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Frank Sinatra Tribute
On November 2, 1970, Sinatra recorded the last songs for Reprise Records before his self-imposed retirement. The final song of the session was written by John Denver and titled “The Game is Over”.
While he was in retirement, President Richard Nixon asked him to perform at a Young Voters Rally in anticipation of the upcoming campaign. Sinatra obliged and chose to sing “My Kind of Town” for the rally held in Chicago on October 20, 1972. It is the only known public performance he gave during his “retirement” period.
In 1973, Sinatra came out of his short-lived retirement with a television special and album, both entitled Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back. The album, arranged by Gordon Jenkins and Don Costa, was a great success, reaching number 13 on Billboard and number 12 in the UK. The TV special was highlighted by a dramatic reading of “Send in the Clowns” and a song-and-dance sequence performed with former co-star Gene Kelly.
In January 1974, Sinatra returned to Las Vegas, performing at Caesars Palace despite vowing in 1970 never to play there again after the manager of the resort, Sanford Waterman, pulled a gun on him during a heated argument.
In Australia, he caused an uproar by describing journalists there – who were aggressively pursuing his every move and pushing for a press conference – as “fags”, “pimps”, and “whores”. Australian unions representing transport workers, waiters, and journalists went on strike, demanding that Sinatra apologize for his remarks. Sinatra instead insisted that the journalists apologize for “fifteen years of abuse I have taken from the world press”. The future Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, then the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) leader, also insisted that Sinatra apologize, and a settlement was eventually reached to the apparent satisfaction of both parties. Sinatra’s final show of his Australian tour was televised.
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