[sinatraphiles] Re: February 11 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

From: Pedro Matos <pedrojotamatos@xxxxxxxxx>
To: sinatraphiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:10:39 +0000

Does this survive or is circulating in any way?
PJM

*1996 Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament ,Palm Springs, California*Sunday Evening
[image: Emacs!]

*Ed O'Brien:One more time would be a good headingfor this last hurrah in
Frank's desert paradise.The weekend festivities concluded with a
rousingversion of "New York, New York." Andy Williams,Jerry Vale, Jack
Jones, Buddy Greco, Vic Damoneand Susan Anton did the vocal honors. The
comedian,Tom Dressen, approached the stage as the songconcluded. Suddenly,
the audience stood and cheered asSinatra strode onto a stage for the very
last time. Dressenannounced that a "national treasure" was making an
appear-ance. Frank, dressed in a tux, waved and gave a salute to
theaudience.. He beamed at the singers as they applauded him.And then he
was gone.*

Scott Henderson <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu no dia sexta, 11/02/2022
à(s) 16:54:

*Studio*

*1969 Hollywood*M7141
*One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)*w/Antonio Carlos Jobim
(Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendonca)
Duchess Music Corp. (BMI)
Arranged by Eumir Deodato
Conducted by Morris Stoloff
-6 (2:19) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 13
CD: 1033-2Sinatra & Company
LP: FS1033Sinatra & Company

M7142
* Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce)*(Ray Gilbert/Delores
Duran/Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Devon Music, Inc. (BMI)
Arranged by Eumir Deodato
Conducted by Morris Stoloff
(2:27) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 13
CD: 1033-2Sinatra & Company
LP: FS1033Sinatra & Company

M7143
*Wave*(Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Corcovado Music Corp. (BMI)
Arranged by Eumir Deodato
Conducted by Morris Stoloff
(3:18) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 13
CD: 1033-2Sinatra & Company
CD: 9-26340-2The Reprise Collection
LP: FS1033Sinatra & Company

M7145
*Bonita*(Antonio Carlos Jobim/Ray Gibert/Gene Lees)
Corcovado Music Corp./Hollis Music Inc./VM Enterprises/Corcovado Music
Corp. (BMI)
Arranged by Eumir Deodato
Conducted by Morris Stoloff
N/R

*Ed O'Brien notes:Many years after the sessions forthe Sinatra/Jobim album
, Antonio was aguest on Jonathan Schwatz's radio show.He told Jonathan how
Sinatra had insistedon rehearsing for the album. He had to learnall 10
Jobim songs, including one in Portuguese.At one point during the process,
Sinatra toldJobim that he still loved recording, doing concertsand
nightclub work and even occasional TV appearances,but he hated
rehearsing.Frank told Jobim thatwhen a new album project came up he tried
to get a couple of "chestnuts" into the mix so there wasless rehearsal
time. I mentioned this to Skitch Henderson a few yearsago and he told me
Frank got it from Crosby. During theforties, according to Skitch, Sinatra
was tremendouslyinfluenced by Der Bingle and tried in many ways to
emulatehim. Skitch remembered how much of an impression Crosby'santipathy
to rehearsing influenced Sinatra's attitudetoward this aspect of
performing.**Radio*

*1941 Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey*Tuesday evening
CBS
WABC in N.Y.C.
11:30 p.m - 12:00 a..m.
30 minutes
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch.
Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers,
Ziggy Elman, Buddy Rich, Joe Bushkin, Sy Oliver
Annc: John Allenmore
1. Anything T.D & Orch
2. Swing Low Sweet Chariot T.D. & Orch.
3. Everything Happens To Me F.S. arg. by Axel Stordahl
4. Swanee River T.D. & Orch..
5. Oh! Look At Me Now F.S. C.H. J.S. P.P.
6. The Skater's Waltz T.D. & Orch.
7. Let's Get Away From It All F.S C.H. J.S. P.P.
8. The Moon Won't Talk F.S.
9. So What T.D. & Orch.
10. Anything T.D. & Orch.

*Note: Thank to Ed O'Brien for the above radio listing("Everything Happens
To Me", "Oh! Look At Me Now","Let's Get Away From It All", & "The Moon
Won't Talk" appear on Masters of Jazz Volume 5)(The Complete Broadcast is
available on LP: Fanfare 29-129 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra Live At The
Meadowbrook)*
*1942 Hollywood Palladium*TD Band
Wednesday Evening
10:30 - 11:00 pm PWT
NBC Blue Network
KECA    L.A.

*1943 Songs By Sinatra*Network: CBS
Location: New York City
Time: 10:45PM - 11:00PM Thursday
Show #25
Sponsor: none (sustaining)
Musicians: Axel Stordahl, Raymond Scott, CBS Orchestra
Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl
Notes: Confirmed aired on WABC.

*1951 Meet Frank Sinatra*Show #16
Network: CBS
Script: January 24, 1951
Sponsor: Tintair, Ludens
Time: 5:00PM - 5:45PM (EST), Sunday
Producers: Mark Goodson, Bill Todman
Musicans: Graham Forbes and His Quartet
Announcer: Hal Sims
Writers: Harry Crane
Guest: Jules Styne, Lynn Burton
1. '˜S Wonderful - w/Graham Forbes and His Quartet
2. chat/intro/talk w/Jule Styne
3. medley w/ Jule Styne (piano): It's Been A Long,
Long Time / I Don't Want To Walk Without
You / Papa, Won't You Dance With Me
4. Time After Time - w/Jule Styne (piano)
5. comedy/patter with audience
6. If - w/Graham Forbes (piano)
7. into/talk w/ Lynn Burton
8. Bye Bye Baby - Lynn Burton
9. One For My Baby - w/Graham Forbes (piano)
10. The Moon Was Yellow
11. There;s Something Missing (Columbia Recording)
12. Put Your Dreams Away

*Notes: Listed as being rehearsed/taped on January 3, 1951. Date is
incorrect. Script for show wasn't even written till January 24th. Confirmed
aired on WCBSEd O'Brien notes:Easily the best of the shows that are in
circulationfrom this series. We get to hear Frank sing the
marvelousGershwin tune "S''Wonderful, ' with a quintet, and a song
heliterally redefined "One For My Baby," with just Mr Forbesbacking him.
This version gives the listener a peek intothe maturation process that
Sinatra was going throughin the early fifties. What would become one of his
greatsignature songs, started here. "The Moon Was Yellow" wasa Sinatra
favorite. He would record it on three major labelsand perform it often in
concert. "Perry Como's huge hit "If"receives a spectacular vocal effort
from Mr Sinatra. Hissinging here certainly exposes the crazy idea that he
wasat a low point vocally in the early fifties. And, of course, we alsohave
the pleasure of hearing Sinatra sing a wonderfulgroup of songs with Jule
Styne accompanying him on piano.Styne wrote many of Frank's hits in the
forties and wouldcontinue to be a major contributor into the 1980s.
Thesinging on "Time After Time" is simply exquisite.Scott:  Sinatra singing
"If".  It doesn't get much better.  I wish he had recorded it.*
*1955 The Frank Sinatra Show*Network: NBC
Show Number: 48
Time 8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Bobbi Home Permanet, White Rain Shampoo, Deep Magic Face lotion
Host: Frank Sinatra
Writers: Norm Sickel
Announcer: Maurice Hart
Producer: Andrew C. Love
1. I Got A Crush On You - Frank Sinatra
2. Celeste - Frank Sinatra w/Bill Miller, piano
3. Melody Of Love - Frank Sinatra

*Ed O'Brien notes:Celeste was the name of the Bobbi Permanent Girl.Song
was written for the show and Frank performed it twice,both efforts with
just Bill Miller on piano.*

*Television*
*1981 Sinatra Testifies Before Nevada Gaming Commission*

*Sinatra Was Asked Almost 2 Hours Of Questions.Ed O'Brien noted: CNN
televised the entire hearing including testimonyfrom Kirk Douglas, Gregory
Peck and all of the question/answersegments with Sinatra.**FILM*

*1965 None but the Brave (US Film Premiere - Chicago:  February 11, 1965)
(Released in Japan January 15, 1965)*Starring:  Frank Sinatra, Tatsuya
Mihashi, Takeshi Kato, Clint Walker, Tommy Sands, Brad Dexter, Tony Bill
Produced & Directed by:  Frank Sinatra

*American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during
World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various
tribulations. Told through the eyes of the American and Japanese unit
commanders, who must deal with an atmosphere of growing distrust and
tension between their men.*(DVD Release date: 2008-05-13)  (Blu-Ray
Release through Warner Achives:  2019-06-11)
[image: Emacs!]

*There was also a comic book adaptation of the movie with Sinatra's
likeness on the cover:*
[image: Emacs!]

*Concerts*

*1940 Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, MI *
*(one-nighter)*TD & Orchestra played

*1941 Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey (Jan 21, 1941 -
Feb. 17, 1941)*Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

*1942 Hollywood Palladium, California (Dec. 30, 1941 - Feb. 23, 1942)*Tommy
Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

*1943 Paramount Theatre, New York City (Jan. 27 - Feb 20)*w/Johnny Long &
Orchestra

*1950 Balinese Restaurant and Nightclub, Galveston, Texas (11-17?)1953
Chez Peree, Montreal, Quebec (6-15)*w/Bob Harrington Orchestra

*1954 Beachcomber Club, Miami Beach, Florida  (8 - 14)*Opened on the 8th,
Closed on the 14th.
On The Bill: Frank Sinatra, Dick Shawn (comedian), The
Dunhills (dance team), Harry Richman (m.c.)

*Frank subbed for Sophie Tucker*
*1960 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (1-13)*Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, and Joey
appeared nightly
"Oceans Eleven" and "Pepe" were being filmed during their engagement.

*1961 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (1-14)*Buddy Lester, Copa Girls (12), Garr
Nelson,
Antonio Morelli Orch.(32) Conducted by Bill Miller
Choreography by Renne Stuart,
Prioduced by Jack Entratter
$4 minimum

*1963 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (January 23 - February 12)*w/Dean & Sammy

*1965 Hotel Eden Roc, Miami, Florida (January 29-February 11)*Sinatra and
Joe E. Lewis
2 Shows 9 and 12 Nightly
Also appearing:  the Half Brothers, Val Olman and his Orchestra.
Joe E. Lewis was accompanied by Austin Mack

*1982 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada *
*First Show*Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.
1. Get Me To Church On Time
2. Without A Song
3. I Loved Her
4. The One I Love
5. Hey Look, No Crying
6. The Lady Is A Tramp
7. monologue
8. In The Still Of The Night
9. Monday Morning Quarterback
10. I Can't Get Started
11. Bang, Bang
12. All Or Nothing At All
13. Thanks For The Memory
14. New York, New York
Notes: TT 58mins.

*1982 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada *
*Second Show*Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.
1. Get Me To Church On Time
2. Without A Song
3. Night And Day
4. I Loved Her
5. The One I Love
6. Hey Look, No Crying
7. The Lady Is A Tramp
8. monologue
9. In The Still Of The Night
10. Monday Morning Quarterback
11. I Can't Get Started
12. Bang, Bang
13. All Or Nothing At All
14.. Thanks For The Memory
15. New York, New York
Notes: TT 53mins.

*1985 Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida *Orchestra
Conducted By: Joe Parnello
1.  L.A. Is My Lady
2.  It's All Right With Me
3.  Don't Worry 'Bout Me
4.  Theme From New York, New York
5.  Luck Be a Lady
6.  Here's That Rainy Day
7.  Here's to the Band
8.  One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
9.  I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
10.  Come Rain or Come Shine
11.  Pennies From Heaven
12.  This Is All I Ask
13.  Mack the Knife
14.  Strangers in the Night
15.  My Way

*1988 Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada*
*First Show*Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. For Once In My Life
2. Where Or When
3. Maybe This Time
4. The September Of My Years
5. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
6. Moonlight In Vermont
7. The Girls I Never Kissed
8. Mack The Knife
9. monologue
10. Soliloquy
11. Goody, Goody
12. Here's That Rainy Day
13. New York, New York
14. Barbara
15. In The Still Of The Night
16. Love Is Just Around The Corner
17. My Way
18. One For My Baby
19. Something
Notes: TT 95mins.

*1988 Bally's Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada*
*Second Show*Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. For Once In My Life
2. Where Or When
3. Maybe This Time
4. Bewitched
5. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
6. Moonlight In Vermont
7. The Girls I've Never Kissed
8. Mack The Knife
9. monologue
10. Here's That Rainy Day
11. New York, New York
12. My Way
13. More Than You Know
14. One For My Baby

---------------------------------------------

*Extra*

*1940 Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, MI *
*(one-nighter)*TD & Orchestra played

*-----------------------------------------------*

*1941 Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey*Tommy Dorsey &
His Orch.
Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers,

*(The Complete Broadcast is available on LP: Fanfare 29-129 Tommy Dorsey
and His Orchestra Live At The Meadowbrook) Review, Fanfare 29-129, by
William Esposito "The arguments will continue, until the last note is
played for all of us, as to which big band was the best of the big band
era. There were a veritable ton of bands and for each, ten ton of
supporters. Today, long after the rising stage of the New York Paramount
dropped into oblivion, the discussions, heated and unheated, go on. If you
want to avoid a possible shot in the chops, don't go for the big band era
but for the era of a big band. Case in Point: The Tommy Dorsey band of
1940-42, give or take a few months. Pound for inch, it may well have been
the greatest of them all on any or many given nights for those days. Just
enjoy TD and his lads on one of their sand-blaster arrangements. "Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot' as a broadcast from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook comes
out of this LP, recreating the date of February 11th, 1941. The old gospel
favorite jumps, pivots, cuts across the airwaves with a definitive swing.
Ziggy Elman's trumpet and Heine Beau's reed work - that alto solo is
something you didn't hear too much on Dorsey arrangements - blend in on
schedule and you have a standby of the swing solstice. And, in the accepted
manner of those days, after a flag-waver opener, the leader would quiet
things down a bit by â€œintroducing our vocalistâ€ who, in this case, was a
callow youth named Frank Sinatra just into the big time after a hitch with
the Harry James' band. Francis Albert warbles about everything happening to
him and does his usual classy job but go a bit further here... The flip
side has the Dorsey band some 18 months later, in August of 1942 at the
Capitol Theatre in Washington and give a listen to how much Frank had
polished his already enormous talent in that short time. There is a
striking difference, which should delight Sinatra-fans but not surprise
them. Frank has improved every day and is still doing it when most men his
age are considering the pipe and slippers and the social security check in
the mail. Typical Dorsey dance delivery can be found down by the Swanee
River and another stamp of those salad days teams up Sinatra with the pert
Connie Haynes on Oh, Look At Me Now, one of the band's big record sellers.
And it wasn't just the Bob Crosby band which featured Skater's Waltz, for
the Dorsey version here rolls along in a plain and simple showcase for
Elman's horn and the tenor sax of Don Lodice, a Dorsey clean up hitter and
tenor man all too often passed over by those jazz archivists who delve into
a history of the tenor sax. Another of the up-tempo tunes which bordered on
far-out fantasy (all right, did you ever take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack?
Have you ever been to Nyack?) gives the leader himself a chance to shine
after Joe Bushkin's does his major league job on piano. Permit an opinion…
Joe Bushhkin could play from the yellow pages of the Calcutta phone book
and make it swing. And, for the closer at the Meadowbrook on what was most
likely a chilly February night in that memorable year of 19 and 41, the
question is asked, So What? So great, that's all, But why so short?"note:
The Dorsey orchestra was very popular in the era of the big band. In the
late 1930s, Artie Shaw was the winner of most polls with TD & Co. placing
second and during the Sinatra Years, Glenn Miller's contingent was more
popular. But the best band wasn't that much of an argument. Dorsey had
employed the best of the best: Buddy Rich, Joe Bushkin, Ziggy Elman, Heine
Beau, Sy Oliver, Jo Stafford and Frank Sinatra. Eliminate Sinatra and
thegroup is still an astonishing array of marvelous musicians. A great joy
is listening to a one-nighteror a weekly radio show with the amazing sound
offered by Dorsey, who was arguably the most talented in the group, and his
great ensemble. Ed*

---------------------------------------------

*1950 Balinese Restaurant and Nightclub, Galveston, Texas (11-17?)*
A STORY YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT FRANK SINATRA --- By Dallas Realtor Bill
Cherry

By BILL CHERRY <https://activerain.com/profile/billcherry>

Real Estate Agent with Bill Cherry, Realtor 0124242

November 13, 2007 03:27 PM

Even though I'm a Dallas resident and business man now, most of my life
was spent living in the Galveston-Houston area.  My real estate company had
two offices in Galveston and one in the museum district of Houston.

And from the age of fourteen, my avocation has been performing on radio
and television.  I still do.  I found this script of a piece I did on TV's
News-24 Houston on June 21, 2003, and I thought you would find it
interesting.

*Bill Cherry's Memories -Sinatra Visits Galveston*

People past 60 who lived or came to this island in the old days, love to
tell the tales of when big-time stars headlined in Galveston.

Night clubs like the Sui Jin and the Hollywood Dinner Club and the
Balinese Room and the Studio Lounge booked entertainers like Fred Astaire
and big bands like Harry James.

Most of us refer to it as Galveston's Golden Days, but those golden days
only had a span of thirty years. From the 1920s through most of the 1950s.

And that sure is a small piece of time...actually just 17%.... out of the
175 years the island's had civilized people living on it.

My favorite story from that era is when old Frank Sinatra was down on his
luck. He was an almost has-been even though he was just 35-years old. We're
talking about 1950. And wouldn't you know that's when he was married to
glamorous movie star Ava Gardner. And she was making tons of money.

Desperate for a job, somehow he talked legendary oilman Glenn McCarthy
into giving him a short gig at Houston's Cork Club, a plush private
nightspot on top of McCarthy's legendary Shamrock Hotel.

Bill Roberts, a Houston gossip columnist, reported that Ava Gardner came
to Houston with Sinatra, but nobody ever saw her ringside at his shows. The
truth is, she wasn't there, and it was because their marriage was on the
rocks.

Sinatra started driving to the island almost everyday. He came to pester
Sam Maceo, owner of the Balinese Room, into letting him follow the Cork
Club gig with one at the Balinese. If Maceo didn't hire him, Sinatra had no
place to go after the Cork Club.

Finally. Maceo said OK, but only as a singer with the house band. So
Sinatra came, and he stayed in one of the Island's flea bag hotels, and he
ate his meals on credit at Biaggio DeAndrea's Speedway Café, right next to
the famous Mountain Speedway roller coaster.

Within two years of his down and out Galveston gig, Sinatra moved back on
top, but this time as a movie star in "From Here to Eternity." That's a
story in itself.

But Sinatra never forgot his Galveston gig and the benevolence of Biaggio
DeAndrea and his Speedway Café.

A few years later, Sinatra campaigned for the election of John F. Kennedy
for president. When Kennedy won, he asked Sinatra if there might be a
handful of people he'd like to have invited to his inauguration.

One Sinatra picked was his friend at the Speedway, Biaggio DeAndrea. And
sure enough, a fancy embossed invitation was sent. DeAndrea didn't go, but
that invitation was thumb tacked on the wall behind the lunch counter for
all to see until the Speedway closed years later.

And Biaggio told me Sinatra settled up his tab at the café, too.

I'm Galvestonian Bill Cherry, and Frank Sinatra's visit to Galveston is
one of my memories.

-------------------------------------------------

*1965 None but the Brave (US Film Premiere - Chicago:  February 11, 1965)
(Released in Japan January 15, 1965)*Starring:  Frank Sinatra, Tatsuya
Mihashi, Takeshi Kato, Clint Walker, Tommy Sands, Brad Dexter, Tony Bill
Produced & Directed by:  Frank Sinatra

[image: Emacs!]

[image: Emacs!]

-------------------------------------------

*1969 Hollywood*M7141
*One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)*w/Antonio Carlos Jobim

M7142

* Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce)*M7143
*Wave*(Antonio Carlos Jobim)

M7145

*Bonita*[image: Image result for photos of frank sinatra and antonio
carlos job]

[image: Emacs!]

[image: Emacs!]

---------------------------------

*1996 Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament ,Palm Springs, California*Sunday
Evening
[image: Emacs!]

*Ed O'Brien:One more time would be a good heading for this last hurrah in
Frank's desert paradise.The weekend festivities concluded with a
rousingversion of "New York, New York." Andy Williams,Jerry Vale, Jack
Jones, Buddy Greco, Vic Damoneand Susan Anton did the vocal honors. The
comedian,Tom Dressen, approached the stage as the songconcluded. Suddenly,
the audience stood and cheered asSinatra strode onto a stage for the very
last time. Dressen announced  that a "national treasure" was making an
appear-ance. Frank, dressed in a tux, waved and gave a salute to
theaudience.. He beamed at the singers as they applauded him.And then he
was gone.*

© 1997-2022 The Sinatra Archive
This calendar, or any parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any fashion
whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publisher (The
Sinatra Archive)