[sinatraphiles] January 20 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:04:28 -0500

Studio

1941 New York City

BS060346 I Tried
(C. Nutter/P. Hand/C. Dennis)
Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged by Axel Stordahl
-1 (3:01) CD: 07863 66353-2 "The Song Is You" 5CD set Vol 2
CD: RCA 9679-2-R
LP: SD 1000
78: 27317

BS060347 Dolores
w/The Pied Pipers
(from the Paramount Picture Las Vegas Nights)
(F. Loesser/L. Alter)
Paramount Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged by Sy Oliver
-1 (2:55) CD: 07863 66353-2 "The Song Is You" 5CD set Vol 3
CD: RCA 8554-2-R
LP: SD 1000
78: 27317

CS060349 Without A Song
(W. Rose/E. Eliscu/V. Youmans)
EMI Miller Catalog Inc./Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP)
Arranged by Sy Oliver
-2 (4:25) CD: 07863 66353-2 "The Song Is You" 5CD set Vol 3
CD: RCA 8324-2-R
LP: SD 1000
78: 36396 (12 inch)
-1 N/R

Saxes: Fred Stulce, Johnny Mince, Paul Mason, Heinie Beau, Don Lodice; Trumpets: Ziggy Elman, Jimmy Blake, Ray Linn, Cluck Peterson; Piano: Joe Bushkin; Trombones: Les Jenkins, George Arus, Lowell Martin; Guitar: Clark Yocum; Bass: Sid Weiss; Drums: Buddy Rich
Note: Without A Song -1 has not been located in the RCA vaults

1956 Capitol Studio A, Hollywood

You're Sensational
(Cole Porter)
Arranged by Nelson Riddle
Conducted by Johnny Green
CD: Sinatra In Hollywood
Note There were 13 takes. --Ed

E15407 Mind If I Make Love To You?
(Cole Porter)
Arranged by Nelson Riddle
Conducted by Johnny Green
-7 CD: CDP 7-96611-2 Sings The Select Cole Porter
LP: SW750 High Society
45: 3508

E15406 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
w/Celeste Holm
(Cole Porter)
Arranged by Conrad Salinger
Conducted by Johnny Green
-11 LP: SW750 High Society
45: 3508

NOTE: Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien points out that discographies before his 1992 book, SINATRA: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC . . . The Recording Artistry of Francis Albert Sinatra, 1939-1992 (with Scott P. Sayers, Jr.) always credited the "High Society" to Capitol sessions in April and May 1956. When he got the MGM sheets, they clearly showed everything had been done in January on the soundstage. He called Capitol and informed them that they were disseminating misinformation. Well, they insisted that O'Brien was wrong while he insisted that he wasn't and had the session sheets to prove it.

After some back and forth over the phone, someone at Capitol realized that a little research was needed. They finally found some 3x5 cards showing the correct dates and revealing that only the master numbers were assigned in the spring.

O'Brien also notes that the listing above indicates that "You're Sensational" was not issued. It's true that Frank did redo it on April 5, 1956 and that it was on both the single and LP release, but the MGM track was used in the film and has been issued on the VHS, Laser, and DVD releases. Sinatra did 13 takes and O'Brien likes it better than the later effort at Capitol.

Radio

1950 Light Up Time
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Network: NBC
Show #100
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. The Old Master Painter - Frank Sinatra
3. commercial 1
4. You're Always There - Dorothy Kirsten
5. Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy - Frank Sinatra
6. commercial 2
7. It Never Entered My Mind - Frank Sinatra
8. Isn't It Romantic - Frank Sinatra & Dorothy Kirsten
9. closing
Notes: "You Missed The Boat" was changed to "The Old Master Painter." and "It Never Entered My Mind" was a late addition.

Television

1951 The Frank Sinatra Show
Network: CBS
Location: New York City
Script Dated:
Show: #16
Sponsor: Bulova Watch Company (30mins)
Time: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M.
Writers:
Producer: Jack Donahue
Director: Jack Donahue
Announcer: Ken Roberts
Orchestra Conducted By: Axel Stordahl
Guests: Laraine Day, Leo Durocher, Phil Foster, June Hutton, Buster West, Heathertones
1. Cherry Pies Ought To Be You - Frank Sinatra & June Hutton
2. Ol' Man Crosby (parody) - Frank Sinatra

1969 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Guests: Frank Sinatra

Concerts

1942 Hollywood Palladium (12-30-41 - 2-23-42)
Tuesday evening
Tommy Dorsey and Orchestra opened an extended run at the Palladium

1943 Paramount Theatre, New York City (December 30, 1942 - January 26)
w/Benny Goodman & Orchestra

1949 Beachcomber Club Miami, Florida (17-20)
Monday evening.

Sinatra did four nights and eight shows (1/17 to1/20/1949)
The cost for dinner, drinks, and the show was $5.00
Opening acts were The Vagabonds and then Manor
& Mignon.

Emacs!

1953 Latin Quarter, Boston, Massachusetts (January 20 - February 2)

Frank Sinatra opens for 10 days at the Latin Quarter; it was his only Boston nightclub engagement as a single.
The Latin Quarter, on Winchester Street, was the top night spot in town, and just the place for Sinatra on his comeback trail.
Backed by Larry Green's band, Sinatra sang his current hit, "Birth of the Blues," and songs from Porgy and Bess.
Sinatra enjoyed his time in Boston, hanging around Storyville, where the Ellington Orchestra was playing, and filling a shift on WORL-AM radio,
reading commercials and spinning records. It was during this engagement that Sinatra learned he'd play Maggio in the film From Here to Eternity;
he won the acadamy award for best supporting actor for it.
Those ten days in January 1953 marked the start of a highwater period in Boston nightlife. Sinatra was at the Latin Quarter, the Ellington Orchestra was at Storyville,
and Frankie Laine was at Blinstrub'sand all three broke their club's box office record. If the lines were too long at those clubs,
you could catch Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge at the Hi-Hat, Vic Dickenson and Doc Cheatham at Mahogany Hall, Red Allen at the Savoy,
the Soft Winds at the Darbury Room, Sabby Lewis at Sugar Hill, Bunny Campbell at Wally's Paradise

note: A night out on the town, with a date, to see Sinatra, would have set you back
about $10.00, figuring in drinks and transportation. And that included dinner. Wow!
Ed

1955 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (January 17-20)
6pm 8:45pm Shows
Other performers: Anne McCormack, actress/dancer Lois Raye and comedian Frank D'Amor
On this tour Sinatra was backed by the local Dennis Collinson Orchestra,
augmented by his regular American sidemen Bud Shank (saxophone), Max Albright (drums), Nick Bonny (guitar) and Bill Miller (piano)

1957 Copacabana, New York City (January 10-23)
Staring: Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, The Petticoats, Copa Girls, Ron Beattie, Dori Anne Gray, Bud Spencer, Kathi Dean Michael Durso and Copacabana Orchestra Frank Marti and Copa Samba Band
Staged By: Douglas Coudy
Music And Lyrics By: Micheal Durso, Mel Mitchell, Marvin Kahn
Orchestrations By: Deac Eberhard
Jewelry By: Coro
Colffures By: Larry Matthews

1959 Sands, Las Vegas (January 14-27)
Frank Sinatra, Betty Kean &
Lew Parker, Steve Rossi, Texas
Copa Girls(13)
Conductor: Nelson Riddle with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra (28)
Bill Miller at the piano
Show created and staged by Jack Entratter
Choreography: Bob Gilbert & Renne Stuart
$3.00 minimum

1960 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (Jan. 20 - Feb. 16)
Frank, Dean, Sammy, Joey and Peter.

1966 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (January 5 - February 1)
Count Basie Orchestra
Conducted by Quincy Jones
1975 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (16-22)
Woody Herman Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. The Lady Is A Tramp
2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
3. Let Me Try Again
4. My Kind Of Town
5. medley: Last Night When We Were Young / Violets For Your Furs /
Here's That Rainy Day
6. monologue
7. Something
8.. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
9. My Way
10. Strangers In The Night
11. Send In The Clowns
12. I Have Dreamed
13. I've Got You Under My Skin
Notes: TT 52mins.

1976 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Nat Brandwynne Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
Partial Set List:
1. Empty Tables -w/ Bill Miller piano only
2. I Sing The Songs

Ed Notes:
On 1-20-76 Reprise taped a segment of
Sinatra's show. Nat Brandwynne and His Orchestra
backed Frank and Bill Miller conducted. The songs
recorded were "Empty Tables," w/ Miller on piano,
"I Sing The Songs" and "Send In The Clowns,' w/
Miller on piano. Frank wanted to release a live
version of the Bruce Johnston song and also
a couple of piano only recordings. After hearing
the demo tape, Sinatra wasn't satisfied and
scheduled a studio session on 2-5-76. All three
songs were laid down that night. Later on Reprise
in Italy asked permission to issue the Caesars tracks.
Permission was not granted.

1989 The Arena, Miami, Florida (20-21)
w/Sammy & Liza
Ultimate Event Tour
Frank Sinatra Jr. conducting
1. Mack The Knife
2. Come Rain Or Come Shine
3. For Once In My Life
4. September Of My Years
5. Where Or When
6. My Heart Stood Still
monologue
7. Soliloquy
8. Barbara
9. The Best Is Yet To Come
10. My Way
11. One For My Baby
12. Guys & Dolls medley  with Liza & Sammy
13. Style medley  with Liza & Sammy

1990 Sunrise Musical Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17-21)
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1. Come Fly With Me
2. For Once In My Life
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. The Lady Is A Tramp
5. My Heart Stood Still
6. Where Or When
7. I've Got You Under My Skin
8. Barbara
9. monologue
10. The Best Is Yet To Come
11. Soliloquy
12. Mack The Knife
13. One For My Baby
14. Strangers In The Night
15. New York, New York
Notes: TT 78min.

1994 Broward Center, FT. Lauderdale, Florida (20-23)
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1. Come Fly With Me
2. You Make Me Feel So Young
3. Witchcraft
4. For Once In My Life
5. Come Rain Or Come Shine
6. The Lady Is A Tramp
7. The House I Live In
8. Fly Me To The Moon
9. Strangers In The Night
10. The Best Is Yet To Come
11. Barbara
12. Summer Wind
13. My Funny Valentine
14. Mack The Knife
15. One For My Baby
16. My Way
17. New York, New York
Notes: TT:72mins.

note: Engagement was originally for five days.
Frank was set to open on the 19th. He was
not feeling well so the opening was delayed
a day and became a four day stint.
    Ed

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1949 Beachcomber Club Miami, Florida (17-20)
Monday evening.

Frank Linale and His Clubmen backed him.

BRUUN OVER MIAMI

by Paul M. Bruun
Went to the Beachcomber Club last night with
one thought in mind,to see and hear Frank Sinatra.
This is Frankie's first full-fledged night club engagement
in these parts. He made a one-show stand, once before,
at the Colonial Inn, but here was one of those times when
it was up to Frankie to show what he could do.

For the people with the price of a Beachcomber dinner
in their jeans don't belong to any bobby soxers brigade,
some members of which have stood in the rain all night just
to catch a glimpse of their idol.

Neither was this a radio audience where the entertainment
comes out free, supported by lavish Hollywood productions.
Here was a man's audience,.adults, grown-ups, who know
what they want in entertainment and who have a brutal manner
of showing their disapproval when not satisfied.

And you have to remember, Sinatra isn't a cafe headliner in
the true accepted sense of the word. He is a theater and
radio and motion picture star. Remember, the boards he
trod last night are the familiar stamping ground of the
greatest names in cafe history.His was no easy assignment.

Sinatra started with "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams." He
was obviously nervous and so was some of his audience.
Then came "My Darling, My Darling," the favorite of millions,
and the ice under Frankie's skates became a little more
solid. The time was getting short.This audience was used
to knowing the results of their favorites in a matter of minutes.
And then Frank Sinatra went to the Broadway hit "Carousel,"
and he started to sing "Soliloquy." You who have heard this
song will probably remember it better if I tell you, it is the
song you might think of as "My Boy Bill," the tune has the
father dreaming about his son, yet to be born, and then the
sudden realization that the baby might be a girl.

As he sang into this tune, the complete silence which had
greeted Sinatra's first two tunes became actually noisy in
comparison to the hush which could be felt.

Here was a master, singing a thoroughbred song, and an
audience, each member of which had bet heavily on Sinatra
to win. When he finished, after a few seconds he waited for
them to remember to applaud, Frank Sinatra got an ovation that
was thrilling to hear. Remember, there wasn't a dissenter in
the crowd. Regardless of the daytime pastimes and occupations
of the people who made up the crowd which heard Sinatra, each,
individually, recognized class when it was presented. Here
was a song sung as nearly perfect as these ears of mine
have ever heard.

And it was with this song that I recognized a Frank Sinatra
you don't hear over the radio. He was no crooner with
"Soliloquy," he was a singer with a voice, and I was probably
the most astonished person in the room.

He went to the current Broadway hit "Where's Charlie," for
"Once In Love With Amy." Then came a medley of old-timers,
which led off with "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows."

Here,Sinatra made a complete change of pace. He started
a song that resulted in his reading a fan letter to Ingrid Bergman,
from the beginning of her career right up to her current appear-
ance in "Joan of Arc." The routine was showmanship supreme.

Then came "A Foggy London Town," and the people started
screaming for their Sinatra favorites, and remember, these
weren't bobby soxers yelling for a song they hear over the radio.
These were the elite who quench their thirst with imported
Scotch and who buy their cigarettes from girls with fancy
trays at premium prices.

He succumbed to requests and sang "The Girl That I Marry,"
then back to the show "Carousel" for the ever popular "You'll
Never Walk Alone." He sang "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" and
finally, "Ol' Man River," as well as I have ever heard it sung,
and this is some compliment.

Sinatra brought with him three of the best musicians from
the orchestra which plays for his radio show. They provided
what is probably the best trio accompaniment I have ever
heard any star receive, with Frank Linale and his Clubmen
joining on some tunes. For Sinatra, a French celeste was
added.

Sinatra has three more nights to appear at the Beachcomber
Club, a total of six shows. If I were you, I'd make my reservation
NOW.

note: It is quite revealing that Sinatra did a tribute to
Ingrid Bergman. During one of my conversations
with Mitch Miller, he told me the problems Sinatra
had in his private life back then were similar to
what Bergman went through.. She left her husband
and children to be with Roberto Rossellini. Effectively
ended her career in Hollywood for almost a decade.

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1953 Latin Quarter, Boston, Massachusetts (20-31)

Emacs!

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Emacs!

1953 Latin Quarter, Boston, Massachusetts (20-31)
note: Variety 2-4-53
Show reviewed was on 2-2-53. So, Frank did not close
on 1/31. I have an ad from 1/26 announcing there are
six days left in the engagement. Latin Quarter must
have extended his run. Would loved to have heard
Frank sing Jo Stafford's big hit "You Belong To Me."
Ed

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1955 West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (January 17-20)
6pm 8:45pm Shows
Other performers: Anne McCormack, actress/dancer Lois Raye and comedian Frank D'Amor
On this tour Sinatra was backed by the local Dennis Collinson Orchestra,
augmented by his regular American sidemen Bud Shank (saxophone), Max Albright (drums), Nick Bonny (guitar) and Bill Miller (piano)

Ken Wolfe was an Australian rules umpire when he first saw Sinatra sing in 1955: "I can remember this bloke with a funny name, and when he sings all the girls go crazy." Promoter Michael Chugg fell under his spell as a tyke in Tasmania, "when I was a couple of years old, I reckon". Forty years later, Chugg would bring his hero out on his penultimate tour.
For Tom Burlinson, it began as a child, enchanted by the fellow pictured on his mother's albums: "The man in the hat." Decades later, Burlinson wrote a song called just that, a fan's tribute that revealed a singing voice so eerie in its echo of the Sinatra tone that a teary Tina Sinatra hired Burlinson to re-create her father's early hits for a TV mini-series.

Emacs!

Frank Sinatra arrives in Sydney with his daughter Nancy in January 1955. CREDIT:K. REDSHAW

The common thread: Sinatra is for life. Another common refrain: to note the influence he had beyond the affection he inspired. We can safely take musician Paul Kelly's word for it as he waxes lyrical about the intensity of the connection. "His singing," Kelly tells Good Weekend, "is still a deep mystery to me."
A deep mystery. With that, Kelly perhaps explains the loyalty of the bond and the endurance of our fascination that even after all thesee years, we're still trying to work Sinatra out. God knows, we spent enough time trying.

Emacs!

At Melbourne airport, 1955.CREDIT:GEORGE LIPMAN

Emacs!

Bob Horsfall w/ Frank 1/55

01|55: THE FIRST DATE
"Hello, and welcome to Melbourne, Frank Sinatra."
"Thank you, and I'm very happy to be here."

Bob Horsfall can add this to the many feathers in his cap: the media man who did the first and possibly last relaxed and civil interview with Frank Sinatra in Australia. His first question: "Were your parents musical?" Sinatra: "Actually, no." A pioneering showbiz reporter for Melbourne radio, Horsfall cottoned on quickly: if you asked Sinatra about the work rather than, say, the wives, he was putty in your hands. "He was bloody great. He was like we are now, just chatting. But keep away from asking a question about himself, he didn't like it. But we talked about music all the time."

For Horsfall, and many others, it was thrilling. This was Robert Menzies' Australia: dull, isolated, insecure. Ken Wolfe recalls, "It was incredible just that he was here. In those days, nobody like that came."
Sinatra was then 39, in fine form on stage and friendly form off it. "We were great mates from the start," says Horsfall, whose musical rapport had roots in his own talents as founder of the band the Tune Twisters, who would tour and play with Sinatra on his third tour, six years later. But in 1955, it was enough to meet and greet and see the man live. Ken Wolfe was at the first concert, too: West Melbourne Stadium, January 17, 1955. "Amazing. Frank Sinatra, here. He was like a god appearing before us. Just magnificent."

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1957 Copacabana, New York City (January 10-23)
Staring: Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, The Petticoats, Copa Girls, Ron Beattie, Dori Anne Gray, Bud Spencer, Kathi Dean Michael Durso and Copacabana Orchestra Frank Marti and Copa Samba Band
Staged By: Douglas Coudy
Music And Lyrics By: Micheal Durso, Mel Mitchell, Marvin Kahn
Orchestrations By: Deac Eberhard
Jewelry By: Coro
Colffures By: Larry Matthews

[]

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1960 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (Jan. 20 - Feb. 16)
Frank, Dean, Sammy, Joey and Peter.

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Peter Lawford Jack Entratter Frank Sammy

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