The American public fundamentally misunderstands the early career of Frank Sinatra. Modern audiences frequently assume that his initial rise to superstardom brought immediate, massive wealth. However, historical reality presents a vastly different, deeply terrifying picture. In the early 1940s, Sinatra reigned as the undisputed king of pop music. Millions of hysterical fans bought his records….
Published by Joyce Music, One Night Stand With Tommy Dorsey features 14 songs. These songs are as following: I Dream Of You The Minor Goes A Muggin’ Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet I Never Knew So Little Time Song Of India Losers Weepers The One I Love Our Love Affair Make Me Know It Shadows…
Here is a collection of broadcasts recorded on March 2, March 9 and March 14 of 1940. The song list is as follows: After All Polka Dots and Moonbeams Deep Night Whispering – Avalon – Japanese Sandman Sky Fell Down Isle Of May – Starlight Hour – It’s a Blue World Fable Of The Rose…
On February 24 1940, Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra with Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers had a live broadcast show at The Meadowbrook, New Jersey. It was a one-hour long broadcast on NBC Radio and they performed the following songs: College Medley A Lover Is Blue Easy Does It March of The Toys What…
Come Rain or Come Shine, a beautiful song that Frank Sinatra really liked to sing, was written by Harold Arlen in 1946. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for Come Rain or Come Shine, and it was for the musical St. Louis Woman. In fact, whole music of this musical was by Harold Arlen and Johnny…
Stardust, originally “Star Dust”, was firstly a song composed by Hoagy Carmichael in the year 1927. Two years later, in 1929, Mitchell Parish wrote the lyrics for Stardust. It is certainly a standard and was sung and recorded by many artists of jazz-swing era, including Frank Sinatra. Stardust was not just “one” of the songs…
The jazz pianist, vocalist and song writer Ben Sidran has been kind enough to answer my questions about Frank Sinatra through an interview. Hello Ben Sidran. I am Ozgun Akalin, owner of TheFrankSinatra.com. First of all, I would like to thank you for accepting to interview with me. I believe the readers of my…
The first CD of The Song Is You Box Set has many great songs of Frank Sinatra as expected; and firstly, let us take a look at the song list. The Song Is You Box Set, CD 1 Song List 1. The Sky Fell Down 2. Too Romantic 3. Shake Down the…
The references play a very important part in my articles since information about Frank Sinatra does not come out of nowhere. I use some books to include detailed information in these articles, and here is the list of those books I use as references. References for Frank Sinatra posts Sinatra! The Song Is You, A Singer’s…
“See the singer guy? One day I’ll be sitting where he’s sitting.” That is what Frank Sinatra told his wife Nancy, when they went to see Tommy Dorsey’s band in 1937. In my post about Frank Sinatra and Harry James I had mentioned that in Chicago, Frank Sinatra was offered to be the vocal of…