[sinatraphiles] October 7 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:08:24 -0400

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Radio

1939  Live Remote:  Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois
Saturday Afternoon
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
NBC Blue  & Red Networks -- WJZ & WEAF - New York City
Harry James &  His Orchestra
Harry on lead trumpet, Jack Schaeffer, Claude Brown, Jack Palmer (trumpets), Russell Brown, Truett Jones, Dalton Rizzotto (trombone), Dave Matthews, Claude Lakey (alto sax), Bill Luther, Drew Page (tenor/baritone sax), Jack Gardner (piano), Red Kent (guitar), Thurman Teague (bass), Mickey Scrima (drums), Marie Carroll, Frank Sinatra, Jack Palmer (vocals)

1944 Your Hit Parade
Network: CBS
Program #490
Time: 9:00-9:40 P.M. (Rebroadcast October 8, 1944 12:00-12:40 A.M.)
Sponsor: Lucky Strike
Script by: Tom Langan
Script (Final As Broadcast)
1. Singing On A Star (6) - Frank Sinatra
2. Hallelujah - Orchestra
3. It Had To Be You (7) - Joan Edwards
4. commercial
5. When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobin' Along - Orchestra & Hit Paraders
6. Let Me Love You Tonight (9) - Frank Sinatra
7. Alabamy Bound - Orchestra
8. station break
9. Time Waits For No One (5) - Hit Paraders
10. How Many Hearts Have You Broken (4) - Joan Edwards
11. commercial
12. Together (3) - Hit Paraders
13. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (2) - Joan  Edwards
14. commercial
15. I'll Walk Alone (1) - Frank Sinatra
Notes: Show was revised to 40mins. for Democratic National Committee.

1949 Light Up Time
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Network: NBC
Show #25
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. It All Depends On You - Frank Sinatra
3. commercial 1
4. You Go To My Head - Dorothy Kirsten
5. You're In Love With Someone - Frank Sinatra
6. commercial 2
7. My Romance - Frank Sinatra & Dorothy Kirsten
8. closing

Television

1950 The Frank Sinatra Show
Network: CBS
Location: New York City
Script Dated: October 7, 1950
Show: #1 (PREMIER)
Sponsor: sustaining
Time: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M.
Writers: Harry Crane
Producer: Paul Dudley
Director: Hal Gerson
Announcer: Ken Roberts
Orchestra Conducted By: Axel Stordahl
Guests: J. Carrol Naish, Ben Blue, Mary Mayo, Harrison and Kaye (tap dancers), The Moon Mists
1. When You're Smiling - Frank Sinatra
2. I Concentrate On You - Frank Sinatra
3. sketch: "Chaplin" Frank Sinatra as "The Kid" & Ben Blue as "Charlie Chaplin"
4. sketch: "Life With Luigi" - Frank Sinatra & J. Carrol Naish
5. Ol' Man River - Frank Sinatra

Ed O'Brien:
Frank's first TV series got off to a rough start.
There were changes made almost immediately and
a certain amount of panic set in. William Paley personally
oversaw the revamping of the show and Sinatra let CBS
and his agent know just how unhappy he was. Here
is an article from the 11-4-50 issue of Billboard

SINATRA PUTS MCA ON NOTICE
NEW YORK. Oct 28 -- As a result of the difficulties
he has been having with his CBS-TV show, Frank
Sinatra this week gave MCA its dismissal as his
agent. The singer feels he has not gotten adequate
video representation from the firm, the result of which
was that his first program was very badly received.
Some of Sinatra's advisers, however, are trying
to straighten out the situation harmoniously and
bring the vocalist back into the MCA stable. Sinatra,
also, is not too happy at the treatment accorded him
by CBS-TV, which has assigned one of its better, b
ut more overworked producers -- Irving Mans-
field -- to his show, after Paul Dudley, the initial
producer, was moved off the program. The Sinatra
contract with MCA has two more years to go.

Actually the ratings were not all that bad.
Avg. audience for the month of Oct 1950
1. Your Show of Shows NBC 30.6
2. Frank Sinatra Show CBS 19.5
3. Madison Square Garden Rodeo DuMont 10.9
4. NFL Pro Football ABC 8.6
(pro football was no big deal back then)

Ed O'Brien:
The highlights of this first show were the songs. Frank opened with "When You're
Smiling" using the Siravo arrangement. Sounds very much like the Blackpool version
in 1953. After the song, he thanked the audience for coming to his "opening night.'
Porter's classic "I Concentrate On You" featured a Stordahl chart, heavy on strings.
Frank closed out the song with a gorgeous falsetto note on "you." Before "Ol' Man
River," the perils of live TV had Frank yelling for the mike." His powerful rendition
revealed there was no foundation to the claims that his voice was shot in the early
'50s. Overall show was a mixed bag, but Sinatra's singing was superb.

Concerts

1935 Fox Theatre, San Diego, CA (October 6-8)
The Hoboken Four
touring with the Major Bowes' Radio Amateurs

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

I decided to do some additional research on this engagement after finding a brief bio
on James that contradicted the above dates. The band actually opened on 9/9 and it was for
an "indefinite stay." I combed through the September and October 39 Variety and Billboard
magazines. I found the first mention of Sinatra in a Billboard and discovered that the engage-
ment ran through 10/27. The Panther Room was also known as the College Inn. I found a re-
view in Billboard and a review of "Here Comes The Night" in Variety.'
--Ed

1940 Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa (One Nighter)

If you haven't heard of the Surf Ballroom then you're missing out on a part of history.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances at the Surf on February 2, 1959 as part of the "Winter Dance Party Tour". Holly, Valens and Richardson left The Surf immediately after the show, going to the nearby Mason City airport and chartering a small plane to take them to Fargo, North Dakota to prepare for their next show at the Moorhead Armory in Moorhead, Minnesota. The plane took off at 12:55 AM Central Time on Tuesday February 3, 1959. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing everyone aboard.

A concrete monument was erected outside The Surf, and the ballroom is adorned with large pictures of the three musicians.
A street flanking the facility's east property line is named Buddy Holly Place in his honor.

1941 Hamilton-Butler Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, Fairgrounds, Hamilton, Ohio (One-Nighter)
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

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

1952 Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St Louis, Missouri (4-10)

1974 The Main Event, Philadelphia , PA
With Woody Herman And The Young Thundering Herd
Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. The Lady is a Tramp
2. I Get a Kick out of You
3. Let me try Again
4. My Kind of Town
5. Ol' Man River
6. monologue
7. I Get Along Without You Very Well
8. I've Got You Under my Skin
9. Send in the Clowns
10. If
11. You Are the Sunshine of my Life
12. What Are you doing the rest of Your Life
13. My Way

Notes: The verse of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and the song "Let Me Try Again" Appear On The CD: The Main Event (Reprise).
(The Philly concert was released as part of the "Standing Room Only" three-CD set issued in 2018--Ed)

1976 Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Time: 8:00 PM
Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
Opening Act: Sam Butera & The Witnesses
1.  I Write the Songs
2.  Where or When
3.  Stargazer
4.  The Lady Is a Tramp
5.  Embraceable You
6.  My Funny Valentine
7.  I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
8.  For Once in My Life
9.  Like a Sad Song
10.  This Is All I Ask
11.  Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
12.  It Was a Very Good Year
13.  Night and Day
14.  My Way

1980 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 3-8)
Key Musicians: Vincent Falcone Jr. - piano, Charles Turnner - trumpet, Gene Cherico - bass, Irv Cottler - drums.
Orchestra Conducted by: Vincent Falcone Jr.
Pat Henry  opening act

There were two-shows on 10/3 & 10/4.
Muhammad Ali vs Larry Holmes was the main attraction at Caesars on 10/2.
Frank was at ringside for that sad affair.
Ed

1990 Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Closing Night
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1. I've Got The World On A String
2. A Foggy Day
3. For Once In My Life
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
5. The Lady Is A Tramp
6. Where Or When
7. monologue
8. Bewitched
9. What Now, My Love?
10. Strangers In The Night
11. The Best Is Yet To Come
12. medley: The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind
13. Mack The Knife
14. One For My Baby
15. My Way
16. Summer Wind
17. New York, New York
Notes: TT 72mins.

1991 Congresgebouw, Hague, Holland
Monday evening
W/ Steve & Eydie
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. monologue
8. Bewitched
9. The Best Is Yet To Come
10. Summer Wind
11. I've Got You Under My Skin
12. Mack The Knife
13. One For My Baby
14. Luck Be A Lady
15. New York, New York
16. Frank, Steve, & Eydie - Hits Medley: Come Fly With Me / Night
And Day / I Get A Kick Out Of You / I've Got The World On A
String / You Make Me Feel So Young / All The Way / When You're Smiling / Young At Heart / Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
17. My Way
Notes: TT 91mins.

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EXTRA:

1940, Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa (One Nighter)

Emacs!

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1941 Hamilton-Butler Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, Fairgrounds, Hamilton, Ohio (September 7 - one-nighter)

Emacs!

Aug. 24, 1992 - Dorsey, Sinatra and Rich helped Hamilton swing:

Journal-News, Monday, Aug. 24, 1992
Dorsey, Sinatra, Rich helped Hamilton swing during sesquicentennial in 1941

By Jim Blount

Ask anyone who was in town for Hamilton's 150th birthday celebration in 1941 what was the most memorable event and there's a good chance the answer will be the six nights of big band music and dancing held at the Butler County Fairgrounds.

A "Garden Under the Stars" was created for the five-band event, which was headlined by the talents of Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, Buddy Rich and Ziggy Elman all in one night.

Dorsey, whose "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" earned him the sobriquet "the sentimental gentleman" was billed as "the greatest swing trombonist in the country" whose music would appeal to Hamilton-area "hep cats and jive enthusiasts." Vocalist Connie Haines was called "the sweetheart of swing."

The "Garden Under the Stars" featured a sheltered, hardwood dance floor measuring 149 by 30.5 feet which could accommodate more than 2,000 people and tables and chairs. A 10-foot high white picket fence surrounded the area.

"The entire garden and the floor are illuminated by myriads of gaily-colored electric lights and sesquicentennial banners and buntings in attractive decorative arrangements," noted Frances Eberling, a Journal-News reporter."

Fred M. Stitsinger was chairman of the big-band committee and, according to the newspaper, "the one who conceived the idea of a Garden Under the Stars."

The series started Monday night, Oct. 4, 1941, with the Raymond Scott band; followed Tuesday by Tommy Dorsey; Wednesday by Henry King; Thursday by Leighton Noble; and Friday and Saturday by Frankie Masters.

Dorsey was the top draw, attracting "more than 4,000 swing-conscious Butler Countians and their sesquicentennial celebration guests" for a four-hour show, reported Bill Moeller.

"Dorsey played under severe handicap," Moeller said, because "he suffered a sprained back Sunday while playing tennis in Pittsburgh and was advised by his doctor to take it easy for several days."

Instead, Dorsey was on the Hamilton bandstand Tuesday night "for three hours without a break until intermission" and "had to be assisted from the stand."

The most requested songs were "Quiet Please," featuring drummer Buddy Rich, "And the Angels Sing," starring trumpeter Ziggy Elman; "I'll Never Smile Again" with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers; and "Marie" and "Song of India" by the band.

Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" had been the top tune of 1940 and would rank in the top 10 for the 1940-1949 decade.

Sinatra known for making teenage bobby-soxers scream and swoon was 23 years old and in the final year of his three-year stint with the Dorsey band.

Of his Hamilton audience, Dorsey said "it is one of the most enthusiastic crowds I've ever seen and one of the largest packed into a place this size."

Bill Moeller wrote that "several times the crowd had to be warned against shoving" because "jam-fans in the distant rows sought to get a better look at the Dorsey musicians."

"Although the music was not scheduled to start until 9 o'clock, many jive devotees were at the garden as early as 7 o'clock. A line started to form around the band stand shortly before 8 o'clock and the early birds still were in their original positions when the music stopped at 1 o'clock, " Moeller reported.

Attendance for the six nights of big-band music was about 9,000, including Thursday night when rain and cold limited the dance crowd to about 300 and caused cancellation of some other sesquicentennial programs. Total attendance for all events was about 100,000, according to 1941 newspaper reports.

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1991 Congresgebouw, Hague, Holland

https://images2.persgroep.net/rcs/eTP67REJ16Ve5uiCq_v4Zkc-CwA/d

Frank Sinatra bedankt in 1991 het publiek in het Haagse Congresgebouw
(Frank Sinatra thanks the public in 1991 in the Hague Congress Building)

--Thanks to Carl Rasmussen for the note and photo above

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