NANCY FOR FRANK
Starring Nancy Sinatra
Show #43 – March 30, 2008

1. Without A Song
   Reprise 1961: I Remember Tommy
   
   April on the Radio
   
   
2. It Might As Well Be Spring
   Radio 1945: Songs By Sinatra
3. April Showers (voice intro with guest star Jane Powell)
   Radio 1947: Songs By Sinatra
4. Axel Stordahl Orchestra – April Showers / Singin' In The Rain (instrumental medley)
   Radio 1949: Your Hit Parade
5. I'll Remember April
   Radio 1944: Frank Sinatra In Person
   
   More Spring Songs
   
   
6. I Love You
   Radio 1944: The Frank Sinatra Program (CD: Sinatra Sings Cole Porter)
7. a. Spring Is Here
   b. Medley (with Skitch Henderson, solo piano, and FS voice song intros): By The Light Of The Silvery Moon / A Perfect Day / My Melancholy Baby / A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody / Falling In Love Again
   c. "Abigail & Buddy" – It Might As Well Be Spring / Spring Fever Blues (novelty number)
   Radio 1946: Songs By Sinatra
8. It Happens Every Spring
   Columbia 1949: The Columbia Years: The Complete Recordings
9. Suddenly It's Spring
   Radio 1945: The Danny Kaye Show (AFRS rebroadcast)
   
   Batter Up!
   
   
10. Mam'selle / Baseball Season Introduction
    Radio 1947: Songs By Sinatra
11. Take Me Out To The Ball Game (with Gene Kelly)
    Movie (Take Me Out To The Ball Game) 1948: Frank Sinatra In Hollywood
12. Mabel Scott – Baseball Boogie
13. Babe Ruth – Why Do They Call Me Babe? (answers questions from young fans on radio)
    
    More Baseball
    
    
14. O'Brien To Ryan To Goldberg (with Gene Kelly & Jules Munshin)
    Movie (Take Me Out To The Ball Game) 1948: Frank Sinatra In Hollywood
15. Terry Cashman – Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey and the Duke)
16. Bill Cosby – Baseball (live comedy routine)
17. Peter, Paul & Mary – Right Field
    
    Baseball Reminiscences
    
    
18. Ebbets Field Remembered ("Be Our Guest" program excerpt)
19. There Used To Be A Ballpark
    Reprise 1973: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
20. Paul Simon – Night Game
21. Bob Dylan – Catfish
22. Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days
    
    Album Spotlight – Reprise 1965: A Man And His Music (Part 1)
    
    
23. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
24. All Or Nothing At All
25. I'll Never Smile Again
26. There Are Such Things
27. I'll Be Seeing You
28. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
29. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
    
    
30. Night And Day
31. Oh! What It Seemed To Be
32. Soliloquy
33. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
34. The House I Live In (That's America To Me)
35. From Here To Eternity (instrumental with film dialogue)
    
    Three from the Ladies
    
    
36. Blossom Dearie – The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
37. June Christy – I'm Glad There Is You
38. Diana Krall – Besame Mucho
    
    Three with Tommy Dorsey
    
    
39. Our Love Affair
    Victor 1940: The Essential Frank Sinatra With The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
40. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
    Victor 1940: The Essential Frank Sinatra With The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
41. I Think Of You
    Victor 1941: The Essential Frank Sinatra With The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
    
    Nat and Lady Day
    
    
42. Nat King Cole – What Is There To Say?
43. Nat King Cole with George Shearing – Guess I'll Go Back Home (This Summer)
44. Billie Holiday – We'll Be Together Again
    
    Soft and Gentle Closers
    
    
45. Just Friends
    Capitol 1959: No One Cares
46. A Garden In The Rain
    Reprise 1962: Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain
47. Ella Fitzgerald – Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
48. Sleep Warm
    Capitol 1958: Sings For Only The Lonely (bonus track)
    
    Closing
    
    
49. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
    Capitol 1957: The Capitol Years

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Nancy For Frank
Sun 3/30 5:00 pm ET

This week, Nancy greets Spring and the baseball season with some wonderful radio rarities, and puts the spotlight on the first of a two-part series featuring Frank’s 50th birthday anthology, A Man and his Music (Reprise Records). Join us for a nostalgic reflection that includes some of the finest songs ever written, sung as only Frank Sinatra could sing them.

Rebroadcast: Tues., Apr. 1st @ 2 pm ET & Thurs., Apr. 3rd @ 9 pm ET.

[Jeffrey Simmons]

GREAT stuff Bob.

[Nancy]

I hope this happens, Bob. We haven't recorded the show yet and poor Chuck will have to spend all day tomorrow putting it all together!

Poor Chuck.

If not, I'm sure we'll hear a nice repeat, and we can juggle the dates so this thread can be reused next week, Nancy.

[Nancy]

We'll get this done. It's not the first time we've been under the gun.

[SinatraFan]

Originally Posted by Nancy

We'll get this done. It's not the first time we've been under the gun.

I know you and Chuck can get it done!

And from that description... I can't wait to hear the show.

[Nancy]

Whew! We did it! Wouldn't you know we would have a technical glitch? We couldn't hook up for about a half hour and we couldn't figure out why. Finally Chuck and Daniel found the troubles. There was a power failure in New Jersey near Chuck that caused the trouble in the east and a Time Warner black out in California near me. My entire computer networking system went down for hours. Both happened last night. They may have been at about the same time. Spooky

Anyhow -- all's well and now the ball is in Chuck's court. It's a good show.

Originally Posted by Nancy

now the ball is in Chuck's court

Or, more appropriately, in Chuck's ballpark.

Looks like a great show to usher in the Spring and baseball seasons! I hear that even Babe Ruth may be listening.

[Nick in Toronto]

There is still a good deal of left-over snow here in Canada, and we are courting the record for the white stuff set in 1938. It will be refreshing to hear a show about spring and baseball, (remember the Blue Jays-the first team to take the world series out of the USA and defend it once.)

The album AMAHM, is a wonderful starting point for anyone new to FS- the narration is charming and the music can't be faulted. As a matter of fact, when I bought the LP package, I tried an experiment reminicent of the "other " radio show, ie; to use the narration as a lead-in to the original tracks. Essentially the tape had two flaws; not nearly enough Columbia material, and a rather jarring transition from the narration to the original tracks, many of which were recorded at different volumes, and with different sonic qualities.

I'll be listening at 5pm EST, and will log on to see if anybody else besides Allen is also out there.

Ahem. What am I, chopped liver?

(I think there may be close to eleven new SFF listeners online this week, Nick.)

[Nancy]

Let's hope they follow through. Maybe I should only send the rest of the prize to those who do.

[Ed Potts]

I`ll be listening, Nancy! 5pm,est,sunday!! Play Ball!!

Eddie: Welcome aboard! Follow along with the lead post in this thread as you listen.

[Ed Potts]

I`m in! I feel like a "connected" guy! "As Time Goes By"

Eddie: During Nancy's show (coming up in 10 minutes), you won't see the artist names and song titles displayed as you do now. So what happens in this thread is that I serve as your "text scroll banner" by editing the song list in the top post in real time as it occurs. Enjoy!

[Rhodalee]

I have the station minimized now, so I can listen at the same as I stay here or surf the net.

Welcome, Rho!

[Rhodalee]

Took me time, but I did it

[Ed Potts]

Atta Girl, Rho! Enjoy!