Sinatra – The Main Event | |
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Genre | Musical special |
Directed by | Bill Carruthers |
Starring | Frank Sinatra |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Producers | Jerry Weintraub, Roone Arledge |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | October 13, 1974 |
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The concert that was broadcast was the last of a series of six that Sinatra gave at Madison Square Garden in October 1974; the audio from the concerts had also been taped and the highlights would be released as The Main Event – Live . Saxophonist Jerry Dodgion, who performed on the concerts, felt that the televised performance was not as strong as the others as Sinatra's natural pacing of the concert was disrupted by the mechanisms of television production. [2]
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