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I’m shooting for another regular series here at Crooner Culture, the “Weekend Song and Drink”, where I’ll highlight a tasty beverage (usually alcoholic, but often can be made without) and a song that would just go along well while drinking it.
You know how drinking that first sip of hot coffee in the morning gives you a “feeling”?
And you know how that really great song you hear does that same thing?
I’m gonna match them up for you.
So this weekend’s song and drink is… *drumroll*

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I don’t know why the LA Times is stating that Frank Sinatra died on May 14th, when all the stuff that’s been happening happened yesterday on the 13th, but here’s a rumor I couldn’t bear to ignore:
They’re doing it Frank Sinatra’s way – Ten years after his death, Ol’ Blue Eyes is the color of money under a new deal between the family and Warner Music Group Corp.
Late last year, the Sinatra heirs signed a pact with Warner Music Group Corp. that will bring Ol’ Blue Eyes back in a big way, not just as a digitally resurrected entertainer but …read more

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Frank Sinatra Framed Memorabilia
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We still remember you, Mr. Chairman!
Today marks the anniversary of the passing of the most legendary crooner of all time, Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra. Lots of wonderful things happening today, most of which I’ve written about previously here on Crooner Culture.
Frank gets his own US stamp today. Yes, I’m going to the post office the second it opens up. No, you didn’t have to ask.
Oh, and let’s not forget the new CD release today: Nothing But The Best
I had originally thought that this was his birthday – with all the “celebrating” going on …read more

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I’ve yet to get to Vegas (but I’m hoping to go soon), yet I hear that the fountains at the Bellagio “sing and dance” and I want to see for myself.
For now, the best I can do is this video I found on YouTube of the fountains singing and dancing to Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me To The Moon”. Pretty beautiful, even from so far back, don’t you think?

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Get this Frank Sinatra Poster for $7!Buy at AllPosters.com
Okay this has got to be the coolest. Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is running Frank Sinatra stuff all month long in honor of the anniversary of his death 10 years ago.
Right this minute, on a Sunday night, I’m watching a televised concert he did in the 60s (Sinatra: The Man and His Music). He’s singing “I Get A Kick Out Of You” and he’s doing this head-bobbin’ (think Night at the Roxbury but not as extreme – much more suave) and foot stompin’ thing. I just love him.
I was SO born …read more

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Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra
at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, 1940
I wish I had a “music room” and I wish it were orange or blue.
I wish I had this room solely to be able to put this reproduction poster in it!
Loren, DennisBuy at AllPosters.com

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Did you know that there’s a Frank Sinatra Countrywide Celebrity Invitational golf tournament? Or that Liza Minnelli is an “honorary rat” and is set to perform performed this year? Official Site – SinatraGolf.Org
Ol’ Blue Eyes’ first wife Nancy (often referred to as “Nancy Sr.”) has reportedly suffered a second heart attack. Nancy, who was married to the crooner for 12 years until their divorce in 1951, checked into Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center a few weeks ago after a cardiac arrest, reports the National Enquirer. Nancy is the mother of Frank Sinatra’s three children Nancy Jr., Tina and Frank Jr.
Frank …read more

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“Basically, I’m for anything that gets you through the night – be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.”
“I’m not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I’m not looking for the secret to life…. I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.”
“I’m gonna live till I die.”

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Combined with the release of the Frank Sinatra U.S. stamp, all the Sinatra DVD collections and the mini-series produced by Frank’s daughter Tina Sinatra, there’s yet one more release to come in May, Nothing But The Best (Pre-order now by clicking that link and save $4!).
Here’s the tracklist:

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