[sinatraphiles] October 21 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Studio Recordings

1946 MGM Soundtrack Recording Studio, Los Angeles , California
Studio recordings for the MGM movie, "It Happened in Brooklyn "
Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green

"I Believe" Frank Sinatra w/Jimmy Durante and Bobby Long (vocal for Billy Roy)
The song was recorded in four parts:
Sinatra did his vocal in Part One (Take 1 [1:04] and Take 7 [1:01] were mastered)
Durante vocal was Part Two. Take 5 (:46) and Take 7 (:46) were mastered
Bobby Long did Pate Three and Take 7 (:45) was mastered
Part Four was an instrumental with Green conducting, Take 3 (1:14), Take 6 (1:12), and Take 7 (1:13) were mastered.
The engineers then cobbled together the separate Parts and the final number ran for 3:48.

NOTE: Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien provided this soundstage information.

note: Cahn & Styne wrote two lovely ballads for Frank to sing in the film: "Time After Time" & "It's The Same Old Dream."
Frank recorded both at Columbia The former reached #16 on the Billboard chart and the latter failed to make an
appearance. The unexpected hit was "I Believe." Song reached #5 in Billboard. Frank would redo all three at
Capitol. Counting the MGM efforts, Frank did a combined 10 recordings on the three songs.
         Ed

1965 Hollywood

HX3728 Moment To Moment
(Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer)
Northern Music Co./All Nations Music/Johnny Mercer Music Publishing inc. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
(2:56) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 10
LP: FS5238 (Italy)
45: 0429

H3770 Love And Marriage
(Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen)
Barton Music Corp./WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
-3 (2:12) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 10
CD: 9-26723-2 Sings The Songs Of Van Heusen & Cahn (Unedited)
CD: 9-26340-2 The Reprise Collection (Unedited)
CD: 1016-2 A Man And His Music (Edited)
LP: 2FS1016 A Man And His Music (Edited)

Note: Both tracks were vocal dubs. Orchestral tracks were recorded on September 14, 1965 for HX3728 & October 11, 1965 for H3770

NOTE: Ed O'Brien remarks: "Two vocal overdubs on the same day, with orchestra tracks done with different personnel, for the most part. Nelson Riddle did both charts and conducted for the orchestral track on September 14, 1965. Sonny Burke conducted for the October 11, 1965 orchestra track."
"Love and Marriage" was issued in edited form on the two-LP "Man and His Music" (Reprise 1016). The reason became quite apparent when the complete recordings was released on the "Reprise Collection" in 1990. Sinatra's vocal effort on the second chorus was not up to his usual standards.

"Moment to Moment" was the B side of the single hit, "It Was a Very Good Year." Riddle used two guitars as part of the 33-piece orchestra. The song did chart on the Billboard Adult Contemporary, reaching its peak position at #18 on Christmas Day, 1965. The song was on the charts for seven weeks. By the way, "Strangers in the Night" had a longer shelf life than "Very Good Year" on the Adult Contemporary chart (20 and 17, respectively) ..

Radio

1944 Your Hit Parade
Network: CBS
Sponsor: Lucky Strike
1. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (4)
2. Always (8)
3. I'll Walk Alone (1)

1945 Tommy Dorsey Show
400 Restaurant, New York
October 21, 1945
Sunday Evening
(CBS) (WABC) (Sustaining)
11:30 P.M -- 12:00 A.M.
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (open),
Opus No. 1,
A Door Will Open (SF),
Blue Skies (FS)
Swing High (GK, dr),
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (closing)
Note: incomplete (damaged disc) (2 tunes missing)

1945 The Fred Allen Show
NBC
Sunday
8:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Al Goodman & His Orchestra
Portland Hoffa, Minerva Pious,
Mr. Nussman, The DeMarco
Sisters & Tenderleaf Work Shop Players
Announcer: Kenneth Delmar
Sponsor:Standard Brands
Makers of Tenderleaf Tea
& Blue Bonnet Margarine
1. Comedy Skit   Fred & Portland
2. On The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe      Demarco Sisters
3. Comedy Skit        Frank & Fred
4. It Might As Well Be Spring          Frank
5. Comedy Skit                  Fred & Frank
6. Open The Pearly Gates      Frank & Fred
NOTE: Ed O'Brien emphasizes that Fred Allen was a very witty man with a sardonic sense of humor. Sinatra just loved him. From of 1937 through December 1946, the two men made frequent guest appearances on the other's show. Listening today you can hear the pure joy Sinatra derived from the way Allen delivered a line. They sang parodies, did silly skits, and exchange clever little digs that are still quite funny.

1949 Light Up Time
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Network: NBC
Starring: Frank Sinatra & Eileen Wilson
Jeff Alexander And The Orchestra
1. You Told A Lie - FS
2. Dreamer's Holiday - EW
3. On The Island Of Stromboli - FS
3. You'll Never Walk Alone  -  FS

Ed O'Brien:
Eileen Wilson sings "Dreamer's Holiday."
On the AFRS Lite Up Time "Don't Cry Joe" follows
"Stromboli." Frank sang his new Columbia single
on the 9-26 show, backed by The Pied Pipers, 10-12,
The Skylarks provided vocal support and The Double
Daters provided the vocal backing on the 10-18 show.
The 10-12 was the choice for the AFRS show.

Television

1950 The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)
9:00-10:00 PM
Sustaining
Ben Blue & Family  (Sid Fields, Pat Gaye, Roberta Lee, Joey Walsh)
Mary McCarty, Mary Mayo, Lou Wills Jr., Dorothy Dayton, The Whipoorwills
Music: Axel Stordahl
Written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. & Howard Snyder
with/ Paul Dudley, Harry Crane
Settings: Nelson Baume
Producer: Irving Mansfield
Director: John Peyser
Sinatra Songs
1.  It All Depends On You       arg George Siravo
2.  Bewitched     arg. A. Stordahl
3.  Penthouse Serenade w/ M. McCarty     arg. A. Stordahl
4.  One Finger Melody   w/ The Whipooorwills     arg. A Stordahl
5.  Soliloquy      arg. A. Stordahl

NOTE: Ed O'Brien says that the highlight of this evening was Sinatra's showstopping rendition of "Soliloquy." Sinatraphile Ed Spiegel said Sinatra singing "Soliloquy" in 1950 must have been really something to see and hear. O'Brien replied that it was a staple of Sinatra's nightclub and concert appearances back then. Spiegel wishes DVDs of thse CBS TV shows would become available on the commercial market. There are certain to be many great segments.

O'Brien, in his response to Spiegel, says there are many myths about Sinatra. The one that may be the most egregious is the ridiculous he lost his voice in the early 1950's. His singing on both the CBS-TV broadcasts and his radio shows for the same network belie such nonsense. The guy was sensational. The TV shows were all broadcast live.

When Spiegel says he'd like to know about this "lost voice" claim, O'Brien says that it started on May 2, 1950 and ended on May 27, 1950.

Skitch Henderson told O'Brien that Sinatra was doing a late show a the Copacabana in New York when his vocal chords hemorrhaged. He saw a specialist the next day and was told not to speak for two weeks. Sinatra then flew to Florida and stayed quiet for 10 days. On the 27th of May, he made his television debut on Bob Hope's Star-spangled Review. He did skits with Hope and sang "Come Rain or Come Shine," a truly sensational vocal.

Through the year, a number of people associated with Sinatra have told O'Brien how he lost his voice in the early 50s and then made a miraculous comeback when Capitol hired him. If you listen to Sinatra from "50 through 52, O''Brien emphasiizes, it is painfully apparent that the one ingredient lacking for a climb back to the top was Nelson Riddle.

The singer was marvelous and he sang a lot of great songs. The truth is he had a bad month in the spring of 1950. That's all. Unfortunately, myths have a way of becoming fact when repeated often enough, O'Brien emphasized.

Concerts

1935 Fresno High school Auditorium, Fresno, California (One Night Only)
Major Bowes' Radio Amateurs
Sinatra performed with the Hoboken Four

Emacs!

1939 Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois (September 9 - October 27)
Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

1940 Paramount Theater, Los Angeles, CA (October 18 - 30)
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra
(On screen was "Moon Over Burma" with Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston and Preston Foster)

1941 Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove , New Jersey (October 9 - October 28)
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

1943 Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria, New York City (October 1 - November 30)

1944 Paramount Theatre , New York City (11-29)
Three-Week Engagement
Frank Sinatra with The Raymond Paige Orchestra
O.A. Eileen Barton, Ollie O'Toole, Pops & Louie
Film: Our Hearts Were Young And Gay

1953 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 7-27)

1975 Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada (17-23)

1976 Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Cancelled)
The Daily News-Journal (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) · 20 Oct 1976:
Emacs!

1977 Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada (21-27)
Two Shows:  12am & 8:15PM
O.A. Jackie Gayle
Bill Miller conducting
Vinnie Falcone on piano
Frank had a set list for this engagement.
1.  Night and Day (disco}
2.  I Sing The Songs
3.  Something
4.  Don't Worry 'Bout Me
5.  Gal That Got Away/Never Entered My Mind
6.  monologue
7.  Maybe This Time
8.  It Was A Very Good Year
9.  Come Fly With Me
10.  See The Show Again
11.  My Kind Of Town
12.  That's Life
13.  My Way

note: Frank gave Vinnie a big introduction, telling his audience
about his very talented new piano player.
Ed

1978 Radio City Music Hall, New York City (14-22)
Two shows, identical song selection both performances
1. New York, New York
2. At Long Last Love
3. The Lady is a Tramp
4. Someone to Watch over Me
5. Here's that Rainy Day
6. My Funny Valentine
7. The Gal that Got AwaY
8. It Never Entered my Mind
9. Monologue
10. That's What Got Looks Like to Me
11. Maybe This Time
12. You and Me
13. The Tender Trap
14. The Oldest Established Permannt Floating Crap Game . . .
15. Remember
16. My Way
17. America the Beautiful

1982 Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey (19-24)
Thursday evening
First Show
Joe Parnello conducted
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. I Get A Kick Out Of You
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
5. I've Got You Under My Skin
6. When Your Lover Has Gone T. Mottola guitar
7. The Lady Is A Tramp
monologue
8. Change Partners
9. The Best Is Yet To Come
10. New York, New York

1982 Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey (19-24)
Thursday evening
Second Show
Joe Parnello conducted
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. I Get A Kick Out Of You
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
5. I've Got You Under My Skin
6. When Your Lover Has Gone T. Mottola guitar
7. The Lady Is A Tramp
monologue
8. Change Partners
9. The Best Is Yet To Come
10. New York, New York

1994 Kiel Center , St.Louis, Missouri
1. I've Got the World on a String
2. All or Nothing at All (Riddle arg. 1966)
3. A Foggy Day (Mandel arg. 1960)
4. For Once in my Life
5. Come Rain or Come Shine
6. I've Got You under my Skin
7. Where or When
8. At Long Last Love
9. I've Got a Crush on You
10. What Now my Love
11. The Best is Yet to Come
12. My Way
13. Guess I'll Hang my Tears out to Dry
14. My Kind of Town
15. Summer Wind
16. New York , New York

NOTE: By the summer of 1994, Ed O'Brien emphasizes, Frank Sinatra was a very uncertain performer. A concertgoer was taking a chance that the singer would stumble often during a show. But the diminished expectations did not stop SRO crowds although it certainly had many departing the arena saddened by the experience of seeing a great artist struggle through the ravages of time.

But, on the evening of October 21, 1994 (St. Louis) and October 22 ( Chicago ), Frank Sinatra rolled back the hands of time and gave electrifying performances. He was letter perfect in song after song throughout the shows. His voice was strong and he easily sang the most challenging program imaginable for man about to turn 79.

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Extra:

1935 Fresno High school Auditorium, Fresno, California (One Night Only)
Major Bowes' Radio Amateurs
Sinatra performed with the Hoboken Four

Emacs!

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1940 Paramount Theater, Los Angeles, CA (October 18 - 30)
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra
(On screen was "Moon Over Burma" with Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston and Preston Foster)

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Daily News, Los Angeles, CA October 21, 1941

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1944 Paramount Theatre , New York City (11-29)
Three-Week Engagement
Frank Sinatra with The Raymond Paige Orchestra
NIGHT CLUBS - VAUDEVILLE
Paramount, New York

Sinatra! That's all, brother.
Paramount execs probably reinforced
the walls and called the police department
to handle the bobby socks - all last week to
make sure the place had adequate protection
when The Voice began a three week stint (11).
And brother, they needed it. Kids mobbed the
joint, climbed the ceiling, squealed, sighed,
ahhed, gurgled, mooned all over the place
and in every way gave indication that F.S.
is probably one of the hottest b.- o. attractions
around in the last decade. There were a few
adults in the place - those that brought some
of the kids because they were afraid they might
be killed in the rush (and they were right in their
fears), and those who came as curio seekers,
more like those that toss their dimes on the
counter to see the two-headed lady in the circus.
It's pure unadulterated showbiz! Show, which
runs around 50 minutes, has plenty to offer besides
Sinatra, and cost the theater somewhere between
$10,000 and $15,000 for entire bill. Reason for
Sinatra's $4,000 is that he is playing off a contract
and is reported asking for the formerly agreed to
amount when the theater wouldn't kick in with a $30,000
package per week deal that Sinatra wanted. He's said
to have a huge bonus coming to him if biz warrants
after the three weeks. From all indications he'll bust
the record and walk off with the marquee as his end.
Raymond Paige, recruited from radio to back Sinatra,
supplies music; Eileen Barton, fem chirper, also on
Sinatra's radio show, sings rhythm tunes, Olie
O'Toole, impressionist, supplies comedy, and sepia
tapsters, Pops and Louie handle dancing. It's all big
time vaude.
No matter what anyone says about Sinatra's voice,
he's a master at phrasing, especially on a pop that
has a half decent lyric. Although he sounds simple
and uncomplicated to the ear, it's apparent that he's
definitely taken advantage of lyrical content of pop
songs and given them personal meaning to
every kid in the audience. That was more than
uppermost in this reviewer's mind, for when he
gushed on a certain phrase, such as "there's
romance in your menu," in the tune "What A
Difference A Day Makes," the kids squealed.
It's a good thing he didn't sing "I Love You."
He's cut out the bow-tie and boyish appearance
which is all for the better. He's now out to sing a
tune and do the best job he can. When caught (11)
last show opening day, he sounded tired, but that
can be for a number of reasons. However, he
could have come out and laid on the floor and
gone to sleep and probably the house wouldn't
have had a single refund, After drifting through
half a dozen pops, each one a killer, no matter
what he selected, he finished with "Ol' Man
River." That he is not only a romancer, but
can sell straight material was demonstrated.
He walked off with a parody of "Everything
Happens To Me," telling the story of F.S.
in song, and it's effective mainly because
he kids himself.
All in all he puts on a great show, probably
because he gives the impression of not taking
himself, but his job, seriously. He stops the
howling at one point to query, "Do I Stop You
From Making A Buck?" It brings howls and
punches the point across. He gets a fine
assist from Raymond Paige's ork, some 40
musicians who spread out across the thin
stage. Some 20 strings on one side; brass,
sax and rhythm section on the other, and
Paige in the middle. Leader doesn't monkey
around, and puts on one of the best all-around
musical jobs seen on a New York stage in a
long time. Not only are arrangements way above
par, especially for stage, for they're showy and
lively, but he's got the cream of crop of musicians.
Only bad spot to music was in opening number
of Eileen Barton's tune, when brass engulfed
her. After that it was smooth sailing.
Pic is Para's "Our Hearts Were Young And
Gay."
Billboard
October 21, 1944
Paul Secon

Ed O'Brien:
Almost five thousand bobby sockers filled
the theatre, designed to seat less than 3,500.
Management ignored the fire codes. There
was an estimated 10,000 girls waiting to get
in every day. Frank also sang "All Or Nothing
At All," "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night,"
"Close To You," "I Don't Know Why," " This
Love Of Mine" and "Put Your Dreams Away."

Unfortunately not everyone was a fan of Sinatra at the Paramount in 1944:

The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) · 21 Oct 1944

Emacs!

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1945 Tommy Dorsey Show
400 Restaurant, New York
October 21, 1945
Sunday Evening
(CBS) (WABC) (Sustaining)
11:30 P.M -- 12:00 A.M.
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (open),
Opus No. 1,
A Door Will Open (SF),
Blue Skies (FS)
Swing High (GK, dr),
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (closing)
Note: incomplete (damaged disc) (2 tunes missing)

Emacs!

Variety
10-24-45

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1950 The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)
9:00-10:00 PM

NOTE: Ed O'Brien says that the highlight of this evening was Sinatra's showstopping rendition of "Soliloquy." Sinatraphile Ed Spiegel said Sinatra singing "Soliloquy" in 1950 must have been really something to see and hear. O'Brien replied that it was a staple of Sinatra's nightclub and concert appearances back then. Spiegel wishes DVDs of thse CBS TV shows would become available on the commercial market. There are certain to be many great segments.

Emacs!

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1953 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 13-25)

Here is the complete review from Variety
10-21-53

Emacs!

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1965 Hollywood

HX3728 Moment To Moment
(Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer)

Emacs!

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1994 Kiel Center, St.Louis, Missouri

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