Sinatra – The Main Event (TV program)
Sinatra: The Main Event was an ABC musical television special starring Frank Sinatra broadcast on October 13, 1974. The special documents a concert given by Sinatra at Madison Square Garden in New York City, in which Sinatra is accompanied by the Woody Herman band, and introduced by Howard Cosell.[1]
| Sinatra – The Main Event | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Musical special |
| Directed by | Bill Carruthers |
| Starring | Frank Sinatra |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jerry Weintraub, Roone Arledge |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 13, 1974 |
| Related | |
The concert that was broadcast was the last of a series of six that Sinatra gave at Madison Square Garden in October 1974; the audio from the concerts had also been taped and the highlights would be released as The Main Event – Live. Saxophonist Jerry Dodgion, who performed on the concerts, felt that the televised performance was not as strong as the others as Sinatra's natural pacing of the concert was disrupted by the mechanisms of television production.[2]
Track List
edit- Introduction by Howard Cosell: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town"
- "The Lady Is a Tramp"
- "I Get a Kick Out of You"
- "Let Me Try Again"
- "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"
- "My Way"
References
edit- ^ Terrace, Vincent (June 19, 2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed. McFarland. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-1-4766-1240-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (1995). Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art. Simon and Schuster. pp. 471–. ISBN 978-0-684-19368-7 – via Google Books.