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Frank Sinatra. Vibrant, exciting and sublime. Frank Sinatra’s lasting musical legacy is his superlative recordings. In each episode Michael Fenenbock explores and illuminates an essential recording from Sinatra’s body of work. Nobody swings like Sinatra and nobody plumbs the depths of lost love in a song like Sinatra. He was a musical genius. The kind that only comes along once every hundred years. Sinatra matters.

Michael Fenenbock


    • Oct 21, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 13m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    66 The Last Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 5:07


    All good things come to an end and this is “The Last Dance” for my Sinatra Matters podcast. But I'm beginning a new adventure on Substack – “Sinatra Matters and More.” I'll be writing, about Frank Sinatra and offering my personal, sometimes idiosyncratic, interpretations of musicians, favorite singers, songs, albums and classic jazz. I'll be including a YouTube link to the songs. Substack. “Sinatra Matters & More.” Join me. Subscribe to be notified of new posts.  It's free. https://michaelfenenbock.substack.com/ Well, that's it for now. I do hope that you'll come along for the ride.  Until then. Michael

    65 Autumn in New York

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 14:08


    Right now it's Autumn in New York, and so from the 1958 album Come Fly With Me, here is Frank Sinatra's rendition of the Vernon Duke classic.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    64 How Insensitive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 14:42


    Sinatra and Jobim.  Here is Sinatra's delivery of Jobim's beautiful and moving How Insensitive.  From the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, with Normal Gimbel's English lyrics.  Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    63 Night and Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 13:39


    Frank Sinatra's wonderful ballad rendition of Cole Porter's Night and Day.  From the 1962 album Sinatra and Strings. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to ⁠sinatramatters@gmail.com

    63 Night and Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 13:39


    Frank Sinatra's wonderful ballad rendition of Cole Porter's Night and Day.  From the 1962 album Sinatra and Strings. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    62 Just One of Those Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 15:12


    Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle. From the 1954 album Swing Easy, here is Cole Porter's Just One of Those Things.  It just doesn't get any better.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    61 We Kiss In A Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 18:51


    From Rodgers and Hammerstein's “The King and I,” here is Frank Sinatra's sublime 1951 recording of We Kiss in a Shadow.  Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    60 Brazil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 15:19


    Sinatra and Billy May swing the Latin classic Brazil.  From the 1958 album, Come Fly With Me, here is Ary Barroso's hugely popular Samba Brazil . . . with English lyrics by Bob Russell. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    59 I'll Be Around

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 15:25


    A classic lost love ballad.  From the 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours, Sinatra sings Alec Wilder's I'll Be Around.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    58 All or Nothing at All

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 13:13


    Raucous Big Band jazz. Sinatra swings All or Nothing at All.  From the 1966 album Strangers in the Night, here's the Arthur Altman/Jack Lawrence standard.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    57 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 17:33


    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.  Sinatra in London.  From the 1962 album Frank Sinatra Sings Great Songs of Great Britain, here is the Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin classic. Arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    56 Summer Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 14:25


    Arranged and conducted by the incomparable Nelson Riddle, from the 1966 album titled Strangers in the Night, here is Sinatra and Summer Wind. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    55 New York, New York

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 16:12


    New York, New York.  Here is Frank Sinatra's iconic classic.  From the 1980 album, Trilogy, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Theme from New York, New York.  Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    54 Last Night When We Were Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 17:12


    From his 1954 album In The Wee Small Hours, an enduring Sinatra classic, Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's Last Night When We Were Young. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    54 Last Night When We Were Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 17:32


    From his 1954 album In The Wee Small Hours, an enduring Sinatra classic, Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's Last Night When We Were Young. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    53 I've Got You Under My Skin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 9:26


    One of Frank Sinatra's most celebrated recordings,  from the 1956 album Songs For Swingin' Lovers, here is Cole Porter's I've Got You Under My Skin.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    52 Here's That Rainy Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 15:25


    Sinatra's signature recording of Here's That Rainy Day.  From his 1959 album No One Cares, here is the Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke classic.  Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    51 Here's That Rainy Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 15:33


    Sinatra's signature recording of Here's That Rainy Day.  From his 1959 album No One Cares, here is thJimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke classic.  Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    50 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 16:29


    Frank Sinatra's tribute to Tommy Dorsey.  From his 1961 album I Remember Tommy, here is George Bassman and Ned Washington's I'm Getting Sentimental Over You.  Arranged and conducted by Sy Oliver. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    49 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023 12:23


    Here is the definitive recording of the Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Christmas classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the 1957 album A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. Arranged and conducted by GordonJenkins. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    48 Dream Dancing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2023 12:04


    A song Sinatra did not record . . . but one that he might have embraced, Cole Porter's Dream Dancing.  Here is the wonderfully talented Rebecca Luker from her 1996 album “Anything Goes - Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter.”  Arranged by Larry Moore and conducted by Patrick Brady. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    47 Nice 'n' Easy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 15:18


    A Sinatra classic, from the 1960 album of the same name, here is Lew Spence and Marilyn and Alan Bergman's Nice 'n' Easy. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    46 P.S. I Love You

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 16:49


    Sinatra's poignant 1956 recording of P.S.  I Love You.  From the album Close to You, here is GordonJenkins and Johnny Mercer's classic romantic ballad.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    45 I Concentrate on You

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 14:33


    Frank Sinatra's mastery of tempo. From the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! here is Cole Porter's I Concentrate on You.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    44 Send In the Clowns

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 15:52


    Frank Sinatra's extraordinary performance of Send In the Clowns.  Recorded in 1976, here is the Stephen Sondheim  classic.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    43 The Song is You

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2023 10:21


    Sinatra swings!  Arranged by Billy May, here is The Song is You from Frank Sinatra's 1959 album Come Dance With Me.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    42 Dancing In the Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 13:37


    An update about the podcast.  And a raucous Sinatra swinger.  From the 1959 album Come Dance With Me, here is Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's Dancing in the Dark.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    41 Blue Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 15:47


    Sinatra's singnature sound is impossible to imagine without the influence of jazz.  Here is the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart standard Blue Moon from the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    40 I Get A Kick Out Of You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 14:48


    A swinging Sinatra classic.  Here is Cole Porter's I Get A Kick Out Of You from the 1962 album Sinatra And Swingin' Brass. Arranged and conducted by Neil Hefti. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    39 Memories of You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 15:38


    Sinatra's mastery of legato phrasing.  From the 1962 album Point of No Return, this is Eubie Blake and Andy Razaf's Memories of You. Arranged by Heinie Beau and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    38 Call Me Irresponsible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 14:40


    From the 1963 album Sinatra's Sinatra, here⁠ is Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's Call Me Irresponsible. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    37 I've Got The World On A String

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2023 11:35


    Sinatra's epic comeback. From 1953, this is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler's I've Got the World on a String. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    36 It Had To Be You

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 12:20


    Sinatra's wonderful recording of It Had To Be You, the Isham Jones/Gus Kahn classic, from his 1980 album Trilogy. Arranged and conducted by Billy May.

    35 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 16:56


    From the 1958 album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, here is Jule Steyn and Sammy Cahn's magnificent torch song Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry. Arranged by Nelson Riddle.  Conducted by Felix Slatkin. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    34 In the Still of the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 14:08


    Sinatra swings the Cole Porter classic, In the Still of the Night.  From the 1961 album Ring-a-Ding-Ding!. Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    33 The Soliloquy from Carousel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2023 17:33


    From the 1963 album The Concert Sinatra, here is Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Soliloquy from Carousel.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    32 Don't Worry 'Bout Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 14:32


    Don't Worry 'bout Me. Here is Frank Sinatra's marvelous 1953 recording of the Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler classic. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    31 I'll Be Seeing You

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 15:36


    From his 1961 album Point Of No Return, here is Frank Sinatra's poignant wartime ballad -- Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal's I'll Be Seeing You. Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    30 A Cottage for Sale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 12:04


    From the 1959 album No One Cares, here is Willard Robison and Larry Conley's A Cottage for Sale. Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    29 Love Walked In

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 12:56


    Swing Easy Sinatra. Here is George and Ira Gershwin's Love Walked In from the 1961 album Sinatra Swings. Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    28 Lonely Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 14:21


    Arguably Frank Sinatra's finest recording . . . from his 1957 album Where Are You?, here is the Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden classic, Lonely Town. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    27 Sinatra Conducts the Orchestra for Miss Peggy Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 11:42


    Here is Miss Peggy Lee's definitive recording of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's often underappreciated classic, The Folks Who Live On the Hill. Arranged by Nelson Riddle. Conducted by Frank Sinatra. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    26 Stardust

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 13:47


    Sinatra's poignant reading of this wonderful classic remains one of his most profound recordings. From his 1961 album Sinatra and Strings, here is Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish's Stardust. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    25 Everything Happens to Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 12:38


    Here is Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the sublime Hollywood String Quartet. From his 1956 album Close to You, this is Matt Dennis and Tom Adair's wonderful jazz standard, Everything Happens to Me. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    24 I Won't Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 13:40


    A Great American Songbook classic. From Frank Sinatra's 1956 album A Swingin' Affair!, here is Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' I Won't Dance. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    23 Moonlight Serenade

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 14:10


    For the Greatest Generation, no other song could match Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade. From Frank Sinatra's 1956 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is his definitive recording of this iconic song. Lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    22 Let's Fall in Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 11:34


    Unleashed musical imagination from Frank Sinatra. Here is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler's Let's Fall in Love from Sinatra's 1961 album Ring-a-Ding-Ding!. Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    21 I Get Along Without You Very Well

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 12:40


    Nobody sings of lost love and longing like Frank Sinatra. Nobody. From Sinatra's 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours, here is Hoagy Carmichael's enduring classic I Get Along Without You Very Well. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    20 The Lady is a Tramp

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 11:47


    From his 1957 album A Swingin' Affair, here is Frank Sinatra's classic recording of The Lady is a Tramp. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

    19 The Girl from Ipanema

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2022 14:41


    Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Bossa Nova. A magical collaboration. From the 1967 album, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, here is The Girl from Ipanema. Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes , English lyrics by Norman Gimbel. Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

    18 When No One Cares

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 9:39


    This is what all the fuss is about . . . here is Frank Sinatra at his ballad singing best. From the 1959 album No One Cares, Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Kahn's classic torch song, When No One Cares. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

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