title
IN THE NEWS


NOTE: 
Frank Sinatra defined American music for generations, not only in performance and technique, but in style. His life influences entire generations of both admirers and detractors to a degree than even years after his passing, his name continues to be invoked in press around the globe. This page gathers mentions of Frank Sinatra from news sources from all over the world - creating a fascinating tribute to The Chairman Of The Board. Also check here for updates to SinatraGuide.com.

September 3, 2010

Sonny Rollins Takes a Ride Uptown

Wall Street Journal
To mend the strife, the city asked Frank Sinatra to appeal for calm. "Sinatra came into the auditorium and said, 'Don't fight, be friends,'" Mr. Rollins ...

Stork Club: A New York Icon

Online PR News (press release)
Frank Sinatra once referred to it as a 'black tie watering hole'. On any given night, celebrities from all over would congregate at the club and mingle with ...

The Diary: Venice Film Festival; Jonathan Lee; Tony Blair; Bob Geldof; King ...

Independent
Others in the cast, playing themselves, are Nikita Khruschev, Frank Sinatra, Lyndon Johnson, Bull Conner and Fidel Castro. Well, it marks a new level of ...

d/b/a Songwriters: “Why Are You Writing Country Songs?”

American Songwriter
I heard a swing beat, a sultry Frank Sinatra style vocal, horn stabs, and an ABA song structure. Thus, I reviewed it as a big band song. It was quite good. ...

Don't overdelegate

Asbury Park Press
It's a lesson Asbury Park School Superintendent Denise Lowe should heed now that she has lost her battle with Frank Sinatra, the state fiscal monitor, ...

SHORT TAKES: Leon Russell in Wise

TriCities.com
He played on records ranging from Frank Sinatra to the Rolling Stones. He wrote "Delta Lady," which hit huge for Joe Cocker. Into the 1970s, he recorded ...

Arts, Beats & Eats National Music Stage

pride source.com
I want to do something historical, like Frank Sinatra's "My Way" or Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Something people never forget.

Theater Listings: Sept. 3 — 9

New York Times
Twyla Tharp brings her kinetic heat to the cool of Frank Sinatra songs in this dazzling dance musical set in a fantasy nightclub redolent of the 1940s. ...

Product Wire

Gifts & Decorative Accessories
Dorfman's new Sinatra Collection is inspired by the wardrobe of "The Chairman of the Board" himself, Frank Sinatra. Dorfman Pacific, Stockton, CA. ...

Congress Democrats District 14

Queens Courier
That's why I secured millions in federal funding for Queens educational institutions, including the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and LaGuardia Community ...

Major Las Vegas hotel said to offer Bon Jovi residency

Examiner.com
If the ghosts of Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra are within earshot, best get your asses UP in those arena rafters and start moving to the vibe that Bon ...

Pop-Ed: Who's In and Who's Out at 'Saturday Night Live'?

PopEater
... but that's bordering on cruel – which he's not. Plus, Armisen still delivers sketches like last season's "I Did It In My Style: The Story of Frank Sinatra."

New York City Dining - Authentic Greek, Italian & Japanese Favorites

City Guide Magazine
A Theatre District staple since 1944 -- and known as Frank Sinatra's favorite restaurant -- celebrities, theatergoers, couples, and large Italian families ...

Martin Drew

Telegraph.co.uk
... the drummer with the Heralds of Swing band who himself accompanied names including Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra in the postwar period. ...

Vancouver artist fashions her own career by crafting custom-made pinatas

Winnipeg Free Press
... "Talent Time," a monthly event in Vancouver that features bizarre performances that have included mini mariachi bands and a Frank Sinatra impersonator. ...

Q&A: We Talk to Fedde Le Grand About His Favorite City and Playing LIV Tonight

Miami New Times (blog)
Plus, apparently they've had people like Frank Sinatra playing there [at the Fountainebleau Miami Beach], so I'm really expecting to walk into something ...

Music Legend Quincy Jones Partners with HARMAN, Unveils New Signature Line of ...

MarketWatch (press release)
His three-year musical association as conductor and arranger with Frank Sinatra in the mid-'60's also teamed him with Basie for the classic Sinatra at the ...

Five of the best: Devastating musical tale of family tragedy

Buckinghamshire Advertiser
... Copacabana and Dreamgirls and classics from Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Elton John, Elvis, Barry Manilow and a special appearance from Michael Jackson. ...

Autumn line-up is feast of music at Theatre Brycheiniog and the Borough Theatre

Hereford Times
... show with a variety of dance numbers, a “hot” show band, spectacular costumes and songs from the likes of Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Davis. ...

Books: Review - The Young Chieftain. By Ken Howard. Random House,

Islington Tribune newspaper website‎
... Ken was the director of A Penny For Your Dreams about John Lennon, Sunny Stories about Enid Blyton, and art house documentaries on Frank Sinatra, ...

Memory Minute: A rock star's memory lapse more common than you think

Naples Daily News
Come to find out this is very common among performers as was pioneered by Frank Sinatra. He used an onstage teleprompter to perform until he was 80 despite ...

Try Zumba at CSU's Continuing Education Open House

California Chronicle
You know, the songs sung by Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett; for you younger folks, Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jr. Tickets are $35 for dinner and the ...

Martin County Community Calendar, updated Sept. 2

TCPalm
Michael Matone and the Masters of Jazz: Frank Sinatra hits. Center Court at Downtown at the Gardens, 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens, ...

Ask the Experts: Kelly Knox on dance

Bucknell University
She has created dynamic and technically demanding dances to the music of the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Jelly Roll Morton and Billy Joel. ...

Garlic festival in the Poconos

Delco News Network
... the Lost Ramblers, Jazz Juice, Kate & CJ, the Roamin' Gabriels and Frank Sinatra impersonator Eric DeLauro will provide the entertainment. ...

Post-Edinburgh comedy party

Chortle
Closing the show was Frank Sanazi, the extravagantly offensive love-child of Adolf Hitler and Frank Sinatra. It may be a case of 'ein volk, ein Reich, ...

Today's Open Thread

Big Hollywood (blog)
Brilliant movie, scene where Frank Sinatra plays 52 Queens of Diamonds and the utter confusion on Lawrence Harvey's face was mind boggling. ...

Rep picks: This weekend's repertory films

San Francisco Chronicle
... look at pre-World War II Pearl Harbor, "From Here to Eternity," which boasts Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Ernest Borgnine. ...

STEVE SMITH: Classic pop, rock and country news

Daily Breeze
Fallon pre-recorded his vocal at the famed Capitol Records recording studios, a favorite of Frank Sinatra's. Prior to his session inside the famous circular ...

Moonlight Magic and Rat Pack raise money for Penn Valley Community Foundation

The Union of Grass Valley
If you close your eyes, you will think that Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack are crooning the night away as you are entertained by the ever popular ...

September 2, 2010

UPDATE:   This week on RadioSinatra: Songs By Sinatra

Brandon Flowers: Flamingo review track-by-track

MusicRadar.com
Growing up in Las Vegas (the adopted home to both Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley), when his friends were buying records by Tool and Nirvana, ...

TV Pick of the week: The X Factor

New Zealand Herald
... Brisbane and Melbourne; the auditionees belting out everything from Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire to Lady Gaga hits to Frank Sinatra's Fly Me to the Moon, ...

Donning Sinatra's Mystique, From Movie Sailor to Saloon Dandy

New York Times
“Our Sinatra,” featuring Christopher Gines, center, Hilary Kole and Eric Comstock, revisits the canon of Frank Sinatra at the Oak Room of the Algonquin ...

Varsity Girls just one reason to show your spirit in Somerset

Fall River Herald News
Ray Silva, an area singer that Silverman said is popular with senior citizens is slated to perform well-loved music of Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond and other ...

Kim Novak on TCM: JEANNE EAGELS, PICNIC, PAL JOEY

Alt Film Guide (blog)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols Dir: George Sidney C-109 mins. A widowed businessman courts a younger woman who works for him ...

From the Back Pew: Obits are good reads

Valley Sun
Are you a fan of Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como or Frank Sinatra? Meet George David Weiss, who co-wrote songs for those artists. Grow up with the "Howdy Doody ...

Sinatra's Double?

Atlantic City Weekly
Jerry, Frank Sinatra has always reminded me of you (and vice versa). Do you ever get compared to ol' blue eyes? And have you ever had a cocktail with him? ...

Divine Brine Announces Fresh Way to Enter the Market

PRLog.Org (press release)
After a successful launch of a private catering company, The Next Supper, his clientele list grew with the likes of Bill Cosby, Woody Allen, Frank Sinatra, ...

Folk-punk player "Happy Ron" Hill has season tickets to the Old Globe

San Diego Reader 
“I've always said it's Frank Sinatra Meets South Park. Steve Poltz said it's punk rock meets punk folk. Since he's wiser than me, who am I to argue? ...

Rod Stewart: Eight is Enough

Extra TV
Stewart is also releasing another baby -- his "Great American Songbook Volume 5" -- a collection of 12 standards, including a few Frank Sinatra tunes. ...

STAGE TUBE: Diahann Carroll's THE LADY, THE MUSIC, THE LEGEND Premieres on PBS ...

Broadway World
... and Cole Porter -- and the music of Frank Sinatra. Diahann Carroll has received a Tony and a Golden Globe award and has been nominated for an Emmy, ...

Oldham 0 Shrewsbury Town 1 – match report

shropshirestar.com
Frank Sinatra's classic 'That's Life' was blasting out of the Shrewsbury Town dressing room after last night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy victory at Oldham. ...

Cult Classic Movies, Incredible Mr Limpet

Moviematics (blog)
A very nice fantasy musical with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Animated performance from Tom and Jerry. Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse do a cute tap dance ...

Sounds of Elvis, Johnny Cash rock Oshawa Folk Arts fundraiser

Newsdurhamregion.com
The event will feature performances by Eric Quentin as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Johnny Cash. Tickets are $40 for a multicultural buffet dinner and ...

Ultimate Ears and Capitol Studios Create Professional In-Ear Reference ...

Hip Hop Press (press release)
Housed in the historic Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, Studios A and B have hosted legends ranging from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole to ...

Aaron Kelly Strives to Be 'the Male Taylor Swift'

The Boot (blog)
... after singing 'Fly Me to the Moon,' made famous by Frank Sinatra (which 'Ol' Blue Eyes' later sang as a duet with country icon George Strait). ...

Martin County Community Calendar, updated Sept. 1

TCPalm
Michael Matone and the Masters of Jazz: Frank Sinatra hits. Center Court at Downtown at the Gardens, 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens, ...

Saving Abel Lists Their Top 10 Legends Of Music

411mania.com
Frank Sinatra - "Everyone loves to fly to the moon" 10. George Strait - "57 #1 hits, and still going. gotta have respect for that"

Hidden Cincinnati brought to life through tours

Cincinnati.com (blog)
... notorious gangsters, and people could socialize with some of the biggest names in show business of the time, including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. ...

BFORACURE.com Launches Online Preview of its 'Breasts are Beautiful' Coffee ...

Melodika.net (press release)
In the past, Peter has worked with several celebrities, including: Michael Caine, Elton John, Dustin Hoffman, Frank Sinatra, Peter Gabriel, Eddie Albert, ...

Getting you back In The Mood at Farifield Halls in Croydon

Wimbledon Guardian
"I've been brought up with this style of music as my father, Chris Smith Senior, played trombone for Frank Sinatra on his European tours," says Chris, ...

August when it sizzled

SILive.com (blog)
Entertainment was by vocalist Russ Martone, who performed tunes made famous by Frank Sinatra. And word is the Marco family continued the merrymaking with ...

Nights on the Neck wraps up on Sept. 2

Cape Ann Beacon
Gordon Baird will perform a melange of Frank Sinatra and other crooner toons, some original comic adaptations of show toons with Gloucester-centric lyrics, ...

Why Paul Raymond, the porn king of Soho, was a hero

Telegraph.co.uk
... Stanley Baker and other homegrown showbusiness stars, augmented by their visiting Hollywood counterparts, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra among them. ...

Gurdas Maan to recieve doctorate in World Music

RadioandMusic.com
... perform live at The Royal Albert Hall in April 2011 that has staged leading artistes like Sir Cliff Richard, Pavarotti, The Beatles and Frank Sinatra. ...

Welcome to Blogdanovich

Indie Wire (blog)
... like Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn—I directed her last starring role in a feature—and others. ...

Table of Contents

Vanity Fair
He always had the voice, but Frank Sinatra needed two gutsy moves to launch his career: first, crooning his way into his idol Tommy Dorsey's band, ...

Salsa savvy

Glendale News Press
... including a cover of "Beyond the Sea" and a medley of classic Frank Sinatra tunes such as "Fly Me to the Moon" and "It Had to Be You. ...

Does Gallery Place's new audio teen-repellent work? Try it out.

Washington Post (blog)
Why not just play music by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, etc. at moderate volume? I would bet it would repel teenagers much more ...

A stripped-down menu rocks the Drum Room

Pitch Weekly
... Judy and Judy's daughter, Carrie — were seated in the room's "Rat Pack Booth," a six-top watched over by a vintage photo of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, ...

September 1, 2010

Commission delivers music, culture to Monroe community

East Brunswick Sentinel 
Riddle, a well-known orchestra leader, worked with many vocalists of the 1950s and 1960s, including Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and later, ...

Sinatra Forever: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra

Laughlin Entertainer
When Rick Michel decided he wanted to put together a tribute to Frank Sinatra, he knew he didn't want to fall into the same-old/same-old trap of shows that ...

LAST CHANCE: What's Closing This Week

Playbill.com
Tony-winning director-choreographer Twyla Tharp staged her nightclub-set dance musical to the hits of late crooner Frank Sinatra. Keith Roberts, John Selya, ...

Bands, comedians coming to Meyer Theatre

The Agora
They will perform renditions of songs sang by Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, and Harry Connick Jr, along with many others. Tickets can be purchased by phone ...

Holy Rosary class of 1950 gathers

Westseattleherald.com
When I was a kid I saw Frank Sinatra come into the theater but I didn't get to see the show. There were lots of girls screaming. ...

Martin County Community Calendar, updated Aug. 31

TCPalm
Michael Matone and the Masters of Jazz: Frank Sinatra hits. Center Court at Downtown at the Gardens, 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens, ...

The House Always Wins: New York-New York Hotel & Casino, LLC v. Ronnie Katzen

American University Intellectual Property Brief
The words New York, New York inspire various thoughts in people, from the classic song performed by Frank Sinatra, to the picturesque view of the Manhattan ...

Mike Winters: The Sunny Side Of Winters

Chortle
... and of not mustering up the courage to meet Frank Sinatra 'Dudley Moore and I could have been great friends,' he says in another showbiz exclusive. ...

Berklee Professor Phil Wilson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Jazzcorner
... including Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra, Clark Terry, Buddy Rich, Herbie Hancock, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, and the NDR Big Band. ...

EVERYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW Opens Music Theater of Connecticut's Season

Broadway World
Then, from April 1-17 the Music Theater of Connecticut will present "My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," a musical revue by David Grapes and Todd ...

INTERVIEW: Rat Pack survivor Buddy Greco on Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and losing ...

News Shopper
However, it was not until the 1960s that he shot to superstardom, running with Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack. Rival, friend and inspiration — Old Blue Eyes was ...

American Icons: Walter Donaldson

American Songwriter
It's since become a standard, recorded by hundreds of singers and jazz artists, including Frank Sinatra, Django Reinhardt, Art Tatum, Artie Shaw, ...

Klea Blackhurst's Everything the Traffic Will Allow to Open Music Theatre of ...

TheaterMania.com
The season will conclude with the revue My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra (April 1-17), also directed by Connors.

Peter Stenshoel's Album of the Week: 1963's Blues at Newport

89.3 KPCC (blog)
... Dietrich Buxtehude organ music, Erroll Garner, Readings By Jack Kerouac On the Beat Generation, Albert Ayler, Frank Sinatra, and Frank Zappa. ...

BWW Interviews: Joe Bithorn, RAIN's 'George Harrison'

Broadway World
They used to go dancing with big bands and hey saw performers like Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey band, and it was a very exciting time for them to be ...

Pols push radio pact

Variety
The music biz has pulled out all the stops many times before to argue for the performance right -- Frank Sinatra once lobbied for it -- but this time it ...

REISSUES: Sinatra, Collins oldies but goodies reissued

NWAOnline (subscription)
Frank Sinatra's deeply emotional and musically brilliant concept albums for Capitol, 1955's In the Wee Small Hours and 1958's Frank Sinatra ...

The Almanac -- weekly

St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Also in 1935, 19-year-old Frank Sinatra launched his singing career when he appeared with a group called The Hoboken Four on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour ...

A Word from the Chairman of the Board on Reputation Management

Reputation 24/7 (blog) 
Frank Sinatra once said something along the lines of, “Life must always be an uphill climb. If you ever feel like you're just cruising along, it is because ...

City couple has cooked for annual La Festa Italiana since its inception

Scranton Times-Tribune
The acts include the Ron Leas Orchestra, Take Five, Ringold Pops, Frank Sinatra Tribute featuring Chris DiMattio, The Gene Dempsey Orchestra, The Fortunes, ...

Turning back time proves a hit for the second year

Henley Standard
“There are a lot of young people here who have been dragged along by parents like there were about to hear Frank Sinatra and the like. ...

Take your pick of Hollywood hotels online

Southwark News
All of the big names in American film and popular entertainment are remembered here, with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson having their own ...

The Almanac -- weekly

istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Also in 1935, 19-year-old Frank Sinatra launched his singing career when he appeared with a group called The Hoboken Four on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour ...

Ultimate Ears Collaborates with Capitol Studios to Design Professional In-Ear ...

MarketWatch (press release)
Housed in the historic Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, Studios A and B have hosted legends ranging from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole to ...

Dr Maan at Albert Hall

Hindustan Times
... he will perform at The Royal Albert Hall in London that has staged leading artistes like Sir Cliff Richard, Pavarotti, The Beatles and Frank Sinatra. ...

BFORACURE.com Launches Online Preview of its 'Breasts are Beautiful' Coffee ...

PR Web (press release)
In the past, Peter has worked with several celebrities, including: Michael Caine, Elton John, Dustin Hoffman, Frank Sinatra, Peter Gabriel, Eddie Albert, ...

Welcome to Blogdanovich

Indie Wire (blog) 
... like Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn—I directed her last starring role in a feature—and others. ...

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial site and has no connections with either The Sinatra Family or their agents.
All content © copyright 2010 Bret Wheadon. All rights reserved.
The Monkees GuideBeachBoys.com | The Compleat Messiah