The mob ticket heist that may have produced an incredible Frank Sinatra show at the Spectrum

No, Frank Sinatra never commissioned Kander and Ebb to "start spreading the news" or paid Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen to write a musical homage to our kind of ring-a-ding rocking town. But listening to the first authorized concert recording of Sinatra captured locally at the Spectrum - part of the three-show package dubbed Standing Room Only - it's clear that Philadelphians held a special place in the pop icon's heart.

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