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Archive for July, 2007
Official 2008 Frank Sinatra Calendar
Published by July 27th, 2007 in Memorabilia and Frank Sinatra. 1 CommentRickles’s Book: A Review
Published by July 26th, 2007 in Rat Pack, Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Don Rickles. 1 CommentI’m afraid I’m a little late to the dance on this one; Many moons ago I promised a review of Don Rickles’ new book, Rickles’ Book: A Memoir. Just this past week I received my copy from Amazon and over the course of two brief evenings read through it in its entirety.
One shouldn’t approach this […]
Frank Sinatra MGM Movie Legends Collection
Published by July 20th, 2007 in Memorabilia, Video and Frank Sinatra. 0 CommentsSignOnSanDiego this morning carries a brief rundown of a surprise Summer DVD release for Sinatra Fans: Frank Sinatra MGM Movie Legends Collection (The Manchurian Candidate / Guys and Dolls / The Pride and the Passion / A Hole in the Head / Kings Go Forth) The surprise of the set are Kings Go Forth and […]
New DVD: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr. Live
Published by July 19th, 2007 in Memorabilia, Video and Sammy Davis. 0 CommentsBlog Critic today published a short review of a soon-to-be-released Sammy Davis Jr. DVD: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr.: Live Amazon is listing a release date of next week and a very good price $10.79. There isn’t nearly enough live Sammy material out there, so this is a welcome release for fans and collectors […]
Long-time Sinatra fans are no doubt familiar with Philadelphia DJ Sid Mark, who for 50 years has hosted the popular radio program, The Sounds of Sinatra.
Today, All About Jazz published an extensive interview with Sid. The article talks about the history of the program, includes photos and anecdotes about Sinatra and generally makes for fascinating […]
The Manchester Evening News carries a story today about how Sinatra ended up sleeping on the couch of a local police officer when he became too drunk to remember which hotel he was staying in. The story sounds faintly apochryphal, but I’ll pass the link along regardless.
Sinatra & The Great American Songbook Disappearing From The Airwaves
Published by July 9th, 2007 in Memorabilia, Recordings, Radio and Frank Sinatra. 3 CommentsOver the weekend, The Washington Post had an article that discussed the passing of Standards-oriented radio stations from the airwaves. For more than a decade, stations that play Sinatra and The Great American Songbook have been changing formats and leaving listeners stranded. Help seems to be coming from a surprising source: The AARP!
Rickles Book: #19 On NY Times Bestseller List
Published by July 3rd, 2007 in Memorabilia and Video. 0 CommentsA few months back I announced the availability of Rickles Book, Don Rickles memoir. Today it appears as #19 on the NY Times Hard Cover Best Seller list. (My promised review should be available shortly.)
Along with any book comes the PR tour, and Don has been making the talk show rounds, most notably on Jimmy […]
Four Sammy Davis Jr. Films in The Works
Published by July 3rd, 2007 in Memorabilia, Rat Pack and Sammy Davis. 1 CommentAndre 3000, rapper with Outkast, has signed on to play Sammy Davis Jr. in an upcoming film that documents the problems encountered by Sammy during his romance with Kim Novak in the 1950s. Interestingly, this film is just one one four - count ‘em: four - films slated to be produced about Sammy, one of […]
Frank Sinatra - The Family Album
Published by July 2nd, 2007 in Memorabilia, Books, Rarities and Frank Sinatra. 0 CommentsIn plenty of time for Christmas(!), today I learned that the Sinatra family has authorized the publication of Frank Sinatra: The Family Album This is a 144 page hardcover book, authored by Charles Pignone. No description for the item is available, but I will speculate that it is a photo album of sorts. Time will […]
