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001
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NBC
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11/24/1965
Wed
9:00 pm
60 min
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"A Man
and his Music"
Musical Directors: Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins; Music Coordinators:
Sonny Burke, Bill Miller; Producer-Director: Dwight Hemion; Writers:
Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth and Sheldon Keller
Note: Accompanied by Nelson Riddle, Frank sings "I've Got
You Under My Skin," "Without A Song," "Don't
Worry 'Bout Me," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Nancy,"
"My Kind Of Town," "Come Fly With Me," "The
Lady Is A Tramp," "I've Got The World On A String,"
"Witchcraft," "You Make Me Feel So Young,"
and "Angel Eyes"/"Put Your Dreams Away." He
also does a set with Gordon Jenkins consisting of "It Was
A Very Good Year," "Young At Heart," "The
Girl Next Door," "Last Night When We Were Young,"
and "This Is All I Ask." This TV special was something
of a comeback for Sinatra, being his first in five years, winning
two Emmys (Dwight Hemion for production and Lon Stucky for lighting)
and a Peabody Award. Taped November 15-17, 1965.
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002
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CBS
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12/7/1966
Wed
9:00 pm
60 min
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"A Man
and his Music, Part II"
Guest: Nancy Sinatra
Musical Directors: Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins; Music Coordinators:
Sonny Burke, Bill Miller, Irving Weiss; Producer-Director: Dwight
Hemion; Writer: Sheldon Keller, Glenn Wheaton; Announcer: Ed McMahon
Note: Frank sings "Fly Me to the Moon," "The Most
Beautiful Girl in the World," "Moonlight in Vermont,"
"You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You," "Luck
Be a Lady," "That's Life," "Granada,"
"My Kind of Town," "Angel Eyes"/"Put
Your Dreams Away," and a medley of "Just One of Those
Things," "My Heart Stood Still," "But Beautiful,"
and "When Your Lover Has Gone." Nancy sings "Bang
Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and "On Broadway."
Together they sing "Yes Sir That's My Baby" and a medley
of "Downtown" and "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'."
This show won an Emmy for audio engineering (Bill Cole). Taped
June 5-6, 1966 at NBC studios in Burbank, California.
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003
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NBC
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11/13/1967
Mon
9:00 pm
60 min
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"A Man and his Music +Ella +Jobim"
Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Musical Director: Nelson Riddle; Music Supervisors: Sonny Burke,
Jimmy Bowen, Irving Weiss, Bill Miller; Producer: Robert Scheerer;
Director: Michael Pfleghar; Writer: Sheldon Keller
Note: Frank sings "Day In Day Out," "Get Me To The
Church On Time," "What Now My Love?," "Ol' Man
River," "All I Need Is the Girl," and "Angel
Eyes"/"Put Your Dreams Away." Ella sings "Body
& Soul" and "It's Alright With Me." Frank joins Ella
for "How High The Moon," "Up Up & Away," "Look
Out for Jimmy Valentine," "Theme to Tony Rome,"
"Goody Goody," "Don't Cry Joe," "Ode to
Billie Joe," and "Goin' Out of My Head." With Jobim,
he sings "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," "Change Partners,"
"I Concentrate on You," and "The Girl from Ipanema."
Together, Frank and Ella sing "The Song is You," "They
Can't Take That Away from Me," "Stompin' at the Savoy,"
"At Long Last Love" (Frank only), "Don't Be That
Way" (Ella only) and then finish with a tour-de-force on "The
Lady Is A Tramp." Taped October 1-3, 1967. Perhaps due to the
inclusion of Ella Fitzgerald, this is one of Frank's jazziest performances,
and many fans rank it as the best of his late 1960s specials.
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004
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CBS
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11/25/1968
Mon
9:00 pm
60 min
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"Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing"
Guests: Diahann Carroll, The 5th Dimension
Musical Director: Don Costa; Music Supervisor: Sonny Burke; Music
Coordinators: Irving Weiss, Bill Miller; Choral Director: Nancy
Adams; Producers-Writers: Saul Ilson, Ernest Chambers; Director:
Clark Jones
Note: This special finds Sinatra trying really hard to prove how
hip and contemporary he is. He sings "Hello Young Lovers,"
"Baubles Bangles and Beads," "Cycles," "Nice
and Easy," "[How Little It Matters] How Little We Know,"
"Lost in the Stars," "Angel Eyes"/"Put
Your Dreams Away," and a medley of "Glad to Be Unhappy,"
"Here's That Rainy Day," "It Never Entered My Mind,"
and "Gone with the Wind." Diahann does "[It's the]
Music That Makes Me Dance," "Where Am I Going," and
with Frank, a medley of "Diane," "Deep River,"
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," "Lonesome
Road," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," and
"Amen." The 5th Dimension sing "It's a Great Life,"
"Stoned Soul Picnic," and with Frank making it the 6th
Dimension, "Sweet Blindness." Celebrated jazz bassist
Ray Brown can be seen in the orchestra. Shortly before he was to
go on, Frank was informed that his divorce from Mia Farrow had become
final. Too upset to continue, he decided to cancel the show. What
finally aired on CBS was a videotape of the dress rehearsal, recorded
August 16, 1968.
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005
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CBS
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11/5/1969
Wed
9:00 pm
60 min
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"Sinatra"
Musical Director: Don Costa; Music Supervisor: Sonny Burke; Music
Coordinators: Irving Weiss, Bill Miller; Executive Producer: Frank
Sinatra; Producer: Carolyn
Raskin; Director: Tim Kiley; Writer: Sheldon Keller
Note: Bouncing back from the previous ill-advised outing, Frank
dispenses with the guest stars and proves himself in fine form,
singing "For Once in My Life," "Please Be Kind,"
"My Way," "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night,"
"You're Sensational," "All the Way," "The
Tender Trap," "Little Green Apples," "Out
Beyond the Window," "A Man Alone," "Didn't
We," "Forget to Remember," "Fly Me to the
Moon," "Street of Dreams," "Love's Been Good
To Me," "Goin' Out of My Head," and "My Kind
of Town." In between songs, Frank does a fair impression
of a stand-up comic and takes a whimsical look at his movie career.
Once again bassist Ray Brown is seen in the orchestra. Taped August
30-31, 1969.
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006
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NBC
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11/18/1973
Sun
8:30 pm
60 min
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"Ol'
Blue Eyes Is Back"
Guest: Gene Kelly
Musical Directors: Gordon Jenkins, Don Costa; Musical Coordinators:
Irving Weiss, Bill Miller; Producer: Howard W. Koch; Director:
Marty Pasetta; Writer: Fred Ebb; Special Musical Material: Fred
Ebb, John Kander; Choreographer: Hugh Lambert
Note:
Frank returns to the scene after a brief retirement, singing "You
Will Be My Music," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Street
of Dreams," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "I've
Got the World on a String," "Let Me Try Again,"
"Send in the Clowns," and a medley of "Last Night
When We Were Young," "Violets for Your Furs," and
"Here's That Rainy Day." Following clips from their
old movies, Frank and Gene sing and dance to "We Can't Do
That Anymore," interspersed with songs from those movies.
Then Frank sings "Nice and Easy" while Gene dances.
Such luminaries as Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, and Milton Berle
can be spotted in the audience. Taped September 30, 1973 at Paramount
Studios.
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007
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ABC
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10/13/1974
Sun
9:00 pm
60 min
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"The
Main Event"
Musical Director: Don Costa conducting Woody Herman's Thundering
Herd; Executive Producer: Jerry Weintraub; Producer: Roone Arledge;
Director: Bill Carruthers; Emcee: Howard Cosell
Note: In this one man show airing live from Madison Square Garden,
Frank sings "The Lady Is a Tramp," "I Get a Kick
Out of You," "Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps),"
"Autumn in New York," "I've Got You Under My Skin,"
"Bad Bad Leroy Brown," "Angel Eyes," "You
Are the Sunshine of My Life," "The House I Live In,"
"My Kind of Town," and "My Way." Among the celebrities
in the audience are Rex Harrison, Carol Channing, Walter Cronkhite,
Robert Redford, drummer Buddy Rich, New York City Mayor John Lindsay,
and TV talk show host Mike Douglas.
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008
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ABC
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4/21/1977
Thu
10:00 pm
60 min
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"Sinatra
and Friends"
Guests: Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, John Denver, Loretta Lynn, Dean
Martin, Robert Merrill, Leslie Uggams
Producer-Writers: Paul W. Keyes, Marc London; Director: Bill Davis
Note: The entire cast opens the program with "Where or When"
and closes it with "Everybody Ought To Be In Love." By
himself, Frank sings "I’ve Got You Under My Skin," "Night
and Day," and "Put Your Dreams Away." He duets with
Natalie Cole ("I Get a Kick Out of You"), Dean Martin
and Robert Merrill ("The Oldest Established Floating Crap Game"),
Loretta Lynn ("All or Nothing At All"), Tony Bennett ("My
Kind of Town"), Leslie Uggams ("The Lady Is a Tramp"),
and John Denver ("September Song"). Solo numbers by the
guest stars are "I’ve Got Love On My Mind" (Natalie Cole),
"If I Were a Rich Man" (Robert Merrill), "She’s Got
You" (Loretta Lynn), "One" (Tony Bennett), "I
Honestly Love You" (Leslie Uggams), and "My Sweet Lady"
(John Denver). Taped April 6-7, 1977. |
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009
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NBC
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1/3/1980
Thu
9:00 pm
120 min
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"Sinatra:
The First 40 Years"
Guests: Paul Anka, Lucille Ball, Tony Bennett, Milton Berle, Charlie
Callas, Lillian Carter, Sammy Davis Jr., Glenn Ford, Cary Grant,
Harry James, Gene Kelly, Rich Little, Dean Martin, Robert Merrill,
Don Rickles, Frank Sinatra Jr., Nancy Sinatra, Tina Sinatra, Red
Skelton, Dionne Warwick, Orson Welles, disc jockey William B.
Williams, Flip Wilson
Musical Director: Don Costa conducting the Caesar's Palace Orchestra;
Producer-Writer: Paul W. Keyes; Director: Clark Jones
Note: A gaggle of celebrities pay tribute to the Chairman of the
Board on his 64th birthday and 40th year in show business. Songs:
"My Way" (Paul Anka), "I Wanna Be Around"
(Tony Bennett), "The Lady Is A Tramp" (Sammy Davis Jr.),
"Two O'Clock Jump" (Harry James), a medley of Sinatra
classics (Robert Merrill, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr.). To
top things off, the honoree himself sings "Theme From New
York, New York," "It Was a Very Good Year,"
"The Best Is Yet To Come," and "I've Got the World
on a String." Taped December 12, 1979 at Caesars Palace in
Las Vegas, this show won an Emmy for sound mixing (Bruce Burns
and Jerry Clemans).
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010
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NBC
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11/22/1981
Sun
10:00 pm
60 min
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"The Man and his
Music"
Guests: Count Basie and his Orchestra
Musical Director: Don Costa;
Musical Coordinator:
Sarge Weiss, Producer-Writer: Paul W. Keyes;
Director: Clark
Jones
Note: With Don Costa and orchestra, Frank sings "Nice And Easy,"
"The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else," "I Loved Her," "At
Long Last Love," "Something," "Monday Morning Quarterback," "(We
Had a) Good Thing Going," "Say Hello" and "Thanks For The Memory."
Vincent Falcone Jr. conducts the orchestra on "Theme From New
York, New York." With Basie and his band, Frank performs "Pennies
From Heaven" and "The Best Is Yet To Come." Guitarist Tony Mottola
and combo accompany Frank on "The Girl From Ipanema" and "I Get
A Kick Out Of You." Taped October 28-29, 1981 at NBC Studios in
Burbank, California.
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011
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Showtime
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11/11/1982
Thu
8:00 pm
90 min
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"Concert
for the Americas"
Musical Director: Vincent Falcone Jr. conducting the Buddy Rich
Orchestra; Producers: George Huncher, Jerry Harrison; Director:
Walter C. Miller; Writer: Gary Belkin
Note: In what is considered one of the finest of Sinatra's later
performances, Frank sings "I've Got The World On A String,"
"I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Come Rain Or Come Shine,"
"When Your Lover Has Gone," "The Lady Is A Tramp,"
"The House I Live In," "Searching," "My
Kind Of Town," "Something," "The Best Is Yet
To Come," "Strangers in The Night," "All Or
Nothing At All," "The Gal That Got Away"/"It
Never Entered My Mind," "I've Got You Under My Skin,"
"Send In The Clowns" (with Tony Mottola on guitar), and
"I Won't Dance"/"Theme From New York, New York."
Drummer Buddy Rich (who like Frank was an alumnus of Tommy Dorsey's
early 1940s band) is featured on the "Jet Song" from West
Side Story. Taped August 20, 1982 at the Altos de Chavon Amphitheatre
in the Dominican Republic. |
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012
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Showtime
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5/20/1989
Sat
10:00 pm
90 min
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"Frank,
Liza and Sammy: The Ultimate Event"
Stars: Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, Sammy Davis Jr.
Musical Directors: Morty Stevens, Bill LaVorgna, Frank Sinatra
Jr.
Note:
Sammy opens with "With a Song In My Heart," "Candy
Man," "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Music of
the Night," and "Bad." Liza follows with "All
That Jazz," "Sailor Boys," "Ring Them Bells,"
"Mon Amour," and "Cabaret." Then Frank sings
"Where Or When," "For Once In My Life," "Mack The Knife," "One
For My Baby," and "My Way." The trio teams up for "Style,"
"Witchcraft," "Liza (with a Z)," "Talk
to the Animals," "All Or Nothing At All," "Money,"
"I've Got You Under My Skin," "Maybe This Time,"
"All the Way," "Birth of the Blues," "The
Lady is a Tramp," "The World Goes Round," and "Theme
From New York, New York." Taped November 30 to December
4, 1988 at the Fox Theater in Detroit.
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013
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CBS
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12/16/1990
Sun
9:00 pm
120 min
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"Sinatra
75: The Best Is Yet To Come"
Guests: Tony Bennett, Rosemay Clooney, Harry Connick Jr., Tony Danza,
Ella Fitzgerald, Eydie Gorme, Quincy Jones, Gene Kelly, Steve Lawrence,
Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine, Roger Moore, Paul Newman, Tom Selleck,
Jo Stafford, Barbra Streisand, Robert Wagner, and many others
Musical Directors: Frank Sinatra Jr., Jack Feierman, Henry Mancini;
Executive Producers: George Schlatter, Tina Sinatra; Producers:
Donn Hoyer, Gary Necessary, George Schlatter; Director: Jeff Margolis;
Writers: Buz Kohan, George Schlatter
Note: This special combines biography/profile, archival footage,
reminiscences by Sinatra (at his home in Rancho Mirage, California),
remarks by others, an awards ceremony sponsored by the Society of
Singers at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton taped
December 3, 1990, and concert footage from the Frank Sinatra Diamond
Jubilee Tour performed December 12 at Meadowlands, New Jersey. At
the Meadowlands concert, Frank sings "The Best Is Yet To Come,"
"The Summer Wind," "My Way," "For Once
In My Life," "Theme From New York, New York"
(with Liza Minnelli), "Where or When," and "When
You're Smiling"/"Young at Heart"/"Zing! When
the Strings of My Heart" (with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme).
At the Society of Singers Event, he and Ella Fitzgerald rip it up
on "The Lady Is a Tramp." |
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014
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CBS
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11/25/1994
Fri
10:00 pm
60 min
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"Sinatra
Duets"
Guests: Charles Aznavour, Anita Baker, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne,
Jon Secada
Note: A companion to the albums "Duets" and "Duets
II," this special features Sinatra teaming up with other famous
singers, as well as archival footage of him with Perry Como, Bing
Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Peggy Lee. |
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015
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ABC
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12/14/1995
Thu
9:00 pm
120 min
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"Sinatra:
80 Years My Way"
Guests: Bruce Springsteen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Cole,
Roseanne, Ray Charles, Dennis Franz, Tommy Lasorda, Salt-N-Pepa,
Hootie and the Blowfish, Robert Wagner, Patti LaBelle, Bono, Tony
Danza, Angela Lansbury, the Moulin Rouge Dancers, Tom Dreesen,
Little Richard, Tom Selleck, Luis Miguel, Paul Reiser, Danny Aiello,
Chazz Palminteri, Tony Bennett, Gregory Peck, Paula Abdul, Don
Rickles, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Vic Damone, Norm Crosby,
Bob Dylan,
Seal
Producer: George Schlatter
Note: Paula Abdul dances to "Luck Be a Lady." Other
numbers include "Angel Eyes" (Bruce Springsteen), "Restless
Farewell" (Bob Dylan), "Ol' Man River" (Ray Charles),
"Whatta Man" (Salt-N-Pepa), "They Can't Take That
Away From Me" (Natalie Cole), "The Lady Is a Tramp"
(Hootie and the Blowfish), "A Foggy Day" (Tony Bennett),
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (Seal), "The House
I Live In" (Patti LaBelle), and a medley of Frank's songs
(Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, and Vic Damone). In the finale,
Frank joins the cast for the "Theme From New York, New
York." This charity special, a tribute to Frank airing
two days after his birthday, was the brainchild of Sinatra's wife
Barbara. The entertainer's children Nancy, Tina, and Frank Jr.
were not involved. The show won two Emmys - one for musical direction
(Glen Roven) and one for technical direction (Ted Ashton, David
Eastwood, John B. Field, Tom Geren, Larry Heider, David Levisohn,
Bill Philbin, David Plakos, Hector Ramirez, Ron Sheldon, Thomas
G. Tcimpidis, Kris Wilson, Keith Winikoff). Taped November 19,
1995 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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