The two country stars help make up a list of several performers who will be paying tribute to the late Frank Sinatra on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The concert, held at the Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theatre, will be televised on 6 December (15), less than a week before what would have been Sinatra’s birthday on 12 December (15).
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CBS Entertainment vice president Jack Sussman said today: “The name Frank Sinatra is synonymous with excellence that is timeless”.
In an iconic career that stretched from the 1930s to his death in 1998, Sinatra was awarded nine Grammys, including three Album of the Year wins (for 1959’s Come Dance With Me, 1965’s September of My Years and 1966’s A Man and His Music). “Sinatra 100” airs at 9 p.m. on December 6.
To line up with Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday (December 12th), CBS will host “Sinatra 100 – An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” where a host of stars will tribute the cool crooner. The concert will feature arrangements originally orchestrated for Sinatra by Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins, Quincy Jones, and Nelson Riddle, and archival footage of Sinatra’s classic performances will be integrated throughout.
Sinatra 100 – An All-Star GRAMMY Concert is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Additional performers are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Thirteen of his recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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Sinatra 100 – An All-Star Grammy Concert, continues the tradition of previous Emmy Award-winning TV specials presented by The Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute and The Beatles: The Night That Changed America – A GRAMMY Salute. Ehrlich will also serve as a writer on the special alongside David Wild, with Lou Horvitz set to direct.
