Concert for the Americas

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The Concert for the Americas was a music festival held on August 22, 1982 in the Dominican Republic. It was held at the Altos de Chavon Amphitheater, a 5000-seat open-air Greek-style amphitheater located about two hours east of Santo Domingo,[1] that was inaugurated by the festival. [2]

Performers included Frank Sinatra with Buddy Rich, Heart and Santana. Santana's set was cut short due to inclement weather.

Tickets for Sinatra's performance were $50.00 each. [3].

The concert was broadcast on Showtime and, as a result, video recordings of the Frank Sinatra / Buddy Rich set, and of Heart's performance, were later released commercially and are generally available in the United States from online and other retailers.

Performance setlists follow:

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 (From West Side Story), 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 (Featuring Tony Mottola on Guitar), Quiet Night of Quiet Stars (Featuring Tony Mottola on Guitar), I Won't Dance, Theme From New York, New York

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:

Be With You, Instrumental Jam, Searchin', Black Magic Woman

[edit] Other "Concerts For the Americas"

Since 1982, other concert performances have been titled "Concert for the Americas." Such performances include:

On October 20, 2001, the Concert for New York City took place at Madison Square Garden, in Manhattan. This performance was occasionally referred to as the Concert for the Americas. [4]

Other performances billed as "Concert for the Americas" have been small performances, sometimes in academic settings, and generally not of pop music. Such other performances include:

February 22, 2002 -- Hoffman Auditorium, The Carol Autorino Center, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT. Performers included Lorena Garay [5]

October 4, 2005 -- Minsky Recital Hall, University of Maine. Performers included Augusto Bertado Cocotl playing violin, accompanied by Ginger Yang Hwalek on piano. [6]