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Rick Sonata
Absolutely Sinatra

 

Rick Sonata, born to Italian parents, grew up listening to Sinatra. It's not just his stage presence, his cocky swagger, the phrasing of his songs or his resemblance to Sinatra ... Rick has vocal talent, a feel for the music and the personal magnetism necessary for a headline performer. He has appeared on the nightclub circuit for more than 19 years.

In 2003, Rick won “The World Tribute Artist Championship” in Fort Erie , Ontario and thrilled to be the first to win this championship. In 2001, “Legends in Concert” producer John Stuart saw a video of Rick and promptly flew him to Las Vegas where he was hired as the Crooner for his production in Atlantic City , Branson Missouri and Myrtle Beach , performing as Sinatra for 36 weeks. Rick’s incredible talent has led to performances in Canada , United States , Italy Tour, Australia Tour.

Traveling throughout the country and world with this 7-16 piece orchestra in such hot spots such as New York Hotel Las Vegas Reno, Atlantic City , Crown Casino Melbourne, Sydney Australia, and many cities in Canada . Rick has also headlined many corporate and Fundraiser Events such as NHL Awards, Bombardier, The Keg Steakhouse, Sick Kids Hospital , Daffodil Ball, Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation and many others bringing the Big band swing back to the days of the Sands Hotel. When off stage Rick enjoys gourmet Italian cooking and spending quality time with his wife and two beautiful daughters.

 
Recently, Rick has taken it one step forward SYMPHONY. Rick has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at the
Kleinhans Music Hall , to a sold out audience to rave reviews from the Buffalo News. In May, he performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the Roy Thomson Hall to three standing ovations. Arranged in a 60 piece Symphony orchestra, along with his conductor John E. Liddle they hired some of the best arrangers, composers to write the scores for the show. 

 

 Song List

All Of Me
All Or Nothing At All
The Best Is Yet To Come
The Coffee Song
Come Fly With Me
Fly Me To The Moon
For Once In My Life
I Get A Kick
It Was A Very Good Year
The Lady Is A Tramp
Let's Fall In Love
L.A. Is My Lady
Luck Be A Lady
Make Me Feel So Young
My Kind Of Town

My Way
New York , New York
Nice 'N Easy
One For My Baby
Overture (Medley)
Pennies From Heaven
Saturday Night
Strangers In The Night
Summer Wind
That's Life
The Way You Look Tonight
Under My Skin
Where Or When
Witchcraft
World On A String    and many more...

Rick performs and has arrangement for a 7 piece and 16 piece orchestra over 120 Sinatra and American standards tunes.

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