Your Sunday Sinatra: “Baubles Bangles and Beads” – Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim
Some day… he may… buy you a ring, ringa-linga. I’ve heard that’s where it leads. Wearin’ baubles, bangles, and beads…
Read moreSome day… he may… buy you a ring, ringa-linga. I’ve heard that’s where it leads. Wearin’ baubles, bangles, and beads…
Read more“Like a river that can’t find the sea… that would be me… without you, my Dindi.” “Dindi” is the second
Read moreLISTEN HERE. Let Frank Sinatra and Anonio Carlos Jobim remind you of why Sundays were invented with the woozy, relaxed swing of “The Girl from Ipanema.”
Read moreThis week, The Big W devotes his entire Podcast to the swingin’ songs of Annette Funicello, with tracks from the
Read moreSinatra, Fitzgerald, Darrin, Mancini, Martin, Alpert and more in an hour chock full of “tasty Hi-Fi Space Age Pop, Jet Set, Swingin’ Vocals, and Exotica sounds…all in LIVING STEREO!”
Read more“Pennies in a stream… Falling leaves a sycamore… Moonlight in Vermont” Though you may not notice it, the lyrics to the “Moonlight
Read more“You date a girl and find out later… She smells just like a percolator… Her perfume was made right on
Read moreFor those of you who weren’t around in the early 1980s when daytime soaps were at their indisputable peak, The Afternoon Delights are ready to catch you up with their 1981 novelty song re-capping the happenings on the King of All Soaps, General Hospital.
Read moreBarry’s first two Oscar wins were for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, both from the 1966 film, Born Free. That was followed by three more wins for Best Score with The Lion in Winter (1968), Out of Africa (1985) and Dances with Wolves (1990). Additionally, Barry provided the score for nearly a hundred other films, including Midnight Cowboy, Somewhere in Time, Body Heat, The Cotton Club, Peggy Sue Got Married and Chaplin.
Read moreSinatra’s version of the song was recorded for the 1959 album Come Dance with Me!, which spent over two years on the Billboard album charts and became Sinatra’s most successful album of all time, though it peaked at number two. The album took Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Vocal Performance by a Male and Best Arrangement for Billy May.
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