Appendix · Undated & flagged — Sinatra Chronology

January 1 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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From: Scott Henderson <scott@falseducks.com> | Received: 2024-01-01

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film ended with the death of John Garfield's character. Frank had

perished in both "Eternity" and "Suddenly." He didn't

see any

charm in making it three in a row. Warners balked and Frank told them he

wouldn't sign the contract unless the ending was rewritten.

The film did not have a working title until Jack Warner, who adored

Frank's recording of "Young At Heart," decided it was the title

he

wanted. It would open and close the film. The pre-recordings were done in

mid-July and production of the film got underway on 7-22-54.

The famous "One For My Baby" scene, which first established

Sinatra as a saloon singer, was shot on 8-11-54. The film was

completed

on 9-14-54.

After his success in "Eternity" and the renewed

vocal career at Capitol, Frank Sinatra knew exactly what he wanted and

would accept

nothing less. The first casualty during the filming of "Young At

Heart" happened just two days into the shoot. Charles Lang, the

Academy

Award winning cinematographer, was a meticulous craftsman, who set up

every shot with great care. Frank could not stand the long

waits between scenes. He demanded that Lang be replaced or he was

dropping out of the project. Ted D McCord replaced him. A few

weeks into the filming, Frank announced that Marty Melcher, Doris's

husband, was to be barred from the set. Period. But what bothered

Day, far more, was Frank's dilatory ways. Doris was a consummate

professional and her co-star was late every day. Sometimes he did

not show until after lunch. In later years, she would write about her

frustration and discuss it in many interviews.

After seeing the rushes, WB offered Frank the lead in the remake of the

Bogie classic "High Sierra." Frank agreed to do it for 50% of

the

net. He knew they would not accept such a demand. One did not do remakes

of Bogart films.

In 2001, Republic Entertainment Inc, a division of Paramount

Pictures, issued the DVD of "Young At Heart." It is not

digitally remastered

and there are no special features. Truly a shame that this film has not

received the respect it so richly deserves.

--Ed

January 6 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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. Released in February of 41, the tune

was #2 on the Billboard chart for six consecutive

weeks and stayed around for 14 weeks.

January 6 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (January 5-28)

Notes: In response to an inquiry from Sinatraphile Tom Adam, Ed

O'Brien points out that Sinatra was doing "Come Fly With

Me."

January 1958 featured two renditions of that song in TV appearances plus

Isle of Capri . Sinatra dedicated the full half-hour of

his opening TV show in 1958 to the "Come Fly With Me" lp. Teddy

Randazzo and George Jacobs told O'Brien that Sinatra would

bring the arranger of his most recent album into the Sands around the

time of its release. Randazzo also told him that

Billy May was with him when their albums came out. O'Brien doubts that

Sinatra did any of the songs from "Only The Lonely,"

with the one exception being "One for My Baby," which had

become a concert staple after mid-1952.

Sinatra did a few of the "Come Fly . . ." songs on his TV show

into the Spring of 1958, O'Brien continues. Unfortunately, there is no

documentation of just what he sang at the Sands in January, but here is

the list from Monte Carlo , June 14, 1958.

Curious that he did only one song from the legendary May 29 session and

it wasn't a track from "Only The Lonely."

1. Come Fly With Me

2. I Get a Kick out of You

3. I've Got You Under My Skin

4. Where or When (ballad recording done September 11, 1958)

5. Moonlight in Vermont

6. On the Road to Mandalay

7. When Your Lover has Gone

8. April in Paris

9. All the Way

10. Monique (song from "Kings Go Forth ")

11. Bewitched

12. Lady is a Tramp

13. You Make Me Feel so Young

These, O'Brien says, are essentially the gems that would be Sinatra's

concert repertoire for the next four decades..

He is willing to bet that some enterprising soul could dig up some

reviews from the trade papers and possibly

Vegas papers covering the entertainment on The Strip.

January 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Guest: Eileen Barton

note: First show with 45 minute running time. Last 15 minutes of the

hour had "News with Eric Sevareld"

Television

None

Re: January 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Guest: Eileen Barton

note: First show with 45 minute running time. Last 15 minutes of the

hour had "News with Eric Sevareld"

Television

None

Re: January 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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From: Vance Adair <dr.vanceadair@gmail.com> | Received: 2024-01-10

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Guest: Eileen Barton

note: First show with 45 minute running time. Last 15 minutes of the

hour had "News with Eric Sevareld"

Television

None

Re: January 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Guest: Eileen Barton

note: First show with 45 minute running time. Last 15 minutes of the

hour had "News with Eric Sevareld"

January

7, 1951 Meet Frank Sinatra

Taped December 27, 1950

Show

#11

Network: CBS

Sunday

5 P.M - 5:45 P.M. EST

Sponsor: Tintair - Luden's Cough Drops

Musicians: Graham Forbes and His

Quartet

Announcer: Hal Sims

Writers: Paul Dudley

Guest: Eileen Barton

Notes:

First show with the new 45 minute format. Last 15 minutes of the hour

have "News with Eric Sevareid"

\

Producers:

Mark Goodson, Bill Todman

January 11 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Concerts” entry for 1940, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

Shea Theatre, Buffalo, New York (December 31/39 to January 11/40)

Harry James with Frank Sinatra

Red Skelton, Erina Stillwell, Patricia Norman

Hudson Wonders, Frank Paris and His Marionettes

Note: Sinatra's last concert with Harry James. He would join Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra

in Rockford, Illinois on January 24th

Re: January 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Guest: Eileen Barton

note: First show with 45 minute running time. Last 15 minutes of the

hour had "News with Eric Sevareld"

Television

None

Re: January 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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From: Vance Adair <dr.vanceadair@gmail.com> | Received: 2024-01-11

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Guest: Eileen Barton

note: First show with 45 minute running time. Last 15 minutes of the

hour had "News with Eric Sevareld"

Television

None

January 16 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Texaco Star Theatre

Milton Berle, Martha Raye, Perry Como

A boxed marked "The Thing" is opened and Frank Sinatra steps out

January 20 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (16-22)

Woody Herman Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller

1. The Lady Is A Tramp

2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

3. Let Me Try Again

4. My Kind Of Town

5. medley: Last Night When We Were Young / Violets For Your Furs /

Here's That Rainy Day

6. monologue

7. Something

8.. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

9. My Way

10. Strangers In The Night

11. Send In The Clowns

12. I Have Dreamed

13. I've Got You Under My Skin

Notes: TT 52mins.

January 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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. "Call Me Irresponsible" was intended for Fred Astaire

and Frank

got it after Fred dropped out of the film project involving the song

("Papa's

Delicate Condition."). This was the first Reprise session where

Riddle's charts would

be acknowledged when the recordings were released. He was no longer

contractually

committed to Capitol Records.

Vance Adair:

Sammy Cahn, somewhat late in life, came to regard this as his favourite

song.

Cahn was justly proud of the ease with which the seven syllable phrase

blends with the music.

note: I have an interview with Cahn in which he talks about his great

disappointment regarding

Astaire. Among singers and songwriters, Fred was considered to be the

very best exponent

of a song. Berlin, Porter, Gershwin were in awe of his ability to

sell their work to a mass

audience. I have a show that Tony Bennett did with Jonathan

Schwartz. They discuss

how musicians viewed Astaire and Jonathan relates stories from his

father, Arthur Schwartz.

--Ed

March 9 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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. He negotiated a tremendous deal with the studio before

agreeing

to star in "Can-Can." Frank received up front $200,000 and 25%

of the

gross earnings. This was unheard of in 1959. A clever studio

accountant

could easily make a net profit disappear. But the gross was the

gross.

20th Century wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Simon, but Frank

insisted on

Shirley MacLaine. Filming got underway in early September

of 1959. The budget was $6,000,000. It became apparent very early

in the

filming that Frank and Shirley were badly miscast. Whereas the two

Frenchmen ,

Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan, fit into the story splendidly. On

10-13-59, Sinatra

and Chevalier recorded "I Love Paris." The recording is on the

Capitol s/t album, but for

some insane reason it was deleted from the final cut.

The film was a wrap in early November. An elaborate

opening took place at the Rivoli

Theatre, in N.Y.C, 3-9-60. There was one showing at 8:30 P.M and all

seats were reserved.

The nation-wide release took place two days later. The reviews were not

good. Prior to the release,

Variety estmated the movie would have a domestic gross of

$10,000,000.

The actual take was $4.2 million. Time has not been good to the film.

On Rotten Tomatoes, "Can-Can" receives an audience score

of 47%.

Capitol Records released the soundtrack album on April 4,

1960. The big selling point at the time

was Full Dimensional Stereo. A CD version from Capitol was issued in

1989. A

more recent version is available on the Hallmark label. The quality of

that release is definitely inferior

to the Capitol original. The VHS was issued in April 1993 and the

deluxe DVD in May of 2007.

The latter is a two-disc offering that is the wide-screen version.

20th filmed it in TODD-AO and

it is really the only way to watch it. The second disc offers a look at

the famous Khrushev visit

to the "Can-Can" set on 9-19-59. Sinatra, Maclaine,

Chevalier, Jordan did numbers

from the film. Nikita and Co were shocked at the very revealing outfits

worn by the dancers and

would later issue a statement condemning western decadence. A laser disc

copy was issued

in wide screen format in 1995. Excellent quality.

--Ed

Re: October 22 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Syracuse Carrier Dome, New York

Reagan Benefit

Wednesday evening

Conducted by Vinnie Falcone

O.A. Wayne Newton

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. The Best Is Yet To Come

3. The Song Is You

4. When Your Lover Has Gone

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

monologue

6. Street Of Dreams

7. You And Me

8. My Kind Of Town

9. New York, New York

The Post Standard

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Hollywood

HCO2116 Time After Time

(J. Styne/S. Cahn)

(from It Happened In Brooklyn)

Sinatra Music Publishing Corp. (ASCAP) 1946

Arranged & Conducted by Axel Stordahl

-1 (3:08) CD: Columbia Years 43-52 Vol. 5

CD: 09372 Greatest Hits-The Early Years, Vol. 2

LP: C6X-40343 The Voice- The Columbia Years, 43-52

LP: CL-2913 Frank Sinatra In Hollywood

LP: CL-2572 Greatest Hits, The Early Years, Vol. 2

LP: CL-606 Frankie

78: 37300

HCO2117 It's The Same Old Dream

w/Four Hits & A Miss

(J. Styne/S. Cahn)

(from It Happened In Brooklyn)

Sinatra Music Publishing Corp. (ASCAP) 1946

Arranged & Conducted by Axel Stordahl

-1 (3:05) CD: Columbia Years 43-52 Vol. 5

LP: C6X-40343 The Voice- The Columbia Years, 43-52

LP: CL-2913 Frank Sinatra In Hollywood

LP: CL-2740 The Essential Frank Sinatra, Vol. 2

78: 37288

NOTE: Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien thinks the songs by Cahn/Styne for "It Happened in Brooklyn" were the best Sinatra had during the MGM years.

The two listed above are still fresh after all these years. There would be three recordings made by Sinatra for both tunes.

He wishes that MGM had employed their gorgeous Technicolor on this underrated gem.

HCO2118 I'm Sorry I Made You Cry

(N.J. Clesi)

(from Rose Of Washington Square)

Leo Feist, Inc. (ASCAP) 1918

Arranged & Conducted by Axel Stordahl

-1 (3:04) CD: Columbia Years 43-52 Vol. 5

LP: CL-6087 Songs By Sinatra, Vol. 1 (10 inch)

78: 37256

Four Hits And A Miss: Marvin Bailey, Lee Gotch, Beverly Mahr, Mack McLean, William Seckler

Violins: E. Bergman, H. Bluestone, W. Callies, S. Cytron, W. Edelstein, P. Ellis, G. Kast, M. King, S. Middleman, F. Olson, N. Pisani, E. Powers, M. Russell, F. Slatkin, M. Sosson; Violas: A. Harshman, P. Lowenkron, M. Perlmutter, P. Robyn; Cellos: F. Goerner, A. Kafton, N. Ochi-Albi, J. Sewell; Harp: M. Hogan Cambern; Horn: F. Fox; Saxes: H. Beau, H. Haymer, J. Kinsler, F. Stulce; Trumpets: D. Anderson, R. Linn, R. Zarchy; Trombones: D. Hallett, G. Jenkins, W. Schaefer; Piano: M. Mclntyre; Guitar: A. Reuss; Bass: P. Stephens; Drums: R. Hagan

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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New York City

CO38284 My Cousin Louella

(B. Bierman/J. Manus)

Shapiro, Berstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 1947

Arranged & Conducted by John Guarnieri-1 (3:05) CD: Columbia Years 43-52 Vol. 7

78: 38045

CO38285 We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

(H. Woods)

Words And Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 1929

Arranged & Conducted by John Guarnieri

-1 (3:06) CD: Columbia Years 43-52 Vol. 7

LP: C2X-40897 Hello Young Lovers

78: 38129

CO38286 S'Posin'

(A. Razaf/P. Denniker)

Mayfair Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1929

Arranged & Conducted by John Guarnieri

-1 (2:45) CD: Columbia Years 43-52 Vol. 7

LP: C6X-40343 The Voice-The Columbia years, 43-52

LP: CL-606 Frankie

78: 38210

Piano: John Guarnieri; Bass: Herman Alpert; Guitar: Tony Mattola

NOTE:‚ Ed O''Brien points out that guitarist Tony Mattola had known Sinatra since the early 1930s. They had worked together at WAAT in Jersey City back in 1933 when Sinatra was 17 years old.

They both had sustaining 15-minute shows. Tony was on a number of Sinatra's radio shows after the Dorsey years and was a regular on the Vimms show of 1944.

But his first session with Sinatra was on October 24, 1947. Mattola told O'Brien that Mitch Miller was behind "My Cousin Louella," and Sinatra was less than thrilled. One of the few sessions done with just a trio.

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Hollywood

TCA5717 A Baby Just Like You

w/Vocal Chorus

(John Denver /Joe Henry)

Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

Arranged by Don Costa

Conducted by Bill Miller

(2:45) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 17

LP: W54093 I Sing The Songs Vol.2‚ ( Italy )

45: S1342

TCA5718 Christmas Memories

w/Vocal Chorus

(Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman/Don Costa)

WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Arranged by Don Costa

Conducted by Bill Miller

(2:08) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 17

LP: W54093 I Sing The Songs Vol.2

45: S1342

Note: The Orchestral tracks were pre-recorded on October 15, 1975

Ed O'Brien:

Shortly after the recordings were done, Reprise released

them on a 45 (RPS1342). There was a picture of Frank's granddaughter,

Amanda, on the sleeve. An employee at the record company told me the

suits were none too pleased with the extra expense the very attractive

sleeve cost. Typical record executives. Recordings were a nice tribute.

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Fame And Fortune - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

Network: NBC - Blue Network

Location: Hollywood

Show #2

Sponsor: Nature's Remedy

Time: 8:30PM - 9:00PM (EST) Thursdays

Orchestra Conducted By: Tommy Dorsey

Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl (Sinatra)

Announcer: Fred B. Cole

Musicians: Chuck Peterson, Ray Linn, Clyde Hurley, Ziggy Elman (trumpet); Tommy Dorsey, George Arus, Les Jenkins, Lowell Martin (trombone); Fred Stulce, Paul Mason (alto sax); Don Lodice, Heinie Beau (tenor sax); Johnny Mince (clarinet & alto sax); Clark Yocum (guitar); Sid Weiss (bass); Joe Bushkin (piano); Buddy Rich (drums).

Vocals: Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Pied Pipers

1. opening theme: Getting Sentimental Over You - TD & Orchestra

2. Dark Eyes - Orchestra

3. Trade Winds - Frank Sinatra

4. That's For Me - Connie Haines

5. Who? - Frank Sinatra

6. Margie - Pied Pipers

7. I Know That You Know - Orchestra

8. Oh! Look At Me Now - Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines & Pied Pipers

9. closing theme: Getting Sentimental Over You - TD & Orchestra

Notes: Confirmed airing on WJZ.

("Who" appears in the box set Tommy Dorsey Frank Sinatra - The Song Is You)

("Oh! Look at Me Now" appears on the CD "It's All So New")

Ed O'Brien:

The melody for "Oh! Look At Me Now" was written by Joe Bushkin.

He was a ringer in the amateur contest. John DeVries submitted the lyrics

the previous week. The set-up at the time involved a panel of experts who

listened to the entries the previous Saturday(19) and chose the top three

songs. On the 10-24 show, the intro to the winning tune was a brief orchestral

version of "There I Go."

note: Joe Bushkin was a guest on Frank's CBS-TV show, 12-9-50. Joe

and Frank did a duet of "Oh! Look At Me Now" Before Bushkin started

the piano intro, Frank teased him about the "amateur" songwriter on

the long ago Fame & Fortune broadcast.

Ed

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Songs By Sinatra

Network: CBS

Time: 7:15-7:30PM Sunday

Show #1

Sponsor: none (sustaining)

Producer: Herb Polesie

Orchestra conducted by: Axel Stordahl

Musicians: The Bobby Tucker Singers

Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl

1. Paper Doll

2. Lover Come Back To Me

3. Put Your Dreams Away

Note: Frank also sang "Kiss Me Again" and "If Loveliness Were Music."

Announcer was Everett Clark.

Love the ballad reading of "Paper Doll." Show opens

with a short segment of " This Love Of Mine."

Notes: Confirmed aired on WABC, WTOP & KNX among others. Sinatra takes over the Jerry Lester Show time slot, which aired the week before on WABC 7:00PM - 7:30PM.

Ed O'Brien:

Stephen Holden, NYT art critic, told me his favorite Sinatra was the bobbysox singer from 1943-47.

"Lover Come Back To Me," from Frank's first "Songs By Sinatra," in the fall of 1943, is a perfect

example of what he was so attracted to from those years. Frankie had such a remarkable voice.

There is an angelic sound to every note and virtuoso singing of a very high order.

Note: The full show opens disc 2 of "A Voice on Air".

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Songs By Sinatra

Network: CBS

Location: New York City

CBS Radio Playhouse #3

Show #7

Sponsor: Old Gold Cigarettes

Time: 9:00PM - 9:30PM (EST) Wednesday

Orchestra Conducted By: Axel Stordahl

Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl

Announcer: Bill Lazar

Writer: Glenn Wheaton

Directed By: Mann Holiner

Performers: The Pied Pipers

Guest: Tommy Dorsey

1. opening theme: Night And Day

2. I'll Buy That Dream - Frank Sinatra

3. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Tommy Dorsey

4. Never Too Late To Pray Tommy Dorsey

5. Tampico Pied Pipers

6. Without A Song - Frank Sinatra

7. Medley: Frank Sinatra w/The Pied Pipers & Tommy Dorsey:

Somebody Loves Me (P.P.)/By The Sleepy Lagoon (T.D.)

This Love Of Mine (F.S.) / Oh Look At Me Now (F.S.-P.P.)/

Marie ( T.D.)/ (What Can I Say)After I Say I'm Sorry (P.P.)/

There Are Such Things(F.S.-P.P.) / Song Of India (T.D.) / Everything

Happens To Me (F.S.)

8. I'll Never Smile Again - Frank Sinatra w/Pied Pipers & Tommy Dorsey

9. closing theme: Put Your Dreams Away

note: If I Loved You and Surrey With The Fringe On Top - from the 9-12-45

broadcast - are the added songs on the AFRS version of this show

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Highlights Of A Quarter Century Of Bob Hope

Guests: Frank Sinatra

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Film” entry for 1962, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

The Manchurian Candidate (US Film Release: October 24, 1962

Starring: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, and James Gregory

Produced and Directed by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay was written by George Axelrod, and was based on the 1959 Richard Condon novel The Manchurian Candidate

Sinatra plays Captain Bennett Marco in this political thriller film about the Cold War and sleeper agents.

(1st DVD Release date: 1998-03-24 -- Blu Ray Release date: 2011-01-31)

Note: This film is considered by many to be Sinatra's greatest. He was paid $1,000,000. Laurence Harvey received $200,000

and the additional cost, for everything involved in the making of the film - $1,000,000 - made a grand total of $2,200,000.

The film was not removed from circulation after the Kennedy assassination. It would be re-released and also shown on

commercial TV. CBS ran it against Dean Martin's premiere NBC variety show, with Frank as guest, 9-16-65. The b.o.

take for the initial run was $2,700,000. The re-releases plus numerous TV showings would bring in millions more

through the years. The film was completed in 39 days. Sinatra's scenes were shot in 15 days. Frank very much wanted

Lucille Ball for the role of Harvey's mother. After Frankenheimer showed Frank Lansbury's screen test, Sinatra agreed

she was perfect for the part. Frank did all his own stunts in the film. And he broke his finger in the karate fight with Henry

Silva. Rotten Tomatoes shows a 96% favorable rating from more than 50 critics and a 90% favorable from the audience..

Frank obtained complete rights to the film in 1972. He allowed a few showings before the big re-release in 1988.

Suddenly" is a different story. Oswald watched a 16mm print prior to killing Kennedy. Sinatra asked that all copies be

pulled from circulation. Sinatra gave a fantastic performance in that film.

-- Ed

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey (14-24)

Orchestra Conducted By: Joe Parnello

1. I've Got You Under My Skin

2. I Get A Kick Out Of You

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine

4. When Your Lover Has Gone

5. The Lady Is A Tramp

6. monologue

7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

8. Change Partners

9. The Best Is Yet To Come

10. New York, New York

Notes: TT 48mins.

October 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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"Come Swing With Me" - Reunion Area, Dallas, Texas

Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller

Full Set List:

1. overture

2. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

3. What Now My Love

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Moonlight In Vermont

6. Summer Wind

7. You Will Be My Music

8. More Than You Know

9. Mack The Knife

10. What's New

11. Bewitched

12. monologue

13. Angel Eyes

14. If

15. When Joanna Loved Me

16. For Once In My Life

17. Lonely Town

18. New York, New York

19. Where Or When

20. My Way

21. Maybe This Time

22. Lady Is A Tramp

Notes: Complete concert circulates on Stereo Audio Tape. An edited radio transcription was made of this concert a played on a special broadcast. "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life", "What Now My Love", "My Heart Stood Still", "What New", "You Will Be My Music", "Angel Eyes", "For Once In My Life", "New York, New York", "Where Or When", & "Maybe This Time." All appear on the Sinatra 80th-Live In Concert

OCTOBER 27 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.

Fw: December 20 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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San Bernardino County Sun

December 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Hawaii Tribune Herald

December 22 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Christmas Carolers Song Fest

Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Maxwell

8:45 WENR, ABC, and WEWS

December 22 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois (December 15-21)

Harry James and his Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

On Screen: Daytime Wife with Tyrone Power & Linda

Darnell

The Andrews Sisters were also appearing during this run.

December 24 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Harry James and His Orchestra

WTAM Cleveland 10:30-11:00pm

December 24 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Treasures of Christmas

Yuletide readings by Frank Sinatra, Johnny Desmond,

Tallulah Bankhead, Loretta Young, Gregory Peck and others

December 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Christmas at the home of Phil Harris, Frank Sinatra, Gordon

McRae, Robert Young, Bob Hope and others

December 26 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio

Harry James and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

December 28 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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A certain group of fans here

sure are sure down on Frank

Sinatra. He has been very

difficult since his last trip to

New York. On the Ginny

Simms show, he talked,

joked, laughed all during

the rehearsal. And I hear

that's the real reason he

did not do a guest shot

with Dinah Shore

Re: December 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Christmas at the home of Phil Harris, Frank Sinatra, Gordon

McRae, Robert Young, Bob Hope and others

NBC show was titled "Favorite Families." Show ran 30 minutes and

the theme was the opening of gifts around the Christmas tree in the

home of the stars. Broadcast time varied with the earliest at noon and

at various times throughout the afternoon.

The Times

January 1 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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film ended with the death of John Garfield's character. Frank had

perished in both "Eternity" and "Suddenly." He didn't

see any

charm in making it three in a row. Warners balked and Frank told them he

wouldn't sign the contract unless the ending was rewritten.

The film did not have a working title until Jack Warner, who adored

Frank's recording of "Young At Heart," decided it was the title

he

wanted. It would open and close the film. The pre-recordings were done in

mid-July and production of the film got underway on 7-22-54.

The famous "One For My Baby" scene, which first established

Sinatra as a saloon singer, was shot on 8-11-54. The film was

completed

on 9-14-54.

After his success in "Eternity" and the renewed

vocal career at Capitol, Frank Sinatra knew exactly what he wanted and

would accept

nothing less. The first casualty during the filming of "Young At

Heart" happened just two days into the shoot. Charles Lang, the

Academy

Award winning cinematographer, was a meticulous craftsman, who set up

every shot with great care. Frank could not stand the long

waits between scenes. He demanded that Lang be replaced or he was

dropping out of the project. Ted D McCord replaced him. A few

weeks into the filming, Frank announced that Marty Melcher, Doris's

husband, was to be barred from the set. Period. But what bothered

Day, far more, was Frank's dilatory ways. Doris was a consummate

professional and her co-star was late every day. Sometimes he did

not show until after lunch. In later years, she would write about her

frustration and discuss it in many interviews.

After seeing the rushes, WB offered Frank the lead in the remake of the

Bogie classic "High Sierra." Frank agreed to do it for 50% of

the

net. He knew they would not accept such a demand. One did not do remakes

of Bogart films.

In 2001, Republic Entertainment Inc, a division of Paramount

Pictures, issued the DVD of "Young At Heart." It is not

digitally remastered

and there are no special features. Truly a shame that this film has not

received the respect it so richly deserves.

--Ed

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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (March 20 – April 2)

Key Musicians: Gene Cherico (bass), Al Viola (guitar), Irv Cottler (drums), Charlie Turner (trumpet), Bill Miller (piano)

Nat Brandwynne Orchestra Conducted By: Don Costa

Opening Act: Sam Butera & The Witnesses featuring Sandy Williams.

April 28 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY

July 13 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Frank's recording career got underway 84 years ago today.

On that Thursday afternoon, so long ago now, the Harry James

Band entered the Brunswick Recording Studio, 550 Fifth Ave,

in N.Y.C. The boy vocalist in the band would earn an additional

$50.00 for his efforts. That is what Harry James paid him for

the two recordings..

The Make Believe Ballroom, WNEW A.M., had released a poll

showing that the James contingent was the eighth most popular

band in the greater New York area. Harry and Co. received a

lot of radio attention and that evening was no exception. At

midnight

WOR broadcast the James band live from the Roseland Ballroom.

Frank could be heard singing "I Poured My Heart Into A Song"

On

the 7/15 broadcast, he sang the two songs recorded on 7-13-39.

According to Variety, the band played the Paramount before jumping

over to the Roseland for an extended stay. WOR, CBS, WNEW and

other radio stations would broadcast this exciting new band

throughout

the summer of 1939. They would be heard from the Steel Pier, in

Atlantic

City, the World's Fair and Roseland in N.Y.C.

In August of 39, James and Sinatra decided to try out a new song on the

radio broadcasts before making a recording. The song was "All Or

Nothing

At All." According to Billboard the song was released in June of

1940 and

sold 16,000 copies. The re-release in June 1943 sold well over a

million

units..

I am indebted to Variety, Peter Levinson, NYT

and Billboard.

Ed

July 18 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Mail Millom and South Copeland Edition

Re: July 18 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Mail Millom and South Copeland Edition

Re: July 18 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Mail Millom and South Copeland Edition

July 23 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Live Remote from the Cavalier Beach Club, Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

WTAR 11:30pm

Note: Dorsey would broadcast from the Cavalier Beach Club on July 21st and July 23rd.

Television

NONE

July 24 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Liverpool Daily Post

Re: July 24 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Liverpool Daily Post

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The Morning Union

July 31 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Concerts

England

August 1, 1953

Re: June 19 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Truth Or Consequences

August 17 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Television” entry for 1973, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

Rehearsal for "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back' TV

special

Show would be taped on 9-20-73

August 17 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Cal-Neva Lodge, Nevada (August 8 - 17)

Frank Sinatra, Matty Malneck and His Orchestra

O.A.: Buddy Lester

August 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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August 22 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Valley Times

August 23 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Journal and Courier

August 25 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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M51587 The Train

(Bob Gaudio/Jake Holmes)

Devalbo Inc./WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Arranged & Conducted By Joseph Scott

(3:25) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 15

LP: FS1031 Watertown

45: 0920

M51594 She Says

w/Chorus

(Bob Gaudio/Jake Holmes)

Devalbo Inc./WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Arranged & Conducted By Joseph Scott

(1:50) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 15

LP: FS1031Watertown

M51637 Lady Day

(Bob Gaudio/Jake Holmes)

Devalbo Inc./WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Arranged by Charles Calello

Conducted By Joseph Scott

(2:47) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 15

CD: 45689-2

M51636 For A While N/R

(Bob Gaudio/Jake Holmes)

Devalbo Inc../WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Arranged by Charles Calello

Conducted By Joseph Scott

Memphis Press Scimitar

August 26 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Plain Dealer

August 27 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Daily News

August 31 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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November/December,1968; February ,1976 and for his 40th Anniversary

Party, June, 1979

He would still be performing the song in November of 1994. After a while

he would claim it was

the first song he did with Harry James. The release in 1939 sold,

according to Billboard, 16,000

copies. Reissued during the musician's strike in 1943, the song would top

the charts and become

Frank's first solo million seller. A tune recorded five times and

performed countless times through

the years. And what a great title to sum up what Frank was shooting for

in August of 1939.

Ed O'Brien (2014):

Seventy-five years ago. Wow! Frank laid down this track on the day before

the start of World War II.

Germany marched into Poland on September 1, 1939. The world would be at

war for the next six years.

During those years Frank Sinatra would become the first teenage idol and

the ads would read "The Voice

That Thrilled Millions." The recording done on this date in 1939

would be the one to define him throughout

his career: All Or Nothing At All.

August 31 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Richmond Times Dispatch

August 31 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Bolten News

Fw: September 1 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Evening Post

September 12 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Concerts” entry for 1978, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

Royal Festival Hall, London, England

Conductor: Bill Miller

Piano: Vincent Falcone Jr.

O.A. Guys 'N' Dolls group, Lennie Bennett & Jerry Steven

1. Night and Day

2. At Long Last Love

3. The Lady is a Tramp

4. Didn't We

5. Someone to Watch over Me

6. Something

7.. Baubles, Bangles and Beads

8. Gal that Got Away/Never Entered my Mind

9. Monologue

10. That's What God Looks Like to Me

11. I Hadn't Anyone Til You

12. You and Me

13. The Oldest Established Floating Crap Game

14. Lonely Town

15. My Kind of Town

16. Remember

17. Maybe This Time

18. My Way

September 11 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Gazette

September 12 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Studio” entry for 1962, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

The Progress Index

September 13 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Studio” entry for 1956, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

The Times and Democrat

Fw: SEPTEMBER 18 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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BS067915 A Sinner Kissed An Angel

(M. David/R. Joseph)

Polygram International Publishing Inc./Larry Shayne Enterprises (ASCAP)

-1 (2:52) CD: 07863 66353-2 "The Song Is You" 5CD set Vol 3

CD: RCA 8554-2-R

LP: SD 1000

78: 27611

Baltimore Sun

September 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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note: Columbia release of "London By Night" had "April In Paris" on the flipside.

Ed

October 1 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Reno Gazette Journal

October 2 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Sunday Oregonian

October 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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note: Reviewer was a tad off on this one. Album hit #1 on Billboard just three

weeks after being issued and charted for 71 weeks.

Independent

October 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Observer

October 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Studio” entry for 1965, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

October 2 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Indianapolis News

October 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois

WMAQ ( NBC )

11: p.m. -11:30 p.m.

Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

October 22 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Hartford Courant

November 8 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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release

reviewed 1-20

Hollywood

November 8 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (8-14)

Opening Night

Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.

O.A.Marlene Ricci

Pat Henry

THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY NOVEMBER 10

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The Sands, Las Vegas, NV (November 10 -16)

dinner & late show

Frank Sinatra

Borrah Minevitch Harmonica Rascals

w/ Johnny Puleo (6)

Nanci Crompion

Copa Girls (12)

Antonio Morelli & His Orch. (18)

no cover or minimum

note: I put this up some years back. Looking for a story on "Young At Heart," I stumbled

on it again. Billy Eckstine followed Sinatra, opening on the 17th for a two week run. Variety reviewer

felt Eckstine had a tough act to follow.

Sinatra had completed "Swing Easy" at Capitol (Riddle's pick as the best work he did with Frank),

on 11/5&6, then the Fanfare appearance on 11/7 (he had received rave reviews) when Entratter asked him

to do a week at the Sands. Following his SRO week, Frank began recording songs from "Finian's

Rainbow" for the John and Faith Hubley animated cartoon project. He would do two singles sessions

at Capitol with Riddle, the second week in December, and then fly to New York and close out the year with a sensational

engagement at the Copa. He truly had made the greatest comeback in the history of show business. And the best

was yet to come.

THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY NOVEMBER 10

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The Sands, Las Vegas, NV (November 10 -16)

dinner & late show

Frank Sinatra

Borrah Minevitch Harmonica Rascals

w/ Johnny Puleo (6)

Nanci Crompion

Copa Girls (12)

Antonio Morelli & His Orch. (18)

no cover or minimum

note: I put this up some years back. Looking for a story on "Young At Heart," I stumbled

on it again. Billy Eckstine followed Sinatra, opening on the 17th for a two week run. Variety reviewer

felt Eckstine had a tough act to follow.

Sinatra had completed "Swing Easy" at Capitol (Riddle's pick as the best work he did with Frank),

on 11/5&6, then the Fanfare appearance on 11/7 (he had received rave reviews) when Entratter asked him

to do a week at the Sands. Following his SRO week, Frank began recording songs from "Finian's

Rainbow" for the John and Faith Hubley animated cartoon project. He would do two singles sessions

at Capitol with Riddle, the second week in December, and then fly to New York and close out the year with a sensational

engagement at the Copa. He truly had made the greatest comeback in the history of show business. And the best

was yet to come.

THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY NOVEMBER 10

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The Sands, Las Vegas, NV (November 10 -16)

dinner & late show

Frank Sinatra

Borrah Minevitch Harmonica Rascals

w/ Johnny Puleo (6)

Nanci Crompion

Copa Girls (12)

Antonio Morelli & His Orch. (18)

Evening Sun

November 13 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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The Rock Island Argus

November 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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November 28 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Timex show on ABC-TV. He was still doing some very

credible versions of the Riddle ballad arg. in the 1990s.

Vance Adair added:

FS delivered some beautiful versions of this Riddle arrangement in the late 80s. The old man loved to surprise his audiences with that last big sustaining note.

They always cheered to the heavens. And rightly so.

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Major Bowes Amateur Hour

Thursday Evening

Time: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (EST)

Location: CBS-Studios, New York City

Sponsor: Chrysler Corporation

730th Consecutive Broadcast

Among the Contestants: The Swingsters Vocal & Instrumental Quintet

1. Major chats with Frank Sinatra & Irwin Zike

2. "Curse Of An Aching Heart"

3. Swingsters close show with instrumental of "Stardust."

Note: above information credited to Ed O'Brien

note: Frank and The Swingsters did not fare too well in the voting

on that Thursday evening 82 years ago. They finished far back

with 1,028 votes. The winning amateur garnered 2,837 votes.

The ads for Chrysler offered a brand new 1937 Plymouth for

$510.00 and the Chrysler for $715.00.

Ed

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Live Remote: Hollywood Palladium

Tuesday Evening

11:30 pm - 12:am

NBC Red Network - KFI Los Angeles

Western Feed Only

Tommy Dorsey & His Orch

Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines & The Pied Pipers Ziggy Elman, Joe Bushkin, Sy Oliver, Buddy Rich

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Reflections

Network: CBS

Location: New York City - CBS Playhouse #3

Show #8

Sponsor: none (substaining)

Time: 8:00PM - 8:30PM (EST)

Musicans: Walter Gross's orchestra and Bobby Tucker's Voices

Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl

Notes: Confirmed airing as Reflections on WISV / Listed as Variety Musical on WABC. No Show 12-10-42. Airing in it's place December 10, 1942 WISV 8:00PM - 8:30PM Italians For Freedom / WABC Italians For Freedom Play.

Sinatra did do a show 12-10-42 at 10:45-11PM on this night. It was not "Reflections" as far as I can tell and was not carried by any other stations but WABC. So it was a local NYC show, like SBS 42'. Has the same format listed as a Songs By Sinatra of that

time period.

note: I checked radio listings in Boston and the 10:45 to 11:P.M. was a Treasury Song Parade on the Mutual Network. Might have been Frank.

Ed

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Spotlight Revue Starring Spike Jones

Network: CBS

Time: 10:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Sponsor: Coca Cola.

Spike Jones and The City Slickers

Announcer: Michael Roy

Commercial Spokesman: Dick Joy

Guests: Frank Sinatra, Dorothy Shay, Doodles Weaver, George Rock

1. Once In Love With Amy - Frank SInatra

2. Prisoner Of Love - Frank Sinatra

Note: The show appears on the officially released CD set: 60 Greatest Old Time Radio Show "Frank Sinatra & Friends"

Ed O'Brien noted:

"Once In Love With Amy" was from the Broadway musical

"Where's Charley"," starring Ray Bolger. Frank would record the song

in mid-December of 48. He did sing a throwaway version of "Prisoner

Of Love" during a skit with Spike Jones and his crew.

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Show #6

Network: CBS

Sponsor: Tintair, Ludens

Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM (EST), Sunday

Producers: Mark Goodson, Bill Todman

Musicians: Graham Forbes and His Quartet

Announcer: Hal Sims

Guest: Georgia Gibbs, Nancy Reed

Notes: Confirmed aired on WCBS

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The Frank Sinatra Show

Network: NBC

Show Number: 28

Time 8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Sponsor: Bobbi Home Permanent, White Rain Shampoo, Deep Magic Face lotion

Host: Frank Sinatra

Writers: Norm Sickel

Announcer: Maurice Hart

Producer: Andrew C. Love

1. My Blue Heaven - Frank Sinatra

2. That's All I Want From You - Jaye P. Morgan

3. It Worries Me - Frank Sinatra

Television

NONE

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Sweet's Ballroom, Oakland, California

Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California (October 31 - December 11)

Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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RKO-BOSTON, Boston, Massachusetts (December 2-8)

(Thursday thru Wednesday)

w/Jan Savitt & His Orchestra

w/seven piece string section

Buddy Welcome, The Three

Welles and Marty May.

Film: "Falcon and the Co-Eds"

Tom Conway as The Falcon

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria (November 23-December 17)

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria, New York City (November 29 - December 19 )

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Capitol Theater , New York City (November 13 - December 3)

Last official concerts for two years

Up to eight shows a day

NOTE: Author Richard Havers says that given Frank Sinatra's personal problems with Nancy, Sr., it was ironic that the featured film during his Capitol Theater run was Lucille Ball in "Her Husband's Affair." On a professional level, this was far from a triumphant

homecoming. The New York Times said that with Frank Sinatra on the bill not much attention would be paid to the film and that is why such a lightweight affair had been booked. "Frank Sinatra take it away" is how they previewed Frank's appearance. In fact,

he didn't. The crowds were less than anticipated; the reviews were not so enthusiastic, even ignoring the bad reviews perpetuated by the likes of Lee Mortimer (NY Daily Mirror) and his sympathizers. By the end of the second week, Mortimer reported "The crooner,

expected to pile up new highs, almost hits a new low. His second week (in which he missed no performances) was a sickly $71.000. half of the advance estimate." It's probably factually

correct, Frank was on the wane. As one writer put it, "Frank was not The Voice, just a voice."

Given all that happened in the recent months, Havers continues, it was not too surprising. There were other factors, too. It is easy to forget that back in 1947 Frank was not a legend, not the Chairman of the Board, leader of the Rat Pack, or any other of the

epithets that has been bestowed upon him. He may have been "The Voice," but he was essentially a pop singer.

Regardless of how good a pop singer he was, like every other pop singer since, he has been subject to the changes in attitudes of what is an unusually fickle audience. Some people grow older with their idols, while many move on, dropping their adolescent heroes

as they mature and change. The main wave of hysteria that surrounded Frank was from the bobby-soxers, 13, 14, 15, and 16 year old girls, young women who fantasized about Frankie. There was an inevitability in Frank's changing audience that no amount of good

or bad publicity could alter.

He was, like many who have competed in the same field, at the point where he had to somehow change. Either he had to develop an appeal outside music, and the movies were the obvious arenas, although so far the material had been less than impressive, or he had

to find a way of changing his style to build a new audience, Havers points out. Sixty years ago people did not envisage a career in "pop music." There was no such thing. It was just something you did for a while before moving on to live the rest of your life.

Whether Frank had a real sense of what the rest of his life might be like is impossible to know, Havers states, He may have seen himself becoming principally a movie star, or maybe he saw himself becoming a businessman; he talked of and had already made some

investments. Frank's disappointing showing in New York by no means signaled the end of a career. In the same way as Frank was no overnight success, neither would he disappear overnight.

note: Skitch Henderson told me how disappointing the four-week run at

the Capitol turned out to be, The theater guaranteed Frank $20,000

a week. I asked Skitch why Frank failed to draw. He told me the kids

just stopped coming to see him.

Frank opened on Thursday to a packed house. The next day was a

shocker. The place was half-empty during part of the day. Saturday,

Frank barely made it through the first show. He was sick and had to

bow out for the rest of the day. He would miss all the shows Saturday

through Monday. Jane Powell and Jack Smith would sub for him.

Here is an article in the 11-19-47 Variety.

Here is the gross each week during the engagement:

1. $55,000

2. $65,000

3. $79,000

4. $74,000

Total take for the month was $273,000. Based on

Sinatra's previous drawing power, the theater was

projecting a gross of half-a-million dollars. Sinatra

was almost 32 years old. He learned that an older

audience was what he needed to capture if there

was any chance of grabbing the brass ring again.

Ed

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State Theatre, Hartford, Conn. (December 3-4)

w/Ziggy Elman and His Trumpet, Harvey Stone

Eight shows over the two days

Brian Chearno notes:

Grossed $18,000 breaking Arthur Godfrey's record. December 4, 1949 Sunday Herald mention first theatre stand in two years. December 10, 1949 mention of record breaking shows. November 27, 1949 ad mentions Sinatra's coming appearance. Hartford Courant mentioned

that Sinatra gave a boost to help fund the Hospital in Italy drive. Sinatra invited students at the Connecticut School for the Blind to the afternoon show. They also reported that he announced he would return in February.

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French Casino, New York City (11-26 TO 12-8 1952)

Frank Sinatra with Bill Miller

December 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 27 - December 10)

Count Basie Orchestra

Conducted by Quincy Jones

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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 22 - December 19)

w/Harry James, The Fifth Dimension, Jose Feliciano, Pat Henry

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Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30-December 4)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. I've Got A Crush On You

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Mack The Knife

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. medley w/ Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady / The Oldest Established / Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

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Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Society Of Singers Salute To Frank Sinatra

Orchestra Conducted By: Henry Mancini

Performers: Jack Jones, George Burns, Harry Connick, Jo Stafford, The Hi -Lo's, Tony Bennett, Manhattan Transfer, Connie Haines, Peggy Lee, Herb Jeffries, Tony Martin, Kay Star, Helen Forrest, Martha Tilton, Bea Wayne, Kitty Kallen, Helen O'Connell, Frances

Warren, The Sentimentalists, Joe Williams, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme.

1. The Lady Is A Tramp w/Ella

2. Alright, Ok, You Win w/Joe William & Cast

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Major Bowes Amateur Hour

Thursday Evening

Time: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (EST)

Location: CBS-Studios, New York City

Sponsor: Chrysler Corporation

730th Consecutive Broadcast

Among the Contestants: The Swingsters Vocal & Instrumental Quintet

1. Major chats with Frank Sinatra & Irwin Zike

2. "Curse Of An Aching Heart"

3. Swingsters close show with instrumental of "Stardust."

Note: above information credited to Ed O'Brien

note: Frank and The Swingsters did not fare too well in the voting

on that Thursday evening 82 years ago. They finished far back

with 1,028 votes. The winning amateur garnered 2,837 votes.

The ads for Chrysler offered a brand new 1937 Plymouth for

$510.00 and the Chrysler for $715.00.

Ed

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Live Remote: Hollywood Palladium

Tuesday Evening

11:30 pm - 12:am

NBC Red Network - KFI Los Angeles

Western Feed Only

Tommy Dorsey & His Orch

Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines & The Pied Pipers Ziggy Elman, Joe Bushkin, Sy Oliver, Buddy Rich

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Reflections

Network: CBS

Location: New York City - CBS Playhouse #3

Show #8

Sponsor: none (substaining)

Time: 8:00PM - 8:30PM (EST)

Musicans: Walter Gross's orchestra and Bobby Tucker's Voices

Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl

Notes: Confirmed airing as Reflections on WISV / Listed as Variety Musical on WABC. No Show 12-10-42. Airing in it's place December 10, 1942 WISV 8:00PM - 8:30PM Italians For Freedom / WABC Italians For Freedom Play. Sinatra did do a show 12-10-42 at 10:45-11PM on this night. It was not "Reflections" as far as I can tell and was not carried by any other stations but WABC. So it was a local NYC show, like SBS 42'. Has the same format listed as a Songs By Sinatra of that time period.

note: I checked radio listings in Boston and the 10:45 to 11:P.M. was a Treasury Song Parade on the Mutual Network. Might have been Frank.

Ed

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Spotlight Revue Starring Spike Jones

Network: CBS

Time: 10:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Sponsor: Coca Cola.

Spike Jones and The City Slickers

Announcer: Michael Roy

Commercial Spokesman: Dick Joy

Guests: Frank Sinatra, Dorothy Shay, Doodles Weaver, George Rock

1. Once In Love With Amy - Frank SInatra

2. Prisoner Of Love - Frank Sinatra

Note: The show appears on the officially released CD set: 60 Greatest Old Time Radio Show "Frank Sinatra & Friends"

Ed O'Brien noted:

"Once In Love With Amy" was from the Broadway musical

"Where's Charley"," starring Ray Bolger. Frank would record the song

in mid-December of 48. He did sing a throwaway version of "Prisoner

Of Love" during a skit with Spike Jones and his crew.

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Meet Frank Sinatra

Show #6

Network: CBS

Sponsor: Tintair, Ludens

Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM (EST), Sunday

Producers: Mark Goodson, Bill Todman

Musicians: Graham Forbes and His Quartet

Announcer: Hal Sims

Guest: Georgia Gibbs, Nancy Reed

Notes: Confirmed aired on WCBS

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The Frank Sinatra Show

Network: NBC

Show Number: 28

Time 8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Sponsor: Bobbi Home Permanent, White Rain Shampoo, Deep Magic Face lotion

Host: Frank Sinatra

Writers: Norm Sickel

Announcer: Maurice Hart

Producer: Andrew C. Love

1. My Blue Heaven - Frank Sinatra

2. That's All I Want From You - Jaye P. Morgan

3. It Worries Me - Frank Sinatra

Television

NONE

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Sweet's Ballroom, Oakland, California

Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

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Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California (October 31 - December 11)

Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

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RKO-BOSTON, Boston, Massachusetts (December 2-8)

(Thursday thru Wednesday)

w/Jan Savitt & His Orchestra

w/seven piece string section

Buddy Welcome, The Three

Welles and Marty May.

Film: "Falcon and the Co-Eds"

Tom Conway as The Falcon

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Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria (November 23-December 17)

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Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria, New York City (November 29 - December 19 )

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Capitol Theater , New York City (November 13 - December 3)

Last official concerts for two years

Up to eight shows a day

NOTE: Author Richard Havers says that given Frank Sinatra's personal problems with Nancy, Sr., it was ironic that the featured film during his Capitol Theater run was Lucille Ball in "Her Husband's Affair." On a professional level, this was far from a triumphant homecoming. The New York Times said that with Frank Sinatra on the bill not much attention would be paid to the film and that is why such a lightweight affair had been booked. "Frank Sinatra take it away" is how they previewed Frank's appearance. In fact, he didn't. The crowds were less than anticipated; the reviews were not so enthusiastic, even ignoring the bad reviews perpetuated by the likes of Lee Mortimer (NY Daily Mirror) and his sympathizers. By the end of the second week, Mortimer reported "The crooner, expected to pile up new highs, almost hits a new low. His second week (in which he missed no performances) was a sickly $71.000. half of the advance estimate." It's probably factually

correct, Frank was on the wane. As one writer put it, "Frank was not The Voice, just a voice."

Given all that happened in the recent months, Havers continues, it was not too surprising. There were other factors, too. It is easy to forget that back in 1947 Frank was not a legend, not the Chairman of the Board, leader of the Rat Pack, or any other of the epithets that has been bestowed upon him. He may have been "The Voice," but he was essentially a pop singer.

Regardless of how good a pop singer he was, like every other pop singer since, he has been subject to the changes in attitudes of what is an unusually fickle audience. Some people grow older with their idols, while many move on, dropping their adolescent heroes as they mature and change. The main wave of hysteria that surrounded Frank was from the bobby-soxers, 13, 14, 15, and 16 year old girls, young women who fantasized about Frankie. There was an inevitability in Frank's changing audience that no amount of good or bad publicity could alter.

He was, like many who have competed in the same field, at the point where he had to somehow change. Either he had to develop an appeal outside music, and the movies were the obvious arenas, although so far the material had been less than impressive, or he had to find a way of changing his style to build a new audience, Havers points out. Sixty years ago people did not envisage a career in "pop music." There was no such thing. It was just something you did for a while before moving on to live the rest of your life.

Whether Frank had a real sense of what the rest of his life might be like is impossible to know, Havers states, He may have seen himself becoming principally a movie star, or maybe he saw himself becoming a businessman; he talked of and had already made some investments. Frank's disappointing showing in New York by no means signaled the end of a career. In the same way as Frank was no overnight success, neither would he disappear overnight.

note: Skitch Henderson told me how disappointing the four-week run at

the Capitol turned out to be, The theater guaranteed Frank $20,000

a week. I asked Skitch why Frank failed to draw. He told me the kids

just stopped coming to see him.

Frank opened on Thursday to a packed house. The next day was a

shocker. The place was half-empty during part of the day. Saturday,

Frank barely made it through the first show. He was sick and had to

bow out for the rest of the day. He would miss all the shows Saturday

through Monday. Jane Powell and Jack Smith would sub for him.

Here is an article in the 11-19-47 Variety.

Here is the gross each week during the engagement:

1. $55,000

2. $65,000

3. $79,000

4. $74,000

Total take for the month was $273,000. Based on

Sinatra's previous drawing power, the theater was

projecting a gross of half-a-million dollars. Sinatra

was almost 32 years old. He learned that an older

audience was what he needed to capture if there

was any chance of grabbing the brass ring again.

Ed

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State Theatre, Hartford, Conn. (December 3-4)

w/Ziggy Elman and His Trumpet, Harvey Stone

Eight shows over the two days

Brian Chearno notes:

Grossed $18,000 breaking Arthur Godfrey's record. December 4, 1949 Sunday Herald mention first theatre stand in two years. December 10, 1949 mention of record breaking shows. November 27, 1949 ad mentions Sinatra's coming appearance. Hartford Courant mentioned that Sinatra gave a boost to help fund the Hospital in Italy drive. Sinatra invited students at the Connecticut School for the Blind to the afternoon show. They also reported that he announced he would return in February.

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French Casino, New York City (11-26 TO 12-8 1952)

Frank Sinatra with Bill Miller

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Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 27 - December 10)

Count Basie Orchestra

Conducted by Quincy Jones

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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 22 - December 19)

w/Harry James, The Fifth Dimension, Jose Feliciano, Pat Henry

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Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan (November 30-December 4)

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. In The Still Of The Night

3. I've Got A Crush On You

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

5. Where Or When

6. My Heart Stood Still

7. Mack The Knife

8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

9. My Way

10. One For My Baby

11. medley w/ Liza Minnelli & Sammy Davis Jr: Guys And Dolls / Luck Be A Lady / The Oldest Established / Style / Witchcraft / All Or Nothing At All / I've Got You Under My Skin / All The Way / The Lady Is A Tramp / New York, New York

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Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Society Of Singers Salute To Frank Sinatra

Orchestra Conducted By: Henry Mancini

Performers: Jack Jones, George Burns, Harry Connick, Jo Stafford, The Hi -Lo's, Tony Bennett, Manhattan Transfer, Connie Haines, Peggy Lee, Herb Jeffries, Tony Martin, Kay Star, Helen Forrest, Martha Tilton, Bea Wayne, Kitty Kallen, Helen O'Connell, Frances Warren, The Sentimentalists, Joe Williams, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme.

1. The Lady Is A Tramp w/Ella

2. Alright, Ok, You Win w/Joe William & Cast

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Sweet's Ballroom, Oakland, California

Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

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Sweet's Ballroom, Oakland, California

Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

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The Frank Sinatra Show

Network: NBC

Show Number: 27

Time 8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Sponsor: Bobbi Home Permanet, White Rain Shampoo, Deep Magic Face lotion

Host: Frank Sinatra

Writers: Norm Sickel

Announcer: Maurice Hart

Producer: Andrew C. Love

1. Someone To Watch Over Me - Frank Sinatra

2. One For My Baby - Frank Sinatra w/Bill Miller, piano

3. You, My Love - Frank Sinatra.

Notes: Frank promotes his songs from the Warner Bros. release "Young At Heart."

Hi There !

" This is young at heart Sinatra

welcoming you to our Wednesday, December

1st, Bobbi classroom."

" 'One For My Baby,' another song from

'Young At Heart.' Barney Sloan, that's me,

sings it in the picture and it is almost a

character study of the guy. Cause, Barney

is bitter about one thing: himself. He looked

in the mirror one day and found a reflection

as shoddy as the world he lives in. He sits

and plays the piano and sings at a local

saloon, dropping cigarette ashes and dreams,

all over the place. Mr. Kanobi, sir, the scene

is set, so let's grab off another take on 'One

For My Baby.' "

note: The first Bobbi show in December 54

was built around the soon to be released

Warner Brother film "Young At Heart." Show

opened with an edited recording of the

Gershwin's "Someone To Watch Over Me."

Frank devoted time to explaining what made

his character in the film tick and then sang

"One For My Baby" with Bill Miller backing

him on piano. "You My Love" closed the

show.

--Ed

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8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Premier broadcast

Special guest: Frank Sinatra

Boston Globe

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Music Center, Los Angeles, California

subs for ailing Nat King Cole

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Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Music Center, Los Angeles, California

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Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.

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Sunday

Frank Sinatra

L.A. Mirror

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Richmond News Leader

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lyrics:

verse:

The more I travel across the gravel,

The more I sail the sea,

The more I feel

convinced of the fact

New York's the town for me.

Its crazy skyline is right in my line

And when I'm far away

I'm able to bear it for several hours,

And then break down and say:

refrain

Take me back to Manhattan,

Take Me Back to New York,

I'm just longing to see once more

My little home on the hundredth floor.

Can you wonder I'm gloomy ?

Can you smile when I frown ?

I miss the East Side, the West Side,

The North Side and the South Side,

So take me back to Manhattan,

That dear old dirty town.

Sinatra's version on 12-18-51

verse

New York, New York,

I've been to Paris and tasted its thrills,

But I wasn't amused there.

I've done the nightclubs of Beverly Hills,

But I was so utterly confused there,

I found no joy in Illinois, in Mexico, or Rome.

And now it is time for your wandering boy,

To start in heading home, so.....

Refrain

Take me back to Manhattan,

Take me back to New York,

I just want to go to that door,

And say hello to my boy Toots Shor.

When I'm out of the country,

I just mope and I frown,

Although Great Britain is terrific,

They've got South Pacific,

So take me back to Manhattan,

That one and only town

Take me back to the Battery,

Take me up to the Bronx,

I love each cop, every shiny badge,

The bleachers cling to the name DiMag.

When you mention the Copa,

I just grin like a clown.

I love the music by the Cubans,

The Lindy's and Reubens.

So take me back to Manhattan,

My very favorite town.

Take me down to the subway,

And the buses and els,

I love the models along fifth ave,

I love to swing to the things that they have,

I adore Earl Wilson or whoever is around,

I love each ferry in the harbor,

I just adore Impellitteri,

So take me back to Manhattan,

That stupendous, tremendous,

That glorious, uproarious,

That peaceful, sinful, lovely, sinful town

Ed O'Brien answered:

Porter wrote "Farewell Amanda" for the Tracy-Hepburn

MGM film "Adam's Rib," in 1949. David Wayne also

sang the tune in the film but Frank made a special recording

of the song for the film. Did he write expressly for Sinatra ?

I don't know. Maybe, maybe not.

I'm glad you found "Take Me Back To Manhattan" interesting.

I doubt very much that Cahn rewrote the lyrics, esp. in 1951.

I've tried to trace the history of the tune and if there is anything

in the Porter collection at Yale. I haven't had any luck . Perhaps

there is a mention at the end of the FS show on 12-18-51.

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Concerts” entry for 1939, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio

Harry James and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

January 16 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Texaco Star Theatre

Milton Berle, Martha Raye, Perry Como

A boxed marked "The Thing" is opened and Frank Sinatra steps out

February 16 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY -- EXTRAS 2

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Editorial note: parsed as a “Studio” entry for 1956, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

Temple Israel, Los Angeles, CA

Rally to celebrate "Histadrut Week"

February 16, 1956 Temple Israel, Los Angeles, CA

Rally to celebrate "Histadrut Week"

February 17 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY -- EXTRAS 2

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American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) Awards

(Note: Sinatra's acceptance was filmed while he was performing with Dean, Sammy, Joey, and Peter at the Sands in February 1960)

MARCH 8 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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. He tells the audience Dinah Shore had a 15 minute

show from 10 to 10:15 A.M. and he followed her with a

15 minute show. The station paid him 35 cents for carfare.

Ed O'Brien: After "I Can't Get Started," Frank sings a segment of Eddie Fisher's big hit "Oh! My Pa-Pa.'

During the monologue, he tells the audience Bogie introduced Jack Daniels to him. A very

long and rewarding association for Frank.

Monologue

note: Recently I have come across articles that attribute Sinatra's introduction to Jack

Daniels to a number of people. Two of the most prominent being Jackie Gleason and

Joe E. Lewis. Here is Frank Sinatra telling the audience at Caesars the real story:

"That's Blackass Jack Daniels. How many people drink Jack Daniels . . . in the house?

I was introduced to this drink by a great friend. A great man named Mr. Bogart. He introduced

me to Jack Daniels one night after dinner --- at his house. Which was outdoors, I think, at the

time. He said to me, 'Dago, what do you want to drink after dinner?' And I said, 'I don't know.' He

said, 'All right, how about a little Jack Daniels?' And I said, 'What the hell is Jack Daniels?' It's

true. He said, "Let me pour you some.' And it was a happy marriage from then on."

FEBRUARY 8 THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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From: 'Ed O'Brien' via Sinatraphiles <sinatraphiles@googlegroups.com> | Received: 2026-03-09

Editorial note: parsed as a “Studio” entry for 1956, but no existing entry was found to reconcile it against. This may be a genuinely new item, or a fragment split off from a longer post (e.g. a source citation date misread as a new entry). Recommend manual placement.

Capitol Studio A, Hollywood

E15185 If It's The Last Thing I Do

w/ The Hollywood String Quartet

Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle

CD: CDP 7-46572-2 Close To You

LP: T2602 Forever Frank

E15186 Don't Like Goodbyes

w/ The Hollywood String Quartet

(H. Arlen/T. Capote)

Harwin Music Co. (ASCAP)

Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle

-4 (4:50) CD: C2-94777 The Capitol Years

CD: CDP 7-46572-2 Close To You

LP: W789 Close To You

E15187 P.S. I Love You

w/ The Hollywood String Quartet

Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle

CD: CDP 7-46572-2 Close To You

LP: W789 Close To You

E15188 Love Locked Out

w/ The Hollywood String Quartet

Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle

CD: CDP 7-46572-2 Close To You

LP: W789 Close To You

Original reviews from spring of 1957:

RALPH J. GLEASON

There is one in every crowd including music critics

Love the "Moonlight Sinatra" reference in a 1957 review.

March 9 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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From: "scott@falseducks.com" <scott@falseducks.com> | Received: 2026-03-09

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. He negotiated a tremendous deal with the studio before agreeing

to star in "Can-Can." Frank received up front $200,000 and 25% of the

gross earnings. This was unheard of in 1959. A clever studio accountant

could easily make a net profit disappear. But the gross was the gross.

20th Century wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Simon, but Frank insisted on

Shirley MacLaine. Filming got underway in early September

of 1959. The budget was $6,000,000. It became apparent very early in the

filming that Frank and Shirley were badly miscast. Whereas the two Frenchmen ,

Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan, fit into the story splendidly. On 10-13-59, Sinatra

and Chevalier recorded "I Love Paris." The recording is on the Capitol s/t album, but for

some insane reason it was deleted from the final cut.

The film was a wrap in early November. An elaborate opening took place at the Rivoli

Theatre, in N.Y.C, 3-9-60. There was one showing at 8:30 P.M and all seats were reserved.

The nation-wide release took place two days later. The reviews were not good. Prior to the release,

Variety estimated the movie would have a domestic gross of $10,000,000.

The actual take was $4.2 million. Time has not been good to the film.

On Rotten Tomatoes, "Can-Can" receives an audience score of 47%.

Capitol Records released the soundtrack album on April 4, 1960. The big selling point at the time

was Full Dimensional Stereo. A CD version from Capitol was issued in 1989. A

more recent version is available on the Hallmark label. The quality of that release is definitely inferior

to the Capitol original. The VHS was issued in April 1993 and the deluxe DVD in May of 2007.

The latter is a two-disc offering that is the wide-screen version. 20th filmed it in TODD-AO and

it is really the only way to watch it. The second disc offers a look at the famous Khrushev visit

to the "Can-Can" set on 9-19-59. Sinatra, Maclaine, Chevalier, Jordan did numbers

from the film. Nikita and Co were shocked at the very revealing outfits worn by the dancers and

would later issue a statement condemning western decadence. A laser disc copy was issued

in wide screen format in 1995. Excellent quality.

--Ed

Re: [sinatraphiles] March 9 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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From: Kenny Lucas <kennylucas589@gmail.com> | Received: 2026-03-11