I’m glad I stopped what I was doing and watched those two videos when they were
posted a couple of days ago. It was a fascinating look at that night of
celebration. The fact that Ed O’Brien had already suggested there was a
fascinating tape of that sort made me jump on it as soon as it was available.
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Jim Johnson
Rehoboth Beach, DE
On Nov 23, 2020, at 3:48 AM, Pedro Matos <pedrojotamatos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Already taken down by the Family. That was quick!
PM
<jeffd13@xxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu no dia sábado, 21/11/2020 à(s) 21:45:
Thank you all so very much for this and for all.--Jeff D.
On 11/21/2020 1:17 PM Margriet <margriet57@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://youtu.be/suK-mqml5a8
https://youtu.be/RJliS2p3h2M
Van: Scott Henderson
Verzonden: zaterdag 21 november 2020 16:06
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Onderwerp: [sinatraphiles] Re: Hi, WHAT ABOUT Sinatra:80 Years MyWay. Best
FJW
Got it.
Scott
At 08:04 PM 11/20/2020, you wrote:
Hi I have on DVD, BUT IT SHOULD BE IN HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 20. Best FJW
You mean 11/19
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Subject: [sinatraphiles] Re: Hi, WHAT ABOUT Sinatra:80 Years My Way. Best
FJW
Fred,
Are you looking for the video of Sinatra:80 Years My Way? I have that.
Scott
I think Fred is referring to the 80th Year Tribute taped at the
Shrine
Auditorium on 11-19-95 and aired over ABC 12-14-95. There is a fascinating
tape of the complete event with multiple screens showing different
activities
occurring simultaneously throughout the taping.
Ed.
On 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 Wayâ€
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.â€
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.â€
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.â€
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.â€
“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.â€
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,â€
“Witchcraft,†“You Make Me Feel So Young†and “This Love of Mine,â€
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.â€
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.â€
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.â€
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!â€
“Frank Sinatra: 80 Years My Way†airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on ABC
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