The Main Event – Live
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 | |||
Frank Sinatra chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Main Event – Live is a live album and television special by Frank Sinatra from 1974.
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 |
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 - Clarinet/Alto Saxophone/Leader
- Alto Saxophone: Gary M. Anderson
- Tenor Saxophone: Jerry Dodgion, Gregory Herbert, Frank Tiberi
- Baritone Saxophone: John Oslawski
- Trumpet: Gary Pack, Nelson Hiatt, Dave Stahl, Buddy Powers, Billy 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[3]
- 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.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-main-event-live-mw0000192758/credits
Categories:
- Frank Sinatra live albums
- 1974 live albums
- Reprise Records live albums
- Albums recorded at Madison Square Garden
- Albums recorded at the Boston Garden