[sinatraphiles] September 29 - THIS DATE IN SINATRA HISTORY

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:46:40 -0400

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Radio

1945 The Victory Chest Program
Pool feed from Hollywood Bowl
Sponsor: Victory Chest fund appeal.
Host: Orson Welles
Performers: Arch Oboler, Bill Johnson, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Earl Warren
(Governor of California), Eddie Cantor, Edward G. Robinson, Frances
Langford, Frank Sinatra, Gene Autry, Hal Gerard, Harold Peary, Jack Carson,
Jerry Colonna, Kay Kyser, Lee Sweetland, Leonard Sues, Lionel Barrymore,
Margaret Brayton, Patricia Lowery, Paul Theodore, Preston Hotchkiss, Robert
Regent, Shirley Mitchell, The Ken Darby Chorus, Tommy Cook, Tony Romano,
William Halsey
The Victory War Chest Orchestra
Directed by: Carlton E. Morse
Producers: Howard Wiley, Carlton E. Morse
Announcer: James Powell
Conductor: Meredith Willson
1. Night And Day
2. The House I Live In
Notes: Sinatra sings the above two songs plus a duet with Jack Carson.
TT:2hr.28mins. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

Ed O'Brien:
Duet with Carson was a parody of Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In."
They also did a skit with Carson trying to convince Frank to do cowboy
pictures.

1949 Light Up Time
Sponsor: Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Network: NBC
Show #19
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. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - Frank Sinatra
3. commercial 1
4. If You Were The Only Boy In The World - Dorothy Kirsten
5. Maybe It's Because - Frank Sinatra
6. commercial 2
7. I'm In The Mood For Love - Dorothy Kirsten
8. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You - Frank Sinatra
9. closing

1954 The Frank Sinatra Show
Network: NBC
Show Number: 9
Time 8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Bobbi Home Permanet, White Rain Shampoo, Deep Magic Face lotion
Host: Frank Sinatra
Writers: Norm Sickel
Announcer: Maurice Hart
Producer: Andrew C. Love
1. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - Frank Sinatra
2. That Was My Heart You Heard - Betty Madigan
3. From Here To Eternity - Frank Sinatra

1981 WOR-AM
New York City
September 29. 30 and October 1, 1981
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Ed O'Brien:
While appearing at Carnegie Hall, Sinatra was interviewed
by Arlene Francis.on the afternoon of 9-15-81 The extensive
conversation was broadcast on three consecutive nights over
WOR-AM in N..Y.C. The two hour interview covered a wide range
of topics.

Television

1953 Milton Berle Show (NBC)
Episode #214, Season #6
Host: Miton Berle
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Tallulah Bankhead
Recurring Roles: Arnold Stang, Ruth Gilbert, Milton Frome, Jack Collins
Alan Roth and Orchestra
Directed By: Greg Garrison
Writers: Selma Diamond, Jay Burton, Goodman Ace, Aaron Ruben, Jerry Seelen,
Phil Charig
1. I've Got The World On A String
Notes: Show in circulation

Sinatra Scholar Ed O'Brien points out that Sinatra showed tremendous
confidence on the Berle Show. After Berle's introduction, Sinatra sang "I've
Got the World on a String" with a supreme sense of himself. Berle joins him
in parody of Rodgers & Hart's "This Can't Be LovLove." Sinatra, Tallulah
Bankhead and Berle sing "Let's Do the Town Tonight." This show offers a look
at Sinatra in the early days of his great comeback.

Ed O'Brien:
Billboard gave Uncle Miltie's sixth season opener a rave review. But the
ratings were not what gave "Mr. Television" that moniker.
He was starting to fade, and very quickly..

If you can find it, "The Ultimate Frank Sinatra Collection" 10 DVD set put
out by Passport in 2009 includes this 1953 Milton Berle Show episode --
Scott

Buick -Berle Show (TV). NBC - TV. Tuesday (29). 8.9 p.m.. EST. Milton
Berle's return for the new season was a fast -paced, entertaining stanza all
the way, with Frank Sinatra and Tallulah Bankhead offering top -flight
support. Again using the storyline format introduced last year, Berle's
scripting staff, headed by Goodman Ace, came thru with a topflight job. The
premise on the preem was Berle's desire to get into legit and his struggle
to beat out Sinatra for the male lead opposite Tallulah. This gambit led to
some fast and funny exchanges among the three of them, culminating in a
sketch which was to be an audition for Frankie and Millie. Sinatra played a
counterman who brought together again a has been actress and a down and out
comic. The drama was well integrated with the rest of the show and did not
seem out of place, altho Berle will never win any Academy Awards for serious
thesping. The show was buttressed by fine support from a couple of good
comic characters, Ruthie Gilbert and Arnold Stang. Alan Ruth's band provided
the music. Even the stanza's opening was good for some yocks, as the old
"Texaco Star Theater" billboard was flashed, with the "men of Texaco" on
hand to open as in past seasons. Berle interrupted to salute his new
bankroller. Buick, and also gave that firm a warm pitch at  the end. The
commercials were handled by Vinton Hayworth in highly convincing fashion,
altho the middle plug seemed a bit over -produced, what with film integrated
into a live pitch and a local cut -in for price. Sam Chase.

Billboard
10-10-53

1959 Bing Crosby Oldsmobile Show
ABC-TV
Tuesday Evening
9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong,
Joe Bushkin, George Shearing, Paul Smith
1. We're Glad We're Not Young Anymore(parody)               Bing, Frank,
Peggy, Louis
2. Looking At The World Thru Rose Colored Glasses         Bing
3. Willow Weep For Me                       Frank
4. Baubles, Bangles And Beads          Peggy
5. I Love A Piano   Frank, Bing, Peggy
6. Lullaby Of Birdland           Peggy w/ George Shearing on piano
7. One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else         Frank w/Paul Smith on piano
8. When The Blue Of The Night(uptempo)        Bing w/ Joe Bushkin
9. Mack The Knife                                Louis
10. To Neat To Be A Beatnik              Bing, Peggy
11. Basin Street Blues/Everybody Loves My Baby/Lazy Bones       Bing, Louis
12. Them There Eyes              Louis
13. Some Of These Days        Peggy
14. If I Could Be With You        Frank
15. Up A Lazy River                 Frank, Peggy
16. High Society                       Bing, Peggy
17. When It's Sleepy Time Down South         Bing, Louis
18. Now You Has Jazz        Bing, Frank, Peggy, Louis

BING CROSBY SHOW
9-29-59
Piano segment

Concerts

1935 Paramount, Los Angeles, CA (September 26 - October 2)
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 Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis (One Nighter)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

1941 Tantilla Gardens , Richmond , Virginia (September 29 - one-nighter)
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

NOTE: Ed O'Brien sent a pertinent item from the October 11, 1941 issue of
Billboard: "TD ork drew $1,900 at Richmond's Tantilla Gardens last Tuesday
(30) pulling over 1,700 patrons at $1.10. Nitery removed all tables from
floor and ran strictly ballroom for this attraction. Name one-nighters
usually play $1.65 at this spot and this was an experiment to draw the
dancers and not the table sitters.

Note:  Billboard had it wrong.  Tantilla Gardens concert was on September
29, 1941 and it was a Monday.

1945 All Star Victory Chest Show, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
Victory Chest fund appeal.
Performers: Orson Welles, Arch Oboler, Bill Johnson, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore,
Earl Warren (Governor of California), Eddie Cantor, Edward G. Robinson,
Frances Langford, Frank Sinatra, Gene Autry, Hal Gerard, Harold Peary, Jack
Carson, Jerry Colonna, Kay Kyser, Lee Sweetland, Leonard Sues, Lionel
Barrymore, Margaret Brayton, Patricia Lowery, Paul Theodore, Preston
Hotchkiss, Robert Regent, Shirley Mitchell, The Ken Darby Chorus, Tommy
Cook, Tony Romano, William Halsey

1. Night And Day
2. The House I Live In
Notes: Sinatra sang the above two songs plus a duet with Jack Carson

1952, Latin Casino, Philadelphia, Pa (September 23 - October 1, 1952)

1956 Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada (September 12-October 2)
also:  Joey Bishop & The Beachcombers

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)

1976 Westchester Premier Theater, Tarrytown, New York
Key Musicians: Gene Cherico (bass), Al Viola (guitar), Charles Turner
(trumpet), Irv Cottler (drums).
Orchestra Conducted By: Bill Miller
1. I Sing The Songs
2. Where Or When
3. Stargazer - w/Sam Butera
4. All I Need Is The Girl
5. Embraceable You
6. My Funny Valentine
7. I Get Along Without You Very Well
8. For Once In My Life
9. monologue
10. Empty Tables
11. This Is All I Ask
12. Never Gonna Fall In Love Again
13. It Was A Very Good Year
14. Night And Day
Notes: TT 65mins.

1994 Music Hall, Dallas State Fairground, Dallas, Texas
Orchestra Conducted By: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1. Come Fly With Me
2. You Make Me Fell So Young
3. Witchcraft
4, For Once In My Life
5. Come Rain Or Come Shine
6. The Lady Is A Tramp
7. I Get A Kick Out Of You
8. Strangers In The Night
9. Fly Me To The Moon
10. My Funny Valentine
11. What Now My Love
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

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Extra

September 29, 1940 Indiana Roof, Indianapolis (One Nighter)

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1941 Tantilla Gardens , Richmond , Virginia (September 29 - one-nighter)
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra

Emacs!

The above advertisement appeared on September 27th.  Note the misspelling of
Sinatra's name

Here's the ad that ran on September 29th:

Emacs!

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1945 All Star Victory Chest Show, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA

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1953 Milton Berle Show (NBC)
Episode #214, Season #6
Host: Miton Berle
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Tallulah Bankhead

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1959 Bing Crosby Oldsmobile Show

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Ed O'Brien:
Ad should read Paul Smith, not Williams
Paul told me his segment with Sinatra was a
real highlight of his career.

          The Bing Crosby Show (TV Series 1959- ) - IMDb

          Frank Sinatra - Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Miss Peggy Lee

        The Bing Crosby Show (TV Series 1959- ) - IMDb

Piano segment:

I Love A Piano   Frank, Bing, Peggy
Lullaby Of Birdland           Peggy w/ George Shearing on piano
One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else         Frank w/Paul Smith on piano
Where The Blue Of The Night     Bing w/Joe Bushkin on piano

Emacs!

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