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'New York, New York'

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Published January 27, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

Liza Minnelli first sang "New York, New York," but Frank Sinatra really made it a big hit. NPR's Jeff Lunden spreads the news about the Kander & Ebb tune as part of the Present at the Creation series about American cultural icons.

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