[Chuck Granata]

Hi All,

The glitch with "Be Careful It's My Heart" during today's show was my fault. Nancy had programmed a terrific set, and when the programmer built the show in the Sirius computer he inadvertently pulled the wrong version. There are multiple Sinatra versions for many songs in the database, and it's inevitable that mistakes such as this will sometimes occur. I've been trying hard to audition each transition for every show, but with multiple shows being written/recorded/edited at the same time, it can get a bit confusing. In any event, I will be more vigilant about double-checking the programmer's log in the future. Thank you so much for bearing with us as we road-test the show and work out the kinks! Things seem to be clicking into place, and the shows are getting stronger each week.

By the way, the error will be corrected so that the Tuesday and Thursday re-broadcast of the show will be correct.

Chuck

Originally Posted by Mark Blackburn

My favorite (from the first hour) was his singing THE TENDER TRAP to solo piano accompaniment. I presumed it was 'early Bill Miller' (but maybe not!)

Yes. Mark. That was the actual film soundtrack version, recorded with Bill Miller in 1955 for MGM. It's in the FS In Hollywood box set, along with two orchestra versions used in the main and end titles. These preceded the commercial Capitol single recording by a couple of months.

[Nancy]

This version of the song was from the scene where Debby Reynolds (Julie) was rehearsing the Tender Trap for the show Charlie Reader (FS) had booked her into. He told her what she was performing the song all wrong and all she had was "surface schmaltz." Then he sat down at the piano to show her how to do it right. Bill Miller did the track and Dad "accompanied" himself as he sang the song for her.

A real nice scene I think because as Julie is lstening to Charlie sing, she falls in love with him.

[Gonzalo Duque]

Hmmm......there just might be a way for me to get Sirius at home; I have Dish Network for the Latino package and they offer Sirius as well. I can see about adding it except I can only listen to it at home, no car and no office. But at least I would be able to hear it and record it for my collection! Channel 6075 is "Siriusly Sinatra". It would be music only and no talk, no other entertainment, and no Howard.

I'll have to look into it!

<< A real nice scene I think because as Julie is lstening to Charlie sing, she falls in love with him. >>
And Charlie Reader picks up on it! Great movie!

Originally Posted by Chuck Granata

By the way, the error will be corrected so that the Tuesday and Thursday re-broadcast of the show will be correct.

Also, in Tuesday's repeat of the show, a couple of songs in the first hour changed order to better reflect Nancy's immediately following commentary. All changes have been corrected in the Show #5 song listing above.

[Mark Blackburn]

Look forward to hearing this evening's re-broadcast of "Show No. 5." Since catching most of the program Sunday I've wanted to drop by here to say how much I appreciated Nancy's selecting TWO duets by her brother and my "other favorite male singer" Steve Tyrell -- the first from one of Steve's recent albums, the other from Frank Jr's album of last year, "THAT FACE!" The latter I'd intended to say a few words of praise about -- especially the up-dated lyric and to ask who wrote those words (such as "with a cellphone up beside her ear").

Lo and behold, my wife Irene awoke me this morning with an ad in our local "Free Press" newspaper. Guess who's performing at our concert hall this coming "Remembrance Day"? That is like Veterans' Day -- November 11 -- at 7:30 in the evening, with a "20 piece orchestra" backing him up (perhaps supplemented by our Winnipeg Symphony?) . . . and with Irene and me -- God willing -- sitting in row six, center seats 24 and 25. "Sinatra Sings Sinatra."

Irene said, "You should think about going back stage and introducing yourself."

What do you guys think?

[Gonzalo Duque]

<< Irene said, "You should think about going back stage and introducing yourself."

What do you guys think? >>

By all means!! But can you get back there to say hello and tell him who you are, that you post here, etc. Will you be ALLOWED back there? Dunno the logistics on that.

Listening to the Sirius show now, great song choice.

Kay, I assume you're talking about the regular Sirius channel 75 programming. The Nancy For Frank Show 5 repeat doesn't air until 3½ hours from now.

Ouch Bob you must be right, it said siriusly Sinatra, - wondered why Nancy wasn't on. Signed up for 3 day free trial - oh well silly me, but never mind it's good anyway. Thanks for putting me right Bob.

Kay, the Siriusly Sinatra channel plays Frank, intermixed with other artists, 24 hours a day via a random (computer-generated) song selection.

Nancy's three-hour show airs on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The final repeat of this week's show will be tonight at 9 p.m. my time (US Eastern). I think that will be 2 a.m. tomorrow morning for you. I hope you're a night owl.

I am a night owl Bob, bed usually 2 or 3am, but that show was a bit too late for me. (Even for Frank and Nancy).

The show times are geared to North America, of course. Your next opportunity—for Show 6—will be Sunday at 5 p.m. ET (10 p.m. in London). I hope your three-day trial is still in effect then, Kay.

[Mark Blackburn]

Did anyone catch the cacophony on last night's re-play when the following tracks were played SIMULTANEOUSLY?

(Arranger: Neil Hefti segment)

Goody Goody
Reprise 1962: Sinatra And Swingin' Brass
Don'cha Go 'Way Mad
Reprise 1962: Sinatra And Swingin' Brass
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Reprise 1962: Sinatra And Swingin' Brass

Two of them played simultaneously -- in their entirety!! The third kicked in for a time simultaneous with the other (longer) of the first two recordings. I've never heard anything like that on radio before, have you? Talk about divided attention, or acoustic multi-tasking.

That'll teach Nancy and Chuck for trying to make corrections!

I didn't listen to last night's show, but I did hear something similar (overlap of two tunes) on Tuesday. Someone was asleep at the computer.

[Nancy]

Actually it was worse than that. I ended up speaking over Tony Rome and then the three songs in the next set came on at once. As you can imagine, my hair caught fire.

The problem is there is nobody watching once they do their programming. The computer starts the show, plays it and ends it - period. It's all very depressing to me.

If they don't shape up and get someone in there to "drive" the shows, I can't do them anymore. We spend way too many working hours to present nice packages to people who don't even care enough to listen. There is no other show like this on radio - anywhere - and they'd best start figuring this out if they want to keep it.

Apparently sombody was close enough to hear what happened but my guess is they got a bunch of phonecalls that woke them up. The whole thing went black for a couple of minutes while they figured out what to do and when it came back on the air, they were playing just the last song of the set.

Basically, I have had it with them.

[Mark Blackburn]

If it’s any consolation, Nancy . . . your shows from our perspective have been pretty much perfect (up till that goof-up last night). There must have been SOME little glitches in the first four shows . . . but I can’t recall what they were.

Up until that moment last evening, everything about the first five shows -- content, presentation EVERYTHING! -- has been pure, unadulterated joyful listening.

I remember you telling us earlier, you didn’t like the sound of your voice on the first couple shows -- the mic they provided -- but . . . I’m sure I speak for others -- your speaking voice sounded wonderful!

So . . . as Nancy Sinatra herself would say, “Don’t Despair!” I have a strong hunch it WILL keep getting better!

Gotta love the sense of humor (the saving grace) that is able to say, “As you can imagine my hair was on fire.” (LOL at the thought of those golden tresses going up in flames!)

I say someone really smart should pamper you (tonight) with a perfectly-made Martini or two, and serve you a really nice meal. If I ruled the world (or at least Sirius Radio) I’d personally serve you your first drink this evening!

NANCY FOR FRANK
Starring Nancy Sinatra
Show #6 (July 1, 2007)

1. Without A Song
   Reprise 1961: I Remember Tommy
   
   Songs for Summer
   
   
2. Something Wonderful Happens In Summer
   Capitol 1957: The Capitol Years
3. June Christy – Something Cool
4. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
   Reprise 1964: Academy Award Winners
   
   
5. Summer Wind
   Reprise 1966: Strangers In The Night
6. Sand And Sea
   Reprise 1966: That's Life
7. Available
   Reprise 1964: Softly, As I Leave You
   
   
8. Joanie Sommers – Theme From ‘A Summer Place’
9. The Summer Knows
   Reprise 1974: Some Nice Things I've Missed
10. Miles Davis – Summertime
    
    
11. The Things We Did Last Summer
    Columbia 1946: 16 Most Requested Songs
12. Summer Me, Winter Me
    Reprise 1979: Trilogy (The Present)
13. Frank Sinatra, Jr. – 31 Summers And Too Many Falls
    Churchill Records 1977: It's Alright
    
    
14. The Beach Boys – The Things We Did Last Summer
    
    Radio Rarities
    
    
15. Ac-cen-tchu-ate The Positive (with The Ken Lane Singers)
    Radio 1945: The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS/Max Factor)
16. I'm In The Mood For Love
    Radio 1944: Frank Sinatra In Person (CBS/Vimms Vitamins)
17. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (with The Vimms Vocalists)
    Radio 1944: Frank Sinatra In Person (CBS/Vimms Vitamins)
    
    The Crooner and the Groaner – two medleys with Bing Crosby
    Radio 1954: The Bing Crosby Show (CBS/General Electric)
    
    
18. Bing & Frank – Among My Souvenirs
19. Bing & Frank – September Song
20. Bing & Frank – As Time Goes By
    
    
21. Frank – Till We Meet Again
22. Bing – Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland
23. Frank & Bing – There's A Long, Long Trail
    
    (Both medleys above on 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows Starring Frank Sinatra and Friends)
    
    
24. As Time Goes By
    Radio Rehearsals 1943: Your Hit Parade (CBS/Lucky Strike Cigarettes)
25. Nancy Sinatra – As Time Goes By
    Television 1971: Movin' With Nancy, On Stage (from Caesars Palace)
    
    Album Spotlight – Frank Sinatra, Jr.
    Daybreak Records 1971: Spice
    
    
26. The Trolley Song
27. Love Is Here To Stay
28. Everybody's Talkin'
29. Spice
    
    Johnny Hartman Sings
    
    
30. Johnny Hartman – Mam'selle
31. Johnny Hartman – To Each His Own
32. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman – My One And Only Love
    
    Tony B and Friends
    
    
33. Tony Bennett & k.d. lang – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
34. k.d. lang – A Kiss To Build A Dream On
35. Tony Bennett & Billy Joel – The Good Life
    
    Composers Corner: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
    
    
36. (They Long To Be) Close To You
    Reprise 1970: Sinatra & Company
37. Dusty Springfield – The Look Of Love
38. Dionne Warwick – Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
39. Nancy Sinatra – Wishin' And Hopin'
    Reprise 1966: Nancy In London
    
    
40. Jack Jones – Wives And Lovers
41. Herb Alpert – This Guy's In Love With You
42. B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
    
    Happy Birthday, America!
    
    
43. Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians – Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
    Reprise 1964: America, I Hear You Singing
44. God Bless America (intro by New York City Mayor LaGuardia)
    Radio 1943: I'm An American Day (NYC war bond rally)
45. Pat Boone – This Is My Country
    
    
46. Neil Diamond – (They're Coming To) America (The Jazz Singer)
47. Rita Moreno – America (West Side Story)
    
    
48. Josh White – The House I Live In (That's America To Me)
49. You're A Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (with Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians)
    Reprise 1964: America, I Hear You Singing
    
    Honoring Our Troops
    
    
50. Billy Ray Cyrus – Some Gave All
51. Richard Rodgers – Victory At Sea (instrumental themes)
    
    America, I Hear You Singing!
    
    
52. You Never Had It So Good (with Bing Crosby, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians)
    Reprise 1964: America, I Hear You Singing
53. Let Us Break Bread Together (with Bing Crosby, Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians)
    Reprise 1964: America, I Hear You Singing
    
    Final Salutes
    
    
54. Chorus – Armed Forces Medley
55. America The Beautiful (with The Vimms Vocalists)
    Radio 1944: The Frank Sinatra Program (CBS/Vimms Vitamins)
    
    Closing
    
    
56. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
    Capitol 1957: Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953-1960

[Susan]

I sure hope there are some Nancy fans listening. As Time Goes By from Movin' With Nancy on Stage Unreleased, so far.
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Wishin' and Hopin' Nancy does Bacharach
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Loved it Nancy, my favorite so far. I'll love it even more Thursday when I can relax, turn up the volume and listen without interruptions.

[David B.]

I just heard the 4th of July program today and loved it! So many recordings I'd never heard before.

How appropriate, too. I listened while I composed a couple of posts about one of our great American Presidents for the Politics Forum...