In Frank's honor, his favorite drink.
Sinatra’s signature hat is hanging on the mike stand.
In Frank's honor, his favorite drink.
It Was A Very Good Year
Sinatra Song of the Century #1
http://www.steynonline.com/6737/it-was-a-very-good-year
http://www.venetian.com/entertainment/shows/frank.html
Last trip to Vegas I went to this show while it was still at Pallazzo. Outstanding. Outstanding. Repeat - outstanding. Many in the orchestra actually were in Sinatra’s bands.
The best number of the whole show was a re-enactment of the first take of I’ve Got The World On A String - all the onlookers and rehearsal chatter etc. The exact same thing you are talking about here. Can’t you just hear him - fiiingggerrrrs....!
No high tech, everybody be quiet, a picture of society that still got along without someone painting lines on the road or signs on the door
And I LOVE(d) that song .... along with "My Way"
Thanks for posting
Until I saw him singing live in front of an orchestra I did not really understand why Sinatra was the “Chairman of the Board”. His voice blended with the music and laid over it like a warm, fitted blanket. It was itself a musical instrument. I’ve never heard anything before or since like that in anyone’s voice.
Thanks, great post.
Not even a Sinatra fan to speak of but that as awesome. What true God given talent really was IMO. Thanks for sharing.
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
Wed hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
Wed ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
But now the days grow short
I’m in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
>from fine old kegs
>from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
It was a mess of good years
Thanks! I needed that!
cheers
Jim
Classic. Great seeing the actual recording session.
BMFL
Wes Montgomery included a version of the song in his album Goin’ Out Of My Head (1965).
bfl
You might enjoy this thread.
Compare the guys. Sammy at 43:45 doing his spot on impersonation of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
The Rat Pack,Dean Martin,Sammy Davis Jr & Frank Sinatra, live and swinging on stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz1DPR5EDqM