On this date—1969

Fifty years ago today, Frank Sinatra stepped into Studio 1 at Western Recorders in Hollywood. The building isn’t called that anymore—it’s still a…

Rodgers & Hart & Sinatra

In recent years, friends have tagged me on Facebook asking for lists of favorite records and favorite books. I sighed a little when…

Not long ago, a friend tagged me on Facebook to participate in a “10 records in 10 days” exercise in which you describe…

In an earlier installment I made a list of the 10 most influential books in my life. It wasn’t easy to do, writing…

Several days ago on these pages I waxed lyrical about a certain Frank Sinatra special that appeared on television in November of 1967….

(NOTE: Today’s lesson is of the multimedia variety. Open another browser tab with this link and turn up the volume. And keep in…