![]() Smith the song proved successful and reached the fourth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Sinatra recorded the song after hearing an earlier cover of it by O.C. The most famous version is by Frank Sinatra, released on his 1966 album of the same name. The song has an uplifting message that, despite the ups and downs in life, one should not give up but keep positive, because soon one will be "back on top." In his capacity with the company that basically oversees all things Sinatra and as a lifelong fan of the music icon, Pignone has a keen sense of the impact Ol’ Blues Eyes continues to have on pop culture." That's Life" is a popular song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon and first recorded in 1963 by Marion Montgomery. “It will be tough but we want to get a new generation to learn about Sinatra and then hopefully go back and find his catalog on Spotify or iTunes,” he said. The as-yet-to-be-cast actor in the lead role will do his own singing and those will be big vocal shoes to fill. … It’s not a matter of what we’re putting into the show it’s what we have to leave out because his catalog really is an embarrassment of riches,” Pignone said. “We’re looking at a 10- or 15-year period of his life, from the 1950s through the ’60s, with the songs from that catalog era and probably one or two new songs. It’s projected to open in London’s West End in 2020 with an eye on Broadway in 2021. While the book and the album are a look back, there are projects to look forward to down the road, including a feature film, and a stage musical written by “Empire” co-creator Danny Strong (“The Hunger Games,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”). ![]() Frank’s voice basically becomes another ‘instrument’ in Basie’s band.”įrank Sinatra sings along with fellow Rat Pack members Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., at a fund-raising reunion in Santa Monica, Calif., May 22, 1978, to benefit a charity. “Quincy knew how to write for Sinatra and that band. “The engagement at the Sands with Quincy and Count Basie was the highlight of his career,” Pignone said. “Sinatra at the Sands” the album, with Count Basie and his orchestra, with arrangements and conducted by Quincy Jones, is a seminal work. The Sinatra concerts in the late 1960s at the Copa Room are legendary. If you look at his catalog that’s why he revisits songs later in his career, because the songs had different meaning for him.” We used to joke on the road that he never sang the same song the same way once. … That’s one of the real talents of Sinatra. But 10 years later he’s a little more pessimistic. Then he did it a decade later on Reprise (Sinatra’s own label) and you hear the wistfulness and melancholy in the tone. “Listen to ‘All My Tomorrows’ … he did it when he was 43 years old at Capitol. It’s reflected in some of the songs she sings and the way he sings them. He was in really good spirits,” Pignone said. “With the three shows you really hear him mature as a performer. “He usually didn’t do encores but he came out and did ‘New York New York’ and the rest. The Dallas show also marks one of the longest concerts Sinatra ever did. “If the tickets said was 8 p.m., the opening act, if there was one, was out on that stage at 8 p.m.” ![]() “He was the most prompt guy in the world,” Weisman said. We’d hop on the jet and play all our Midwest shows and fly back home to Chicago,” Weisman said.īackstage, Sinatra did not drink before a performance, opting for tea, lemon and some vocalizing, “all of which took about 20 minutes,” with another 10 minutes or so getting into his signature tuxedo. “We’d get off the private jet and in 20 minutes he was at the hotel. For example, Sinatra made Midway Airport and the Ambassador East hotel his Midwest hub because of the airport’s proximity to the hotel and venues like the United Center and Chicago Theater. ![]() What Weisman does reveal is a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of Sinatra on the road. So I don’t talk about the Dorsey days or the Rat Pack because I wasn’t part of that.” There’s nothing in my book that I didn’t hear or I didn’t see. “There are probably 100 books written about Frank, most of which are researched books where people are interviewed and they recount this happened and that happened. Weisman’s book is his first-person account of only those conversations and situations that he was privy to. ![]()
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