Concert for the Americas


The Concert for the Americas was a music festival held on August 20, 1982, in the Dominican Republic at the Altos de Chavón Amphitheater, a 5,000-seat, open-air Greek-style venue located approximately two hours east of Santo Domingo. It was the amphitheater's inaugural event, with performers including Frank Sinatra with Buddy Rich, Heart, and Santana. Santana's set was cut short due to inclement weather.

Recordings

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. The concert was played on Showtime and featured a Grucci Fireworks grand finale. The video recordings of the Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich set and Heart's performance were later released commercially. The Sinatra set was broadcast twice on A&E, with a different extended number by Buddy Rich and his orchestra in each showing, his "West Side Story" piece and an unannounced one. Only the former is included in the CD and video released under Sinatra's name.

Setlists

Frank Sinatra / Buddy Rich

  • Introduction
  • "I've Got the World on a String"
  • "I Get a Kick Out of You"
  • "Come Rain or Come Shine"
  • "When Your Lover Has Gone"
  • "The Lady is a Tramp"
  • Sinatra speaks about America
  • "The House I Live In"
  • Buddy Rich - Prologue / "Jet Song"
  • "Searching"
  • "My Kind of Town"
  • "Something"
  • "The Best is Yet to Come"
  • "Strangers in the Night"
  • "All or Nothing at All"
  • Band introductions
  • "The Gal That Got Away" / "It Never Entered My Mind"
  • "I've Got You Under My Skin"
  • "Send in The Clowns"
  • "Quiet Night of Quiet Stars"
  • "I Won't Dance"
  • "Theme from New York, New York"
Personnel

Heart

  • "Crazy On You"
  • "Raised On You"
  • "This Man of Mine"
  • "Straight On"
  • "Magic Man"
  • "Tell It Like It Is"
  • "Dog & Butterfly"
  • "The Situation"
  • "Even It Up"
  • "Barracuda"
  • "Rock & Roll"

Santana

  • "All I Ever Wanted"
  • "Primera Invasion" / "Searchin'"
  • "Black Magic Woman" / "Gypsy Queen"

Other "Concerts for the Americas"