The Main Event – Live

The Main Event – Live is a 1974 live album and television special by American singer Frank Sinatra.

Track listing

 * 1) Overture: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town" (Ervin Drake)/(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:12 (introduction by Howard Cosell)
 * 2) "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
 * 3) "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:37
 * 4) "Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps)" (Paul Anka, Cahn, Michel Jourdon, Caravelli) – 3:26
 * 5) "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:45
 * 6) "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 4:44
 * 7) "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) – 2:49
 * 8) "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 8:32
 * 9) "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
 * 10) "The House I Live In (That's America to Me)" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 6:41
 * 11) "My Kind of Town" – 3:01
 * 12) "My Way" (Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) – 4:57


 * Tracks 10 and 12 recorded in Boston Garden, October 2, 1974
 * Tracks 6 and 8 recorded at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, October 4, 1974
 * Track 5 recorded in Madison Square Garden, October 12, 1974
 * Tracks 1–4, 7, 9, and 11 recorded in Madison Square Garden, October 13, 1974

Personnel

 * Frank Sinatra – Vocals
 * Bill Miller - Pianist and Musical Director
 * Al Viola - Guitar
 * Gene Cherico - Bass
 * Irv Cottler - Drums

Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd
Woody Herman was not present at the concerts
 * Alto Saxophone: Jerry Dodgian, Frank Tiberi
 * Tenor Saxophone: Gary M. Anderson, Gregory Herbert
 * Baritone Saxophone: John Oslawski
 * Trumpet: Gary Pack, Nelson Hiatt, Dave Stahl, Buddy Powers, Bill Byrne
 * Trombone: Urbie Green, Dale Kirkland, Jim Pugh, Vaughn Weister
 * Piano: Andy LaVerne
 * Bass: Ron Paley
 * Drums: David Carey

String section

 * Violin: Joe Malin (lead violin), Peter Dimitriades, Dave Kunstler, Avram Weiss, Harry Urbont, Stan Karpienia, Max Hollander, Carmel Malin, Julius Brand, Peter Buonconsiglio, Max Cahn, Julius Schachter
 * Viola: Vinnie Liota, Maurice Pollock, George Brown, Mike Spivakowsky
 * Cello: Anthony Sophos, Alan Shulman, Gloria Lanzarone, Julius Ehrenworth
 * Pedal Harp: Margaret Ross
 * Recording
 * Engineered by: Ed Green
 * Record Plant NY White Truck