Archive for the 'Frank Sinatra' Category

Black Friday Sinatra Specials

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Connie Haines R.I.P.

Today’s NY Times reported on the death of Connie Haines, one of the most popular singers of the 1940s and best remembered for her work as a member of Tommy Dorsey’s Pied Pipers. Haines also played a role in Sinatra’s career several years earlier, in 1939, when she accompanied Harry James to hear Sinatra at […]

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Random Sinatra Notes

In recent years, a good number of Sinatra titles, mostly from the Reprise era, have, surprisingly, been allowed to go out of print. Just try to find a copy of Sinatra in Paris, or Moonlight Sinatra, or She Shot Me Down and you’re going to come up empty handed; you’ll have to buy them used […]

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The Days Dwindle Down…

According to the calendar, Summer’s end approaches. And, yet, Summer scarcely seems have to have built a full head of steam here in New York City during a time of the year that is ordinarily a hot, steamy affair, due to our coastal climate. While July had plenty of 90+ days (heat and humidity), August […]

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The Candidates Agree….On Frank Sinatra

It has been widely reported that the major candidates for the office of President of The United States today made public their list of top ten favorite songs in response to a question by Blender Magazine. As one would expect, both lists reflect the demographics of their respective candidate and differ wildly. But they did […]

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2009 Frank Sinatra Calendar Now Official

It seems I jumped the starting gun with my recent reporting of the artwork for the 2009 Frank Sinatra Calendar. It’s now clear that what I recently published bears no resemblance to the actual calendar artwork, which was announced today and is shown above. The twelve monthly images in this calendar show Sinatra in […]

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One Night At Birdland

Last evening I had the pleasure of attending a performance by David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Band at Birdland in New York City, where, for the past eight years,  a devoted coterie of talented performers have gathered weekly to pay tribute to the great Satchmo.
I found myself at Birdland at the invitation of fellow blogger […]

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New Sinatra Mobile Fidelity Releases Delayed…Again.

The on-again, off-again status of the two newest Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Sinatra releases has flipped, once more, from on to off: yesterday was the published releases date, but these two highly anticipated recordings have not yet made a public appearance. There is nothing but rumors and speculation to go on at this point. I […]

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Renting The Sinatra House

You can now rent Sinatra’s Palm Springs pad for a mere $2,600/night (3-night minimum), according to Time Magazine, which carries an article on the house along with some photos of what you get for all those precious clams.

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2009 Frank Sinatra Calendar

I’ve had a few queries about the 2009 Frank Sinatra calendar, so I did a bit of research. In most years the calendar is announced in August, so I’m surprised, but happy, to find this information. Shown above is the front of the 2009 Frank Sinatra Calendar. The calendar is slated to begin shipping sometime […]

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