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Fact #131230

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Frank Sinatra sets a new sales record when he plays at The Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with Count Basie, Quincy Jones and The Oscar Peterson Trio. During Sinatra's performance of I've Got You Under My Skin, the screaming of women in the audience becomes so loud that the show has to be temporarily halted.

Full article:

Douglas Tawney (then executive director of the Civic Center) : Tickets were gone in hours, and there were a lot of sore people who stood in those lines only to have to go away empty-handed. But it was an older crowd, and more orderly than the gang we had for The Beatles later that same year.

What I remember best about Sinatra was seeing him as a really great monologuist. He told great stories, standing up by himself. And second, he insisted on having a well-stocked bar backstage whenever he performed. He always had a lot of visitors backstage, and he was very free with his Scotch and vodka.
(Source : feature in The Baltimore Sun, Nov 17, 1992)