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 […]
It seems ironic and, in some ways, fitting that on the day the last surviving member of the Rat Pack dies that Atlantic City’s famed Sands Hotel and Casino will be demolished. While the Atlantic City Sands Hotel doesn’t have nearly the pedigree of its Las Vegas counterpart, the facility maintained a strong association with […]
This Associated Press is reporting today that Joey Bishop, long-time member of the Rat Pack and its last surviving member, is dead at age 89. Lots more will be written regarding his passing and there’s nothing more for me to say except: “Rest in peace, Joey.”
Every day I run across articles online that are of interest to fans of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack. Rather than create a full post for each (most of which don’t warrant it), I’ve decided to begin publishing a link list several times per week, which will summarize some of the more interesting current […]
Singer/songwriter Lee Hazlewood, has died at age 78. Best known for his work with Nancy Sinatra, Hazlewood wrote “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” and “Something Stupid”, her two signature tunes.
In case you missed it, this weekend the legendary Copacabana nightclub closed its doors once again. The club has had to move several times for a variety of reasons over the years. This time, it’s to make way for an extension to the New York City subway #7 train.
It seems hard to believe, but it was 9 years ago today (May 14th, 1998) that Frank Sinatra passed away.
Enough said.
Yesterday a news item circulated that discussed how a survey conducted by a 17-year old student found that, under certain circumstances, an Apple iPod could cause a pacemaker to stop. Omitted from the article is the name of the artist whose song was playing when this happened: Frank Sinatra.
No word was given on which song […]
The New York Times and many other media sources have reported that The Las Vegas Stardust Hotel, an icon of bygone Vegas days, is no more. The hotel was imploded early today in what has become the traditional (and somewhat flamboyant, I might add) way of getting rid of old landmarks in that town. Readers […]
Jazz legend Anita O’Day has died in Los Angeles at age 87.
Anita might not be the best known jazz singer that ever lived, but she was certainly among the most talented. Though not gifted with a great voice, she overcame this limitation by developing an exemplary jazz singing style.
My favorite memory of her can be […]
