Posted on 05/29/2015 1:23:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Frank’s at the bottom of a long list of people significantly better than him.
Frank could sing as well as William Shatner.
Vegas usta work....Now we get Hairy Reed.
I watched the two part HBO documentary on him, and found it annoyingly unsatisfying. First, they used the acceptable technique (but one I don’t like) of having ALL commentators/narrators off screen, so you never see who is talking. You just get “voice of Nancy Sinatra.” Second, although they touched on all the questions raised here, they never seem to answer any except to say that Sinatra stood up against racial discrimination, which I think most people know and which he should be applauded for. They of course downplayed the Australian incident where he basically called a female reporter a slut.
I like him but Dean Martin and Tony Bennett are better.
Especially Martin. Sinatra supposedly modeled his singing style off Bing Crosby.
I could see that being true.
Great singers. Ever notice how many of the great crooners were Italian-American. Really remarkable:
http://www.italianlegacy.com/italian-american-singers.html
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greatest-american-italian-singers-of-all-time-mw0001961738
“I don’t know what to do, Godfather. My voice is weak, it’s weak. Anyway, if I had this part in the picture, it puts me right back on top, you know. But this... this man out there. He won’t give it to me, the head of the studio.”
Blasphemy! Sinatra was THE best!!!
A friend of mine is a renowned mastering engineer and has gifted me many, many Sinatra tracks burned direct from the studio master tapes. Some are “dry” and include studio chatter that never made it to the commercial version.
The best pop song (One for My Baby) ever written sung by the greatest singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_zhVeZphwE
Dennis Miller talks of having dinner with Frank - GREAT 8 minute chat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQyJlKI26lk
That documentary is on YouTube, btw. Nicely done, IMO.
We all have our favorites of course. To me Frank is at the pinnacle. The only one who comes close is the a Brit, the late Terence Parson, aka Matt Monro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcdmq07u2T8
I’m one. :) American with Italian heritage. not a great crooner :)
Frank Sinatra was a very remarkable guy, no doubt about it.
That’s a great video.
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