The Main Event – Live
1974 live album by Frank Sinatra
The Main Event – Live | ||||
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Live album by Frank Sinatra | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | October 1974 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 50:42 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Main Event – Live is a 1974 live album and television special by American singer Frank Sinatra.
Track listing
- Overture: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town" (Ervin Drake)/(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:12 (introduction by Howard Cosell)
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:37
- "Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps)" (Paul Anka, Cahn, Michel Jourdon, Caravelli) – 3:26
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:45
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 4:44
- "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) – 2:49
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 8:32
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
- "The House I Live In (That's America to Me)" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 6:41
- "My Kind of Town" – 3:01
- "My Way" (Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) – 4:57
- Tracks 10 and 12 recorded in Boston Garden, October 2, 1974
- Tracks 6 and 8 recorded at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, October 4, 1974
- Track 5 recorded in Madison Square Garden, October 12, 1974
- Tracks 1–4, 7, 9, and 11 recorded in Madison Square Garden, October 13, 1974
Charts
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 70 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra – Vocals
- Bill Miller - Pianist and Musical Director
- Al Viola - Guitar
- Gene Cherico - Bass
- Irv Cottler - Drums
Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd
Woody Herman was not present at the concerts
- Alto Saxophone: Jerry Dodgian, Frank Tiberi
- Tenor Saxophone: Gary M. Anderson, Gregory Herbert
- Baritone Saxophone: John Oslawski
- Trumpet: Gary Pack, Nelson Hiatt, Dave Stahl, Buddy Powers, Bill Byrne
- Trombone: Urbie Green, Dale Kirkland, Jim Pugh, Vaughn Weister
- Piano: Andy LaVerne
- Bass: Ron Paley
- Drums: David Carey
String section
- Violin: Joe Malin (lead violin), Peter Dimitriades, Dave Kunstler, Avram Weiss, Harry Urbont, Stan Karpienia, Max Hollander, Carmel Malin, Julius Brand, Peter Buonconsiglio, Max Cahn, Julius Schachter
- Viola: Vinnie Liota, Maurice Pollock, George Brown, Mike Spivakowsky
- Cello: Anthony Sophos, Alan Shulman, Gloria Lanzarone, Julius Ehrenworth
- Pedal Harp: Margaret Ross
- Recording
- Engineered by: Ed Green[4]
- Record Plant NY White Truck
See also
- Sinatra: New York (2009): features Frank Sinatra performing at Madison Square Garden from October 12, 1974.
References
- ^ The Main Event – Live at AllMusic
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 275,276. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "British album certifications – Frank Sinatra – The Main Event (Tv Soundtrack)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "The Main Event: Live - Frank Sinatra | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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