Photo Coverage: SiriusXM Radio Hosts Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday Broadcast

SiriusXM hosted a weekend-long celebration of Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday, which included a live broadcast from Patsy's Italian Restaurant in New York City hosted by Steve Tyrell. Check out BroadwayWorld's coverage of the event below!

It featured a national birthday 'toast' to Frank at 3:00 pm ET and PT inviting listeners to raise a glass to The Chairman of the Board. Steve Tyrell who is currently at Cafe Carlyle performing his Sinatra Tribute show interviewed many celebrities who were friends with Sinatra at the legendary restaurant. The Chairman of the Board was a frequent diner at Patsy's and the broadcast came from the upstairs room where Sinatra and his friends gathered for many meals.

Tyrell interviewed many Sinatra friends during the 3 hour broadcast including: Tina Sinatra, Joy Behar, Julie Budd, Michele Lee, Pete Hamill, Paul Williams, Tony Roberts, Deana Martin, Bill Boggs, Jimmy Webb, Dominic Chianese, Danny Aiello, Jack Jones, Martin Short, and Regis Philbin, just to name a few. Siriusly Sinatra's special programming also featured broadcasts of Sinatra's television specials including The Man and His Music and other shows with special guests including Diahann Carroll, Dean Martin, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald; Sinatra concerts from the 50's through the 80's recorded in London, New York, Dominican Republic, St. Louis and Tokyo.

Photo credit: Stephen Sorokoff

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