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Local History

Frank Sinatra (5/3/1976)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Frank Sinatra w/ Sam Butera & The Witnesses, and (comedian) Pat Henry
Date: 3 May 1976
Tickets: $7.00/$10.00/$12.50 (reserved seating)
Attendance: 7,529 (advance sellout)
Notes: Largest grossing Wings Stadium show to date. Second stop (first U.S. stop) on Sinatra’s spring tour.

Setlist (Frank Sinatra): Night and Day, For Once in My Life, Where or When, The Lady Is a Tramp, Imagination, What’s New, Didn’t We, Here’s That Rainy Day, Witchcraft, All by Myself, Ol’ Man River If, Send In the Clowns, I Write the Songs, My Kind of Town, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, My Way

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Kalamazoo-Gazette-2-March-1976-p-A-1a — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 2 March 1976, (top middle) 4 March 1976, (bottom middle) 18 March 1976, (top right) 9 March 1976, (bottom right) 8 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-14-March-1976-p-A-3 — Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-21-March-1976-p-D-6d — Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 21 March 1976, (center) 22 March 1976, (right) 31 March 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-4-May-1976-p-C-5

Kalamazoo-Gazette-4-May-1976-p-A-1 — Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 May 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-4-May-1976-p-A-3c — Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 May 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo-Gazette-9-May-1976-p-C-11 — Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 May 1976. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Sinatra schedules date here”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 March 1976, page A-1

“Response”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 March 1976, page D-3

“Sinatra here May 3”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 8 March 1976, page A-16

“Details revealed for May 3 concert by Frank Sinatra”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 March 1976, page A-3

“‘I don’t think of myself as Frank Sinatra’s son’”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 14 March 1976, page A-3

“Busy man”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 18 March 1976, page E-2

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 March 1976, page D-6

“Nashville date”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 March 1976, page A-18

“Sold out”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 March 1976, page D-5

“An $84,000 show—and well worth it”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 May 1976, page C-5

“Sinatra in the spotlight”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 May 1976, page A-1

“Ol’ Blue Eyes turns ’em on”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 4 May 1976, page A-3

“City’s entertainment reputation growing”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 May 1976, page C-11

Websites

Setlist.fm setlist wiki: Frank Sinatra setlist, 3 May 1976, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI