Frank Sinatra of the hotel and were blocked by the security guard, Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. forced the hotel management to begin hiring black waiters and busboys. On January 27, 1961, Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King, Jr. and led his fellow Rat Pack members and Reprise label mates in boycotting hotels and casinos that refused entry to black patrons and performers. According to his son, Frank Sinatra Jr., King sat weeping in the audience at one of his father's concerts in 1963 as Sinatra sang "Ol' Man River", a song from the musical "Show
Frank Sinatra Jr. premiere episode of the 2010 CBS legal comedy-drama "The Defenders", as well as the show's series finale. On August 17, 2015, Sinatra sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Yankee Stadium. His father's recording of "Theme from "New York, New York"" is played following the end of every Yankees home game, and Sinatra Jr. performed the song at the 2014 Belmont Stakes. Sinatra's song "Black Night," written and sung by him, was used as the theme song to Rick Alverson's feature film "Entertainment" (2015), starring Gregg Turkington and John C. Reilly. Sinatra married Cynthia McMurry on October 18, 1998; they divorced on