♪LUCK
♪LUCK BE
♪LUCK BE A LADY TONIGHT ♪ >>> ONE OF FRANK SINATRA'S
LATEST CONCERTS WAS IN HOUSTON,
AND IT WONTS WITH BOB ANDERSON.
FRANK, THE MAN, THE MUSIC.
GOOD MORNING, BOB.
>> GOOD MORNING, DEBORAH.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >>> IT WAS SUCH A GOLDEN AGE IN
MUSIC, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS
WERE OLDER WHEN WE HAD US, AND
WE GREW UP LISTEN TOGETHER
MUSIC, AND YOU WERE AROUND IT
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. ?
?
? >>
? >> I
? >> I WAS A LUCKY GUY.
I TOUCHED THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE
VEGAS STRIP.
VEGAS STRIP. EVERY SINGLE SHOWROOM HAD A
MAJOR STAR LIKE SINATRA, TONY
BENNETT, ALL THE GUYS.
HIS DAUGHTER, NANCY, STARTED ME
IN THE BUSINESS.
I WAS 21 YEARS OLD, GOT TO KNOW
THE FAMILY AND STUFF, AND I
KEPT GOING, WORKING THE VEGAS
STRIP.
STRIP.
STRIP. >>
STRIP. >> BACK TO 21 YEARS OLD, YOU
WALK IN THE ROOM.
>> YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT STORY?
>> YEAH, THAT STORY.
>> 21, DRIVING MY UGLY OLD
VOLKSWAGON CAR.
VOLKSWAGON CAR. I SLEPT FOR DAYS IN THE CAR,
BUT AT 2 1, YOU COULD SLEEP IT
IN FOR A YEAR AND LOOK GREAT.
I STEPPED IN, 3:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON, AND THERE'S
THEEVERLY BROTHERS ON STAGE,
PRACTICING, AND NANCY CAME OUT,
AND THEY QUIT AND THEY HAD BEEN
REHEARSING FOR 5 DAYS.
I WASN'T IN THE BIDS, AND I
KNEW I COULD SWING.
I'M SITTING IN THE DARK,
OPENING IN 3 HOURS, AND I
WALKED UP TO THE STAGE AND
SAID, EXCUSE ME, NANCY, NANCY,
I'M A SINGER, I CAN DO WHATEVER
YOU NEED, AND ANYWAY, I OPENED
UP THAT EVENING IN THE
SHOWROOM, AND THE REST IS
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. AND THEN I WENT ON TO JUST
BECOME FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY,
ND I STARTED TO DO THE CARSON
SHOW AND LETTERMAN SHOW.
>> YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE ON
CARSON ASKED TO COME BACK IN A
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. TWICE IN ONE WEEK?
>> YEP, YEAH.
>> Reporter: AND YOU WERE ALSO
ABLE TO BE AROUND THESE PEOPLE
AND UNDERSTAND THE MUSIC AND
HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO THEM,
AND WHY IS THAT GREAT AMERICAN
SONG BOOK SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
PRESERVE IN THE COUNTRY?
>> I THINK THAT THE REASON, YOU
JUST SAID IT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT
úBECAUSE IT'S SO WONDERFUL
TODAY, AND YOU SEE, I WANT MY
SON, AND I WANT ALL THE SONS
OUT HERE AND KIDS AND DAUGHTERS
TO THINK THEIR MUSIC IS THE
BEST.
BEST.
BEST. YOU
BEST. YOU WANT THEM TO REALLY DIG
THEIR MUSIC AND EVERYTHING, BUT
THE FACT OF THE MATTER, IT
SN'T.
SN'T.
SN'T. THE
SN'T. THE BEST OF THE MUSIC WAS RIGHT
FROM THAT PERIOD, AND NOT JUST
SINATRA, BUT GIVING US MOTOWN,
ELVIS PRESLEY, THE BEATLES,
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. >> Reporter: AND WE HAVE SEEN
YOU WITH SAMMY DAVIS JR. IT
HELPED AT THAT TIME WITH
DESEGREGATION BECAUSE PEOPLE
GOT INTO THE MUSIC, AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.
THERE WERE THINGS THEY WENT
THROUGH, BUT WITH FRANK, HE
PROTECTED SAMMY DAVIS?
>> HE OPENED THE DOOR FOR HIM
AND NAT KING COLE.
THEY WANTED THEM TO COME IN AND
WORK, BUT THEY SAID THEY HAD TO
STAY AT MULAN ROUGE, AND HE
SAID THEY ARE STAYING IN THE
HOTEL HERE, OR I'M LEAVING, AND
THEY ARE WALKING RIGHT THROUGH
THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEY SAID,
OKAY, FRANK, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU
WANT, AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS
ALWAYS FOR THAT.
HE REALLY, HE REALLY MADE THE
SEGREGATION THING GREAT.
>> YOU WERE DUBBED --
>> I KEEP HOLDING THIS.
YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I'M NOT SINGING YET.
>> YOU WERE DUBBED THE SINGING
IMPRESSIONIST.
IMPRESSIONIST. ?
?
? >>
? >> I
? >> I WAS AT A PARTY AT MERV
GRIFFIN'S HOUSE, NO ONE WAS
DOING IMPRESSIONS.
DOING IMPRESSIONS. ALL THE IMPRESSIONISTS WERE
DOING POLITICAL FIGURES AND
ACTORS, AND ONE DAY AT A PARTY,
NANCY INTRODUCED ME TO HIM, AND
HE WAS PLAYING THE PIANO, AND I
STARTED SINGING OUT OF NOWHERE.
I WENT ♪ LOOK AT -- YOU KNOW
JOHNNY MATHIS.
JOHNNY MATHIS. I JUST DID IT BECAUSE I GREW UP
LISTENING TO THE SINGERS, FROM
DETROIT, AND I USED TO LISTEN
AND SING ALONG WITH THEM, AND
THEIR SOUND GOT IN MY BRAIN.
>> SO WHAT DOES FRANK THINK OF
YOU DOING FRANK?
>> I STARTED TONY BENNETT AND
DOING SAMMY DAVIS JR., MAN.
>> WHAT DO THEY THINK OF YOU
DOING THEM?
DOING THEM? >> THEY LOVED IT.
I WAS THE FIRST GUY TO
INTRODUCE THAT TO TELEVISION.
I GOT MY OWN AT THE TOP OF THE
DUNES.
DUNES.
DUNES. THE DUNES IS WHERE THE BELAJIO
IS NOW.
IS NOW.
IS NOW. ALL THE STARS WOULD COME OUT.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT THEY WERE
COMING FOR, TO SEE ME DO THEM.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> NO ONE EVER DID THEM.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE SHOW,
FRANK THE MAN.
>> FRANK THE MAN IN MUSIC IS A
SHOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST A SHOW
YOU PUT YOUR HAT ON SIDEWAYS,
AND YOU GO ON YOUTUBE AND BE
FRANK SINATRA.
FRANK SINATRA. WHAT IT IS, IT'S AN EVENING OF
FRANK SINATRA, GOING BACK TO
1970 AT CESAR'S PALACE.
YOU LEAVE THE HIGH-TECH WORLD
BEHIND.
BEHIND.
BEHIND. FRANK SINATRA ON STAGE AT
CESAR'S PALACE.
CESAR'S PALACE. 90 MINUTE SHOW, MY MAKEUP WAS
MADE UP FROM A TWO-TIME ACADEMY
AWARD GUY.
AWARD GUY. $80,000 FOR THE MAKEUP, SO
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE COMING TO
SEE ALONE.
SEE ALONE. >> HE DID BENJAMIN BUTTON.
>> EDDIE MURPHY, JUST GOT AN
OSCAR FOR CHURCHHILL, HE DID
DANIELDAY LUIS' LINCOLN, AND
THEY SAID HE WILL NEVER DO
YOURS, HE ONLY DOES BIG STARS.
>> WELL, SINATRA WAS A BIG
STAR.
STAR.
STAR. >>
STAR. >> I SAID I'M FRANK SINATRA,
MAN, AND HE DID IT.
>> YOU CAN SEE FRANK THE MAN,
THE MUSIC, STARRING BOB
ANDERSON AT CYNTHIA WOODS MITCH
THE PAVILIONS.
THE PAVILIONS. GATES ARE OPEN --
>> AUDIENCE IS EXCITED.
>> 32 MUSICIANS WITH US WE
BRING.
BRING.
BRING. >>
BRING. >> THE SHOW BEGINNING AT 8:00
P.M.
P.M.
P.M. FOR
P.M. FOR TICKETS, LIVENATION.COM,
AND NOW HERE'S BOB ANDERSON
WITH LADY IS A TRAMP.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
SING IT WITH ME.
♪ SHE GETS TOO HUNGRY FOR
DINNER AT EIGHT.
SHE LIKES THE THEATER, AND SHE
WOULD NEVER COME LATE.
AND SHE NEVER BOTHER WITH
ANYONE THAT HE HATES.
♪ THAT'S WHY THE LADY IS A
TRAMP.
TRAMP.
TRAMP. ♪
TRAMP. ♪ SHE DOESN'T LIKE DICE GAMES
WITH BARONS OR EARLS.
SHE WON'T GO TO HARLEM IN
ERMINE AND PEARLS.
♪ AND SHE WON'T DISH THE DIRT
WITH THE REST OF THOSE GIRLS.
♪ THAT'S WHY THE LADY IS A
TRAMP.
TRAMP.
TRAMP. SHE LOVES THE FREE, FINE WIND
IN HER HAIR.
AND HERE LIFE'S WITHOUT CARE.
♪ SHE'S BROKE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
HATES CALIFORNIA.
HATES CALIFORNIA. IT'S COLD AND IT'S DAMP.
THAT'S WHY THE LADY IS A TRAMP.
♪SHE
♪SHE GETS
♪SHE GETS TOO HUNGRY, BABE, TO WAIT FOR DINNER AT EIGHT.
SHE ADORES THAT THEATER, AND
SHE WOULD NEVER COME LATE.
♪ AND SHE'D NEVER BOTHER WITH
SOME BUM THAT SHE HATES.
♪ THAT'S WHY THE LADY IS A
TRAMP.
TRAMP.
TRAMP. ♪
TRAMP. ♪ SHE DOESN'T LIKE DICE GAMES
WITH SHARPIES AND FRAUDS.
NEVER MAKES A TRIP UP TO HARLEM
IN SOME LINCOLN OR FORD.
CAN'T BLAME HER FOR THAT.
♪ WON'T DISH THE DIRT WITH THE
REST OF THE BROADS.
THAT IS WHY THE LADY IS A
TRAMP.
TRAMP.
TRAMP. SHE LOVES THE FREE, FINE SUPER
COOL, GROOVY WIND IN HER HAIR.
♪ AND HER LIFE'S WITHOUT CARE.
♪ SHE'S BROKE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
SHE HATES CALIFORNIA.
IT'S COLD AND IT'S DAMP.
♪ THAT'S WHY THE LADY.
THAT IS WHY THE LADY.
THAT'S WHY THE LADY IS A TRAMP
♪
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