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July 4, 2009

Legends of Vegas

Rochdale Online
Big band swing – featuring all the panache and attitude of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr during their Vegas heyday – swaggers back into ...

Jones: 'My soul is joined with Michael's'

The Herald
... as an arranger and recorder stretches back to the 1950s and he has worked with major figures such as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra. ...

Burnett stymies Jays' bats

SLAM! Sports
That wasn't Frank Sinatra singing New York, New York as the Blue Jays self-destructed to fall 4-2 to the New York Yankees on their first visit to the new ...

Technicians' toil to spell fireworks spectacular

Las Vegas Sun
As a tribute to American musicians, the nine-minute show is choreographed to songs by Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and ...

Still walking tall

The Statesman
I love South American music and singers like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Jose Feliciano, the orchestra of Ray Conniff and so on. ...

Leveraging Celebrity

Real Estate News | BiggerPockets.com
It opened in 1962 and had such personalities as Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle, Dean Martin and Elvis Presley as supporters/endorsers. ...

Michael Jackson Tribute Night at Dublin's Button Factory

Glasswerk.co.uk
Keith Caulfied, Billboard's senior chart analyst said, "After the passing of big stars, from Frank Sinatra to Jerry Garcia to George Harrison, ...

Comedian Joe Piscopo returns to Staten Island

Staten Island Advance - SILive.com
... says the oft-smiling guy who became a household name in the early '80s for his David Letterman and Frank Sinatra impressions on "Saturday Night Live. ...

Multipart Review: Kurt Elling Live at the Allen Room

The Perpetual Post
It is hardly a slight to say that Kurt Elling is no Frank Sinatra, but the fact remains; he isn't. He is more imaginative, yet evokes a bit less of the ...

President Obama calls Michael Jackson one of our greatest entertainers

Examiner.com
Also, read our earlier articles about the place in popular music of Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Rick Busciglio is a National Examiner. ...

From Crude to Prude

Biscayne Times
In the 1950s, a string of restaurants and nightclubs sprung up along the causeway, attracting celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. ...

Bless Our Election

Jakarta Globe
Some points should also be given to the singing general, vice presidential candidate and Frank Sinatra wannabe Wiranto, who has the audacity to hope that a ...

The Christopher Columbus statue was dedicated in 1892. (Jonathan ...

Boston Globe
With only five people in line it still took me nearly half an hour to get inside, nestled next to the jukebox below framed photographs of Frank Sinatra (a ...

Fifteen and married -- to music

Calgary Herald
... lyrics were bounced off legendary producer Phil Ramone, the man behind recordings by Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti and Frank Sinatra. ...

Bill Henderson

All About Jazz
It was in New York City at the now defunct club Basin Street East and it came in the person of Frank Sinatra. It seems that Henderson was getting ready to ...

Denver and the Mile High Orchestra bringing big band sound to ...

Villages Daily Sun
The Mile High Orchestra originally had a big band sound reminiscent of Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Buble. As the years went by, ...

Producer Quincy Jones says Jackson's death surreal

The Associated Press
Jones has produced classics by Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and other stars. Jones was in the city of Cardiff Friday visiting the Royal Welsh College of Music ...

Jackson shared bond with 'very dear friend Diana Ross'

CNN
"You see skits from variety shows where they are doing Frank Sinatra songs and Casablanca," Emil Wilbekin, managing editor of Essence.com and a founding ...

Local musicians reunite at fest

Traverse City Record Eagle
Home to more than 300 gold and platinum records by artists like Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, the facility closed its doors in August 2007 to make way ...

Quincy Jones speaks of shock at Michael Jackson's death

Telegraph.co.uk
Jones's career as an arranger and recorder goes back to the 1950s and he has worked with major figures such as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra ...

We freaked out in a Moonage Day dream, oh yeah

Times Online
... To The Moon Frank Sinatra “Giant steps are what you take Walking on the moon I hope my legs don't break Walking on the moon” Walking On The Moon The Police.

Frankford has a case of the summer blues

Belleville Intelligencer
She's backed Frank Sinatra, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles, Barry Manilow and Louis Armstrong. Kingston's Georgette Fry wil bring her Shout Sister! ladies' choir ...

Dragons unveil Tonbridge sculptor's work

thisiskent.co.uk
Frank Sinatra, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Elton John, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Grace Jones, ...

Jacko was due to rehearse at Elstree Studios

Borehanwood Times
“His death is different to, say, the death of Frank Sinatra who died an elderly man in his 80s. “It is like the loss of Elvis Presley, who died at only 42. ...

Canal Side moving to development stage

Buffalo Business First
... Bisons to political rallies for the likes of John F. Kennedy and concerts featuring the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and the Grateful Dead.

An unearthed treasure in USU athletics history

Logan Herald Journal
The trailblazer in the “talent search” broadcasting genre — he “discovered” Frank Sinatra — was Major Edward Bowes, who created the country's most listened ...

BACKSTAGE: Carlsbad band, Ramona singer enter finals for fair's ...

North County Times
The San Diego orchestra returns with a program of Hollywood and jazz hits from the '50s and '60s, including Frank Sinatra standards and Jobim's bossa nova ...

Daily Trivia Byte

California Chronicle
Frank Sinatra was offered the male lead in the film Funny Girl (1968), but Barbra Streisand, who had performed the role successfully on Broadway, ...

Paul Iacono: Star of "Fame"

TeenHollywood.com
Adorable, dark-haired Paul Iacono has been focused on becoming an actor since the age of three, when he discovered a talent for impersonating Frank Sinatra ...

Calendar: Theater and stage

Ventura County Star
... Could See Me Now,” “Witchcraft” and “Big Spender,” performed by Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand and many others — lives on. ...

Ol' Blue Eyes had nothing on ol' Bruno

Arizona Daily Star
"He thought he was better than Frank Sinatra. It cracked me up when he started karaoke. He was an alpha male, left-brain, very organized individual. ...

Fourth of July Events

Akron Beacon Journal
... teen bands Aftershock and Astrovan, 4 to 6 pm; Michael Sonata: Frank Sinatra tribute, 6 to 8 pm; and ReUNITED, 8 to 10 pm Fireworks will follow. ...

A MUSICAL 4TH

New York Post
... other old-school classics such as Donen and Kelly's filmed-on-location "On the Town" (1949) starring Kelly and Frank Sinatra as sailors on leave in NYC. ...

Next up for Red Barn: 'Wise Women'

Journal and Courier
Written by Ron Osborne in 2004, the World War II-era play centers around a Frank Sinatra USO concert coming to Chattanooga, Tenn. ...

Jacko was loved, but was no Elvis

Mirror.co.uk
The three great singers of the second half of the 20th century were Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Sinatra had it for passion, ...

Pete's Steakhouse also features authentic Italian dishes

The News-Press
Pictures of Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack adorn the walls at Pete's, and most of the furniture is in a rustic, Western style. ...

CD reviews for July 3, 2009

2TheAdvocate
By 1969, he even recorded his first Beatles A-side, “Something,” a ballad performed and praised by none other than Frank Sinatra, though Sinatra mistakenly ...

Mal's classic movie fest offers seldom seen treats

The Virginian-Pilot
... Monday with "From Here to Eternity" starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed - all nominated for Oscars. ...

Chain store presents £59000 to hospice

Essex Echo
The first was a 1962 original Frank Sinatra LP, signed by each member of the infamous Rat Pack, as well as a pair of football boots signed by Cristiano ...

Indy on Arts

Laguna Beach Independent
"My Way: A Musical Tribute To Frank Sinatra" opens at Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road. Ticket info: 949- 497-2787 www.LagunaPlayhouse. com Evening ...

Playhouse Sinatra Tribute Singers Do It His Way

Laguna Beach Independent
"My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," opens at the Laguna Playhouse next week. Conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson and directed by Grapes, ...

Classics from the vault: John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate

Examiner.com
Frank Sinatra (in a career performance) and Laurence Harvey play Bennett Marco and Raymond Shaw, members of a platoon of soldiers who are captured during ...

July 3, 2009

Crowded tables for higher-stakes gaming in Colorado

Denver Post
In Central City, Fortune Valley's festivities included Elvis impersonators and a Frank Sinatra show. "This really is going to be a bit of a mecca of its own ...

Legendary comic Marty Allen brings Las Vegas-style show to ...

Warren Reporter
Allen is among the last generation of the Vegas vintage performers that include Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Nat King Cole. ...

Michael Jackson Makes Billboard Comeback in Death

Actress Archives
Caulfield explained that in the past, sales went up "after the passing of big stars, from Frank Sinatra to Jerry Garcia to George Harrison. ...

Fourth of July Fireworks Fun.

The Roundup
The SRO Band was started by Don Sweeney in 1981 and has played at private functions for celebrities such as, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson and Ray Charles. ...

Award-winning MOSAIC to perform in Ocala

Ocala
According to the group's Web site: “Put Rahzel, Beck, Frank Sinatra and Take 6 in a blender and hit puree. MOSAIC is a six-man a cappella group that will ...

Robert Evans documentary on his life in Hollywood

Examiner.com
... by purchasing options from novels that were being written at the time such as The Detective which he made into a movie starring Frank Sinatra in 1968. ...

New musical in Laguna shows Sinatra, his way

OCRegister 
Grapes has written a few, including "My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," a wildly popular revue that has played in 48 states since its creation a ...

Honorable 'Menschen'

Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey
Declared Reses and chairman Terri Calvi, "If these walls could talk you might hear Frank Sinatra crooning a tune, or Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis clowning ...

This weekend's events (July 4-5)

Palo Alto Online
On Sunday (July 5), the Stanford Jazz Festival pays homage to Frank Sinatra with a concert featuring singer/trombonist Danny Grewen and a group of other ...

NYC expands July 4 fireworks display at new venue

Newsday
In Hoboken, NJ _ Frank Sinatra's hometown and this year's best view, against the Manhattan skyline _ many restaurants have been booked for more than a month ...

Dr. Demento joins KMET salute

OCRegister
Patriotic jazz featuring Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and others will be featured on KSPA/1510 AM's "Jazz at the Spa," 6 pm July 5 and at noon on ...

Timberlake in Guys & Dolls Remake?

FanBolt.Com
The original Guys and Dolls starred Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra and focused on the romance between a gambler and a missionary.

Which Celebrity Death Hit You The Hardest? The Newsroom Poll

MTV.com
The only other celebrity death in my lifetime that I remember having a real effect on me was Frank Sinatra's (my nana played his records all the time ...

Showcasing Norman Rockwell's studio

Berkshire Eagle
... setting for some of his more famous portraits, including those of actor John Wayne, singer Frank Sinatra, golfer Arnold Palmer, and cultural icon Col. ...

Quick Round With...

Golf Channel
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Vince Lombardi and a lot of others. I try to hit balls every morning when I'm home. It's great therapy. ...

Community Calendar: Feel the music for free this summer

Vaughan Today
Tues., July 7, 7:30 pm, Tony Paglia presenting the best inspirations from Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Woodbridge Expansion Area District Park, ...

Fans lead to fame for dancer

Marconews
One evening while I was playing there, I got a telegram from Dean Martin, saying he and Frank Sinatra would be waiting for me in the restaurant after the ...

John Rich charges ahead with solo album

The Daily News Online
He closes with a quirky big band nod to Frank Sinatra called "Drive Myself to Drink" about a guy who puts a bar in his car. "You're probably talking to one ...

Never mind the critics, here's Chris Botti

Calgary Herald
But another part loves "sophisticated popular music, like Frank Sinatra, Sting, Peter Gabriel," and it's not difficult to see where the twain meet on stage. ...

Rockland native and producer bringing show to South Shore

Abington Mariner
For those who do not know, the Rat Pack consisted of Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Although Buddy passed away in 2003, ...

Grinders and regulars help sub shop weather storm

Trading Markets (press release) 
Some come just for the sandwiches, others because they like to listen to Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin while they eat, she said. ...

Exploring Chicago's Well-Known Neighborhoods

HULIQ 
... Twin Anchors Restaurant and Tavern (a Chicago favorite of Frank Sinatra and Conan O'Brien), Vienna Beef headquarters, and a block of wood-frame cottages ...

Stables Bar Grill: A dream come true

Livonia Observer
You are also sure to find your music on the electric Internet jukebox featuring such diverse artists as Bob Seger, Sarah McLachlan, Frank Sinatra, ...

CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: the Dual Ghia & Ghia L6.4

Car Domain
A-list owners included popular celebrities such as Debbie Reynolds, Lucille Ball, and Frank Sinatra. Along with a few of the infamous Rat Pack, ...

Diana Krall “Live In Rio” DVD-2009 Eagle Eye Productions

eJazzNews
Then she spins the Frank Sinatra hit “Too Marvelous For Words” into a bossa nova translation that will simply make your heart melt. ...

Appetite for destruction

Dunferline Press 
He said, “The chap who ended up taking it on was Rusty Holloway, who played bass with Frank Sinatra and (legendary jazz trumpeter) Dizzy Gillespie – he's a ...

CD reviews for July 2-8

North County Times
A pop singer in the Frank Sinatra/Bing Crosby mold at heart, Bennett has always had an affinity for jazz. But neither the brassy flag-wavers he sang in ...

VIDEO: Leeds man a karaoke star in...Mongolia!

Yorkshire Evening Post
Tom Jones and Frank Sinatra fan Eugene sang for 20 minutes with a set including Kiss and My Way. Eugene had no problem entertaining a few hundred ...

Rat Pack belts out the tunes

Joburg
The show is about the legendary Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Junior. THOSE old Las Vegas legends, the Rat Pack, will be revived in a slick ...

How to be a Rockstar at karaoke

Decider Denver
JS: I will sing Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon" or "At This Moment" by Billy Vera. Sometimes I'll throw in a little "Zombie" by The Cranberries. ...

What's On: Weekday Planner

Toronto Star
Vaughan Concerts in the Park series has Tony Paglia with the best inspirations from Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, Tues. 7:30 pm (free). ...

Resort will be ready for Queen's visit

Blackpool Gazette
He added: "During its heyday the Opera House welcomed a long list of legendary entertainers from Frank Sinatra to Shirley Bassey." Coun Callow, who herself ...

Winning Golf Cart Parade theme salutes desert's celebrity

The Desert Sun
It was not uncommon to see names like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe in the restaurants and clubs.” As winners of the theme contest, ...

Barber shop offers classic shave

The Desert Sun
... like Ramiro G. Jaloma, who has been a barber since 1948 and styled the hair of many celebrities, including Elvis Presley, Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra. ...

Jackson's albums sell out in valley music stores

The Desert Sun
“(Frank) Sinatra was huge because we have such a local tie,” he said, but he called the Jackson-buying hysteria “the Elvis syndrome.

Jackson was just one of many greats

Stockton Record
Or when Frank Sinatra passed away in 1998. Judy Garland's 1969 death was an international tragedy. Jackson grew to fame and fortune while trying ...

Minnesota Ballet invites you to dance this summer at Bayfront park

Duluth News Tribune
The ballet's Northland premier of Twyla Tharp's “Sinatra Suite” is the story of two urban sophisticates in an edgy relationship set to Frank Sinatra songs. ...

Fourth of July Events

Akron Beacon Journal
... teen bands Aftershock and Astrovan, 4 to 6 pm; Michael Sonata: Frank Sinatra tribute, 6 to 8 pm; and reunited, 8 to 10 pm Fireworks will follow. ...

Where to go for entertainment

Youngstown Vindicator
An Evening with Frank Sinatra, 6-9 pm, Rosetta Stone, 110 W. Federal St., Youngstown; (330) 480-0884. Howard and The Point Five Band, 7:30 pm, ...

» DVD does right thing by Spike Lee film

Chicago Daily Herald
A customer inside a pizzeria notices that the pictures all feature Italian celebrities: Frank Sinatra, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro. ...

Milford Fourth festivities to include fireworks, DJ

Milford Daily News
He'll take requests and spin a range of tunes from patriotic to Frank Sinatra and old-time favorites to "some of the newer hits for the kids. ...

King of Pop reigns over music charts

USA Today
Sales went up "after the passing of big stars, from Frank Sinatra to Jerry Garcia to George Harrison. The impact was felt on the charts but not to this ...

A Pause for a Pop Standard Courtesy Michael Buble

About - News & Issues
It was written by legendary songwriters Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler and has been recorded by a wide range of artists including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, ...

Tribute to the King

Brazil Times
... chance to be part of a national legends show, where he'd travel the country playing with various other celebrity tribute performers like Frank Sinatra. ...

Pete signed the Jackson 5 with Epic Records in 1976. This is Part ...

Salem-News.Com
From Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and The Beatles, to The Who, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and many names in between, ...

New era in gaming nears in Black Hawk, Central City

Denver Post
In Central City, Fortune Valley's celebration included fake Elvis's and a Frank Sinatra show. The buzz picked up as the night went along. ...

July 2, 2009

UPDATE:  This week on RadioSinatra: more rare radio cuts!

The cultural impact

guardian.co.uk
But by the time Frank Sinatra recorded the song 10 years later, the title simply echoed the aspirations of Khrushchev and Kennedy. ...

From 'quaint' to 'classic'

Boston Globe
Nat 'King' Cole and Frank Sinatra were friends, and he loved music. When he sings, it's a hammy version, but I feel he carries a tune pretty well. ...

Frank Sinatra says it all-That's Life!

Examiner.com
In 1966, Frank Sinatra released an album That's Life. He was supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman. ...

District Love: Fireworks, fanning and freezing the flames

Examiner.com
We all want 'that old black magic,' Frank Sinatra style where everything goes 'just right.' Blame it on the “they-all-lived-happily-ever-after” fairytales ...

Book review: K Blows Top by Peter Carlson

Creative Loafing
At a Hollywood luncheon where he delighted and grossed out a who's-who of movie stardom including Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, ...

More Better

Dallas Observer 
More fundamental to POS' music than the DIY ethic of hardcore or the limber wordplay of hip-hop are the words made famous by Frank Sinatra: "For it's hard, ...

Man in the mirror

The National
Elvis still tops the popularity charts for impersonators, followed by Frank Sinatra (“very popular at Italian weddings”) and Marilyn Monroe (“great for ...

Kate Baker and John Dukich Perform at Oskar Schindler Performing ...

All About Jazz
Dukich will lend his smooth vocals (singing in English as well as Spanish and Portuguese) to songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, ...

The Philly Pops at 30: An Ongoing Celebration

PlaybillArts
Frank Sinatra raised his glass to the couple and made a toast Nero will never forget: “If you dare to be as happy as Barbara and I are— I'll break your ...

THE BB MANN SHOWCASES A LEGEND

Florida Weekly
"I listened to gospel, and listened to classic R&B, like Motown, sounds of Philadelphia, Al Green and even old artists like Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, ...

Why wedding planning can sometimes be one-sided

Examiner.com
M made the decision to dance with me for our first dance to Frank Sinatra's classic "I've Got You Under My Skin." When I wanted coral for the wedding color ...

Films of the fifty states: Montana to New Jersey

Examiner.com
Whether you watch the original Frank Sinatra version or the current George Clooney hit, Ocean's Eleven is a great film about the innerworkings of Las Vegas. ...

5 minutes with: David Siguaw, Master Of Contemporizing One-Time ...

Hotels Magazine
These hotels have this allure, like, 'Frank Sinatra used to sing there.' Buildings like this—just like the service that goes into these buildings—they are ...

Aged 82, our William has real X Factor

The Gazette 
He recently sang the Frank Sinatra songs You Make Me Feel So Young and Come Fly With Me in front of an audience of thousands at a final round of auditions ...

Area July fourth events

Akron Beacon Journal
... teen bands Aftershock and Astrovan, 4 to 6 pm; Michael Sonata: Frank Sinatra tribute, 6 to 8 pm; and ReUNITED, 8 to 10 pm Fireworks will follow. ...

Local Author: Vic Damone memoir reflects on life, love

TCPalm
By Vic Damone with David Chanoff When you have been heralded by Frank Sinatra and Pavoratti as having the world's best pop baritone voice; when you have won ...

Timberlake and Dolls

IGN
... of Guys and Dolls revolved around the romance between a gambler and a missionary, and starred Hollywood heavyweights Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra. ...

Russia's singing great Zykina dies

Hindu
World's great personalities like former French President Charles de Gaulle, actor Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra and the Beatles were among her fans. ...

Book/DVD/Record

Town Topics
Until a few days ago my only contact with Michael Jackson's art had been during the Thriller period when stars like Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra were ...

What is the true legacy of Michael Joseph Jackson?

Minnesota Spokesman Recorder
... the '70s and '80s wasn't enough for him; he saw himself on the world stage much on the same level with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. ...

Rover Dramawerks Presents Epic Proportions, Opens 7/16 At The Cox ...

Broadway World
Epic Proportions is the fifth show in Rover Dramawerks' 2008-09 Season and will be followed by My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra to close out the ...

EastWest Snags Award Winning Engineer Shawn Murphy For New ...

Film Music
... Studio 1 which is capable of handling a 70-piece orchestra. Hollywood Strings was recorded in Studio 1 which is where Frank Sinatra and others recorded.

RIALTO CHATTER: Justin Timberlake To Star In Guy Ritchie's GUYS ...

Broadway World
... his favorite leading man, action star Jason Statham on a reworking of the classic musical, which originally starred Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra. ...

Looking for Steve Kaufman's signed Michael Jackson paintings

TopWireNews (press release)
When Steve met Michael he offered to paint a limited edition portrait as he had done for Muhammad Ali and Frank Sinatra. The limited edition didn't happen ...

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