Sinatra tribute artist Steven Maglio at Kirby Center Nov. 13

WILKES-BARRE — Steven Maglio said he will be accompanied by a 17-piece orchestra and he will perform all the great, familiar Frank Sinatra hits — well, as many as possible in an hour and a half.

Promoter Edd Raineri said Frank Sinatra tribute artist Steven Maglio will be at the F.M. Kirby Center this Saturday.

The show — “The Sinatra Years” — is set for 7:30 p.m. and ticket prices are $30.50; $39.50; and $49.50, plus fees.

Raineri said The New York Times said this about the show:

“With Steven Maglio’s smooth croon and Rat Pack swagger, listeners just might imagine they are at The Copa at The Sands in 1963.”

Maglio, 62, grew up in the Bronx, and he said he began taking singing lessons, secretly, at age 35. He said he got the courage to get up one night at a karaoke bar and he won first place in the contest.

From there, he appeared at more karaoke bars and always got tremendous reactions from the crowds. And that all culminated when he debuted at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on June 19, 2002.

Maglio is the Saturday night headliner at the Carnegie Club, located across the street from Carnegie Hall.

“We do the exact same show every night,” he said. “Same songs in the exact same order and the exact same jokes and the crowds love it. Many of the same people come back every week.”

Maglio couldn’t name a favorite song or two or 20 of Sinatra’s, stating there are so many classics to choose from.

“But it’s not just the singing, it’s the persona, the swagger, the Rat Pack, the High Society,” Maglio said. “Anybody who has ever listened to Frank Sinatra will experience that as closely as possible at our show, I’m not an impersonator. I just sing the songs in the same style that Sinatra did. I try to create the feel of being at a Sinatra show. I want people to leave the show feeling like they just saw a Frank Sinatra live show.”

Raineri said Maglio has performed worldwide, from West Palm Beach to Beverly Hills; from Atlantic City to Las Vegas; from Cape Cod to Nashville; from Brazil to Ecuador to Italy.

He’s shared the stage with The Duke Ellington Orchestra; Frankie Valli; Wayne Newton; Dionne Warwick; Danny Aiello and many others. He’s appeared in movies. He’s entertained many celebrities including former President and Mrs. Donald Trump; the Kennedy family; Vic Damone; Connie Francis; Danny DeVito; William Shatner; most of the cast of “The Sopranos,” just to name a few, as well as sports figures, politicians and business moguls.

“I was born in East Harlem,” Maglio said. “Back in 1966, we moved to the Bronx and being the new kid on the block, I walked to school alone for the first few weeks. I heard Frank Sinatra singing ‘My Kind of Town’ and to pass the time on my new daily trek, I would sing to myself over and over. I decided I needed another song and began to explore the only Sinatra album we owned at the time — ‘A Man and His Music.’ This was the beginning of my addiction not only to Sinatra, but to that whole world of standard songs and singers.”