Frank Sinatra - 1962-04-20 - Tokyo, Japan (SBD)

Frank Sinatra
1962-04-20
Hibiya Park
Tokyo Japan
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Too Marvelous For Words
02. Imagination
03. Moonlight in Vermont
04. Without a Song
05. Day In, Day Out
06. The Moon Was Yellow
07. I've Got You Under My Skin
08. I Get A Kick Out of You
09. At Long Last Love
10. My Funny Valentine
11. In The Still of the Night
12. Embraceable You
13. Night And Day
14. April In Paris
15. The Lady Is A Tramp
16. Monologue
17. All The Way
18. Chicago
19. I Could Have Danced All Night

Frank Sinatra - 1962-04-20 - Tokyo, Japan (SBD)

In 1962, Frank Sinatra launched a world tour that took him to Japan, Hong Kong, Israel, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, England, and Monaco.  He was backed by Bill Miller (piano), Irv Cottler (drums), Al Viola (guitar), Harry Klee (flue/sax), Ralph Pena (bass), and Emil Richards (vibes),  The tour was the largest humanitarian gesture of Fran;s long storied career.  Every concert was designed to raise money for children's charities. At the press conference prior to the tour, Sinatra said he was "an over privileged adult, [who] ought to help underprivileged children."  Frank  paid for the entire tour, even though first lady Jackie Kennedy had offered to have the State Department sponsor the venture. Buddy Rich, who had played drums for Sinatra, described the tour as follows: "He took [six] of the best musicians in Los Angeles, He chartered an airplane, went to Japan, went to London [to raise money] for the orphanages. He paid the transportation of the entire technical crew, plus the musicians, plus the entertainers. He gave every musician a set price plus their expenses for hotels and food. And nobody ever knew about it. He just went over and did this out of the goodness of his heart. You gotta be some kind of a beautiful man to do this."  This soundboard recording captures Sinatra during that legendary tour in Tokyo on April 20, 1962, 54 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back on tomorrow and on on April 28 for two more form this Same Tour, Different Show entry.