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Directed by
  
Clark Jones

Original language(s)
  
English

Initial release
  
1968

Produced by
  
Ernest Chambers

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Country of origin
  
United States

Producer(s)
  
Ernest Chambers

Director
  
Clark Jones

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Starring
  
Frank Sinatra Diahann Carroll The 5th Dimension

Location(s)
  
Color City, Burbank, California

Preceded by
  
A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Or Musical Program

Cast
  
Frank Sinatra, The 5th Dimension, Diahann Carroll, Don Costa, Billy Davis Jr

Similar
  
Sinatra in Concert, Ritual of Evil, The Night We Called It a Day, None but the Brave, The Queen

Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing was a television special starring Frank Sinatra, Diahann Carroll and The 5th Dimension recorded in November 1968 and broadcast on NBC. The title references Sinatra's attempts at engaging with the youth culture of the late 1960s. Don Costa was the bandleader. This special was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Musical Special.

Sinatra made the cover of TV Guide who featured this special in their Nov. '68 edition

Set list

  • "Hello, Young Lovers"
  • "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"
  • "Cycles"
  • "Music That Makes Me Dance" - Diahann Carroll
  • "Where Am I Going" - Diahann Carroll
  • Medley with Diahann Carroll: "Diane"/"Deep River" (Instrumental)/"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"/"The Lonesome Road"/"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"/"Amen"
  • Medley: "Glad to Be Unhappy"/"Here's That Rainy Day"/"It Never Entered My Mind"/"Gone with the Wind"
  • "Its a Great Life" - The 5th Dimension
  • "Stoned Soul Picnic" - The 5th Dimension
  • "Sweet Blindness" - with The 5th Dimension
  • "Nice 'n' Easy"
  • "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know"
  • "Lost In the Stars"
  • "Angel Eyes"
  • "Put Your Dreams Away"

    • All songs performed by Frank Sinatra unless otherwise noted.

    References

    Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing Wikipedia
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