In 1968, Frank Sr. and the three kids got together to record an album of solo and joint songs, “The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas,” four selections from which feature on the new collection. Two of
” says Falcone. “When we did things like ‘They All Laughed,’ and Sinatra told the band to laugh at the end of the recording — that was something he came up with when we were in the studio — we loved it.” Indeed, the pleasure ...
Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel--only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence, and it affects not only his own psyche but also seems to cause a kind of psychosomatic nasal dr...
Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor who was considered the greatest American singer of 20th-century popular music.
After he is finished, the record is played back on tape, and Nancy Sinatra, who has just walked in, joins her father near the front of the orchestra to hear the playback. They listen silently, all eyes on them, the king, the princess; and when the music ends there is applause from...
Sinatra was singing with Tommy Dosey’s band in 1941 when he first met Sammy Davis, Jr., then an aspiring dancer with the Will Mastin Trio. They reconnected some time later after Sammy was discharged from the U.S. Army, and Sinatra would later help Davis in his career. Peter Lawford ...
Turns out Frank has had some career, rubbing shoulders with Nat Cole, Benny Carter, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Liza Minnelli, Billy May, Bud Shank, Jimmy Rowles and many others. And he's still singing and playing guitar in Chicago clubs. In Part 1 of my three-part interview with Frank...
a 45 that came and went in 1977 and is every bit as depressing as it sounds Rewinding the Charts: In 1967, Frank & Nancy Sinatra Shared a No. 1 Not that Sinatra had given up. “When we were in the recording studio, he was experimenting more than anything else,” says F...
Of his artistry, however, there is little debate, and the more than 1,400 recordings he made during more than 50 years as a performer are regarded by many critics as the most important body of work in American popular vocal music. Almost single-handedly, Sinatra redefined singing as a ...