[sinatraphiles] October 3 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:40:41 -0400

Studio

1956 - PARAMOUNT PICTURES - LOS ANGELES
THE JOKER IS WILD
Wednesday
7:00 -10:05 PM
Orchestra conducted by Victor Young
Arrangements by Nelson Riddle
Session manger: Phil Kahgan
Forty-eight piece orchestra including
Frank's sidemen Bill Miller(piano) , Sam Weiss(drums)
and Barney Kessel (guitar)

All The Way (2:03)

At Sundown (1:35)

I Cried For You (1:33)

If I Could Be With You (1:09)

All The Way (2:07)

Frank's sidemen received $52.23 each for a little over
three hours of session work.

1957 Capitol Studio A, Hollywood

E17647Autumn In New York
(Vernon Duke)
Warner Bros., Inc. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Billy May
-3 (4:35) CD: CDP 7-48469-2 Come Fly With Me
CD: C2-94777 The Capitol Years
LP: SW920 Come Fly With Me

E17648 London By Night
(Carroll Coates)
Arranged & Conducted by Billy May
CD: CDP 7-48469-2 Come Fly With Me
LP: SW920 Come Fly With Me

E17649 April In Paris
(Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg)
Arranged & Conducted by Billy May
CD: CDP 7-48469-2 Come Fly With Me
LP: SW920 Come Fly With Me

E17650 Moonlight In Vermont
(Karl Suessdorf/John Blackburn)
Arranged & Conducted by Billy May
CD: CDP 7-48469-2 Come Fly With Me
LP: SW920 Come Fly With Me

NOTE: Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien exclaims "What a session!" Definitive recordings of classic pop songs with a 35-piece orchestra and timeless Billy May charts. Sinatra would later say that "April in Paris " was the most satisfying recording of his career. He felt it was as perfect a recording as he could possibly attain in a studio.

"Moonlight in Vermont" required 12 takes and would become one of Sinatra's greatest concert songs. "London by Night" was recorded at Columbia . Capitol, and Reprise. All three are outstanding. "Autumn in New York " gets a romantic treatment here. Sinatra would sing it on his TV show and in concert. Interesting to compare his effort with Billie Holiday's darker reading.

Sinatraphile Vance Adair affirms that are some absolute knockout vocals on the "Come Fly With Me" sessions. May excels also. His chart for " London by Night" is a joy. As we have reflected before, he was all too rarely enlisted by Sinatra to pen ballads. Whenever he did, they were excellent.

Ed O'Brien:
I asked Billy May who picked the songs for this wonderful album.
He told me Frank chose most, but he also asked for input from
others. Billy suggested "Moonlight In Vermont." All I can say is,
"Thank you, Billy."

1962 Los Angeles

1496 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
w/Count Basie & Orchestra
(Fred Ahlert/Joe Young)
Fred Ahlert Music Corp./Pencil Mark Music Inc./Rytroc, Inc. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Neal Hefti
-16/Inc1 (2:33) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 5
CD: 1008-2 Sinatra - Basie
LP: FS1008Sinatra - Basie

1497 I Only Have Eyes For You
w/Count Basie & Orchestra
(Harry Warren/Al Dubin)
Remick Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Neal Hefti
-5 (3:28) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 5
CD: 1008-2Sinatra - Basie
LP: FS1008Sinatra - Basie

1498 My Kind Of Girl
w/Count Basie & Orchestra
(Leslie Bricusse)
Hollis Music Inc. (BMI)
Arranged & Conducted by Neal Hefti
-3 (4:35) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 5
CD: 1008-2Sinatra - Basie
LP: FS1008Sinatra - Basie

1499 Pennies From Heaven
w/Count Basie & Orchestra
(Arthur Johnston/Jonny Burke)
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Neal Hefti
-6 (3:27) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 5
CD: 9-26340-2The Reprise Collection
CD: 1008-2Sinatra - Basie
LP: FS1008Sinatra - Basie

1500 (Love Is) The Tender Trap
w/Count Basie & Orchestra
(Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen)
Barton Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Neal Hefti
-3 (2:34) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 5
CD: 9-26723-2Sings The Songs Of Van Heusen & Cahn
CD: 1008-2Sinatra - Basie
LP: FS1008Sinatra - Basie

1501 Looking At The World Through Rose Colored Glasses
w/Count Basie & Orchestra
(Jimmy Steiger/Tommy Malie)
MCA Inc./Venus Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Neal Hefti
-1 (2:28) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 5
CD: 1008-2Sinatra - Basie
LP: FS1008Sinatra - Basie

Ed O'Brien:
Frank had some problems with "I'm Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter."
After 11 takes he instructed the control booth to pass to the next song.
He did five tunes including a one take effort of "Rose-Colored Glasses." Then
"Write Myself A Letter" was attempted again. He did an additional five takes
and an intercut on take 16. He couldn't hit the high notes on "I Only Have Eyes
For You." The engineer added echo  on the live takes. When the album was
issued, the sound on that track would knock you out of the room. It was greatly
diminished for the CD release three decades down the road.

Shemmy Mashiah:
I have read in Will Friedwalds book the song is you that a lot of the piano
Playing on sinatra-basie was done by Bill Miller including on pennies from heaven.
Have you got any information on that
They also added Al Porchino to the Band

Frank liked to call Basie the "economy player." He was known for his splank, splank signature notes.
Hefti wrote hard driving complex charts for the first Basie album. So, Bill played the more complicated harmonics
throughout the two sessions. Basie was the piano player on the second album in June of 64.
My friend Dick Bellach knew Al Porcino. He arranged for me to have an interview with Al, who lived in Munich, Germany.
I received a call from him one day. He was coming into to N.Y.C. and would call me. And he did. We chatted for more than 90 minutes.
Al was the lead trumpet on both Basie albums and the Ellington sessions in December of 1967. The man was funny, irreverent,
very cocky and a terrific storyteller. He felt Frank sang much better on the second album with Basie. Al told me the
October 62 collaboration was a true Sinatra-Basie band effort. On the second get together in 64, the band backed Sinatra.
Al told me it was quite different the second time around. By the way, Billy May told me Jimmy Jones did most of the piano work
on the Ellington sessions. Bill did a little bit on the second night. Ellington did play on some tracks.
I recently acquired a rare mono version of the album (500 were pressed). A very interesting listening experience. -ED

1964 Los Angeles

2980 Pass Me By
w/Vocal Chorus
(Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh)
Edwin H. Morris & Co. Inc./Northern Music Co. (ASCAP)
Arranged by Billy May
Conducted by Nelson Riddle
-5 (2:24) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 9
CD: 1013-2Softly As I Leave You
LP: FS1013Softly As I Leave You

2981 Emily
w/Vocal Chorus
(Johnny Mercer/Johnny Mandel)
EMI Miller Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
-11 (2:59) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 9
CD: 1013-2Softly As I Leave You
LP: FS1013Softly As I Leave You
45: 0332

2982 Dear Heart
w/Vocal Chorus
(Jay Livingston/Ray Evans/Henry Mancini)
All Nations Music/M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP)
Arranged & Conducted by Nelson Riddle
(2:42) CD: 46013-2 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disc 9
CD: 1013-2Softly As I Leave You
LP: FS1013Softly As I Leave You

NOTE: Ed O'Brien writes that he loves what Sinatra did here. First song at the session, "Pass Me By," was arranged by Billy May. Sinatra sangs, "If you don't like my whiskey, pass me by." It took him five takes to make a record. "Emily" required 11 takes. Usually, O'Brien says he feels that a chorus got in Sinatra's way, but Nelson Riddle knew what he was doing here and the vocal group perfectly complimented the singer. "Dear Heart" has a wonderful lyric and Sinatra expresses the simple sentiment with great tenderness.

Radio

1940 Horse Show Arena, St. Louis National Horse Show, St. Louis, Missouri
11:45pm-12:00am (KSD) -- Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra playing in St. Louis

1945 Songs By Sinatra
Network: CBS
Location: Hollywood
Show #4
Sponsor: Old Gold Cigarettes
Time: 9:00PM - 9:30PM (EST) Wednesday
Orchestra Conducted By: Axel Stordahl
Arrangements By: Axel Stordahl
Announcer: Marvin Miller
Writer: Glenn Wheaton
Directed By: Mann Holiner
Performers: The Pied Pipers
Guests: Margaret Whiting   Andrew Brothers
1. opening theme: Night And Day
2. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
3. It Might As Well Be Spring    M.Whiting
4. Lily Belle     Pied Pipers
5  The Charm Of You
6. Sonny Boy   The Andrew Brothers *
7. Aren't You Glad You're You?
8. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
9. closing theme: Put Your Dreams Away
* Well known radio personalities
Charlie Cantor, Cliff Lazzaro and Mel Blanc
formed the Andrew Brothers singing group.
They did a comedy skit with Frank and then
sang a song.

1949 Light Up Time
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Network: NBC
Show #21
Broadcast: 4:00-4:15 PM PST (Repeat: 8:00-8:15 PM PST)
Starring: Frank Sinatra & Dorothy Kirsten
Jeff Alexander And The Orchestra
Script (as broadcast)
1. opening
2. Them Thar Eyes - Frank Sinatra
3. commercial 1
4. Out Of My Dreams - Dorothy Kirsten
5. The Girl That I Marry - Frank Sinatra
6. Homework - Dorothy Kirsten
7. commercial 2
8. That Lucky Old Sun - Frank Sinatra
9. closing

Television

1967 Taping of "A Man & His Music + Ella + Jobim"

Ed O'Brien:
What many consider to be Sinatra's finest TV effort --
"A Man & His Music + Ella + Jobim" - was taped at
the NBC Burbank Studio on 10-1-2-3- 67. Musicians
who worked on the special told me the rehearsal time
and taping was extensive over the three days. After
each taping, Ella-Riddle and Sinatra traveled over
to Western Recorder studios and rehearsed the
Frank-Ella album scheduled to be recorded on
October 9/10 ( Monday and Tuesday). Mr Granz
demanded, at the eleventh hour, there be two
two albums recorded -- one at Reprise and
one at Verve. Frank was enraged and the sessions
were canceled.

Concerts

1935 State, Long Beach, CA (October 3-5)
The Hoboken Four
touring with the Major Bowes' Radio Amateurs

1939 Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago , Illinois (September 8 - October 12)
Harry James and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

1940 Horse Show Arena, St. Louis National Horse Show, St. Louis, Missouri (September 30 - October 5)
Matinee
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

1940 "B" Building, St. Louis National Horse Show, St. Louis, Missouri (September 30 - October 5)
Evening performance 11:30pm - 1am
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

1941 Savoy Ballroom, New York City (one-nighter)
Friday evening
T.D. & Orch.

1943 Wedgwood Room, Waldorf Astoria , New York City (October 1 - November 30)
with the Leo Reisman orchestra

1950 The Paramount, New York, NY
Sister Kenny Benefit
Frank Sinatra, Sid Caesar, Eddie Cantor, Imogene Coca, William Holden, Bert Parks, Jack Carter and others

1969 Circus Maximus at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV (September 19-October 9)
with Pat Henry & Jose Greco
Note:  Sinatra was dark on Mondays September 22, 29, October 6)

1980 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Key Musicians: Vincent Falcone Jr. - piano, Charles Turnner - trumpet, Gene Cherico - bass, Irv Cottler - drums.
Orchestra Conducted by: Vincent Falcone Jr.
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. The Best Is Yet To Come
3. The Song Is You
4. When Your Lover Has Gone
5. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
6. The Lady Is A Tramp
7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
8. Strangers In The Night
9. But Not For Me
10. Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Charles Turner solo
11. Summer Me, Winter Me
12. Street Of Dreams
13. As Time Goes By
14. Bosa Nova For C - Sinatra Conducts
15. I've Got You Under My Skin
16. You And Me
17. My Kind Of Town
18. New York, New York
Notes: TT 68mins.

1982 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Orchestra Conducted By: Vincent Falcone, jr.

1988 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, jr.
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. Come Rain Or Come Shine
3. Where Or When
4. My Heart Stood Still
5. Summer Wind
6. Mack The Knife
7. Soliloquy
8. Strangers In The Night
9. My Way
10. One For My Baby
11. medley w/ Liza

1991 Palais Des Congres, Paris, France
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1. Come Fly With Me
2. Where Or When
3. You Make Me Feel So Young
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
5. For Once In My Life
6. The Lady Is A Tramp
7. My Heart Stood Still
8. Summer Wind
9. Barbara
10. The Best Is Yet To Come
11. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind
12. Mack The Knife
13. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
14. New York, New York
15. medley Steve & Eydie only
16. My Way
Notes: Sinatra did not perform during the medley. TT 81mins.

1992 Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1. Come Fly With Me
2. A Foggy Day
3. All Or Nothing At All
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. Where Or When
9. Moonlight In Vermont
10. The Best Is Yet To Come
11. Soliloquy
12. Mack The Knife
13. One For My Baby
14. New York, New York
15. medley Frank & Shirley: Let's Do It (Shirley) - You Make Me
Feel So Young (Frank) - You Do Something To Me (Shirley) -
Witchcraft (Frank) - Cheek To Cheek (Shirley) - That's What I Call
Balling (Shirley) - Let's Do It (Frank & Shirley)
16. Frank: My Way
Notes: TT 80mins.

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EXTRA:

1935 State, Long Beach, CA (October 3-5)
The Hoboken Four
touring with the Major Bowes' Radio Amateurs

Emacs!

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1941 Savoy Ballroom, New York City (one-nighter)
Friday evening
T.D. & Orch.

Emacs!

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1950 The Paramount, New York, NY
Sister Kenny Benefit
Frank Sinatra, Sid Caesar, Eddie Cantor, Imogene Coca, William Holden, Bert Parks, Jack Carter and others

Emacs!

Emacs!

1957 Capitol Studio A, Hollywood

E17647Autumn In New York

E17648 London By Night

E17649 April In Paris

E17650 Moonlight In Vermont

                          Frankie Flies
COME FLY WITH ME featuring FRANK SINATRA with Billy May Orchestra.
Come Fly With Me: Around The World; Isle Of Capri; Moonlight In Vermont;
On The Road To Mandalay; April In Paris: Brazil & 5 others.
Capitol W 920.
Frank Sinatra is the King of popular singers (by singers he's a singer, as well
as by fans) these days. There is no one to whom he must give way on any count.
The selection of tunes to perform is a continuing indication of his good taste; the
manner in which he performs them is the envy of singers the world over and the
delight of his countless fans. The basic qualities in Sinatra's voice which make him
so superior are sincerity and the ability to phrase a song and sing its lyrics as though
he himself had written them. In previous LPs he has usually been accompanied by
the Nelson .Riddle orchestra, but this time Billy May is used for a change of pace. It is
a good choice, for the clean-sounding, lightly swinging band is excellently suited to
Sinatra's voice and the arrangements are bright and provocative, particularly the unex-
pected ending on "Road to Mandalay." The LP benefits from Capitol's painstaking re-
cording technique.
R.J.G.
Hi-Fi And Music Review
May 1958

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1962 Los Angeles

1496 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
w/Count Basie & Orchestra

1497 I Only Have Eyes For You
w/Count Basie & Orchestra

1498 My Kind Of Girl
w/Count Basie & Orchestra

1499 Pennies From Heaven
w/Count Basie & Orchestra

1500 (Love Is) The Tender Trap
w/Count Basie & Orchestra

1501 Looking At The World Through Rose Colored Glasses
w/Count Basie & Orchestra

AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell

[-]The long-awaited first collaboration between two icons, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, did something unique for the reputations of both. For Basie, the Sinatra connection inaugurated a period in the '60s where his band was more popular and better-known than it ever was, even in the big-band era. For Sinatra, Basie meant liberation, producing perhaps the loosest, rhythmically free singing of his career. Propelled by the irresistible drums of Sonny Payne, Sinatra careens up to and around the tunes, reacting jauntily to the beat and encouraging Payne to swing even harder, which was exactly the way to interact with the Basie rhythm machine -- using his exquisite timing flawlessly. Also the members of the Basie band play a more prominent role than usual on a Sinatra record, with soloists like Frank Wess -- in some of the finest flute work of his life -- and tenors Frank Foster and Eric Dixon getting prominent solo opportunities on several of the tracks. The record was criticized by some as a letdown when it came out, probably because Neal Hefti's charts rarely permit the band to roar, concentrating on use of subtlety and space. Yet the record's restraint has worn very well over the long haul -- it doesn't beat you into submission -- and it concludes with its best shot, a wonderfully playful treatment of "I Won't Dance."

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