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Home » Sinatra Community Forums » Sinatra Fans Unite!

We Were There

This is a space where fans can recount personal anecdotes of their experiences seeing Mr. Sinatra in concert, hearing one of his songs upon its original release, or seeing one of his films when it first hit theaters. This is for all you Bobby-Soxers out there!

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Topic: HAPPY 93RD BIRTHDAY, FRANK!!

FRANK4EVR
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HAPPY 93RD BIRTHDAY, FRANK!!
posted: December 12, 2008 - 5:58pm
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Topic: First time I saw Frank

pabob
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First time I saw Frank
posted: November 25, 2008 - 9:15pm
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Topic: Seeing Frank in Philly week of Main Event

ted
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Seeing Frank in Philly week of Main Event
posted: November 6, 2008 - 9:50pm
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Buffalojoe
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Main Event
posted: November 18, 2008 - 9:51pm
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I wish I was able to be at the Main Event but I was on the road in Montreal. I did however see him at the Trilogy promo concert where he introduced New York New York.

Buffalo Joe

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Topic: Frank in London

Baz
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Frank in London
posted: August 24, 2008 - 1:36am
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Bernhard
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Re: Frank in London
posted: August 26, 2008 - 6:41pm
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Great description, Barry - makes that moment come alive!

"My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)" sure was one of Sinatra's biggest stage songs, whenever he sang it, he performed it superbly.

Bernhard.

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Topic: Sinatra Sings Sinatra

Buffalojoe
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Sinatra Sings Sinatra
posted: June 22, 2008 - 8:59pm
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kturel
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Ol' Hazel Eyes
posted: October 6, 2008 - 3:30am
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Ol' Hazel Eyes

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Topic: Milano 1986, and then some

sobeide
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Milano 1986, and then some
posted: June 22, 2008 - 10:54am
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ted
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Ted deCerchio
posted: November 29, 2008 - 7:50pm
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Ted deCerchio

ted
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Sinatra's 70's Munich concerts
posted: November 29, 2008 - 9:00pm
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Ted deCerchio
When I saw Frank with Ella at the Phila. Spectrum concert of '75 or '76, I remember him expressing gratitude at the soldout concerts in Philly.Then in his forthright manner he expressed disparingly of having sung in Germany. I recall that in the 70's or maybe 80's he had sung to a half-full house at the Cirkus Krone in Munich.this must've ben an exception with all the soldout concerts here during the "Ol' Blue Eyes is Back" comeback dates. I bring this up because Frank specifically mentioned it at the Spectrum-Ella concert that I attended.By the way ,that was a great concert with Ella, then Frank going solo, then their doing a duet medley reminiscent of the Frank-Ella-Jobim TV special medley of the late 60's.
Ted

Bernhard
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In response to ***When I saw
posted: December 5, 2008 - 2:24pm
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In response to

***When I saw Frank with Ella at the Phila. Spectrum concert of '75 or '76, I remember him expressing gratitude at the soldout concerts in Philly.Then in his forthright manner he expressed disparingly of having sung in Germany. I recall that in the 70's or maybe 80's he had sung to a half-full house at the Cirkus Krone in Munich.this must've ben an exception with all the soldout concerts here during the "Ol' Blue Eyes is Back" comeback dates.***

Sinatra, Ella and Basie played Philadelphia on September 22, 1975.

Sinatra never performed at the "Circus Krone" in Munich at all. Following concerts in Germany in 1951 (Wiesbaden) and 1961 (Frankfurt/Main, with Dean Martin), in May 1975 he performed in Germany at the Olympiahalle (Olympic Hall, the city's largest concert venue) in Munich (May 23) and at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt (May 25). A third concert at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin (scheduled for May 26) had to be cancelled because Sinatra's conductor Don Costa fell ill very suddenly. (For the reminder of the spring 1975 tour, he was replaced by Bill Miller as conductor).

Sinatra's next concert appearance in Germany was in April 1989 with Sammy Davis jr. and Liza Minnelli during The Ultimate Event tour, again at the Olympiahalle in Munich. In October 1991 he played the Festhalle in Frankfurt, with Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé, on his "Diamond Jubilee Tour". Finally, in 1993, Sinatra did a five-concert tour through Germany, performing at Dortmund (Westfallenhalle, May 31), Hamburg (Derbypark/open-air, June 2), Berlin (Deutschlandhalle, June 3), Stuttgart (Schlossplatz/open-air, June 5) and Cologne (Roncalliplatz/open-air, June 6).

Best,
Bernhard Vogel
German Sinatra Society.

ted
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sinatra in germany
posted: December 10, 2008 - 12:19pm
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Ted deCerchio to German Sinatra Society:
Herr Vogel,
Vielen Dank fur "Clarification" on Frank not singing @ Cirkus Krone. I was there in 1972 for a rock concert & @ "Olympische Halle" for the Olympische Spiele Gymnastik. They were both nice venues. And I'm glad Germany loves Frank.
Tschuss,
Theodor

Timmy
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Joined: 12-10-08
sinatra's b-day
posted: December 10, 2008 - 8:47am
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I'm in austin, texas. What does anyone do to celebrate our boy's b-day here? It's on Friday, 12/12 My e-mail is bookkeeper@grapevinemarket.com

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