Okay not only is this video great because it’s got two amazing crooners, but at the end you hear Al Roker saying “Wow, Michael Buble’ and Tony Bennett – Picking out drapes at Target!” BWAHAHAHA!
I have this album, it’s fantastic, to say the least. I do love Tony Bennett (though haven’t posted much about him until now – been focusing on my future husb… erm… on the talented Michael Buble’ a lot)
Just wanted to post a few interesting Frank Sinatra related websites for your perusal. We all know that Ol’ Blue Eyes “never touched the stuff” (meaning the internet) but his family and fans sure have.
The Frank Sinatra Foundation – “Helping those in need was at his spiritual core.”
SINATRA: A Voice In Time (1939-1952) – This collection was released only weeks ago, on September 27, 2007.
Sinatra Family Forums – A place for family and fans to get together and chat.
TIME Magazine’s TIME 100 – Frank Sinatra – Very nice 3 page writeup, featuring covers from TIME of Frank Sinatra
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Two items this morning, one that floored me…
First, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, Joey Bishop, has passed away at 89.
An adept ad-libber with a dry, underplayed sense of humor, Bishop achieved his greatest fame in the ’60s. He was master of ceremonies for President Kennedy’s inaugural gala and joined Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford for the Rat Pack’s historic “Summit” meetings on stage at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. – LA Times
This brings me to the story of the Sands in Atlantic City. Sinatra and the Rat Pack frequented the East …read more
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I’m sorry folks. I’m apologizing for posting this video of Frank Sinatra and Bono singing “Under My Skin”, and if your ears bleed, please not that neither myself nor b5media are going to pay your medical bills. But this is why I hate U2 and Bono. Okay, it’s not ONLY why, but it’s one of the main reasons. I can’t believe this butchering… and wtf is up with Bono getting all soprano with his voice in this? Ew. Just flat out… Ew.
And before you ask – No. I couldn’t listen/watch the whole thing either.
Okay, so it’s finally here. I’ve heard different people with different opinions on this sort of thing, but I’m sorry, I’m so mad for Dino that I just had to pre-order this from DeanMartin.Com! Of course, the one I bought has a bonus DVD in it, with home videos and interviews with the others on the album, so I didn’t get the free shipping, but if you want just the CD, go get it now!
This new album features 14 classic Dean Martin songs newly recorded instrumentals and collaborations with Kevin Spacey, Joss Stone, Martina McBride, Robbie Williams and many more.
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Fellow b5media blogger Dexie Wharton put in a song request yesterday – She said this song is for her mom, and that it’s quite special to her. Personally, I get a little mushy and sentimental whenever I hear this song myself.
I present the music and lyrics to Gershwin’s “Someone To Watch Over Me”… this version is performed by Frank Sinatra.
Someone To Watch Over Me
Gershwin/Gershwin
(There’s a saying old says that love is blind
Still were often told, seek and ye shall find
So I’m going to seek a certain gal I’ve had in mind)
(Looking everywhere, haven’t found her yet
She’s the big affair …read more
According to some, crooners are only male. Others believe in female crooners. Here’s how Wikipedia defines crooner:
Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. A crooner is a singer of popular ballads thus a “balladeer”. The singer is normally backed by a full orchestra or big band. Generally, crooners sang and popularized the songs from the Great American Songbook. Crooner was originally bestowed as a negative term, and many people given the term, such as Russ Colombo, did not consider themselves to be crooners. In an interview, Frank Sinatra …read more
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