Archive for 'The Great Sinatra'

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

All Right, I Know, I Know…

….the election is merely days away.  But I’ve got to get a Sinatra post in.  Listening to the underrated My Way
album from 1969 (the album is underrated, not the song), I was struck once again by the desolation of the lyrics of the beautiful “If You Go Away”, an English translation by Rod McKuen […]

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Saturday, September 6th, 2008

When In Doubt, Go With The Chairman

I don’t know about you, but I’m bickered out for the moment…time to recharge the best way I know how: the Chairman of the Board, backed by the great Tony Mottola on guitar, from Brazil, in 1981…and the song is a timeless classic that we all know and love…but enough yacking - click on play […]

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Sunday, May 18th, 2008

That’s Life (That’s What All The People Say)

The great Francis Albert Sinatra died on May 14, 1998, ending the most accomplished career any entertainer has ever seen. With 1,800 recordings (I own about 1,650 of them - I’m getting VERY close to a complete collection), 58 movies, 10 Grammys (personally - his albums won 21), and 3 Oscars, Sinatra stood atop the […]

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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

If You’re Looking For Romance This Valentine’s Day…

…well, it’s a little late.  But if you want to know the most romantic song you can possibly play for your chosen one, it’s Moonlight In Vermont.  But it has to be one of the Frank Sinatra versions, and preferably the one from the Sinatra Vegas box set, from 1961 at the Sands, where Frank […]

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Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Sunday Fun - Our Hoodlum Singer Edition

I present to you the great Frank Sinatra, performing Lerner and Loewe’s I’m Getting Married In The Morning, backed by the Count Basie band at Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, Mo., 06/20/65, at a benefit for the Teamster’s favorite charity (!) and introduced by one Johnny Carson (!!)…fantastic stuff…

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Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Sunday Fun - Ultra Smooth Edition

Ladies and gentleman, this is the dictionary definition of smooth, and an amazing clip to boot - Antonio Carlos Jobim, the greatest practictioner of bossa nova, and the Entertainer of the Century, Francis Albert Sinatra…great, great stuff…

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Monday, February 27th, 2006

Things That Make It All Worthwhile

I defy anyone, anywhere, to come up with a definition of ’smooth’ that tops the sound of Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It simply can’t be done…
Because love is the saddest thing when it goes away…

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Saturday, April 23rd, 2005

A Salute To Sinatra (Again)

Alright, I’ve already done a ‘In Praise Of’ on Ol’ Blue Eyes, but the man is (was) amazing. Today, I had a few minutes to kill while getting ready for the wedding of an old work acquaintance, so I dropped by Circuit City, and just for grins, picked up a copy of The Ultimate Rat […]

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Friday, January 7th, 2005

In Praise Of Frank Sinatra

Nobody knows this but my beagle and I, but I have a secret. I can sing. I can sing really, really well. The catch is, I can only sing well to a Frank Sinatra record. Sinatra has that effect on you - his phrasing is not only impeccably tasteful, it is also instructive. By the […]

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