Nothing But The Best has reached #2 on the Billboard album charts, just 10 short days after its release. Aside from the previously unreleased tune, Body and Soul, this album is getting great reviews for its remastered sound. I sincerely hope that we’ll be seeing more remastered albums in the very near future.
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong is one of my favorite music blogs. It is a detailed look at the music of Louis Armstrong that is written by Ricky Riccardi, a self-described ‘27-year-old Louis Armstrong freak with a Master’s in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers.’
I happen to love Pops and Sinatra, so I was […]
According to articles here and here, Martin Scorsese appears to be the likely director of the rumored Sinatra film. No further details beyond that have been released.
I can’t recall that there was ever a time when so many new Sinatra products were to be concurrently released. This coming Tuesday promises to be a bonanza for fans, with a stamp, new music and a mound of new DVD releases on tap. Keeping track of everything can be bewildering. Here is a brief […]
While Sinatra has been the subject of a mini-series there has never been a major motion picture produced about his life. This might soon change. In an interview with Tina Sinatra to promote the upcoming release of slew of new Sinatra DVD’s, MovieWeb asked Tina if there were any plans for a film:
The musical biopic […]
May is Frank Sinatra month on Turner Classic Movies. TCM has launched their special site to promote their Frank Sinatra festival for this month and it’s a treat, including exclusive video.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Sinatra’s death and what’s on tap for May makes this one of the biggest months for fans in […]
Sinatra Club reader Nancy from New York has started an online Frank Sinatra-themed radio station. Her station specializes in “playing Sinatra songs through the decades and jazz instrumentalists and singers who recorded songs Sinatra performed and other great standards. Mark Murphy, Ella & Sarah, Bill Evans, Clifford Brown, Tierney Sutton, Art Farmer, Joe Lovano, and […]
A legal fisticuffs has broken out in New York over which restaurant has the rights to use the name Patsy’s. None other than Frank Sinatra himself has given posthumous testimony.
Today I encountered a 1-hour Frank Sinatra birthday program that originally aired on NPR this past December. Yes, I know this one is three months late, but better late than never. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, programs that once would have gone unheard now have a longer shelf life. You can listen to […]
Today I read a fascinating, albeit brief, article in The Independent that gives some background on Claude Francois, the man whom originally penned the Frank Sinatra anthem, My Way. (Paul Anka later rewrote the lyrics today familiar to all.)
Although once popular in France, Francois is practically unknown here in the United States and, I suspect, […]
