Sinatra Matters

Apr 19 2024 22
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Frank Sinatra. Vibrant, exciting and sublime. Frank Sinatra’s lasting musical legacy is his superlative recordings. In each episode Michael Fenenbock explores and illuminates an essential recording from Sinatra’s body of work. Nobody swings like Sinatra and nobody plumbs the depths of lost love in a song like Sinatra. He was a musical genius. The kind that only comes along once every hundred years. Sinatra matters.

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57 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Apr 19 2024 17 mins  
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. Sinatra in London. From the 1962 album Frank Sinatra Sings Great Songs of Great Britain, here is the Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin classic. Arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

56 Summer Wind

Apr 05 2024 14 mins  
Arranged and conducted by the incomparable Nelson Riddle, from the 1966 album titled Strangers in the Night, here is Sinatra and Summer Wind. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

55 New York, New York

Mar 19 2024 16 mins  
New York, New York. Here is Frank Sinatra’s iconic classic. From the 1980 album, Trilogy, John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Theme from New York, New York. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

54 Last Night When We Were Young

Mar 05 2024 17 mins  
From his 1954 album In The Wee Small Hours, an enduring Sinatra classic, Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg’s Last Night When We Were Young. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to [email protected]

53 I've Got You Under My Skin

Feb 19 2024 9 mins  
One of Frank Sinatra’s most celebrated recordings, from the 1956 album Songs For Swingin’ Lovers, here is Cole Porter’s I’ve Got You Under My Skin. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

52 Here's That Rainy Day

Feb 04 2024 15 mins  
Sinatra’s signature recording of Here’s That Rainy Day. From his 1959 album No One Cares, here is the Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke classic. Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

51 Moonlight Becomes You

Jan 21 2024 15 mins  
Frank Sinatra’s salute to Bing Crosby. From the 1965 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke’s Moonlight Becomes You. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

50 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Dec 28 2023 16 mins  
Frank Sinatra’s tribute to Tommy Dorsey. From his 1961 album I Remember Tommy, here is George Bassman and Ned Washington’s I'm Getting Sentimental Over You. Arranged and conducted by Sy Oliver. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

49 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Dec 03 2023 12 mins  
Here is the definitive recording of the Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Christmas classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the 1957 album A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. Arranged and conducted by GordonJenkins. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]

48 Dream Dancing

Nov 12 2023 12 mins  
A song Sinatra did not record . . . but one that he might have embraced, Cole Porter’s Dream Dancing. Here is the wonderfully talented Rebecca Luker from her 1996 album “Anything Goes - Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter.” Arranged by Larry Moore and conducted by Patrick Brady. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit