From a 1965 CBS documentary on Sinatra comes this video, The Making of It Was A Very Good Year. Sinatra was rarely filmed in the recording studio. This is a wonderful gem.
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Video: The Making of “It Was A Very Good Year”
Published by November 28th, 2006 in Video and Frank Sinatra. 3 Comments“Come Fly Away With Sinatra” Contest on YouTube
Published by November 21st, 2006 in Memorabilia, Recordings, Las Vegas, Video and Frank Sinatra. 0 CommentsFrank Sinatra Enterprises and YouTube have teamed up to create the ‘Come Fly Away With Sinatra’ contest on YouTube. The press release states:
“The YouTube community is licensed and encouraged to create a video using Frank Sinatra’s classic hit “Come Fly With Me,” whether it’s crooning, dancing, lip synching, creating a film, making a music video […]
Edward R. Murrow - The Best of Person to Person
Published by November 7th, 2006 in Rarities and Video. 0 CommentsEdward R. Murrow’s Person to Person is probably the great-grandfather of all television interview shows. If you’re over a certain age you’re well familiar with this program. (If you’re not, see Good Night and Good Luck for an outstanding primer on Murrow. ) Over the years Murrow interviewed many famous personalities, including Marilyn Monroe, JFK, […]
Sinatra “Vegas” Reactions
Published by November 7th, 2006 in Recordings, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Video, Reprise and Frank Sinatra. 0 CommentsToday was release day for “Sinatra: Vegas” and what a day - the new boxed set immediately landed at #34 on Amazon Music’s top seller list. Not bad for a singer who passed away 8 years ago and whose best recordings were considered to have been made over 40 years ago!
Several publications had reviews of […]
Review: “Bobby Darin - Seeing is Believing” DVD
Published by November 6th, 2006 in Recordings, Las Vegas, Video and Bobby Darin. 1 CommentLike many people, I grew up believing that all I needed to know about Bobby Darin was ‘Splish Splash’. Even after I’d been a Frank Sinatra fan for many years I still had no idea of the quality of Bobby Darin’s big band work. It took some serious prodding by a good friend to finally […]
Sinatra Vegas Roundup
Published by November 6th, 2006 in Memorabilia, Recordings, Rarities, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Video and Frank Sinatra. 0 CommentsNot including my review of the new Vegas boxed set, over the past month I’ve written several posts about Sinatra’s history in Las Vegas, including some nice samples of memorabilia. To see them, just visit our Sands Hotel category and click on the titles to the individual posts you want to see.
Sinatra “Vegas” Boxed Set Review
Published by November 4th, 2006 in Recordings, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Video, Reprise and Frank Sinatra. 7 CommentsLittle more than a decade ago, if you wanted to purchase a live Frank Sinatra album you had few choices. The first of these is, of course, the venerable Sinatra at The Sands, which needs no introduction. The second was The Main Event, an abridged version of Sinatra’s triumphant return to public performance at New […]
Sinatra Vegas Video Preview
Published by October 27th, 2006 in Recordings, Las Vegas, Video and Reprise. 2 CommentsToday Amazon posted a video preview of the almost-released-but-not-quite-here-yet Sinatra Vegas set. The preview contains an excerpt from the DVD performance at Caesar’s Palace in 1978, a full rendition of Lady is a Tramp. I’ve previously seen video of this performance and from what I see on the Amazon page the quality of this […]
Another Free Sinatra Movie Download
Published by October 25th, 2006 in Rarities and Video. 1 CommentAfter my recent post about how Till The Clouds Roll By could be downloaded for free, I poked around and found another public domain Sinatra film. This time it’s Suddenly, a thriller from 1954 that inexplicably never had its copyright renewed.
Like Till the Clouds Roll By, you can download Suddenly to your computer, burn it […]
Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin: Christmas 1967 Video
Published by October 24th, 2006 in Rat Pack and Video. 4 CommentsThis week’s YouTube clip is from a 1967 Dean Martin Christmas special, which featured Sinatra as a special guest. I’m pretty sure this one hasn’t yet been released on DVD. Dino always liked to cut it up when an audience was present and, as he once said, “If you want to hear me sing good, […]
