Some people might think I’m jumping the gun a bit by publishing this, but I’m going to start the holiday season a little early this year and a quick recommendation of Capitol Records’ A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. (Please note the artwork shown is not what appeared on the original release; record companies changing […]
The next installment of my Sinatrabilia series is temporarily on hold: I can’t seem to find the images of the Columbia EPs I planned to cover. As soon as I find them I’ll post the article and continue the series. My apologies for the delay.
It’s hard to believe, but had he lived Bobby Darin would now be nearly 70 years old. While he was well appreciated during his lifetime, I firmly believe he wasn’t nearly as appreciated as he should have been. Bobby’s image and music are now frozen in time; we will forever remember him as a hip, […]
Just in time for Halloween, Walt Mahoski has delivered an entertaining twist on a traditional holiday activity - pumpkin carving. Stop by Walt’s page and have a look at his handiwork.
Thanks Walt!
Today Amazon posted a video preview of the almost-released-but-not-quite-here-yet Sinatra Vegas set. The preview contains an excerpt from the DVD performance at Caesar’s Palace in 1978, a full rendition of Lady is a Tramp. I’ve previously seen video of this performance and from what I see on the Amazon page the quality of this […]
Few people remember that during Sinatra’s ‘down’ period in the early 1950s he took a role as starring actor in a radio drama called Rocky Fortune. In this role, Sinatra played a ‘footloose and fancy free young man’, frequently unemployed, who took on a variety of adventurous occupations. The show lasted for 25 episodes […]
The Chicago Syndicate blog has an extended excerpt from the Sinatra biography Sinatra: The Life
The excerpt attempts to make a connection between Sinatra and the mob, though the connection seems tenuous at best. Still, it makes for fascinating reading.
After my recent post about how Till The Clouds Roll By could be downloaded for free, I poked around and found another public domain Sinatra film. This time it’s Suddenly, a thriller from 1954 that inexplicably never had its copyright renewed.
Like Till the Clouds Roll By, you can download Suddenly to your computer, burn it […]
This week’s YouTube clip is from a 1967 Dean Martin Christmas special, which featured Sinatra as a special guest. I’m pretty sure this one hasn’t yet been released on DVD. Dino always liked to cut it up when an audience was present and, as he once said, “If you want to hear me sing good, […]
While the 10″ LP is a favorite category of Sinatra collectibles, I have a real soft spot for the 45 RPM EP record. These are records that are the size of the 45, but that usually contain 4 tunes instead of the normal two you’d expect with a single. Thus, the name EP, or Extended […]
