundredth birthday but was unable to complete it.

Source: George Perry, additional material in Derek Jewell, Frank Sinatra: A Celebration (New York: Applause Books, 1999).

February 11, 1996

Extras

Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament, Palm Springs, California Sunday Evening

Ed O'Brien:

One more time would be a good heading for this last hurrah in Frank's desert paradise.

The weekend festivities concluded with a rousing version of "New York, New York." Andy Williams,

Jerry Vale, Jack Jones, Buddy Greco, Vic Damone and Susan Anton did the vocal honors. The comedian,

Tom Dressen, approached the stage as the song concluded. Suddenly, the audience stood and cheered as

Sinatra strode onto a stage for the very last time. Dressen announced that a "national treasure" was making an appear- ance. Frank, dressed in a tux, waved and gave a salute to the audience.. He beamed at the singers as they applauded him.

And then he was gone.

April 1996

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[National Enquirer Report on Sinatra's Health]

The National Enquirer reported that Sinatra was suffering from microangiopathy, a condition in which the small blood vessels of the brain deteriorate.

Source: Michael Freedland, All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997; Orion paperback, 1998).

July 1996

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[Frank and Barbara's 20th Anniversary Vow Renewal]

Still estranged from her father, Tina declined an invitation to a church ceremony where Frank and Barbara renewed their wedding vows for their twentieth anniversary, followed by a dinner party at the beach house. Nancy also stayed away, though Frankie attended.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Frank And Barbara Renew Wedding Vows]

Sinatra and Barbara renewed their wedding vows, a ceremony that his daughters Tina and Nancy chose to stay away from.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

July 11, 1996

Extras

Frank and Barbara renew their wedding vows on their twentieth wedding anniversary at Our Lady of Malibu Church -- their fourth wedding ceremony together, counting the original Sunnylands wedding and the two remarriages that followed Frank's 1978 Catholic annulment. Tina and Nancy Sinatra, both estranged from their father at the time, did not attend; Frank Jr. and Bobby Marx were present. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

October 26, 1996

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Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA

Carousel of Hope Benefit

25 October 1996 file photo shows entertainer Frank Sinatra (R) and his wife Barbara as they arrive at the Carousel of Hope benefit in Beverly Hills, California

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November 1996

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[The Sands Hotel closes, a month after its film cameo]

The Sands finally closed in November 1996, a month after being used in the Nicolas Cage film Con Air, in which a crashing plane full of convicts smashes into the casino's facade. Havers notes Frank's golf-cart incident had done comparatively minor damage to the building by comparison.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

November 2, 1996

Extras

A predawn call from Barbara summoned Tina to Cedars-Sinai, where she learned her father had suffered a serious heart attack. When he later woke and recognized her, they exchanged their first words in nearly a year, ending the estrangement between them. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

November 10, 1996

Extras

After eight days at Cedars-Sinai, with Barbara and Vine covering days and Nancy and Tina covering nights, the family smuggled Frank out past waiting media and back to Foothill, which felt to him like Christmas morning. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

November 2, 1996

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November 10, 1996

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December 12, 1996

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Frank turns eighty-one. Unlike the discord over his eightieth birthday the year before, the entire family gathered at his side for the occasion without conflict -- a truce that had taken hold a month earlier after his November 1996 heart attack ended Tina's boycott of the household. Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

December 24, 1996

Extras

Weaker than he had been at Thanksgiving, Frank used his wheelchair for the first time and left dinner early to rest. Tina followed and cried quietly at his bedside; he woke and comforted her by stroking her hair, telling her not to worry. Barbara later scolded Tina for showing emotion in front of him. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

December 24, 1996

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1997

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[Sinatra Receives The Congressional Gold Medal]

Sinatra was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, an honor created in 1787 and given to fewer than 400 people. His daughter Nancy accepted it on his behalf, calling it the country's way of acknowledging the truth about her father and expressing its love for him.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[Keenan's later self-serving reflection]

Barry Keenan: In a 1997 interview with Randy Taraborrelli, Barry Keenan claimed his kidnapping plan had worked almost exactly as intended, reuniting father and son and casting Sinatra sympathetically in the press, remarking it couldn't have worked better if the Sinatras had paid him to do it.

Source: James Kaplan, "Sinatra: The Chairman" (2015)

[awards]

Sinatra was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor on December 15, 1997 (his 82nd birthday), but was too ill to attend and watched the ceremony on C-SPAN at home.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[critical reception]

John Lahr: Critic John Lahr, in his 1997 book Sinatra: The Artist and the Man, wrote that in time Sinatra seized more than power -- he infiltrated the Western world's dream life, a claim the author connects to Sinatra's visual, onscreen legacy as much as his music.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), March 25, 1954 / Well Did You Evah / Hoboken

January 1997

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[Second Cedars-Sinai Admission for Erratic Blood Pressure]

Frank was rushed back to Cedars-Sinai after another early-morning call reported erratic blood pressure. Angry about being hospitalized again, he later tried to talk Tina into helping him leave before doctors cleared him, hiding a standoff over his missing slippers that ended amicably.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[1965 St. Louis Benefit Footage Rediscovered]

The only known film footage of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. performing together on television surfaced when a 1965 closed-circuit recording of a benefit performance for a St. Louis halfway house was rediscovered in a secretary's closet. The footage was subsequently donated to the Museum of Television & Radio.

Source: Jessica Hodge, Sinatra (Chartwell Books, 1998).

January 16, 1997

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January 17, 1997

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As Barbara's seventieth birthday neared, the family convinced her to hold a pajama party at Foothill so Frank could stay comfortable without needing to dress. Frank showed little interest in socializing and retired early, though visits from friends like Steve Lawrence, Quincy Jones, and an emotional Tony Curtis lifted his spirits during this period. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

March 10, 1997

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March 16, 1997

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June 28, 1997

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This Thanksgiving brought the full family together -- Barbara, Nancy Sr., Nancy Jr. and her daughters, Tina, Frank Jr., and Bobby Marx -- as a nurse wheeled a frail Frank, a blanket over his knees, up to the table. "Hello, family," he said. Frank Jr. offered a toast: "We love you very much, Dad." Frank, raising his glass with a visible tremor, replied, "And I love you back. Each and every one of you." Tasting the wine, he pronounced it approvingly: "Italian Barbera. Now that right there? That's one fine wine." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

December 1997

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[82nd Birthday Celebration at Piccolo's, Hoboken]

For his 82nd birthday, more than 500 friends and longtime fans gathered at Joseph "Sparky" Spaccavento's Piccolo's restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey, to celebrate Sinatra in the city where his career began.

Source: Jessica Hodge, Sinatra (Chartwell Books, 1998).

December 10, 1997

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December 11, 1997

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December 12, 1997

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For Frank's eighty-second birthday, the family watched C-SPAN as the House of Representatives voted unanimously to award him the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, and saw the Empire State Building lit blue in his honor on the evening news. Frank was overwhelmed but characteristically modest about the tributes. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

December 12, 1997

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December 13, 1997

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The family kept its open-house Christmas Eve tradition on a smaller scale. Tina's mother stopped by briefly and shared a laugh with Frank, leaving him more upbeat than he had been at Thanksgiving; she sensed, correctly, that this would be the last time she ever saw him. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

December 24, 1997

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1998

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[Keenan Sells His Story]

Decades later, kidnapping ringleader Barry Keenan, who had become a developer, sold his account of the crime to Columbia Pictures for $1.5 million but was later barred from profiting from it under California's Son of Sam law.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Kerkorian's Plane for Grandpa's Burial (Recalled)]

Tina recalled that Kirk Kerkorian had once provided a private plane to fly the family home from her grandfather's funeral in New Jersey, just as he did after Sinatra's own desert burial decades later.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Nursing Care Shifted From RNs to LPNs]

Barbara proposed switching Frank's round-the-clock nursing staff from registered nurses to lower-cost licensed practical nurses, reasoning that his care could otherwise become prohibitively expensive if he lived on for years. Tina welcomed the change as a hopeful sign that the crisis had passed, though the transition happened so fast she never got to say goodbye to Rosie, Frank's night nurse.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Sinatra's Palm Springs golf tournament costs]

Consiglio: By 1998, participating in Sinatra's charity golf tournament (benefiting the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center) cost $17,000 for the weekend, with a $10,000 ticket just for the dinner. Consiglio kept a 1998 invitation and a note from Frank's assistant Dorothy Uhlemann saying Frank would cover all his expenses.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[personal life]

Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital emergency room on May 14, 1998; his last words to Barbara were reportedly "I'm losing."

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), Knight-Errant (pt. 2) / That's Life

[Bill Miller at Sinatra's Funeral]

Bill Miller, who outlived his longtime boss, played at Sinatra's funeral.

Source: Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra (Rough guide 7.pdf), chapter "The Inner Circle."

[reception -- critical commentary]

Patrick Williams first spoke publicly about his work on the Duets sessions at Hofstra University's 1998 Frank Sinatra academic conference, describing the intense pressure he and Ramone felt not to let Sinatra abandon the project partway through.

Source: Charles L. Granata, "Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording" (1999/2003), Part V: Capitol Revisited

February 1998

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[Barbara Disputes Tina's Account of Blood Loss]

During a dinner with Dr. Espinoza after the crisis had passed, Barbara sharply contradicted Tina's estimate that Sinatra had needed four units of blood, insisting it was only two or three — an exchange that left Tina suspecting Barbara felt defensive about having been away.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Cancer Recurrence Found, Stent Reinserted]

Shortly before Barbara left for her annual golf trip, Sinatra went to Cedars for a follow-up exam. Urologist Dr. Leon Bender found a smaller recurrence of the ureter cancer and reinserted a stent, assuring the family it was not life-threatening.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Emergency Hospitalization for Dehydration and Blood Loss]

When Barbara returned that Sunday and saw how weak and dehydrated Sinatra had become, cardiologist Rex Kennamer insisted he be hospitalized immediately. He received several transfusions and remained on IV support at Cedars for days, with Kennamer later telling Nancy they had nearly lost him.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Overnight Bleeding Crisis While Barbara Was Away]

On Barbara's first night out of town, Sinatra began passing heavy clotted blood every ten to twenty minutes and was in severe pain. Nancy struggled for hours to reach Barbara and the on-call doctor, who initially downplayed the bleeding as normal before Sinatra was cauterized again the next morning.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[NBA All-Star Weekend breakfast with Muhammad Ali]

Consiglio: In February 1998, NBA Commissioner David Stern (a former colleague of Larry O'Brien's) invited Consiglio's family to NBA All-Star Weekend in New York. There, despite bodyguards initially blocking him, Consiglio was personally invited by Ali's wife Lonnie to sit and have breakfast with Muhammad Ali, who by then had Parkinson's disease and was surrounded by other sports stars like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

February 6, 1998

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The tenth annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament got underway at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California, with celebrity golfers including Clint Eastwood, Jack Lemmon, and Joe Pesci, and singer Kenny Rogers headlining the accompanying entertainment.

Source: Jessica Hodge, Sinatra (Chartwell Books, 1998).

February 12, 1998

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Amid the final decline that preceded his death three months later -- bladder cancer, panic attacks, dizzy spells, and agonizing blood clots passing through the lining of his bladder, eased by a transfusion -- Sinatra was released from the hospital. Source: David Lehman, Sinatra's Century.

May 1998

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[Sinatra's death and funeral exclusion]

Consiglio: When Frank Sinatra died, Frank Jr. called Consiglio and told him not to come, saying he'd "get lost in the shuffle" but would be taken care of. The family later sent Consiglio a memorial program with a gold-trimmed dish bearing Frank's picture, plus a thank-you card from Barbara and notes from Frank Jr. and Nancy Jr.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[Public Tributes Following Sinatra's Death]

News of Sinatra's death prompted tributes worldwide: the Empire State Building in New York was floodlit blue, a moment of silence was observed at the Cannes Film Festival, and President Clinton, then attending a G8 summit in Birmingham, England, remarked that Sinatra "really did do it his way."

Source: George Perry, additional material in Derek Jewell, Frank Sinatra: A Celebration (New York: Applause Books, 1999).

May 9, 1998

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After attending granddaughter Amanda's graduation from Loyola Marymount University, Tina spent the afternoon with her father, who looked unusually well and alert. They watched part of the film Houdini, shared grapes and an Oreo cookie, and talked about his hope of living to see the new millennium; he told her he loved her before she left. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 11, 1998

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Two days before his death, Sinatra had Tony order in a pizza, and the two shared nonalcoholic beers over a relaxed evening together. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 12, 1998

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On the Tuesday before his death, Sinatra's mood darkened considerably; he told Tony that he no longer wanted to keep living the way he was. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 13, 1998

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Sinatra woke deeply unsettled and stayed withdrawn and unresponsive through the day, refusing even his favorite Eskimo Pie. He brightened only briefly when Barbara stopped by on her way out to dinner, greeting her with a pointed remark about her being away from home so much. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 9, 1998

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Two days before his death, Sinatra had Tony order in a pizza, and the two shared nonalcoholic beers over a relaxed evening together. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 12, 1998

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May 14, 1998

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Frank Sinatra dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being rushed there from his Beverly Hills home. He had been convalescing at home that day, adjusting to new heart medication; Barbara had gone to dinner at Morton's after kissing him good night and was called back when paramedics couldn't find his pulse. She reached him as doctors worked on him and urged him, "You must fight, my darling... Please fight." He looked at her and whispered, "I can't," and died shortly after. His doctor, Rex Kennamer, phoned Tina just after 11 p.m. with the news: "We lost him." Source: J. Randy Taraborrelli, Sinatra: Behind the Legend.

Wikipedia adds that the night Sinatra died, the lights on the Empire State Building were turned blue in his honor, the lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed, and the casinos stopped spinning for one minute; Billboard reported a significant worldwide spike in his record sales the following month. Wikipedia's account also gives Sinatra's final words, spoken to Barbara, as "I'm losing" -- a differing detail from the "I can't" account given elsewhere. Source: Wikipedia, “Frank Sinatra.”

Additional detail: Sinatra, 82, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following several months of declining health, with wife Barbara at his bedside. Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

May 15, 1998

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The family met at Foothill at noon to arrange the vigil and funeral Mass with two priests, then Tina and Nancy were driven under cover to the McCormick Funeral Home near the Forum to view their father's body for the first time. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 16, 1998

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Tina faxed her invitation list to Foothill; Barbara initially objected to including Nancy Reagan but relented after Tina pushed back, and separately agreed that Sonny should be added as a pallbearer at Tina's urging. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 17, 1998

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Tina hosted about twenty close friends at her home to share memories and grief, everyone wearing powder-blue ribbons. She later returned alone to McCormick's, where family members had already left mementos with the body, including candy, cigarettes, a small bottle of Jack Daniel's, and stuffed animals; Tina added a dog biscuit. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 18, 1998

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Bob Finkelstein learned that morning of the previously unknown second will. That afternoon at Foothill, Tina discovered that Barbara and her divorce lawyer, Arthur Crowley, had rejected a full military honor guard and flag-draped coffin that President Clinton had personally authorized after Nancy's request, calling it inappropriate; the news left Tina in tears. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 19, 1998

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The family held a private vigil that evening at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, where Nancy and her daughters A.J. and Amanda spoke and musicians played Sinatra standards. Tina left a farewell note and ten dimes tucked into his jacket pocket before the casket was closed. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

May 15, 1998

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May 20, 1998

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Frank Sinatra's funeral was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, with roughly 400 mourners inside and thousands of fans gathered outside. Gregory Peck, Tony Bennett, and Sinatra's son Frank Jr. addressed the mourners. Sinatra was buried in a blue business suit with a red-and-blue necktie -- a nod to his support for the Italian football club Genoa CFC -- in a grave beside his parents at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California, marked with the phrases "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "Beloved Husband & Father" (the gravestone was replaced in 2021, after damage, with one reading "Sleep Warm, Poppa"). Source: Wikipedia, “Frank Sinatra.”

[Additional funeral detail from Barbara's memoir]

Barbara's memoir adds that the funeral Mass, held six days after Frank's death, was closed-casket and celebrated by Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles; pallbearers included Don Rickles, Eliot Weisman, Frank Jr., Steve Lawrence, and Barbara's son Bobby Marx. Before the casket was closed, friends and family placed mementos inside, including a flask of Jack Daniel's, a roll of dimes, and a gold Bulgari medallion from Barbara inscribed in Italian, "You still give me a thrill."

Source: Barbara Sinatra, Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank Sinatra (New York: Crown Archetype, 2011).

Additional detail on the funeral: the two-hour Mass at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills drew roughly 400 invited mourners, with Tony Bennett, Gregory Peck, and Frank Sinatra Jr. speaking and the choir singing "Ave Maria." Attendees included ex-wives Nancy Sinatra and Mia Farrow, former girlfriends Jill St. John and Angie Dickinson, last surviving Rat Packer Joey Bishop, and figures including Jack Nicholson, Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas, and Tom Selleck. Sinatra was buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs. Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

May 25, 1998

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May 26, 1998

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There’s not much to disagree with here in either the analysis or the choice of albums. The difficult task is limiting the list to 10 recommendations so maybe it’s churlish to linger on the omission of strong contenders like Close To You and Watertown. -Vance

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May 28, 1998

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Flagstaff, Arizona

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September 12, 1998

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November 1998

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Hofstra University's Frank Sinatra Conference

In November 1998, less than a year after Frank Sinatra's death, Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York) held its first academic conference devoted to Sinatra, titled "Frank Sinatra: The Man, The Music, The Legend." The three-day conference brought together scholars, critics, and figures from Sinatra's own circle for 43 panels, roughly 120 scholarly papers, and more than 170 discussants examining his music, films, and cultural legacy.

Consultants to the event included Tina Sinatra, Will Friedwald, Charles Granata, and Michael "Contentious" Kraus. Friedwald, author and Sinatra historian, served as Hofstra's Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar for the conference. Other notable attendees included Quincy Jones, Vic Damone, and Alan King.

The conference produced two published essay collections: Frank Sinatra: The Man, The Music, The Legend (edited by Jeanne Fuchs and Ruth Prigozy) and Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian American Culture (edited by Stanislao Pugliese).

December 1998

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[Sinatra's FBI dossier released]

Kaplan: Sinatra's 1,275-page FBI dossier was publicly released in December 1998, seven months after his death in May of that year.

Source: James Kaplan, "Sinatra: The Chairman" (2015)

1999

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[Death of Joe DiMaggio Jr.]

Consiglio: Joe DiMaggio Jr. died a few months after his father Joe DiMaggio's death in 1999, at age 57; Consiglio notes the two had remained estranged for years and never reconciled.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012)

[Only the Lonely belatedly honored decades after Grammy snub]

Only the Lonely, which Frank considered his favorite album but which won just a minor award at the inaugural Grammys, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, seen partly as an effort to correct that original oversight.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

March 8, 1999

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[Death of Joe DiMaggio]

Consiglio: Joe DiMaggio died on March 8, 1999. A few months later his son, Joe DiMaggio Jr., also died, at age 57, having worked in a New Jersey junkyard and having remained estranged from his father for years.

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012).

May 14, 1999

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[First anniversary memorial mass for Sinatra]

Consiglio: On May 14, 1999, one year after Sinatra's death, memorial masses were held in his honor, including one in Philadelphia organized by longtime fan Fran Casella (who had been at his 1942 Paramount Theatre debut). The service featured only Sinatra recordings instead of hymns, including "Ave Maria" and closing with "Put Your Dreams Away."

Source: Tony Consiglio (as told to Franz Douskey), "Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years" (2012).

July 4, 1999

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note: Nice review but Frank's Vancouver concerts were far better vocally

that weekend.

July 29, 2000

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Kirk Douglas is sitting to the left of Barbara.

August 8, 2000

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Tina dated her closing reflections August 8, 2000, writing that more than two years after her father's death, the difficulties between them had washed away, leaving only love. (Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).)

August 8, 2000

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October 2000

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[Reaction to Tina Sinatra's 60 Minutes interview]

Ed Walters: Writing to a mailing-list contact (Bev) about Tina Sinatra's 60 Minutes appearance, Walters says the Tina shown matched the outspoken person he knew, and predicted she'd get criticized for bluntness the way he had been for quoting Frank's profanity. He states that, from his firsthand experience of the Vegas years, Frank was not primarily focused on family life since entertainers worked through holidays when other families were together, and he felt compassion for the Sinatra children on that account.

Source: Ed Walters, pit boss reminiscences (compiled by Kraus, Sinatra mailing list)

[Reading Tina's book; Barbara Sinatra's role]

Ed Walters: Reading Tina Sinatra's memoir, Walters expresses disappointment, calling it an angry, poorly organized unhappy-daughter narrative rather than a portrait of his father's career. He recalls that in the 1980s Sinatra's Vegas friends, including Walters, had to go through Barbara (and security aide Frank Postnza) to see him, but says Sinatra was genuinely happy with Barbara's ability to manage his affairs, and that Frank spoke to Walters around that time about wanting to accomplish lasting things (hospital and other projects in Palm Springs, projects in Israel) with her help, being conscious of his historical legacy.

Source: Ed Walters, pit boss reminiscences (compiled by Kraus, Sinatra mailing list)

February 2001

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[Vic Damone's last concert after a stroke]

After suffering a stroke in 2000, Vic Damone gave his final concert performance in West Palm Beach, Florida, in February 2001, closing fittingly with 'An Affair to Remember,' a hit for him in 1957.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

May 2001

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[Context for Sinatra's racial jokes about Sammy Davis Jr.]

Ed Walters: Interviewed in London for a Sammy Davis Jr. documentary, Walters explained that racially-tinged jokes Sinatra and Dean Martin made about Davis during Copa Room shows weren't hurtful to Davis at the time. He described that black entertainers, including Davis, were barred from mingling in Vegas casinos in that era (recalling seeing a gambler tell Davis to move at a 21 table using a racial slur), and argued Sinatra's on-stage jokes carried a deliberate message that Sammy is with me, he is alright, which changed how casino staff and gamblers treated Davis going forward.

Source: Ed Walters, pit boss reminiscences (compiled by Kraus, Sinatra mailing list)

[Tim Rice on Sinatra's phrasing]

Ed Walters: At a dinner at the Groucho Club in London with Oxford University TV producers working on a Sammy Davis Jr. documentary, lyricist Tim Rice joined Walters' table and said he had often wondered why Sinatra never did a Broadway show, feeling he'd have been "marvelous." Rice praised how Sinatra read a lyric, saying he seemed to genuinely taste the words he sang.

Source: Ed Walters, pit boss reminiscences (compiled by Kraus, Sinatra mailing list)

[Tim Rice on Sinatra's phrasing]

Ed Walters: At a dinner in London (Groucho Club, Soho) during Walters's trip for a Sammy Davis Jr. documentary interview, lyricist Tim Rice joined the table and asked Walters about Sinatra, wondering why Frank never did Broadway. Rice praised Sinatra's way of reading a lyric, saying he felt Sinatra truly enjoyed the sound of the words he sang, that he seemed to taste them.

Source: Ed Walters, pit boss reminiscences (compiled by Kraus, Sinatra mailing list)

2002

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['I've Got You Under My Skin' used in NBA ad]

Decades after its 1956 recording, which took 22 takes and featured a since-toned-down trombone solo by Milt Bernhardt, 'I've Got You Under My Skin' was used in a computer-generated NBA basketball commercial featuring a virtual 1960s-era Sinatra performing courtside.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Jimmy Webb recalls being moved to tears by his own Sinatra song]

Decades later, songwriter Jimmy Webb described hearing Frank's recording of 'Whatever Happened to Christmas?' on the radio while driving near his home and being overwhelmed, calling it a beautifully arranged record sung with great tenderness by one of the century's great musical figures.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

[Ocean's Eleven remade with Clooney, Pitt, and Damon]

The book notes that a 2002 remake of Ocean's Eleven, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, proved successful enough to spawn a sequel, Ocean's Twelve, cementing the legend of the original.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

January 22, 2002

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Peggy Lee died at home in Los Angeles at age 81, having recorded over 700 songs and 59 albums across her career and received a lifetime achievement award in 1995. (Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).)

2003

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[Tina Reflects On Her Father's Enduring Appeal]

At the opening of a multimedia tribute to her father at Radio City Music Hall, Tina Sinatra was asked why interest in Sinatra had endured. She said he had become part of American culture, carried forward not through reinvention but simply by being passed from one generation to the next.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

[personal life/testimonial]

George Jacobs: Longtime valet George Jacobs, in his 2003 memoir, observed that although music was where Sinatra was undisputed number one, movies were comparatively a crapshoot -- yet cinema was the "Everest" Sinatra felt compelled to conquer, a dream that went beyond the bottom line.

No corresponding dated entry could be identified in the chronology for this film/context.

Source: Tom Santopietro, "Sinatra in Hollywood" (2008), March 25, 1954 / Well Did You Evah / Hoboken

2004

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[Morrissey Revives Nancy Sinatra's Career]

After an unsuccessful comeback attempt in 1995, Nancy Sinatra experienced a genuine career renaissance when singer Morrissey invited her to play London's Meltdown festival, where she was a hit; a follow-up album featuring collaborations with Jon Spencer and Sonic Youth earned strong reviews.

Source: The Rough Guide to Frank Sinatra, chapter "I Want to Be a Part of It, 1971-98."

January 2004

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[Billy May dies shortly after being interviewed for this book]

Billy May died in January 2004, just a few months after being interviewed for the Havers biography.

Source: Richard Havers, "Sinatra" (Dorling Kindersley, 2007).

October 2006

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[Skepticism about the Pebble Beach punch story]

Ed Walters: Responding to a Carmel Magazine article claiming Sinatra punched Del Monte Properties president Richard Osborne in 1964 at Pebble Beach's The Lodge after being refused late food service (leading to Sinatra being banned from the golf event), Walters expresses doubt about key details. He argues Dean Martin, known for restraining Sinatra's temper and disliking mistreatment of staff, would not have been complicit as described, and that Sinatra rarely threw the first punch -- suggesting it's more plausible Sinatra pushed things too far and was the one struck, with the story's framing likely shaped by one of Dean Martin's characteristically wry retellings.

Source: Ed Walters, pit boss reminiscences (compiled by Kraus, Sinatra mailing list)

May 25, 2008

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Buffalo News

2012

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[Jill Corey reflects on shared relationship]

Jill Corey: In 2012, singer Jill Corey, reflecting on Sinatra's mid-1950s relationship with both her and Peggy Connelly, said she supposed he could have been carrying on relationships with both of them -- or several others -- simultaneously.

Source: James Kaplan, "Sinatra: The Chairman" (2015)

February 2013

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In an interview, Mia Farrow suggested that Sinatra -- to whom she remained close for life after their 1966-1968 marriage -- might be the biological father of her son Ronan Farrow (born 1987), rather than her longtime partner Woody Allen. Source: Wikipedia, “Frank Sinatra.”

June 26, 2014

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Sinatra's first New Jersey driver's license -- dated 1934, when nineteen-year-old Frank was still living with his parents at 841 Garden Street in Hoboken, listed at five foot eight and one hundred thirty pounds -- sold for $15,757 through Boston-based RR Auction. The same lot included a 1940 letter to New Jersey's Commissioner of Motor Vehicles from a lawyer representing a man who survived a car crash with Sinatra, demanding the young man's license be suspended until he paid for the damages. Source: David Lehman, Sinatra's Century.

2015

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In a CBS Sunday Morning interview, Nancy Sinatra dismissed the Ronan Farrow paternity claim as "nonsense," stating that her father had a vasectomy years before Ronan's birth. Source: Wikipedia, “Frank Sinatra.”

[Frank Jr.'s claim about his birth name]

Frank Sinatra Jr.: In the 2015 HBO documentary Sinatra: All or Nothing at All, Frank Sinatra Jr. claimed, contrary to long-held belief, that he was actually named Francis at birth.

Source: James Kaplan, "Sinatra: The Chairman" (2015)

[The Surrey with the Fringe on Top -- critical commentary]

Billy May: May called the discarded take 'a buncha shit'; Sinatra disliked his own vocal though liked May's chart. Friedwald likens the failure to the earlier 'Lush Life' debacle -- 'the wrong song in the wrong style' -- with Sinatra again inspired by (but unable to match) Nat King Cole's fast swinging version; the 2015 rehearsal-take release shows him struggling to keep up with the patter-heavy tempo.

Source: Will Friedwald, "Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art" (2018 revised edition), Ch. 7, "With Billy May" (1953-1979)

May 2015

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[Birth of Nancy Sr.'s First Great-Grandchild]

Niece AJ and her husband Erik had a daughter, Miranda Vega Paparozzi, making Nancy Sr. a great-grandmother for the first time.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

[Tina Signs the Centennial Foreword]

Tina Sinatra dated and signed the new foreword written for the centennial edition of the memoir, reflecting on the seventeen years since her father's death and thanking readers for their response to the book.

Source: Tina Sinatra, "My Father's Daughter: A Memoir" (2000).

July 25, 2017

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Barbara Sinatra, Frank's widow of nineteen years, died. Upon his 1998 death Frank had left her $3.5 million in assets along with mansions in Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Palm Springs, and the rights to his Trilogy: Past, Present & Future recording. Source: Frank Sinatra Wiki (fandom.com), citing Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend.

October 27, 2023

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Thank you.

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On Oct 27, 2023, at 11:05 AM, Michael Kraus <mkrauster@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Bill:

1) Not a song but the below-mentioned ‘A Hole in the Head’ spots

2) ‘Here Goes’ session takes

3) ‘Memories of You’ Session takes

There a couple of alternate takes and that test run of ‘One for My Baby’ but these have been previously released.

That is all they are officially saying, someone on-line says that a couple of songs (Lean Baby, Right to Sing the Blues) have some brief chatter (“master XYZ, take X”) and they believe, ‘Here Goes’ has a false start at the beginning not in previous releases.

Best: Michael

From: Bill Boggs <ratpacker8@aol.com>

Date: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 10:50 AM

To: Michael Kraus <mkrauster@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Frank Sinatra 'Platinum' Out October 27; Celebrates 70th Anniv Of Capitol Recordings

Michael, hi hope you are well.

Which previously unreleased tracks are supposed to be on this set?

Thank you.

Bill

“Spike Unleashed” The Wonder Dog Returns. July’23.

“I thought I’d have to be hospitalized from laughing so hard..”Linda Stasi, NY Daily News. Advance: www.orderspikecom

On Oct 27, 2023, at 8:14 AM, Michael Kraus <mkrauster@gmail.com> wrote:

Someone on Sinatraphiles list said-

, the "A Hole in the Head" radio spots popped up on my YouTube just now - it does differ from the Hollywood boxset. The boxset was I think two radio spots in their final takes, whereas this is the session material for five radio spots (6 minutes).

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A Hole In The Head (Radio Spots/Medley)

youtu.be

XOXO Contentious

On Sep 12, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Charles L. Granata <chuckgranata@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, and by the way, they can’t even get their own shit straight! We issued the “Hile in the Head” promo spots on the FS In Hollywood box set. So they’re not “unreleased.” More chicanery and schmuckery…LOL

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FRANK SINATRA PLATINUM

Capitol Records And Universal Music Enterprises Celebrate The 70th Anniversary Of Frank Sinatra’s Capitol Recordings With New Set Out October 27

Features Newly Remastered Audio Plus Rare and Previously Unreleased Tracks

Available on 4LP, 2CD and Digital Formats

Highly Anticipated ‘Sinatra The Musical’ Debuts September 23 at The Rep in Birmingham UK

Siriusly Sinatra ‘Sinatra Platinum’ Radio Special Hosted by Tina Sinatra Begins Airing Mid-October

Watch/Share: Frank Sinatra Platinum Official Trailer

LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 – In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s signing to Capitol Records, a moment that transformed his career and solidified his standing as one of the greatest interpretive singers of all time, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises, announces the October 27 release of Frank Sinatra Platinum, a Sinatra Capitol-era spanning set with newly remastered audio plus rare and previously unreleased tracks.

Available on 4LP, 2CD, and digital formats, the 44-track collection features a cross-section of Sinatra’s most beloved songs and sought-after rarities. From the swinging “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and ebullient “Come Fly With Me” to the breathtaking “Moonlight in Vermont” and torch song “Only The Lonely,” the set also includes previously unreleased tracks culled from the Capitol vaults along with alternate takes, a test track, radio spots and session takes that reveal Sinatra’s in-studio artistry. An exclusive deluxe 4LP edition and new signature items will be available exclusively at Sinatra.com.

From 1953-1962, Sinatra recorded more than 300 songs for Capitol Records, most included on landmark concept albums he pioneered. His tenure at the label set him apart from all other vocalists of the 20th century and quite possibly of all time, making it the finest body of recorded work in popular music.

On September 23, the highly anticipated World Premiere of Sinatra The Musical, based on the life and career of the legendary artist and cultural icon, will debut at Birmingham Rep, in Birmingham, UK, and run through October 28; purchase tickets here. The spectacular new musical features twenty actors and seventeen musicians performing over twenty-five of Sinatra’s most legendary songs.

For two months beginning in mid-October, SiriusXM’s Siriusly Sinatra will air a Frank Sinatra Platinum radio special hosted by Tina Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra, Platinum Tracklisting

CD 1 // LP1 - Side A

1. Lean Baby — April 2, 1953 / Heinie Beau -(Billy May- Alfred Roy)

2. I’ve Got The World On A String — April 30, 1953 / Nelson Riddle - (Ted Koehler-Harold Arlen)

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You — November 6, 1953 / George Siravo - (Cole Porter)

4. Young At Heart — December 9, 1953 / Nelson Riddle – (Carolyn Leigh-Johnny Richards)

5. Just One Of Those Things — April 7, 1954 / Nelson Riddle – (Cole Porter)

6. I Get Along Without You Very Well — February 17, 1955 / Nelson Riddle (Hoagy Carmichael)

LP 1 / Side B

1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning — February 17, 1955 / Nelson Riddle – (David Mann-Bob Hilliard)

2. Learning’ The Blues — March 23, 1955 / Nelson Riddle – (Dolores Vicki Silvers)

3. Love And Marriage — August 15, 1955 / Nelson Riddle - (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

4. (Love Is) The Tender Trap — September 13, 1955 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

5. You Make Me Feel So Young — January 9, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Mack Gordon-Josef Myron)

6. I’ve Got You Under My Skin — January 12, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Cole Porter)

LP 2 / Side A

1. I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night — November 1, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Harold Adamson-Jimmy McHugh_

2. The Lady Is A Tramp — November 26, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)

3. Night And Day — November 26, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Cole Porter)

4. Oh! Look At Me Now — November 28, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Joe Bushkin-John De Vries)

5. Where Are You? — May 1, 1957 / Gordon Jenkins – (Harold Adamason-Jimmy McHugh)

6. Witchcraft — May 20, 1957 / Nelson Riddle – (Carolyn Leigh-Cy Coleman)

LP 2 / Side B

1. All The Way — August 13, 1957 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

2. Moonlight In Vermont — October 3, 1957 / Billy May - )Karl Suessdorf-John Blackburn)

3. Come Fly With Me — October 8, 1957 / Billy May – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

4. Only The Lonely — May 29, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

5. Something’s Gotta Give — December 9, 1958 / Billy May – (Johnny Mercer)

6. All My Tomorrows — December 29, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

CD 2 // LP 3 / Side A

1. Here’s That Rainy Day — March 25, 1959 / Gordon Jenkins – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke)

2. A Cottage For Sale — March 26, 1958 / Gordon Jenkins – (Willard Robison-Larry Conley)

3. High Hopes — May 8, 1959 — Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

4. You Go To My Head — March 1, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (J. Fred Coots-Haven Gillespie)

5. The Nearness Of You — March 2, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (Hoagy Carmichael-Ned Washington)

6. Nice ’N’ Easy — April 13, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (Alan Bergman-Marilyn Keith-Lew Spence)

LP 3 / Side B

1. River, Stay ‘Way From My Door — April 13, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – ( Harry M. Wood-Mort Dixon)

2. September In The Rain — August 31, 1960 — Nelson Riddle – (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)

3. Blue Moon — September 1, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)

4. Day By Day — March 20, 1961 / Billy May – (Axel Stordahl-Paul Weston-Sammy Cahn)

5. When The World Was Young — September 11, 1961 / Axel Stordahl – (M. Philippe Gerard-Johnny Mercer)

6. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues — March 6, 1962 / Skip Martin – (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler)

LP 4 / Side A

1. Here Goes (session takes) — March 3, 1958 / Billy May – (Otto Cesana-Sammy Cahn)*

2. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (alternate take) — May 5, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Sammy Cahn-Jule Styne)

3. Lush Life (session takes) — May 29, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Billy Strayhorn)

4. One For My Baby (test track) — June 24, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer)

5. Just In Time (alternate take) — September 30, 1958 / Billy May – (Jule Styne-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)

LP 4 / Side B

1. A Hole In The Head (radio spots) — May 14, 1959 / Nelson Riddle – (Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van Heusen)*

2. I’ve Got A Crush On You (session takes) — March 3, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin)

3. Memories Of You (session takes) — September 11, 1961 / Axel Stordahl – (Eubie Blake-Andy Razaf)*

*previously unreleased

About Frank Sinatra

Throughout his seven-decade career, Frank Sinatra performed on over 1,400 recordings and was awarded 31 gold, nine platinum, three double platinum, and one triple platinum album by the Recording Industry Association of America. The three-time Oscar® winner also appeared in over 60 films and produced eight motion pictures. Sinatra was awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Recording Academy, The Screen Actors Guild, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as the Kennedy Center Honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal. Frank Sinatra demonstrated a remarkable ability to appeal to every generation that continues; his artistry still influences many of today’s music superstars. He remains a legend and an inspiration worldwide for his cultural and artistic contributions. For more information about Frank Sinatra, visit sinatra.com.

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Hi Bill:

1) Not a song but the below-mentioned ‘A Hole in the Head’ spots

2) ‘Here Goes’ session takes

3) ‘Memories of You’ Session takes

There a couple of alternate takes and that test run of ‘One for My Baby’ but these have been previously released.

Best: Michael

From: Bill Boggs <ratpacker8@aol.com>

Date: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 10:50 AM

To: Michael Kraus <mkrauster@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Frank Sinatra 'Platinum' Out October 27; Celebrates 70th Anniv Of Capitol Recordings

Michael, hi hope you are well.

Which previously unreleased tracks are supposed to be on this set?

Thank you.

Bill

“Spike Unleashed” The Wonder Dog Returns. July’23.

“I thought I’d have to be hospitalized from laughing so hard..”Linda Stasi, NY Daily News. Advance: www.orderspikecom

On Oct 27, 2023, at 8:14 AM, Michael Kraus <mkrauster@gmail.com> wrote:

Someone on Sinatraphiles list said-

<maxresdefault.jpg>

A Hole In The Head (Radio Spots/Medley)youtu.be

XOXO Contentious

On Sep 12, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Charles L. Granata <chuckgranata@gmail.com> wrote:

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 12, 2023, at 9:19 AM, Will Friedwald <wfriedwald@gmail.com> wrote:

FRANK SINATRA PLATINUM

Capitol Records And Universal Music Enterprises Celebrate The 70th Anniversary Of Frank Sinatra’s Capitol Recordings With New Set Out October 27

Features Newly Remastered Audio Plus Rare and Previously Unreleased Tracks

Available on 4LP, 2CD and Digital Formats

Highly Anticipated ‘Sinatra The Musical’ Debuts September 23 at The Rep in Birmingham UK

Siriusly Sinatra ‘Sinatra Platinum’ Radio Special Hosted by Tina Sinatra Begins Airing Mid-October

Watch/Share: Frank Sinatra Platinum Official Trailer

For two months beginning in mid-October, SiriusXM’s Siriusly Sinatra will air a Frank Sinatra Platinum radio special hosted by Tina Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra, Platinum Tracklisting

CD 1 // LP1 - Side A

1. Lean Baby — April 2, 1953 / Heinie Beau -(Billy May- Alfred Roy)

2. I’ve Got The World On A String — April 30, 1953 / Nelson Riddle - (Ted Koehler-Harold Arlen)

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You — November 6, 1953 / George Siravo - (Cole Porter)

4. Young At Heart — December 9, 1953 / Nelson Riddle – (Carolyn Leigh-Johnny Richards)

5. Just One Of Those Things — April 7, 1954 / Nelson Riddle – (Cole Porter)

6. I Get Along Without You Very Well — February 17, 1955 / Nelson Riddle (Hoagy Carmichael)

LP 1 / Side B

1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning — February 17, 1955 / Nelson Riddle – (David Mann-Bob Hilliard)

2. Learning’ The Blues — March 23, 1955 / Nelson Riddle – (Dolores Vicki Silvers)

3. Love And Marriage — August 15, 1955 / Nelson Riddle - (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

4. (Love Is) The Tender Trap — September 13, 1955 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

5. You Make Me Feel So Young — January 9, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Mack Gordon-Josef Myron)

6. I’ve Got You Under My Skin — January 12, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Cole Porter)

LP 2 / Side A

1. I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night — November 1, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Harold Adamson-Jimmy McHugh_

2. The Lady Is A Tramp — November 26, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)

3. Night And Day — November 26, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Cole Porter)

4. Oh! Look At Me Now — November 28, 1956 / Nelson Riddle – (Joe Bushkin-John De Vries)

5. Where Are You? — May 1, 1957 / Gordon Jenkins – (Harold Adamason-Jimmy McHugh)

6. Witchcraft — May 20, 1957 / Nelson Riddle – (Carolyn Leigh-Cy Coleman)

LP 2 / Side B

1. All The Way — August 13, 1957 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

2. Moonlight In Vermont — October 3, 1957 / Billy May - )Karl Suessdorf-John Blackburn)

3. Come Fly With Me — October 8, 1957 / Billy May – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

4. Only The Lonely — May 29, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

5. Something’s Gotta Give — December 9, 1958 / Billy May – (Johnny Mercer)

6. All My Tomorrows — December 29, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

CD 2 // LP 3 / Side A

1. Here’s That Rainy Day — March 25, 1959 / Gordon Jenkins – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke)

2. A Cottage For Sale — March 26, 1958 / Gordon Jenkins – (Willard Robison-Larry Conley)

3. High Hopes — May 8, 1959 — Nelson Riddle – (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)

4. You Go To My Head — March 1, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (J. Fred Coots-Haven Gillespie)

5. The Nearness Of You — March 2, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (Hoagy Carmichael-Ned Washington)

6. Nice ’N’ Easy — April 13, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (Alan Bergman-Marilyn Keith-Lew Spence)

LP 3 / Side B

1. River, Stay ‘Way From My Door — April 13, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – ( Harry M. Wood-Mort Dixon)

2. September In The Rain — August 31, 1960 — Nelson Riddle – (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)

3. Blue Moon — September 1, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)

4. Day By Day — March 20, 1961 / Billy May – (Axel Stordahl-Paul Weston-Sammy Cahn)

5. When The World Was Young — September 11, 1961 / Axel Stordahl – (M. Philippe Gerard-Johnny Mercer)

6. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues — March 6, 1962 / Skip Martin – (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler)

LP 4 / Side A

1. Here Goes (session takes) — March 3, 1958 / Billy May – (Otto Cesana-Sammy Cahn)*

2. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (alternate take) — May 5, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Sammy Cahn-Jule Styne)

3. Lush Life (session takes) — May 29, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Billy Strayhorn)

4. One For My Baby (test track) — June 24, 1958 / Nelson Riddle – (Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer)

5. Just In Time (alternate take) — September 30, 1958 / Billy May – (Jule Styne-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)

LP 4 / Side B

1. A Hole In The Head (radio spots) — May 14, 1959 / Nelson Riddle – (Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van Heusen)*

2. I’ve Got A Crush On You (session takes) — March 3, 1960 / Nelson Riddle – (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin)

3. Memories Of You (session takes) — September 11, 1961 / Axel Stordahl – (Eubie Blake-Andy Razaf)*

*previously unreleased

About Frank Sinatra

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Subject: PEARLS BEFORE SWINE 1-13-24

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Hi John, I did a search on his disappearance a long time ago. Found somereally wacky conspiracy theories. One story had him murdered by the Mafiawith Frank behind the hit. There was no plausible reason given for why thatwould be done. But the site really demonized Sinatra. I'm glad someonefinally tracked down his later years and put an end to such ugliness. I think Cahn/Styne wrote two wonderful songs for the film: "TimeAfter Time" and "It's The Same Old Dream." Sinatra had moderate successwith both, but "I Believe" was a Top 10 hit. Go figure.Ed On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:30:33 AM EDT, John Larrabee <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

Ed: "This is bizarre:Long has been missing since 1947. No one seems to know what happened tohim."

From Mark Cantor’s “Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast,” June10, 2023:

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF BOBBY LONG

Bobby Long (March 27th, 1932 - October 31st, 2005) (born Bobby Earl Logsdon,also known as Bob Logsdon) was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Hubert Earl andLola Mae Logsdon. He began tap dancing at the age of six, and by age ten wasperforming professionally on the vaudeville circuit. He toured the countrythroughout his teenage years, including gigs at the Majestic Theatre inPaterson, NJ and Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ, working alongside some of thebiggest names in the country.

In 1942, he was featured in a Soundie named Club Lollypop, dancingalongside a young girl named Marlene Cameron who he had also worked with duringhis stage performances. He may have also appeared in other short films of thisperiod. By 1946, he had moved to Santa Monica, CA. His big break came inthe form of a starring role singing and tap dancing to "I Believe"alongside Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante in the 1947 MGM musical, ItHappened in Brooklyn. He continued touring for several more months.

Then, for unknown reasons, he seems to have quit showbiz and public lifeentirely. At some stage, he may have moved to New York and then back toCalifornia again. In 1951, at the age of 19, he enlisted in the UnitedStates Navy, most likely after being drafted. He served in the Korean Waraboard the USS Philippine Sea as an aerographer's mate third class until1955.

He then led a quiet and private life for the remainder of the 20thcentury. He married once in 1960 and divorced in 1971. When That'sEntertainment, Part 2 was released in 1976, he was miscredited in the"I Believe" segment as "Billy Roy." (This is the name of adifferent child star from It Happened in Brooklyn.) Decades went byand despite ever-increasing interest in Sinatra, Old Hollywood and the MGMstory, the story of Bobby Long was apparently never investigated. Logsdon seemsto have done no interviews and did not speak publicly about his tap dancingcareer.

He lived around the Orange County area and worked in technical fields,including computer-assisted design, during at least the 1980s. He married againin the early 1980s and stayed in that relationship until his death on October31st, 2005.

In the late 2010s, interest grew in Bobby Long through comment sections onYouTube and other websites. Numerous people expressed awe at his prodigiousability, an interest in what might have happened to him, and surprise at hisseeming to disappear from public life. In 2022-23, this was investigated bythis podcast. It was determined where he ended up and that he seems to have leda quiet life by design, and so the case is now closed.

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A bio-pic, if it’s going to be any good (and most of them aren’t), needs a story, not just a whirlwind sampling from the great man’s or woman’s brilliant life. This is a truth that some “Maestro” detractors didn’t seem to grasp last year. Bradley Cooper’s polarizing film portrayed the story of a marriage and a family, the rest of Leonard Bernstein’s munificent talents (composer, conductor, teacher) alluded to but not made central. The marital story held the movie together. Now comes word that Martin Scorsese, for his next project, has got hold of a great story for a bio-pic: the stormy marriage between Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra. Scorsese wants Jennifer Lawrence to play Gardner and Leonardo DiCaprio to be his Sinatra. Neither looks anything like the original, but both have the risk-taking temperament and capacity for rage and wildness required for the roles. Gardner, more than thirty years after her death, remains one of the most beautiful women to have ever worked in Hollywood. She was smart, direct, unafraid. She was also serious about drinking and sex, and didn’t much care for acting. As I wrote in 2013, shortly after a volume of Gardner’s memoirs came out, she gave only a couple of great performances—in roles in which she was obviously playing herself. Still, few actresses have created more affection or more regret. Let us hope the Scorsese film happens soon. —David Denby

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Hi Carl,

What an interesting display. And what an interesting time

for Sinatra. "Eternity" would open in August and then he would knock

the crowds dead at the 500 Club and Bill Miller's Riviera. But the

European tour was up and down all through the spring and summer.

I came across an article ranking the performances in "Eternity." Frank's

portrayal of Maggio was the overwhelming winner. Last week, I listened

to the two Crosby shows from 3-21 and 28-54. At the end of the first

show, Bing invites Frank back the next week after he wins his Oscar.

Frank wants to know what if he doesn't win. Bing tells him to come

anyway.

On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 09:42:20 AM EDT, cara <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

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Frank Sinatra wearing the Mayoral chain while in Blackpool

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Thank you Ed for this information.

Pity we don’t have a descent

Recording of these night club performances.

Shemmy

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Hi John,

It is very possible. Although, Frank claimed he rehearsed his

chamber group with his back to them ( see below) I would like more

information regarding the personnel and the studio.

According to Frank, he did two weeks of rehearsals before

going into the Riviera. He failed to mention that his gig at the 500 Club

preceded the two weeks at Bill Miller's Club. So the time devoted to putting

together his small ensemble had be before Atlantic City.

It is obvious the photos you sent are from either a recording studio

or a network studio.

The "Songs For Young Lovers" sessions are really an extension

of what Frank did at the 500 Club, Riviera and Sands that fall. There were

only 12 musicians at the two November sessions. Years ago, I was

told Capitol Records wasn't willing to give Frank a bigger orchestra until

he proved himself with substantial record sales. I asked Alan Livingston

about that claim. He told me it was a lot of baloney. Frank insisted on

having the smaller orchestra and Riddle chose the players.

Alvin Stoller told me he worked a number of the sessions for the

"Perfectly Frank" radio series. Alvin remembered Frank doing 10 to 12

songs each date. And he loved working with the small group. "Swing

Easy" saw an addition of two players for both sessions.

What a thrill it must have been to see Sinatra in a nightclub back then.

I think you are really on to something. Just wish we had more

information.

Photo of Frank and Ava at the Riviera:

Here is an excerpt from a 1958 interview with Sinatra:

"I went into a strenuous rehearsal period. I came up with a new

idea of performance, in a sense, at Bill Miller's Riviera. It was an

enormous room.

And I went in there with kind of a chamber music group. I rehearsed

the orchestra with my back to the orchestra. We didn't use a conductor,

because a conductor conducting nine men would look ridiculous. I re-

hearsed every day for three hours for about two weeks. I kept my back

to the orchestra, just making slight shoulder movements and little gestures

here and there. We suddenly became a team. I never had to turn and look

at the orchestra. Downbeats were given with a shrug of the shoulder,

which was barely noticeable or perceptible. It turned out to be a 45 minute

concert without a single word spoken except good evening and good night.

And began a series of reviews on me. They had the element and content of

things were on the rise."

On Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 11:59:09 AM EDT, John Larrabee <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

From Ed's comments on the Riviera gig:

Frank did not consider either to be as important as the

two-week engagement at Bill Miller's Riviera in September of 1953. Frank very

carefully chose a nine piece chamber set ( his description ) and rehearsed with them for

two solid weeks before opening at the club..There was no conductor, just the

singer and nine musicians: Bill Miller was the piano player, Alvin Stoller was

on drums, Sonny Salad pulled off a hat trick by alternating on alto sax, flute and clarinet,

throughout the two week engagement, a bass and guitar completed the rhythm section

and a string quartet made up the rest of the musical ensemble.

I posted the first photo back in May and reasoned that it was from a Songs for Young Lovers session, as "My Funny Valentine" is on the sheet music. A fellow Sinatra maven alerted me that the personnel in these photos don't match up with the Young Lovers lineup: Eleanor Slatkin and Kathryn Julye were the only women on those sessions, and this woman doesn't look like either of them. Plus, this doesn't look like any KHJ studio.

Are these photos from the two-week rehearsals for the Riviera?

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Thank you very much, Ed!

On Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 02:02:00 AM CDT, Ed O'Brien <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote: