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 before being canceled.

Given that Sinatra never again performed in a non-musical radio series, Rocky Fortune is an interesting footnote in his career. As it happens, some of these episodes can be heard online.

For more information and full list of the episodes in this drama, you can visit this site.