[sinatraphiles] Re: August 12th 1986 - "Domingo and Friends,"

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Hi Carl,             I have a line recording of an Andrews concert. She tells
the audience how much Riddle's "I Have Dreamed" chart meant to her. For quite
some time, Julie begged Riddleto let her use it. Nelson was hesitant because it
had been written for "The Concert Sinatra."He finally did agree and Andrews
sang it beautifully that night in concert.Ed


Julie Andrews Fantasy LPs #20
Ol’ Julie Blue Eyes
Julie Andrews and Frank Sinatra –– whom Julie once described as “dreamy”
(Windeler, 35) –– were two of the great vocalists of the twentieth century.
Sadly, the historical record reveals they never got to perform together…though
they certainly came close. Back in 1951, when Julie was just 16, Variety
reported that the “juvenile coloratura soprano” had “landed a contract” to
“appear in TV via the Frank Sinatra program” (”U.S. Grabs,” 2). The contract
was part of a group deal that Julie’s agent Charles Tucker had negotiated for
Julie and two of his other clients –– Terry Thomas and Anne Shelton –– to go
and perform Stateside. Thomas and Shelton both made the trip but, for some
reason, Julie –– who was scheduled to “sail in May” –– didn’t (ibid.). Fast
forward to the mid-60s and Julie and Frank Sinatra were again set to team, this
time on the big screen, in one of the many versions of the long gestating
Irving Berlin tuner, Say It With Music (Hopper, 2-1). Alas, the bottom fell out
of the market for big Hollywood musicals and Say It With Music went unsaid
(Welles, 10).  The only time Julie and Sinatra actually got to work, if not
together, at least, on the same stage was in 1986 when they performed in
support of Operation California (now Operation USA), the non-profit
international aid organization of which Julie is a founding patron. In August,
they appeared in “Domingo and Friends,”  a gala Hollywood benefit for victims
of the Mexico City earthquake hosted by Plácido Domingo, who had suffered
personal losses in the disaster. Held at the huge Universal Amphitheatre in
Hollywood, the concert featured the famed Spanish tenor alongside a trio of
“friends”: John Denver, Frank Sinatra and Julie Andrews. For this occasion,
Julie joined Domingo in a symphonic medley of songs from West Side Story, while
Sinatra went solo with a brief set of standards
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