Episodes
Sinatra swings!  Arranged by Billy May, here is The Song is You from Frank Sinatra’s 1959 album Come Dance With Me.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 08/12/23
An update about the podcast.  And a raucous Sinatra swinger.  From the 1959 album Come Dance With Me, here is Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz’s Dancing in the Dark.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 07/29/23
Sinatra’s signature sound is impossible to imagine without the influence of jazz.  Here is the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart standard Blue Moon from the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 07/15/23
A swinging Sinatra classic.  Here is Cole Porter’s I Get A Kick Out Of You from the 1962 album Sinatra And Swingin' Brass. Arranged and conducted by Neil Hefti. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to [email protected]
Published 07/02/23
Sinatra’s mastery of legato phrasing.  From the 1962 album Point of No Return, this is Eubie Blake and Andy Razaf’s Memories of You. Arranged by Heinie Beau and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 06/18/23
From the 1963 album Sinatra's Sinatra, here⁠ is Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's Call Me Irresponsible. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 06/03/23
Sinatra’s epic comeback. From 1953, this is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s I’ve Got the World on a String. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 05/20/23
Sinatra's wonderful recording of It Had To Be You, the Isham Jones/Gus Kahn classic, from his 1980 album Trilogy. Arranged and conducted by Billy May.
Published 05/06/23
From the 1958 album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, here is Jule Steyn and Sammy Cahn’s magnificent torch song Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry. Arranged by Nelson Riddle.  Conducted by Felix Slatkin. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to [email protected]
Published 04/15/23
Sinatra swings the Cole Porter classic, In the Still of the Night.  From the 1961 album Ring-a-Ding-Ding!. Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 04/02/23
From the 1963 album The Concert Sinatra, here is Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Soliloquy from Carousel.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 03/18/23
Don't Worry 'bout Me.  Here is Frank Sinatra’s marvelous 1953 recording of the Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler classic. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 03/04/23
From his 1961 album Point Of No Return, here is Frank Sinatra’s poignant wartime ballad -- Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal’s I’ll Be Seeing You. Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 02/17/23
From the 1959 album No One Cares, here is Willard Robison and Larry Conley’s A Cottage for Sale. Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 02/06/23
From the 1963 album The Concert Sinatra, here is Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Soliloquy from Carousel. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 02/04/23
Swing Easy Sinatra.  Here is George and Ira Gershwin’s Love Walked In from the 1961 album Sinatra Swings.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 01/20/23
Arguably Frank Sinatra’s finest recording . . . from his 1957 album Where Are You?, here is the Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden classic, Lonely Town. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 01/06/23
Here is Miss Peggy Lee’s definitive recording of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s often underappreciated classic, The Folks Who Live On the Hill. Arranged by Nelson Riddle.  Conducted by Frank Sinatra. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 12/16/22
Sinatra’s poignant reading of this wonderful classic remains one of his most profound recordings. From his 1961 album Sinatra and Strings, here is Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish’s Stardust.  Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 12/02/22
Here is Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the sublime Hollywood String Quartet.  From Sinatra's 1956 album Close to You, this is Matt Dennis and Tom Adair’s wonderful jazz standard, Everything Happens to Me. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 11/11/22
A Great American Songbook classic. From Frank Sinatra’s 1956 album A Swingin' Affair!, here is Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' I Won’t Dance.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 10/28/22
For the Greatest Generation, no other song could match Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade.  From Frank Sinatra's 1956 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is his  definitive recording of this iconic song.  Lyrics by Mitchell Parish.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.   Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 10/14/22
Unleashed musical imagination from Frank Sinatra. Here is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s Let’s Fall in Love from Sinatra’s 1961 album Ring-a-Ding-Ding!. Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 09/30/22
Nobody sings of lost love and longing like Frank Sinatra.  Nobody.  From Sinatra’s 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours, here is Hoagy Carmichael’s enduring classic I Get Along Without You Very Well.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Published 09/16/22
From his 1957 album A Swingin’ Affair, here is Frank Sinatra’s classic recording of The Lady is a Tramp. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi
Published 09/02/22