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Joined: Jul. 12 2009
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Frank Sinatra
Today, December 12, would have been Frank Sinatra's hundredth birthday. I mention this because I think Frank Sinatra is the definitive American singer. He, more than any other, embodies American music and singing from the big band era through the late twentieth century. I predict that long after famous American rock, folk, country and other singers are forgotten, you will still hear Frank sinatra's classic voice. There may be some like Elvis Presley and Woody Guthrie who last in their niche, but none with the wide-spread appeal of Sinatra.
My personal favorite of Sinatra's songs is his rendition of "It Was a Very Good Year." But his classic "saloon" song is "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)." To hear him sing that is to imagine yourself in a bar at 3:00 AM after your "babe" has just walked out on you. Great stuff.
I think that this evening I will salute Frank Sinatra on his hundredth with a second glass of jerez. Here's to you, Frank!
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white, With the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here, Who tried to hustle the East."
a nice guy .. funny .. i was with him once a long time ago when i was the guitarist in a big band on the QE2 and we were in New York and Florida around Christmas time .. Eddie Fisher was on too ., Frank only came on for the show and then went off .. Eddie stayed on for part of the cruise after..
both of them had a musical director that rehersed the band for them and said ..he wants it like this .. and this bit like that etc ... but it was good to be a part of all that even for a short time ..
What a great time in your life that must have been, El Kiko: Crossing the pond on the QE2, playing in a big band, backing up Frank Sinatra and Eddie Fisher. It can't get much better than that!
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white, With the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here, Who tried to hustle the East."
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