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  DyvaNaye (westside314) 5-Doyen Username: westside314 Post Number: 396 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.216 |
Im a Frank Sinatra fan. It just dawned on me that Friday, May 14th was the anniversary of his death. 6 years gone already. 'It's Witchcraft'. Here's to the man who's voice makes 'The Summer Wind' come blowing in from across the sea....... R.I.P - Frank Sinatra! A CLASS ACT. | ||
Moe (moe) 4-Laureate Username: moe Post Number: 94 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.140.73.100 |
Sister Dyva, I cannot believe it-6 years!! I saw him in Pittsburgh in either '74 or '75. You're right-he was a total class act. And NO ONE does Summer Wind like the Chairman of the Board!! I hope you are well......... More tomorrow.... | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 5-Doyen Username: westside314 Post Number: 399 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.216 |
Im good Girl...I was watching him with a friend on Saturday with Ella Fitzgerald, and old CBS show I think...and he just 'is the bomb'...and Ella lays out some scattin'. For some reason, I have a knack for remembering celebrity deaths...and my friend quoted 'I just felt like watching Frank today'....I come to realize how prophetic that was as that performance stuck in my mind today...not realizing that the day before was his death anniversary, immediately. PS - 'The Summer Wind' is my FAVORITE FS song, with out question.......that classic Nelson Riddle sound...sigh... Peace, DyvaNaye | ||
marv (marv) 2-Debutant Username: marv Post Number: 29 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.138 |
He was "The Chairman" and there'll never be another one like him! | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 3-Pundit Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 47 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.67.201.170 |
My grandmother (who came over from Sicily as an orphaned toddler through Ellis Island) died the day after Frank Sinatra died. She was 99 1/2. She loved that man. I like to think that he was singing as she crossed over. | ||
paulie3$hoes (paulie3hoes) 2-Debutant Username: paulie3hoes Post Number: 22 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 70.16.131.254 |
whut about dat red heddid kid frum 'merican idle he kan do frank, eh?? trubble is he aint no paisan must be hiz eyes or sumtin doncha t'ink???capice@#$%&* | ||
marv (marv) 2-Debutant Username: marv Post Number: 30 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.138 |
Linda, that was a great and nice personal perspective you wrote. How you doing? | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 4-Laureate Username: dvdmike Post Number: 98 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
Many people do not know that Frank Sinatra was signed to Capitol Records at Nat King Cole's behest. Sinatra was going through a really bad time by 1953. Ava Gardner had dumped him, CBS had cancelled his TV show, his voice had gone and Columbia Records had dropped him from their roster. Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra had known each other since the '40s and Frank had been a guest on Nat's NBC radio show. In 1953, Nat saw Frank performing in a club in New York and the two old friends hung out quite a bit. Nat then called Capitol's president, Alan Livingston and told him, "This man hasn't done his best work yet. Sign him and let him work with Nelson Riddle." Livingston did just that and the rest is history. Sinatra stayed with Capitol for 7 years and along with Cole, virtually invented the "concept album." The concept album was an LP with a theme, not just a compilation of previously released singles, which was the norm before then. Sinatra founded Reprise Records in 1960, but could not record for his own label until his Capitol contract ran out two years later. But Frank got with Capitol thanks to Nat King Cole. Just thought I'd put that out there. | ||
marv (marv) 3-Pundit Username: marv Post Number: 31 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.138 |
Thanks Mike. I never knew that. This is why I like this board so much, there is an opportunity to actually learn!! | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 4-Laureate Username: dvdmike Post Number: 99 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
That's the same reason I hang around so much. No matter how much knowledge you possess, there is always more to learn. | ||
Stranger56 (stranger56) 2-Debutant Username: stranger56 Post Number: 20 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.186.184.6 |
And I thought there were no Frank Fans here!! On May 14th, I posted a thread about Sinatra's death being 6 years ago, and i related a story I thought the forum would be interested to hear. Only one person responded, so I just assumed there wasn't any interest. Now I see all this pro-Sinatra sentiment, and it makes me feel good. I'll bump up my thread in the hopes that you guys can get to read it. Jim | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 4-Laureate Username: dvdmike Post Number: 101 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.61 |
I've always like Sinatra's music. My dad introduced me to Frank when I was about 10 or 11. He bought his LPs along with Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett and Nancy Wilson. He even had an LP of Sidney Poitier reading Plato. | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 5-Doyen Username: westside314 Post Number: 404 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.216 |
Stranger: I didi not see your post, but its a good one. Thanks. And YES, Im a Frank fan. | ||
Stranger56 (stranger56) 2-Debutant Username: stranger56 Post Number: 23 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.186.184.6 |
DyvaNaye, Thanks! By the way, the show you were watching with your friend is a terrific show, with Frank, Ella, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Of course, the 2 segments with Ella are terrific, but the spot with Jobim, just two guys sitting side by side, one with guitar, one with his voice, is absolutely beautiful. Glad you got to enjoy the show! Tell your friend you guys have good taste! LOL Jim | ||
Erik T (erik_t) 2-Debutant Username: erik_t Post Number: 21 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.228.108.184 |
A couple years ago, a Canadian paper (the National Post, which I usually hate) ran a story about 'My Way'. It said a Montreal lounge singer translated (or had translated) a popular Parisian club song into English. The writers credits were soon sold to Paul Anka who has since taken pride in 'writing' the song in interviews. I wander if WonderB or any other French 'soulfuldetroiters' know more about this..? I like Sinatra's music, but I don't think he was a 'class act' but maybe I didn't get sick of Doonebury soon enough... I read 'His Way', not sure how much of it was embellished but the chairman isn't portrayed very flatteringly. I played 'Come Fly With Me' on the radio last night though, kind of a spring motif, taken from what I think is a damn fine concept album. Sandwiched between 'Californie' by Robert Charlebois & 'Quarter to 3' by Iggy Pop, who sings it well. It made me wish Sinatra had been coaxed into covering Iggy tunes like 'Baby' or 'Living on the Edge Of Night'... I doubt Frank would have gone for it, though! | ||
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b Post Number: 273 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.48.89.178 |
My Way is the translated version of the hugely successful french song 'Comme D'habitude' written by Clause Fran�ois & Jacques Revaux... needless to say the latter one (Claude died in 1978 electrocuted in his bathtub...gasp...) is filthy rich! I don't know about the Paul Anka story... I always thought he was the one who had written the english lyrics. As for Sinatra, I think he is the one of the only white singers I listen to up to this day. Reading 'Q' (Q.Jones autobiography) is very instructive in many ways with regards to F.Sinatra's legacy and talent... If Q places the man in such high estime who would I be to go against that... I think the ultimate tribute to his craftmanship is anyone here trying to sing along with Frank on his songs... Unless you know the song by having listened to it about 458 times, you will NOT be able to follow ol blue eyes... I mean his subtle rythm changes and delivery is sure to make you go too fast or too slow at one point or another... that's called 'swing'... LOL Wonder B If you mess with the 'fro, you gotta go! | ||
Destruction (destruction) 2-Debutant Username: destruction Post Number: 23 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.139.236.125 |
DyvaNaye and Stranger56, I watched that show about 2 months ago on PBS with my oldest grand, PrincessD(6). She was more familiar with Ella then Frank though she didn't realize that Ella could still sing that well when she was "so old" and loved her pretty green dress. She thought Frank was good but felt he didn't need to smoke to be cool. "He should just sing good, and people will think he's cool". Her fave Sinatra tune is "I've Got The World On A String", which I first played for her when she was 2. BTW, the Jobim spot at the end was great. |
