WASHINGTON -- A host of stars from stage and screen, including Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, Ray Charles and Elizabeth Taylor, will appear in nationally televised festivities for President Reagan's second inauguration.
The Committee for the 50th American Presidential Inaugural announced the star-studded lineup Monday for the Jan. 18 Salute to the Vice President and Jan. 19 Presidential Gala at the Washington Convention Center and broadcast in part Saturday night Jan. 19 by ABC-TV.
Reagan and Vice President George Bush will be sworn in during a private ceremony Sunday, Jan. 20 and again publicly Jan. 21 on the steps of the Capitol with a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Deputy White House chief of staff Michael Deaver, chairman of the inaugural committee, and Sinatra, honorary chairman, announced the stars who will appear at one or both of the galas as performers or hosts.
They include: Sinatra, Bailey, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, Charles, Wayne Newton, Taylor, The Beach Boys, Mac Davis, Michael Davis, The Gatlin Brothers, Charlton Heston, Kathy Lee Johnson, Rich Little, Dean Martin, Patricia Neal, The New York City Breakers, Tony Randall, Lou Rawls, Don Rickles, Tom Selleck, Frank Sinatra Jr. and the U.S. Air Force Symphony, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Wagner and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
