Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Sinatra Favorite Songs

 
 
EVERYTHING HAPPENS to ME
 
 
 
This is one of my all-time favorite of the many great albums by The Chairman of The Board, Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra. My good friend Jimmy Starace gave this to me for a Birthday present one year and I've loved this wonderful Sinatra Album ever since. The album comprises songs that were Frank Sinatra's best loved songs. His daughter Tina had the idea of producing album of songs that her father Frank Sinatra recorded that were his own personal favorites. Tina asked her father to pick these songs, and the album Everything Happens to Me was born. If you've never listed to the album and I'm sure you'll agree that this collection of Mr. Sinatra singing his favorite songs is a beautiful and poignant one.
This is one of the most interesting and successful Frank Sinatra collections out there. Everything Happens to Me avoids the obvious hits and collects a number of the finest ballads and torch songs that Sinatra cut while at Reprise Records during the '60s, '70s, and early '80s. It's a regal collection that concentrates on the darker side of Sinatra's art. Instead of celebrating a cross section of the Voice's career the way that so many compilations do, the album sounds like an elegy and has a strange cohesiveness considering that it's drawn up from material that stretches over a 20-year period. Sinatra had recorded the title track numerous times throughout his career, but the previously unreleased version included here (complete with new lyrics) is his darkest and most battle-scarred interpretation. Even considering its lighter moments ("The Second Time Around" and the lyrically downbeat but wondrously swinging "Summer Wind"), this is a stark collection that almost plays like an original concept album about confronting disappointment, loneliness, and ultimately, mortality. That's a lot to ask casual fans to embrace, but Everything Happens to Me ends up giving listeners who only know of the swinging Rat Packer more than a glimpse of the complexity and depth behind Frank Sinatra's art.
 
 
 
 
 
 
FRANK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EVERYTHING HAPPENS to ME
 
 
The TITLE SONG of The Album of The Same Name
 
 
This Collections of SONGS were FRANK SINATRA'S 
 
FAVORITE SONGS THAT HE RECORDED
 
Learn How to Make
 
SUNDAYS SAUCE alla SINATRA
 
alla BELLINO
 
The RECIPE Is In SUNDAY SAUCE 
 
by DANIEL BELLINO "Z"
 
 
A FELLOW SICILIAN-AMERICAN of FRANK SINATRA 'S
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Monday, July 25, 2022

Carlos Santana - EUROPA

 



CARLOS SANTANA

"BEST MUSIC EVER" !!!!






EUROPA

CARLOS SANTANA  Live






Gato Barbieri

EUROPA





"EUROPA"

CARLOS SANTANA & GATO BARBIERI

Live 1977








POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE / COOKBOOK








The ROLLING STONES







Saturday, July 23, 2022

Sinatra - Let Me Try Again ?

 




Frank Sinatra

OL BLUE EYES is BACK






FRANK SINATRA

LET ME TRY AGAIN

From The Album "Ol BLUE EYES is BACK"

1973

Written by PAUL ANKA

Musical Arangement by Don Acosta







FRANK SINATRA

"Ah SALUTE"





Sinatra

 

 




Frank Sinatra

OL BLUE EYES is BACK






FRANK SINATRA

LET ME TRY AGAIN

From The Album "Ol BLUE EYES is BACK"

1973

Written by PAUL ANKA

Musical Arangement by Don Acosta







FRANK SINATRA

"Ah SALUTE"





Thursday, July 21, 2022

Sammy Davis Jr Mr Bojangles

 




Sammy Davis Jr.

Mr BOJANGLES

"DANCE"







SAMMY DAVIS Jr.

Mr. BOJANGLES

German 1985


Groovin The Young Rascals NJ

 




"GROOVIN"

On a SUNDAY SAFTERNOON

Garfield, New Jersey


Gene Cornish playing Harmonica (and Guitar)

Felix Cavaliere lead vocals and Organ





The YOUNG RASCALS

"GROOVIN"

1967






The YOUNG RASCALS

FELIX CAVALIERE, GENE CORNISH

DINO DANELI (Bongos) EDDIE BRIGATI (Vocals)










The YOUNG RASCALS

HOW CAN I BE SURE ?




Sunday, July 17, 2022

Andy Williams MOON RIVER

 




MOON RIVER

BREAKFAST at TIFFANY'S

Starring AUDREY HEPBURN





Andy Williams

MOON RIVER

Composed by Henry Mancini

Kyrics by Johnny Mercer

FroM BREAKFAST at TIFFANY'S



"Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

The song has been recorded by many other artists. It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1962 (and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremony that year). He sang the first eight bars of the song at the beginning of each episode of his eponymous television show and named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri, after it; his autobiography is called "Moon River" and Me. Williams' version was never released as a single, but it charted as an LP track that he recorded for Columbia on a hit album of 1962, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes. In 2022, Williams' rendition of the song was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress.

The song's success was responsible for relaunching Mercer's career as a songwriter, which had stalled in the mid-1950s because rock and roll had replaced jazz standards as the popular music of the time. The song's popularity is such that it has been used as a test sample in a study on people's memories of popular songs.

Comments about the lyrics have noted that they are particularly reminiscent of Mercer's youth in the southern United States and his longing to expand his horizons. Robert Wright wrote in The Atlantic Monthly, "This is a love sung to wanderlust. Or a romantic song in which the romantic partner is the idea of romance.


“Moon River” had a rich history before Andy Williams first sang it, but his rendition took the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s theme to a new level. The dreamy song clearly left a strong impression on the artist, as he later named his company, theater, and autobiography after it. 

The song impacted the world just as much as it impacted Williams. Although “Moon River” was performed by other phenomenal artists like Audrey Hepburn and Jerry Butler, Williams’ rendition of the song charted exceptionally well despite never being released as a single. 

“Moon River” has won a number of awards for its hopeful lyrics and smooth composition, but Andy Williams’ rich tenor voice evidently brought out the very best in the song. 

Songwriting Process

“Moon River” was originally written by composer Henry Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer for the 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Mancini revealed in an interview that it only took him about 30 minutes to compose the song. 

“It had to be in keeping with the character of Holly Golightly, the star character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and I had to bear in mind the limitations of Audrey Hepburn’s voice,” he said. “I worked the whole song around a simple guitar basis, although the guitar isn’t heard much during the number.”

Mercer wrote the lyrics about a real river near his house in Savannah, Georgia. His window looked out at the river, and he had many fond memories there. The real river was originally called Back River, but it was officially renamed Moon River in honor of the song. Mercer’s home also became known as the Moon River House.

When the song was performed by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, it became an instant hit. Hepburn’s performance of “Moon River” won Best Arrangement, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year at the 1962 Grammys, as well as the Oscar for Best Original Song. 

Andy Williams performed “Moon River” for the first time at the same Academy Awards ceremony. 

Lyrical Meaning

The lyrics of “Moon River” are simple, but powerful. The song runs for a brief two minutes and 24 seconds, and there are only three verses with no true chorus. 

In the song, the river acts as a metaphor for a lover. It is described as both a dream maker and a heartbreaker in the same lineemphasizing both the delightful and disastrous outcomes of relationships. Even knowing that it could go badly, the narrator is still determined to follow their heart.


Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way





Sunday, July 10, 2022

Kristofferson For The GOOD TIMES

 

 




FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA





FRANK SINATRA

"For The GOOD TIMES"

Written by KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

1980








RAY PRICE

FOR THE GOOD TIMES

Live 






Sinatra My Music

 




FRANK SINATRA

OL BLUE YES is BACK







FRANK SINATRA

YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC

"Ol BLUE EYES is BACK"



Another beautiful love song, sung by the one-and-only Francis Albert Sinatra. The song was
written by Joe Raposa and so wonderfully sung by the great Frank Sinatra with a great band backing him up, on a gorgeous musical arrangement by composer Don Acostas, the song is absolutely beautiful in Mr. Sinatra's hands (vocal chords). 

This version is from the album Ol Blue Eyes is Back, 1973. The song is not of love lost, but of a currento love, telling his beloved that she is everything to him.







FRANK SINATRA Live

Dallas, Texas

October 24, 1987

"YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC"









Francis Albert Sinatra

"YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC"

Ol BLUE EYES IS BACK Live Concert for NBC

1973











SUNDAY SAUCE

alla SINATRA


SINATRA SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY

DOLLY'S SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS

And MORE







SINATRA

"Ah SALUTE"