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Frank Sinatra — Part 22
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JAN 9 1961
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SINATRA SETS |,
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Washington, Jan. 8.—Demecratic ;
National Committee has unveiled
the first, comprehensive list of en:
tertainers slated for the inaugural -
gala to be staged Jan. 19 by Frank .
Sinatra.
Names were given out after Sin- ;
atra and Peter Lawford, brother.
in-law of the President-elect, ar-
rived in town to begin on-the-spot’
arrangements for the huge affair |
counted on to wipe out the Demo-
; cratic Party’s §2,000,000 deficit,
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
be onstage to introduce Fredric
' March for a dramatic reading from
‘ Lincoln. Program will open with
“Stars And Stripes Forever” con-
dufted by Leonard Bernstein,
whp'll also appear later in show.
inatra will welcame e@
nofables, pay tribute to Kenn ¥
on "behalf of show business and #p-
tro program’s m.c., Joey Bishop.j -,
The program's roster includes:
Ethel Merman, who sang at Presi.
dent Eisenhower's last Inaugura-.
tion; Milton Berle, Allan King, .
Jimmy Durante, Sidney Poitier, Sir
Laurence Olivier, Peter Lawford, .
Anthony Quinn, Pat Suzuki, Janet -
Leigh, Tony Curtis, Gene Kelly and .
Juliet Prowse. wo eB aat”
Singers scheduled are Helen “|:
Traubel, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia,
Jackson, Harry Belafonte, - Nat:
Cole, Keely Smith, Louis ‘Prima,:!
and Kay Thompson, in addition to:
Miss Merman. : ne
Writers of show are listed ‘as
Sammy Cahn, Norman. - Corwin:
James Van Heusen, - ‘ Leonard ‘|
Gemgche, Jack Rese, Mel Shavelséon;
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