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#1862
02-23-2010, 08:02 PM
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Probably Claude Pepper of Florida.
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#1864
02-23-2010, 09:46 PM
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#1865
02-23-2010, 11:04 PM
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February 24th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
 )FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] FEBRUARY 24, 1970: Shooting began in Tucson on Dirty Dingus Magee, a period comedy western in which he played a thieving reprobate. FS in longjohns in Yerkys Hole, New Mexico, circa 1880. He needed this silliness after Grandpa died. FEBRUARY 24, 1967: FS was among the stars who took part in an internationally broadcast radio show honoring the 25th anniversary of the Voice of America. FEBRUARY 16–MARCH 1, 1967: FS did another two-week stint at the Fontainebleau Hotel... [See February 16th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit, he went straight into a two-week gig at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1866
02-25-2010, 01:41 AM
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February 25th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)FEBRUARY 25, 1995: At the age of 79, before a VIP invitational audience in Palm Springs, Dad performed at a party on the last day of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament. He stepped onto the stage, grabbed the mike and swung into Nelson Riddle's arrangement of "I've Got the World on a String." As written in Esquire, "Sinatra's voice is clear, tough, on the money. 'You Make Me Feel So Young' is sturdy, fabulously syncopated. 'Fly Me to the Moon' is automatic. Sinatra swings to his very center, in absolute control. 'Where or When' is performed by a 45-year-old man. It is everything that Sinatra wishes to convey. It is a ballad with tempo that gathers steam and explodes at its conclusion. He decides to sing an unplanned fifth song. 'Here's one that everybody knows,' Sinatra says, over the intro to 'My Kind of Town.' It's the equal of 'Where or When.' Then, for a final encore, Bill Miller slides into 'The Best Is Yet to Come.' His singing is high art. And then he's gone." Tony O': "It was a jubilant evening, reaching for notes and holding them. It was a phenomenal, phenomenal show. In the middle of songs he was making jokes. He was fantastic and made mincemeat out of the critics." The performance was over. For a long time now, Dad has been talking about hanging it up for good—after all, he'll be 80 in December 1995—so if this is the final show he ever gives, he's ended in the style of a showman: on a classic high note. But his songs will be heard long after he stops singing them, and I can't help but remember his last line at another concert not long ago, a kind of blessing and a benediction to those who love the music that he's lived: "May you live to be 100 and the last voice you hear be mine." FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] FEBRUARY 16–MARCH 1, 1967: FS did another two-week stint at the Fontainebleau Hotel... [See February 16th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. FEBRUARY 25, 1962: Dad appeared with Dean Martin on their friend Judy Garland's NBC television show. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1869
02-25-2010, 11:27 PM
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February 26th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)FEBRUARY 26, 1986: In attendance at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities annual meeting and luncheon at the White House. FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] FEBRUARY 26, 1968: Filming began in Miami for Lady in Cement, with Frank reprising his Tony Rome character. Director Gordon Douglas: "I had been continually rehearsing a scene with a young actress who had little experience and understandably was nervous. Frank, who was to be in the scene later, had the sensitivity to see it. He knew his being around would only make her more nervous, so he disappeared to the back of the set. I was concerned how the shooting of this scene would come across. Frank came over to me and said, 'Relax, she'll be fine.' And to top it all off, he did a little prophesying. 'She's also going to be a big star.' At that time I could not see it. But I'm sure that actress, who goes by the name of Raquel Welch, will forgive me." RAQUEL WELCH ON FRANK SINATRA: I think Frank is suspicious of most women. He thinks they only go for him because of who he is. That's why he likes Nancy, his first wife. She knew him when he was nothing, and he trusts her absolutely.FEBRUARY 16–MARCH 1, 1967: FS did another two-week stint at the Fontainebleau Hotel... [See February 16th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. FEBRUARY 26, 1950: FS appeared in a fund-raising gala at the Biltmore Bowl on behalf of the Jewish Home for the Aged. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1870
02-25-2010, 11:36 PM
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#1871
02-27-2010, 12:04 AM
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February 27th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)FEBRUARY 27, 1983: In a command performance for Queen Elizabeth at 20th Century Fox in Los Angeles, Dad shared the bill with Perry Como, Dionne Warwick and George Burns. FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] FEBRUARY 27, 1970: Frank performed at the Nixon White House as part of a tribute to Senator Everett Dirksen. FEBRUARY 16–MARCH 1, 1967: FS did another two-week stint at the Fontainebleau Hotel... [See February 16th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. FEBRUARY 27, 1962: According to Kenneth O'Donnell, an aide to JFK, the Secret Service had been asked to select a place for the president's visit to Palm Springs that had the necessary and best security. My father's place was open all around, but Bing Crosby's was backed up against a mountain and was ideal for their purposes. O'Donnell said that when the plan was announced, he heard that Peter Lawford was "hysterical" because the president had promised to stay with Sinatra. Lawford called O'Donnell and said, "Don't you realize Crosby is a Republican?" to which O'Donnell replied, "I don't care if he's a Red Chinaman—the Secret Service likes his place better than Sinatra's." Later, it was reported that the Attorney General had advised against staying at my dad's place "because of associations with known criminals." However according to O'Donnell, Robert Kennedy had called him urging that JFK stay at the Sinatra family residence, but even that didn't sway the Secret Service. The president came to Palm Springs and stayed at Crosby's house. He phoned Dad from Bing's. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1872
02-28-2010, 12:49 AM
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February 28th / 29th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)FEBRUARY 28, 1983: Frank, with guitarist Tony Mottola, recorded "It's Sunday." That evening he attended a dinner party for Queen Elizabeth aboard the Brittania, which was docked in Long Beach. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 5, 1977: Dad went to London to give a series of concerts on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Two princesses were in his audiences: Margaret and Anne, Queen Elizabeth II's sister and daughter, respectively. Frank Sinatra's popularity in London was so great that a group of British fans started a movement to change the name of the Royal Albert Hall, where he performed, to the Francis Albert Hall. FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] FEBRUARY 16–MARCH 1, 1967: FS did another two-week stint at the Fontainebleau Hotel... [See February 16th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 28, 1965: Film clips of Dad's early appearances were included in a CBS special, Cavalcade of Amateurs. FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13, 1961: He played two weeks at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. FEBRUARY 29, 1956: Dad was devastated when Humphrey Bogart, a heavy smoker, was diagnosed with throat cancer. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1873
02-28-2010, 11:02 PM
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March 1st (Part 1)
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)MARCH 1, 1994: At the Grammy Awards show, Frank Sinatra accepted the Legend Award for lifetime achievement from Duets partner and new friend, U2's Bono, who had given him a wonderfully loony, warm, witty and beautifully written introduction, which he wrote on the plane. During Dad's speech, the TV broadcast suddenly went to commercial. Some people believed he was cut off because his comments, which included regret at not having been invited to perform on the show, were inappropriate. This wasn't true. Someone unwisely asked the producers to cut away if the speech ran too long. Unfortunately, their timing wasn't good because the rest of Frank's remarks were charming. He virtually ignored the TV cameras and spoke directly to the audience at Radio City about his love for them and for New York City. MARCH 1991: The Voice of Our Time, a 90-minute special about Frank Sinatra's life and career, aired on public television. MARCH 1991: "The Fascination of Frank Sinatra," a film retrospective at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, featured 10 of Dad's movies. Although fairly limited in scope, the program, critics believed, delineated the depth and importance of his screen work. Wrote one critic, "Sinatra starred in several of the most psychologically probing films to come out of Hollywood....Like his singing, Sinatra's acting is subtle, understated and absolutely true." MARCH 1988: Twenty-six years after it premiered in 1962, Dad's classic thriller The Manchurian Candidate was rereleased to a new moviegoing audience. MARCH 1, 1987: Frank Sinatra's third grandchild was born, named Michael Francis Sinatra. My brother and his longtime friend, Pat Fisher, both wanted a child and were worried about the passing of the years, so they made a commitment to conceive. Michael is just like Frankie was as a kid. Looks like him. Acts like him. Cute as a button. Smart as a whip. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 5, 1977: Dad went to London to give a series of concerts... [See February 28th] FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] MARCH 1968: Knowing my Dad was in trouble because of his separation from Mia, I went to Miami to spend a little time with him. He was sad. He was hurting. But he expressed his concern for Mia. "It will be harder for Mia to mend because of her age. When you get to be my age, you've built a wall around yourself. You don't hurt as much as you used to." We watched as President Lyndon Johnson gave a television talk. This was the startling "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination" speech. Afterward, we spoke, as we had before, about the war, politics, possibilities. My father believed strongly in Hubert Humphrey. He felt he should run. I, a supporter of Bobby Kennedy, said, "He must address the issue of Vietnam." "I agree," Dad said. "But he won't as long as he is Johnson's vice president. He will not embarrass LBJ by denouncing the war." I couldn't abide this—I had seen that atrocious war and I knew it had to stop. My father knew it, too. He also knew that Humphrey felt the same way. [See also August 1st: Hubert Humphrey on Dad's Ideals] FEBRUARY 16–MARCH 1, 1967: FS did another two-week stint at the Fontainebleau Hotel... [See February 16th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. MARCH 1962: Frank attended a tribute to Bob Hope by the Motion Picture Producers Association at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. MARCH 1962: He and Dean Martin made cameo appearances as visitors from another planet in the last of Hope and Crosby's celebrated "Road" pictures, The Road to Hong Kong. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13, 1961: He played two weeks at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. MARCH 1, 1960: Frank recorded three songs for the Nice 'n' Easy album with Nelson Riddle at the Capitol studios in Los Angeles: "You Go to My Head," "Fools Rush In" and "Try a Little Tenderness." Among the 30 other songs he'd record this year: "The Nearness of You," "Embraceable You," "How Deep Is the Ocean?," "When You're Smiling," "My Blue Heaven," "Always" and "Blue Moon." |
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#1874
02-28-2010, 11:07 PM
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March 1st (Part 2)
MARCH–APRIL 1959: Frank toured the United States and Australia with a small jazz group led by Red Norvo. [See Live In Australia, 1959]
MARCH 1958: Dad proposed marriage to Lauren Bacall. She accepted. MARCH 1955: After Bela Lugosi checked himself into a hospital to cope with his addiction to heroin, the horror-film star was astonished to receive a kind note and a basket of gourmet delicacies from Frank Sinatra. "It was a wonderful surprise," said Lugosi at the time. "I've never met Sinatra, but I hope to soon. He was the only star I heard from." ACTOR LEE J. COBB ON FRANK AS A FRIEND IN NEED: After my heart attack in the summer of 1955, Frank moved into my life. I was in a low mental state then, divorced and pretty much alone in the world. I was sure my career had come to an end. But Frank—whom I knew mostly from having starred with me in The Miracle of the Bells in 1948—flooded me with books, flowers, delicacies. He kept telling me what fine acting I still had ahead of me. He built an insulating wall around me that shielded me from worry, tension and strain.MARCH 1950: Amid stories about his torrid affair with Ava, Frank opened at the Copacabana in New York, his first nightclub appearance in five years. After 10 nights in the audience, Ava left for Europe to make Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. MARCH 1948: FS met an Israeli gentleman with offices on the top floor of the Hotel 14 on East 60th Street in New York City. The man's name was Teddy Kollek, and he was an activist for the Haganah in the war of independence—later elected mayor of Jerusalem—who was buying arms in the U.S. and smuggling them out of the country. Befriending Kollek, Dad became one of the couriers who transferred money from Haganah headquarters in the hotel to the Manhattan docks for shipment overseas. It was the beginning of his ongoing commitment as a public benefactor and friend of the Israeli cause. When I asked my father whether he had really done this for Kollek he said, "Yes, it was the beginning of that young nation. I wanted to help, I was afraid they might fall down." [See FS and Israel] MARCH 1947: MGM's Louis B. Mayer told my father's agents at MCA that he was distressed by the negative publicity. [See February 11th and February 1947] At MGM, Frank's relationship with Mayer had always been an odd one. Mayer had been so taken with Dad's singing—at the benefit for the Jewish Home for the Aged back in 1944—that he sort of adopted him. [See Mid-January 1944] He really loved him, and the feeling was mutual. MARCH 1943: Finally freed legally from his contract with Dorsey and RCA [see September 8th 1942], Frank signed with Columbia Records. Manie Sacks wanted him to debut with a rerecording of "All or Nothing at All," but since the musicians' union was still out on strike, Columbia rereleased the 1939 version Frank recorded with Harry James. [See August 31st 1939] It became Dad's first million seller—and a Sinatra classic. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1875
03-01-2010, 11:54 PM
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March 2nd
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)MARCH 2–8, 1978: Back for yet another week at Caesars. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 5, 1977: Dad went to London to give a series of concerts... [See February 28th] FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 2, 1965: He and [Joe E.] Lewis moved the act to the Sands for another two-week run. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13, 1961: He played two weeks at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1876
03-02-2010, 09:43 AM
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#1877
03-03-2010, 09:59 PM
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March 3rd
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)MARCH 3, 1986: FS appeared at a tribute to Spencer Tracy at the Majestic Theater in New York City with Katharine Hepburn. In a letter written to Frank shortly after Spencer's funeral in 1967, Katharine Hepburn wrote: "There is not much one can say. It is sad when one comes to the end of the trail—but Spencer was tired out—and at least no agonies, no anticipation—He liked you very much and I was always grateful to you for the trouble you took. You made him happy." MARCH 3–14, 1983: He returned for a week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, then moved on to Harrah's in Tahoe. John Denver filled in for him on the 13th because of Frank's sore throat. MARCH 2–8, 1978: Back for yet another week at Caesars. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 5, 1977: Dad went to London to give a series of concerts... [See February 28th] FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] MARCH 3–APRIL 6, 1968: Each day, after Lady in Cement wrapped, Frank did his nightclub act at the Fontainebleau. FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] MARCH 3, 1963: He was on the dais with Dean Martin in Los Angeles for an awards dinner honoring one of his great musical inspirations, Irving Berlin, much of whose best work he had recorded over the years. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13, 1961: He played two weeks at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1878
03-04-2010, 05:21 PM
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March 4th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)MARCH 3–14, 1983: He returned for a week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, then moved on to Harrah's in Tahoe. MARCH 4–17, 1982: He returned to Caesars Palace for a two-week run with Shields and Yarnell and me. He said to me, "Go on tour with me for a year and let's see what happens." We both agreed it would be fun for my kids to see what the road was about, and when they weren't in school they traveled on the road with us. MARCH 2–8, 1978: Back for yet another week at Caesars. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 5, 1977: Dad went to London to give a series of concerts... [See February 28th] FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 4, 1972: Stepping up his schedule of charity work... [See February 8th] MARCH 3–APRIL 6, 1968: Each day, after Lady in Cement wrapped, Frank did his nightclub act at the Fontainebleau. FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13, 1961: He played two weeks at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. MARCH 4, 1946: Frank released his 78 rpm album "The Voice." FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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#1879
03-05-2010, 01:21 PM
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March 5th
(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra
)MARCH 3–14, 1983: He returned for a week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, then moved on to Harrah's in Tahoe. MARCH 4–17, 1982: He returned to Caesars Palace for a two-week run... [See March 4th] MARCH 5–11, 1979: His next engagement: Philadelphia's Valley Forge Musical Theater. MARCH 2–8, 1978: Back for yet another week at Caesars. FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 5, 1977: Dad went to London to give a series of concerts... [See February 28th] FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 14, 1976: He played Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. MARCH 5, 1975: Three new songs were recorded: "Anytime (I'll Be There)," "The Only Couple on the Floor" and "I Believe I'm Gonna Love You." Arrangements were by Don Costa, and the orchestra was conducted by Bill Miller. MARCH 3–APRIL 6, 1968: Each day, after Lady in Cement wrapped, Frank did his nightclub act at the Fontainebleau. FEBRUARY 24–MARCH 10, 1966: In high gear on the club circuit... [See February 24th] FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13, 1961: He played two weeks at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 11, 1940: The [Dorsey] band played a three-week engagement at the Meadowbrook nightclub in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [Dates of new entries highlighted in blue] |
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