[sinatraphiles] February 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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  • Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:59:42 -0500


Studio

1944 - RKO, LOS ANGELES
Monday
STEP LIVELY (ORIGINAL TITLE MANHATTAN SERENADE)
Orchestra conducted by Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Arranged by Axel Stordahl

Where Does Love Begin?
w/ Anne Jeffreys
vocal runs 1:42



1963 Hollywood

1829 Soliloquy
(Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II)
Williamson Music Co. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
(8:05) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 6
CD: 9-26340-2The Reprise Collection
CD: 1009-2The Concert Sinatra
CD: 1016-2A Man And His Music
LP: FS1009The Concert Sinatra

NOTE: Sinatraphile Rich Rosenberg says that after he heard the 1955 rehearsal version released on "Sinatra in Hollywood" and how effortlessly his voice flowed then and how strong and smooth it was, this version by comparison sounded like he was singing while running up a hill. Too bad he didn't sing all the lyrics in that effort!

Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien seconds Rich's thoughts regarding the contrast between February 55 and 63. There was quite a drop off in tonal quality.. Sinatra got some of it back around 1965. Vince DeRose was on the 55 session and O'Brien asked him why Frank didn't complete the song.. Vince told O'Brien that Frank didn't like the Richard Jones arrangement. As the session progressed, Frank became less and less enthusiastic. O'Brien wonders why Riddle wasn't asked to do the arrangement, in reponse to a comment by Sinatraphile Mary Jane Smetanka, who says she listens to the incomplete 1955 "Soliloquy" fairly often, though the partial recording is unsatisfying. She says she hadn't heard that Sinatra didn't complete it and thought that the rest of the recording had been lost.

Sinatraphile Vance Adair then reports that he once had a conversation with Jack Jones about the tune. Jack was including it in his repertoire in the early 90s. He waxed lyrical about the tune's structure - and pointed out that every bridge is a slowed down generic fairground theme (e.g. I'll teach him to wrestle and dive through a wave/When we go out in the morning for our swim. etc.

The challenge to any singer of this tune, we agreed, Adair writes, is to strike a balance between the alternating bombast and pathos of the lyrics. No easy task.

Sinatra couldn't quite pull this off in 1955, Adair declares. He did so in his "Concert Sinatra" reading, but still this was marred by the fact that the song was edited.. The many concert versions from the late 80s to the early 90s that we have attest to the fact that our man had finally nailed the tune.

Naturally, Adair ooncludes, not every performance of the song during this time is a classic. However, there were occasions, even as an indisputably old man, Sinatra could hit the emotional centre of this song with an assurance and poise that moved Jack Jones to marvel that "Frank still does a killer version."


Note: Riddle used 62 musicians for the final session of "Concert Sinatra."
The song was done in segments. Reprise taped the album at 30 IPS.
This was twice the usual speed employed. Frank would sing "Soliloquy"
in concert for more than five decades. There are some stunning live
renditions.
"Sinatra;s Sinatra" would also be recorded at 30 IPS. But the other
song, "You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me," done at this session,
was recorded at 15 IPS.
Ed


1830 You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
(Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal/Pierre Norman Connor)
Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
(2:37) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 6
LP: FS6167Sinatra 65
45: 20,209

"A New Kind Of Love" was a Paul Newman - Joanne
Woodward comedy. Frank recorded a special version
for the film at Paramount in 1963

Riddle receives credit for the arrangement on the
B-side of this single. In truth, the arranger was
Marty Paich. Riddle told me how embarrassed
he was when Capitol credited him instead of
George Siravo on Frank's first Capitol album,
:"wing Easy." I wonder what he thought of
this credit ?
Ed





Radio

1940 Meadowbrook Ballroom, Rte 23 ,Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Wednesday Morning
12:30 - 1:00 a. m.
Live Remote
NBC  Red Network
WEAF  New York City
Announcer: Bill Abernathy
1. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You     TD & Orch
2.  I Thought About You              Pied Pipers
3.  I've Got My Eyes On You        Frank Sinatra
4.  Easy Does It               TD & Orch
5.  Careless                        Frank Sinatra
6.  Blues No More          TD & Orch
7.  A Lover is Blue         Frank Sinatra
8.  Darn That Dream    Jo Stafford
9.  So What!                    TD & Orch
10.  Closing theme         TD & Orch

(Complete Broadcast is available on CD: "Not So Quiet Please" Jazz Band EBCD-2179-2)

1940 Meadowbrook Ballroom, Rte 23 ,Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Wednesday Evening
Mutual Network
WOR
New York City
8:00 -8:30 p.m.
Live Remote

1940 Meadowbrook Ballroom, Rte 23, Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Wednesday Evening
NBC Blue Network
WJZ New York City
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a. m.
Live Remote
Announcer: Bill Abernathy
1. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You            TD & Orch
2. I'd Love To Call You My Sweetheart        Pied Pipers
3. After All                                Frank Sinatra
4. Easy Does It                       TD & Orch
5. A Lover Is Blue                       Frank Sinatra
6. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot             TD & Orch
7. (What Can I Say Dear) After I Say I'm Sorry?       Pied Pipers
8. Am I Proud?              Jo Stafford
9. Closing Theme         TD &  Orch


1942 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles
KECA
West Coast Broadcast
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Saturday Evening
10:30 - 11:00 pm (PWT)
NBC Blue Network


1943 News From Home
1. There Are Such Things
Notes: An Office of War Information recording labelled Feb. 21, 1943, LOC has 10-inch sound reel TT:30mins.


1944 Lux Radio Theater
Network: CBS
Program #32 "Wake Up and Live".
Performers: Frank Sinatra, James Gleason, Bob Crosby, Marilyn Maxwell, Cecil B. DeMille, Alice Mock,
Arthur Q. Bryan, Bea Benaderet, Cathy Lewis, Charles Seel, Ed Emerson, Edward Marr, James Dunn,
John McIntire, Leo Cleary, Marilyn Maxwell, Norman Field, Stanley Farrar, Truda Marson, Tyler McVey, Verna Felton
Announcer: John Milton Kennedy
Music Director: Louis Silvers
Commercials: Janet Russell, Paula Winslowe, Martha Wentworth
Writers: Harry Tugend, Dorothea Brande, Jack Yellen, Curtis Kenyon
Director: Fred MacKaye
Sound Effects: Charlie Forsyth
1. I Don't Want To Walk Without You
2. I've Heard That Song Before
3. Embraceable You
4. Dancing In The Dark
5. Wake Up And Live

Frank Sinatra was well cast Monday night (21) as the different crooner in
"Wake Up And Live," the Lux Radio Theater play on CBS.The Voice made the
most of his scattered singing opportunities, enhancing the rapid-tempo story
that seemed curiously dated. The Dorothea Brande message ( "act as if it
were impossible to fail" ) was given a fast gloss over as in the picture that
starred Walter Winchell, Alice Faye and the late Ben Bernie. All in all, show
was one of Cecil B, DeMille's lesser efforts.
Variety
February 23, 1944


1945 Frank Sinatra Show
Network: CBS
Location: Hollywood
Show #8
Sponsor: Max Factor
Time: 9:00PM - 9:30PM (EST) Wednesday
Orchestra Conducted By: Axel Stordahl
Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl
Announcer: Bill Goodwin, Don Forbes
Performers: The Ken Lane Singers
Guest: Janet Blair, Vera Vague
1. Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week
2. Don't Ever Change
3. Somebody Loves Me
4. Over The Rainbow - w/Ken Lane Singers
Notes: Confirmed airing on WABC.

NOTE: Ed O'Brien points out that Vera Vague and Bill Goodwin were also on the show for comedy relief.
Frank's opening number has a nice arrangement by Sy Oliver and "Don't Ever Change" is quite a rarity.
Before he sings Gershwin's "Somebody Loves Me," Frank announces he will be aided and abetted
by Bev and the boys (vocal chorus). Janet Blair sings "Anywhere" from the Columbia picture "Tonight and Every Night."
Cahn and Styne wrote the tunes.. Frank closes the show with a gorgeous reading of "Over the Rainbow" with the vocal chorus.


1948 Your Hit Parade
Network: NBC
Program #663
Time: 9:00-9:30 P.M.EST (Rebroadcast 9:00-9:30 P.M. PST)
Sponsor: Lucky Strike
1. commercial 1
2. The Best Things In Life Are Free (7) - Frank Sinatra & Hit Paraders
3. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Orchestra
4. I'll Dance At Your Wedding (6) - Beryl Davis
5. Golden Earrings (4) - Frank Sinatra
6. commercial 2
7. Rio Rita - Orchestra
8. Serenade Of The Bells (5) - Hit Paraders
9. Nobody's Sweetheart - Orchestra
10. Now Is The Hour (3) - Frank Sinatra
11. Ballerina (2) - Beryl Davis
12. commercial 3
13. I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover (1) - Frank SInatra & Hit Paraders


1950 Light Up Time
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Network: NBC
Show #122
Broadcast: 4:00-4:15 PM PST (Repeat: 8:00-8:15 PM PST)
Starring: Frank Sinatra & Dorothy Kirsten
Jeff Alexander And The Orchestra
1. opening
2. Then I'll Be Happy - Frank Sinatra
3. commercial
4. Blue Moon - Dorothy Kirsten
5. Sure Thing - Frank Sinatra
6. commercial
7. Sunshine Cake - Frank Sinatra & Dorothy Kirsten
8. closing

Ed O'Brien:
The bonus track on the Lite-Up Time from AFRS was
"Why Remind Me," sung by Dorothy Kirsten, taken from the
2-15-50 NBC broadcast. AFRS used the wrong opening on
this show. Don Wilson, announcer, has Dorothy missing
in action and a special guest star replacing her. As you can
see, the lady was very much in attendance.



Television

1952 Star Of The Family
Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy
CBS
Thursday Evening
8:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Carl Hoff & His Orchestra
Sponsor: Ronson - World's Greatest Lighter
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Hal Peary
note: Frank appears in a nightclub scene. Sings "Night And Day" and "Blue Skies."

Peter and Mary were not afraid to give artists who were on their way down a shot at reviving their careers through guest appearances on their show. Such was the case with Frank Sinatra.
"Sinatra's career was in a major slump -- some people thought he was washed up," said Seagrave, a SUN feature writer in the 1970s who then wrote under the name Jan Plowman.
"Peter put Frank on the show. Frank was so grateful and never forgot Peter for that. He flew Peter and Mary to Palm Springs for his wedding to (his fourth and current wife) Barbara Marx."
When Seagrave visited Hayes and Healy a month ago, she found Peter weeping as he listened to Sinatra records.
"Peter was crying because Frank was so ill," Seagrave said. "He was so worried about him."
Las Vegas Sun
April 22, 1998


1958 Frank Sinatra Show
Network: ABC
Show #19
Sponsors: Chesterfield Cigarettes, Bulova Watch Company
Drama: "A Time To Cry"
Host: Frank Sinatra
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Lloyd Bridges, John Archer, Ray Teal
Notes: A gunman holds a woman captive in a deserted frontier cabin while her husband lies dying from a bullet wound in the next room.



Concerts

1940 Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey (February 20 - March 11)


1941 Castle Gardens in  Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Friday  Evening
Muhlenberg College - Junior Prom School Dance


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


1965 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada ( February 17 - March 2)
w/Joe E. Lewis


1967 Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, Florida (February 16 - March 1)


1976 Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
First Show
Key Musicians: Al Viola (guitar), Irv Cottler (drums), Gene Cherico (bass), Charles Turner (trumpet), Bill Miller (piano).
Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. I've Got You Under My Skin
2. Where Or When
3. The Lady Is A Tramp
4. What's New?
5. Didn't We?
6. Here's That Rainy Day
7. Witchcraft
8. My Way
9. monologue
10. Empty Tables
11. I Sing The Songs
12. Let Me Try Again
13. If
14. Send In The Clowns
15. My Kind Of Town
Notes: TT 55mins..

1976 Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Second Show
Key Musicians: Al Viola (guitar), Irv Cottler (drums), Gene Cherico (bass), Charles Turner (trumpet), Bill Miller (piano).
Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. I've Got You Under My Skin
2. Where Or When
3. The Lady Is A Tramp
4. What's New?
5. Didn't We?
6. Here's That Rainy Day
7. Witchcraft
8. My Way
9. monologue
10. Empty Tables
11. I Sing The Songs
12. Let Me Try Again
13. If
14. My Kind Of Town
Notes: TT 51mins.


1986 Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada
First Show
Key Musicians: Don Baldini (Bass), Bill Miller (Piano), Irv Cottler (Drums), Tony Mattola (Guitar)
Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.
1. Without A Song
2. You're Driving Me Crazy
3. Violets For Your Furs
4. L.A. Is My Lady
5. I Have Dreamed
6. For Once In My Life
7. Where Or When
8. One For My Baby
9. monologue & Intros
10. Send In The Clowns
11. April In Paris
12. The Best Is Yet To Come
13. Moonlight In Vermont
14. Mack The Knife
15. The Gal That Got Away
16. I've Got You Under My Skin
17. Chaser: "You Are There"
Notes: "Send In The Clowns" is missing from the line recording. TT 80mins.

1986 Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada
Second Show
Key Musicians: Don Baldini (Bass), Bill Miller (Piano), Irv Cottler (Drums), Tony Mattola (Guitar)
Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.
1. Without A Song
2. You're Driving Me Crazy
3. Violets For Your Furs
4. L.A. Is My Lady
5. I Have Dreamed
6. For Once In My Life
7. Where Or When
8. One For My Baby
9. monologue
10. You Will Be My Music
11. Send In The Clowns
12. April In Paris
13. The Best Is Yet To Come
14. Moonlight In Vermont
15. Mack The Knife
16. I've Got You Under My Skin
17. New York, New York
Notes: TT 73mins.


1987 Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Gene Autry Tribute
Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
w/ Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr
1. Without A Song
2. My Heart Stood Still
3. Mack The Knife
4. The Oldest Established - Frank, Dean & Sammy
Notes: 17mins.



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EXTRA:

1941 Castle Gardens in  Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania

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1952 Star Of The Family
Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy
CBS
Thursday Evening
8:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
Carl Hoff & His Orchestra
Sponsor: Ronson - World's Greatest Lighter
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Hal Peary (The Great Gildersleeve)

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1963 Hollywood

1830 You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
(Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal/Pierre Norman Connor)
Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
45: 20,209

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"A New Kind Of Love" was a Paul Newman - Joanne
Woodward comedy. Frank recorded a special version
for the film at Paramount in 1963

Riddle receives credit for the arrangement on the
B-side of this single. In truth, the arranger was
Marty Paich. Riddle told me how embarrassed
he was when Capitol credited him instead of
George Siravo on Frank's first Capitol album,
:Swing Easy." I wonder what he thought of
this credit ?
Ed

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1991 Third Annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament February 21-23, 1991
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