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3 unusual facts about Concert for the Americas


Concert for the Americas

Charles Bluhdorn, whose Gulf+Western owned both the Altos de Chavón and Paramount Pictures, had Paramount record the concert so it could be rebroadcast worldwide.

John S. Pike

Pike also was responsible for numerous network and pay television specials including Sinatra, Concert for the Americas, Diana Ross: Live in Central Park, Cher: A Celebration at Caesars Palace, John Frankenheimer's Rainmaker, Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, and Plaza Suite starring Carol Burnett.

She Shot Me Down

Sinatra would bring this medley to his concert set-list with much success, evident especially during the live concerts filmed in The Dominican Republic for Concert for the Americas.



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