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. (Personal video tape copies of the two broadcasts.) 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" (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" (with New York, New York (On the Town) as the verse) Personnel Frank Sinatra - Vocals Vincent Falcone Jr. - Conductor, Piano Gene Cherico - Bass Tony Mottola - Guitar Irv Cottler - Drums Featuring Buddy Rich and His Orchestra 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" On October 20, 2001, the Concert for New York City took place