Frank Sinatra 100

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:49 am

Francis Albert Sinatra would have celebrated his 100th birthday today December 12th ............. here is a website where you can buy old Sinatra radio programmes plus a biography of Ol' Blue Eyes ................https://www.otrcat.com/p/frank-sinatra

john · Post by **john** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:32 am

Remembering Frank on his 100th birthday.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:40 am

Happy 100th Birthday to Frank, the Guvnor. Chairman Of The Board.

How many of the singers of today will still be around or even be remembered after a few decades.
Getting some decent songwriters and lyricists would be a good start. OH....and some singing lessons.

karl · Post by **karl** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:56 pm

Will never forget seeing Frank Sinatra at the Royal Albert Hall in 1977 his guests were Pat Henry & The 5th Dimension. A truly magical evening and our seats were wonderful, we were so close to Frank and his eyes really were blue.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:13 am

Thankyou Channel 5 for giving us so much material on FRANK.,some we had seen before of course but the live concert THE MAIN EVENT last night- amazing.Two more nights to come

karl · Post by **karl** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:54 am

One of the best Sinatra concert I've seen (apart from seeing him live) was the Concet For The Americas - that was fantastic, I have the dvd.

jon · Post by **jon** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:39 pm

Haven't tuned in to the Sinatra fest as I have never been a fan particularly. Don't understand the fuss about him. He is no better a singer than anyone else and less so than some (e.g.Matt and Johnny Mathis). I can take him in small doses, and that's it. Still, I hope those of you who like him enjoyed the fare on offer.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:21 pm

Loved everything that we've seen on Frank for his 100th Birthday, even if we have the DVDs or seen most of it, and Karl, nothing like seeing him live.

If anyone enjoys watching animated films then this has been a whale of a Christmas.
Not for me though

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:56 pm

Put the TV on during the day ..........Animated Film is on .............put the TV on at teatime .............still another Animated Film is on .............I suppose if your 5 or 6 it's ok........but.......................

karl · Post by **karl** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:59 pm

jon wrote:Haven't tuned in to the Sinatra fest as I have never been a fan particularly. Don't understand the fuss about him. He is no better a singer than anyone else and less so than some (e.g.Matt and Johnny Mathis). I can take him in small doses, and that's it. Still, I hope those of you who like him enjoyed the fare on offer.

Jon , ok you don't rate Frank too highly but I have always liked him. His phrasing and breath control and he was also a terrific all round entertainer land his films were great too with. It leaves me wondering how much of his music you have listened to? Anyway everyone to his own .

karl · Post by **karl** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 7:34 pm

karl wrote:
jon wrote:Haven't tuned in to the Sinatra fest as I have never been a fan particularly. Don't understand the fuss about him. He is no better a singer than anyone else and less so than some (e.g.Matt and Johnny Mathis). I can take him in small doses, and that's it. Still, I hope those of you who like him enjoyed the fare on offer.
Jon , ok you don't rate Frank too highly but I have always liked him. His phrasing and breath control and he was also a terrific all round entertainer and his films were great too with. It leaves me wondering how much of his music you have listened to? Anyway everyone to his own .

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:20 am

Karl, did you miss something off your post

karl · Post by **karl** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:17 am

ROBERT M. wrote:Karl, did you miss something off your post

I don't think so Robert, why?

jon · Post by **jon** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:09 pm

[quote="karl"][quote="karl"][quote="jon"]Haven't tuned in to the Sinatra fest as I have never been a fan particularly. Don't understand the fuss about him. He is no better a singer than anyone else and less so than some (e.g.Matt and Johnny Mathis). I can take him in small doses, and that's it. Still, I hope those of you who like him enjoyed the fare on offer.[/quote]
Jon , ok you don't rate Frank too highly but I have always liked him. His phrasing and breath control and he was also a terrific all round entertainer and his films were great too with. It leaves me wondering how much of his music you have listened to? Anyway everyone to his own .[/quote][/quote]

I have listened to a fair bit of Frank's music and indeed I have owned the album Songs For Swinging Lovers for some time. I enjoy some of his recordings but don't think he is technically as good as, say, Matt or Johnny M, and he ultimately leaves me feeling bored. I certainly don't think he merits a month-long dedicated season on Radio 2. However, I accept he was a very big star and I have watched and enjoyed some of the films he appeared in, though not necessarily because he was in them.

karl · Post by **karl** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:35 am

Well Jon you can't win them all, but boring is the last word I would use for Frank Sinatra and technically he has it, his breath control is second to none and that's well documented as he used to watch the horn players and emulate them.
Also, having seen the man in concert at the RAH it was one of the most thrilling nights of my life next to seeing Dusty.

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