The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Or in the case of Frank Sinatra Jr., he’s doing it his father’s way.

Sinatra Jr. will perform the hits made famous by Ol’ Blue Eyes in “Sinatra Sings Sinatra” Jan. 19-20 at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe.

Backed by a full orchestra, Sinatra Jr. will sing classics such as “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “One For My Baby,” “New York, New York,” “Luck Be a Lady” and “Strangers In the Night.”

Sinatra Jr., a singer and band leader in his own right, worked for a time as his father’s music director, absorbing the nuances of his father’s timing, expressions, stage presence and delivery.

He’s also got his father’s pipes, according to some critics.

“The show really rested on Sinatra as a singer and front man, and he’s a good one,” reviewer Wayne Bledsoe wrote in a 2005 article for the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel. “With a confident Las Vegas nightclub demeanor, Sinatra delivered the classics, including ‘The Way You Look Tonight,’ ‘Swinging on a Star,’ ‘Nancy With the Laughing Face’ and ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin.’”

Born in 1944 in New Jersey, Sinatra Jr. was raised in California and planned a career as a pianist and conductor, according to a press release. Show promoters had different ideas, and he made his professional show business debut at age 21 as a singer with the Elliott Brothers Band. He later joined the Sam Donahue Orchestra, an experience he described as being one of the most rewarding in his career.

“I learned the bulk of what I know about singing with a band from Sam Donahue and the other musicians I met in that band,” Sinatra Jr. said in a press release.

He was a student of the big band sound, and he didn’t stray when rock ‘n’ roll came calling.

“As a young singer, a record company wanted me to be a rock singer,” Sinatra Jr. told the Buffalo (N.Y.) News in 2004. “I told them I couldn’t because I didn’t understand the music.”

He understood big band, and in 1985, backed by a 17-piece orchestra, he opened his own show in Las Vegas, according to a press release. The show was booked regularly over the next eight years, during which time Sinatra Jr. joined his father’s staff as musical director and conductor.

In 1990, Sinatra expanded his band to include 20 musicians. In 1992, he brought the show to the Desert Inn.

Sometimes fate (and smart booking agents) brought Sinatra Jr. and his father into the same city at the same time, according to a press release. Sinatra fans called such a situation an “eclipse.” On the rare occasion both appeared in the same hotel or club in separate shows, the event was dubbed a “total eclipse.”

After his father’s death in 1998, audiences honored Sinatra and his 36-piece orchestra with numerous standing ovations.

Sinatra Jr. tours the country with either his band or a full orchestra performing shows, including “Sinatra Sings Sinatra.”