Podcasts about Frank Sinatra

Gino from Upstate New York called Mark to reminisce about his experiences hosting shows that highlighted Frank Sinatra. George in Long Island, NY, doesn't think gubernatorial candidate Elise Stefanik will have a chance to win the governor's race in NYC next year.

Cheryl in Monmouth County, NJ, called Mark to let him know that she thinks Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could get deported due to his citizenship. Chipper in Stony Point, NY, calls Mark to ask him his three favorite Frank Sinatra songs.

Cheryl in Monmouth County, NJ, called Mark to let him know that she thinks Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could get deported due to his citizenship. Chipper in Stony Point, NY, calls Mark to ask him his three favorite Frank Sinatra songs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl in Monmouth County, NJ, called Mark to let him know that she thinks Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could get deported due to his citizenship. Chipper in Stony Point, NY, calls Mark to ask him his three favorite Frank Sinatra songs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music industry veteran Eddie Gilreath pulls up to the Corner Booth at Skip Paige's Little Bar to trace an extraordinary journey from Philadelphia's sound to global stages. With hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence, he recalls faking his first bass gig at 14, serving in Panama during tense Cold War days, then rising through Motown and Warner Bros. to help break artists like the Spinners and George Benson. Eddie shares inside stories about working with icons including Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Mayfield, and more—plus why some of the most memorable moments happened offstage. He talks about smashing industry barriers as a pioneering Black executive, his “Black Music Is Green” initiative, and how streaming has rewritten the rules for new artists. It's a masterclass in music, marketing, and humanity from a man who quietly shaped the soundtrack of our lives. From basement rehearsals to boardrooms, Eddie's story is funny, candid, and deeply inspiring.Takeaways:How a missing bass player at a Philly cabaret accidentally launched Eddie's music career at 14.Serving in Panama during a volatile Cold War era and keeping music alive even in a combat zone.Moving from musician to executive, rising through Motown and Warner Bros. during the heyday of soul and pop.The strategy behind breaking acts like the Spinners and George Benson, including the massive success of Breezin'.Becoming the first African American national sales director and vice president at Warner, and refusing to be pigeonholed into “just” Black music.Intimate, often funny stories about working with legends: Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Cher, George Clinton, and more.Creating the “Black Music Is Green” initiative and using hard data and retail relationships to open doors for more Black professionals in the business.Reflections on Broadway cast albums, the streaming-era music economy, and why Eddie hopes his legacy is simply that he “did the right things.”#BigConversationsLittleBarPodcast #PatrickEvans #RandyFlorence #SkipsLittleBar #MutualBroadcastingSystem #CoachellaValleyResidents #SkipPaige #McCallumTheatre #EddieGilreath #MotownRecords #WarnerBrothersRecords #MusicIndustryLegends #GeorgeBenson #RayCharles #CurtisMayfield #MichaelJackson #RecordBusinessHistory #BlackMusicIsGreen #PhiladelphiaSound #PanamaVeteran

Crime on a MondayFirst,  a look at this day in History.Then, Rocky Fortune starring Frank Sinatra, originally broadcast November 17, 1953, 72 years ago, The Hepcat Kills the Canary. Rocky lands a temporary job as a bodyguard for a sultry nightclub singer known as The Canary. She's being threatened by a jealous ex-lover.  When The Canary turns up dead before her next show, Rocky becomes the prime suspect.Followed by The Adventures of Sam Spade starring Steve Dunne, originally broadcast November 17, 1950, 75 years ago, The Death of Sam Spade.  The first show of the series with Steve Dunne. An undertaker named Charles Swan hires Spade to find out who's been following him. This naturally leads to the death of Sam Spade!  The anti-Communist fervor led to Howard Duff getting canned from the show (and Spade creator Dashiell Hammett) getting canned from NBC, but public demand forced the show to come back, albeit with Dunne.  Then, Broadway is My Beat, starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast November 17, 1950 —75 years ago —The Joan Fuller Murder Case.  Joan Fuller has been found floating in the lake in Central Park. She's a rich woman's maid, and she's been knifed.Followed by Calling All Cars, originally broadcast November 17, 1938, 87 years ago,  The Case of the Four Lead Slugs. The dramatization of the first trial that used the science of ballistics. Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast November 17, 1947, 78 years ago, A Small Death.  A cat-astrophe.  Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.Thanks to Richard G for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCheck out Professor Bees Digestive Aid at profbees.com and use my promo code WYATT to save 10% when you order! Find the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.html

Dans cette édition :Le salon Choose France, événement phare d'Emmanuel Macron, annonce 30 millions d'euros d'investissements malgré les inquiétudes des chefs d'entreprise sur le contexte politique et budgétaire.Le ministre de l'Économie dénonce le budget "anti-entreprise" voté par les députés, tandis que plusieurs centaines d'employés de l'aciérie Novasco vont perdre leur emploi en Moselle.La libération de l'écrivain Boualem Sansal en Algérie soulève des espoirs de dialogue entre la France et l'Algérie, mais les obstacles restent nombreux.Un mineur de 12 ans est grièvement blessé par balle à Grenoble, dans un quartier connu pour le trafic de drogue.Les recherches se poursuivent en Ardèche pour retrouver un septuagénaire emporté par une rivière en crue.Un spectacle hommage à Frank Sinatra, avec le chanteur Stephen Triffitt, est annoncé pour le 12 décembre prochain.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Dans cette édition :Le salon Choose France, événement phare d'Emmanuel Macron, annonce 30 millions d'euros d'investissements malgré les inquiétudes des chefs d'entreprise sur le contexte politique et budgétaire.Le ministre de l'Économie dénonce le budget "anti-entreprise" voté par les députés, tandis que plusieurs centaines d'employés de l'aciérie Novasco vont perdre leur emploi en Moselle.La libération de l'écrivain Boualem Sansal en Algérie soulève des espoirs de dialogue entre la France et l'Algérie, mais les obstacles restent nombreux.Un mineur de 12 ans est grièvement blessé par balle à Grenoble, dans un quartier connu pour le trafic de drogue.Les recherches se poursuivent en Ardèche pour retrouver un septuagénaire emporté par une rivière en crue.Un spectacle hommage à Frank Sinatra, avec le chanteur Stephen Triffitt, est annoncé pour le 12 décembre prochain.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Brad Zerbo and Jaytriot take listeners on a hilarious and deeply nostalgic ride through the songs they once hid from their friends—but secretly loved. From disco denials to new-wave confessions, the guys relive the moments that shaped their musical tastes, including the awkward childhood discoveries, the high-school peer pressure, and the unforgettable “caught red-handed” stories. The episode jumps through decades of guilty-pleasure classics: Bee Gees falsettos, Motown gems, Frank Sinatra bombast, 80s pop anthems, techno nostalgia, Bonnie Tyler melodrama, Chicago love ballads, and even glam-rock oddities that neither host would have admitted to liking back in the day. Their personal stories—Halloween costumes gone wrong, uncomfortable car-ride reveals, and cringe-yet-iconic party moments—bring the music to life with humor and heart. The guys also celebrate modern rediscoveries, genre mashups, and the joy of embracing the songs they once hid “deep underground.” The episode caps off with a surprise clip from GART and a tribute spin from The Rods, tying together family, fandom, and the music that shaped them.

By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Chris Dalla Riva, author of the new book Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. Chris is a fixture here at Numlock, we're big fans of his newsletter Can't Get Much Higher and have been eagerly waiting for this book, which tracks the history of music by coasting along the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The book can be found at Amazon and wherever books are sold, grab a copy!This interview has been condensed and edited. Chris Dalla Riva, it is great to have you back on. Especially great this week, because you are finally out with a book that I know you've been working on for a very long time, Uncharted Territory. Thanks for coming back on.Yeah, thrilled to be back, but also thrilled to have the book come out. The book publishing world is one of the only worlds left in the world that moves slow enough where you're waiting for so long for something to happen.You have guest-written for Numlock before; you have been a staple of the Sunday editions in the past. You are definitely familiar to the audience at this point because you are doing some of the best music data journalism out there. You've been working on this thing for, I feel like, as long as I've known you, and it is just great to have it come out finally, man.Yeah, actually, I met you because I was working on this project. I was trying to track down some data that you'd used at FiveThirtyEight, and you responded to my email with your phone number. You were like, “This is easier to explain over the phone.”Yeah, I remember I had scraped the radio for months at FiveThirtyEight just to see where it went, and you hit me up with that. I think that you focused some of your energies on the newsletter, and that's been so fun to follow, but this is truly what you've been working at. It is great to get you on finally to talk all about it.What would you describe this book as? How would you describe it, either to folks who might be familiar with your newsletter or unfamiliar with your newsletter, about what you're setting out to do with this particular project?The subtitle, I think, is helpful. It's What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. My typical pitch is that it's a data-driven history of popular music that I wrote as I spent years listening to every number one hit song in history. You get a balance of music history, data analysis, just random music chart shenanigans. I wrote it over such a very long period of time that you get a little bit of how my life was intersecting with this book over the years as I tried to get it published.I love the angle on the No.1s being a place to go with, because it gives you a pulse on what's popular at the time and not necessarily what's the most influential at the time. You can see there's a lot of stuff that hit number one at one point or another that have no musical legacy whatsoever, but nevertheless are still interesting. It's dipping your toe in the stream, right? You can see that a lot of things that we assume about how the music industry works weren't always the case.You wrote a little bit about the early transition from big bands to singers as the front-facing people in their operation. That was informed in no small part by what was performing on the charts, but also, I think, labor action, right?An under-discussed part of music history in the last 100 years is that when thinking of any band now or any musical artist, you almost certainly think of the front person being the singer. But if you go look back at big bands of the 1930s and 1940s, anyone whose name was attached to the band was often not a singer. Some that come to mind are Glenn Miller, the Glenn Miller band. Glenn Miller was a trombone player. Artie Shaw was a clarinet player. If none of these names are familiar to you, that's okay. But you can ask your grandparents.Why does this transition happen: suddenly, the lead singer is always getting top billing in a band? There are a bunch of things that contributed to this. One thing I talk about pretty extensively is just the advent of better microphones. If a voice cannot be heard over the roar of an orchestra or a big band, you need a choir of people to sing. It makes the singer less identifiable. As we get better amplification, better microphones, you can get a wider range of vocal styles. Those vocalists can now compete with the sound of a ton of instruments.At the same time, something you mentioned that I think is a fun bit of history is how music used to be much better organized. They had better labor organization, the same way that Hollywood has much better labor organization than music these days. There still exists a group called the American Federation of Musicians. For two years, they had a strike for a work stoppage, when no new music was being recorded. This was during World War II. You weren't allowed to strike during World War II.They were frowned upon very much, it seems, yes.Yes, even if you were a musician. People were like, “Come on, why are the musicians striking?” There's a lot of interesting history there. One of the weird loopholes was that singers could not join the American Federation of Musicians. Because of that, some labels would get around the strike by just recording acapella songs or songs with instruments that were not eligible to be membership because they weren't “serious” enough, like the harmonica. There were weird harmonica songs that were popular at this time. By the time the strike ended, by the time World War II ended, suddenly, singers had a much more prominent role because they were the only ones allowed to perform.There is tons of weird stuff about this strike. Like, labels backlogged tons of recordings because they knew the strike was coming. “White Christmas,” maybe the best-selling record of all time, was one of those backlogged recordings — recorded in July of 1942 and put out however many months later.That's fun. That's basically why Tom Cruise is in a union but Bad Bunny isn't?I guess so. Music and labor have a history that I'm not an expert on. For some reason, musicians have had a much more difficult time organizing. It seemed to be a little bit easier back when there were these big bands that needed to be rolled out to perform in movie theaters or local clubs. You needed a tuba player and a trombone player and a sax player. I guess it was easier for those musicians to organize. Whereas now, things are so scattered and productions can be super small, and you could record something in your bedroom. They never got that level of organization. I think it's actually hurt artists to some degree because they don't have the protections that the film industry does.Because you're able to just coast along at the top of the charts throughout basically the century, you're able to get lots of different interweaving stories of labor and also legal disputes/legal outcomes, as well as this technological evolution. What are some of the ways that technology has informed how the music that we listen to changes or evolves over time? Or even some of the litigation that we have seen over the course of the century of musical creation. It just seems like it's a really fun way to track some of these bigger trends that we don't even know are really trends.Yeah, totally. I think one of the key themes of the book is that musical evolution is often downstream from technological innovation, which has a nice little ring to it. But in general, there's this idea that creativity is being struck by the muse, and you create something. Whereas in reality, there are usually physical constraints or technological constraints that shape the art that we make. One of the most basic examples is the length of songs. From the '40s up till the early, mid-60s, the pop song sits around 2.5 to three minutes. The reason for this is that vinyl singles could literally not hold more sound without degrading, which is completely backwards from the idea that there was an artist who chose to write a 2.5-minute song.I was like, “Well, you had to work within the constraint.” Then technology gets better, singles start to get longer. During the disco era, they actually made bigger discs to put out these long dance mixes. The single sat around like 3.5 to 4.5 minutes for decades until about 10 years ago, when it started to shorten again. People typically point to music streaming for this reason, because artists are paid if a song is listened to for more than 30 seconds, so it's really just a volume game. If you have a 14 minute song that someone listens to one time, they get paid once. But if I listen to a two-minute song seven times (which is again, the same amount of time spent listening), I will be paid out seven times. There is this financial incentive to shorten songs.I don't think artists are sitting in the studio thinking about this constantly. But what I see, what I saw again and again, is that artists were rational beings to some degree and would work within the constraints that they were given. They would usually push against those constraints. That's where a lot of great art comes out of.Even new mediums are offering new opportunities. You wrote a little bit about MTV and how that really changed a lot of what was able to be successful at the time. You had new types of acts that were able to really start competing there, and other acts that just weren't. Do you wanna speak a little bit about like what video did?Yeah, video certainly changed the game. There were artists who had visual presences earlier. The Beatles had a very visual presence. I think part of their success is tied to the fact that television was becoming a thing, and mass media was really becoming a thing. However, we associate musicians with visuals so much these days. That really emerged in the 1980s, where you needed your visual concepts to be as strong, if not stronger than, your musical concepts. I think because of that, you start seeing some artists break through who I don't think are considered great musicians.I always sadly point to the song, “Hey Mickey” by Tony Basil. If it's your favorite song, sorry. I don't think it's a masterful musical creation, but it had this fun music video where she's dressed up as a cheerleader. A lot of that song's success was just the fact that MTV was willing to put that in heavy rotation because it was a fun video to watch. We live in the shadow of that era where visuals matter just as much as anything else.When you think about the most popular artists, outside of maybe a handful, you think of their visual concepts. You think of what Beyoncé looks like, what her videos are like, same with Taylor Swift, as much as you think about their music. That really reshaped our relationship with popular music. We expect to know what artists look like. It's odd to think about that; it really wasn't a thing decades before. You could be a fan of an artist and not really know what they look like. How would you know? Maybe you saw them in a magazine. Maybe you caught them on one television show. The idea that we have access to what everyone looks like is a pretty new phenomenon.That's fun. It's just so interesting to see how a simple change, whether it's today an algorithm or then a medium of distribution, can just have material impacts on the popularity of British synth music in America.Yeah, that's the perfect example. There's a great book called I Want My MTV, and it's an oral history of MTV. They talked to one of the founders. Early MTV would play, as you're saying, all these British new wave acts. Think A Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran or even someone like U2. They asked the founder, “Why were you playing so many British artists on early MTV?” He was like, “For some reason, British artists happened to make music videos. And there were about 200 music videos in existence. We had to fill 24 hours of programming.” A Flock of Seagulls was gonna get played a bunch of times just because they happened to make music videos.It is a weird thing. Why would anyone make a music video if there was nowhere to really play them? I don't know why specifically the British had more videos, but there were occasional times where television shows might show a video.They do love that over there, like Top of the Pops. I can see why.Music and television have always been connected. You even think Saturday Night Live still has musical acts. Back then, say your label didn't wanna send you out to Britain to go on Top of the Pops. Maybe they would send a video of you instead. There were videos that would float around on these variety shows, and some early videos were just concert footage. It was like, it was a chicken or the egg thing. Once some people had success on MTV, everyone started producing videos. MTV somehow pulled off the miracle of convincing labels that they needed to make videos and that they needed to front the cost for that. Then they had to give MTV the video for free. I don't know how MTV managed to do that.Well, all of Gen X can't be wrong. If you do wanna get it out there, you do have to get it out there. One really fun recurring thing in the book — which again, like I really enjoyed. I think it's a phenomenal work. I think it's a great history. I'm telling stories that I learned in your book to everybody. It is a really fun read in that regard, I wanna say.I do love how you occasionally clock a genre that really only exists briefly. There's one that always goes around for like the strangest things to hit number one, like the Ballad of the Green Berets. I think like there's a Star Wars disco track that I definitely have on vinyl at home about that. You wrote a lot about like teen tragedy songs. What are some of the fascinating like brief trends that only made a small splash and that all of us have forgotten ever existed, but nevertheless achieve some measure of immortality?Yeah, the teen tragedy song is a good one. That actually inspired the writing of this whole book because I got 50 No. 1s, and I was like, “Why are there so many number ones about teenagers dying? That's a little weird.” And then I did a little digging and tried to piece together why that was. The teenage tragedy song, late '50s, early '60s, there are all of these songs about two teenagers in love, usually high schoolers. One tragically dies often in a car crash, and the other is very sad and maybe says that they'll reunite again one day in the afterlife. Some of the big ones are “Leader of the Pack” by the Shangri-Las and “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning.It's a very weird blip in popular music history. I won't say it has cast a long shadow, but there are some occasional people who pull from that tradition. The craziest teen tragedy song ever was “Bat Outta Hell” by Meatloaf, in which Jim Steinman tried to write a nine-minute motorcycle crash song. I think that's a really interesting one.Disco: bizarre in the amount of people that made disco songs. I really came to like disco and the best disco music, I'm like, “These are the greatest sounds that have ever been recorded.” But it got so big and so popular that everyone felt the need to record disco songs.Not everything is “I Feel Love,” right?No, most things are not. It strikes me that this happened with disco, but has not happened with other genres. Frank Sinatra recorded disco songs. Basically, every television theme song got a disco remix. I Love Lucy had a disco remix. The Rocky theme song had a disco remix.What? I'm sorry, Frank Sinatra did a disco song? Is it good?It's not good. It's “Night and Day” over a disco beat. And it's not clear to me if they just remixed it or if he actually recut the vocal because I just cannot imagine him doing that. In the mid-60s, there was a nun who topped the charts, The Singing Nun with a song called “Dominique.” Of course, during the disco era, it was remixed as a disco song. There are examples of this where people went sort of disco. The Rolling Stones record “Miss You” and it has the disco beat, or Pink Floyd does “Another Brick in the Wall” or Queen does “Another One Bites the Dust.”Everyone was gonna give it a try. There was so much money being made in the disco world at the time. You can always find some artists you would never think would do a disco song probably tried. They probably gave it their best.That's great. It's just fun because the things that hit number one for a week don't necessarily have to be good. They just have to be popular for like a week. Even the construction of the Top 40 chart, which you get into in the book, isn't exactly science. A lot of times, it's a little bit of intuition. It's a lot of what's selling and what's selling where specifically. It is a little bit woo woo, right?Yeah, definitely. The goal of this chart is “What's the most popular song in America in a given week?” Back in the day, that meant what were people buying? What were people listening to on the radio? What were people spinning in jukeboxes? Today, most music is done on streaming. It's consumption-based, rather than sales-based. So the chart's the same in name only, but it's really measuring very different things. The equivalent would be if we knew after you purchased your copy of “I Feel Love,” how many times did you actually play it at home? You could have purchased it, went home and never played it again. Something like that would not register on the charts these days.I respect the people at Billboard because they have an impossible task. It's like “We're gonna take all the information and we're going to boil it down into choosing or measuring what the most popular song is.” It's an impossible task to some degree.I have watched the evolution of the chart, and I go back and forth on whether they have given up on actually trying to rank stuff or if they are just ranking things in a different way. I think that the apples-to-apples between the era stuff is just so hard to do.One thing I really enjoyed about your book, in particular, is that it's not a story of why these songs are the best. It's a story of why these songs were popular at the time, just dipping the toe into the river of human sound. One thing that I'll ask as you wrap: as you were going through these eras, who did you hear a lot more of than you thought? Who did you hear a lot less than you expected?I joked with some people that if you just looked at the top of the charts, the greatest rock band of the 1970s is either Grand Funk Railroad or Three Dog Night because they both had three number one hits, and many other bands in the classic rock canon have none. Led Zeppelin does not really exist on the pop chart, the singles chart. Led Zeppelin really only put out albums. The Eagles were also big during the '70s on the music charts. But Three Dog Night, they're the legends.There are tons of people that I didn't realize how much I would see of them. Someone like Lionel Richie and Phil Collins, of course, they're tremendously popular, but they were so popular. Phil Collins was popular at the height of the bald pop star era, which I think is a thing of the past. You had multiple bald men who were regularly topping the charts in the mid-80s. You see a ton of Phil Collins, more than I was expecting, even though I know he's very popular.Who don't you see a ton of? Sometimes you don't see people until a bit later in their careers. This is actually an interesting phenomenon. Artists do not score a number one hit during their most critically acclaimed period, and then a decade later, they do. For example, Cheap Trick. They have a number one hit, but it's at the end of the '80s song called “The Flame.” Whereas if you hear Cheap Trick on the radio, it's probably their live album from the 1970s. This is a phenomenon you see again and again. Some old timer will get their number one much later in their career. Tina Turner gets her number one when she's probably in her 40s. It's always interesting to see that.There are also some artists where I feel like there's a divergence between what their most popular songs are these days and what was topping the charts. Elton John is a good example there. “Benny and the Jets” was a number one hit, still a tremendously popular song. But he's got a lot of weird No. 1s that I don't think have as much street cred these days. He has a song called “Island Girl.” Did not age like fine wine. I don't even think he plays it live anymore because it's considered somewhat racially insensitive. But it was a No. 1 hit at the time. “Philadelphia Freedom” is another one by Elton John. I feel like when people think of the Elton John catalog, it's probably not the first song that comes to mind. But it was a No. 1 hit, huge smash. His cover of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was a No. 1. Elton John has been very popular throughout the decades, but I feel like the reasons he's been popular have changed.People have just gravitated towards different songs as time has gone on. You get distortions at the top of the charts. But I think, as you mentioned, it provides a good sample of what was actually popular. You have the good, the bad, and the ugly. Whereas if you look at some other sources, people are just gonna be like, “Oh, listen to these records. These are the best records.” In reality, the bad records are important, too.Yeah, bad records are great. They're at least interesting. I imagine also some of this process must have been missing out on a lot of interesting music because one song was just dominating the charts. Were there any songs in particular that come to mind that wooled the roost for potentially a little bit too long?Yeah, the quintessential example is the “Macarena” in the ‘90s.Oh, no!I think it was No. 1 for 13 weeks.Christ!There's a great clip of people at the Democratic National Convention and '96 dancing the “Macarena.” It's so bad. Yeah, so a very popular song. There are tons of stuff that gets stuck behind it. There's a great No.1 hit in the '90s called “I Love You Always Forever.” It's a very nice song by Donna Lewis. It's stuck at No. 2 because it just happened to be popular during the “Macarena's” very long run. YYour life's work, your greatest accomplishment, being stymied by the “Macarena” feels like a level of creative hell that I have never envisioned before.Yeah, there are other artists who got unlucky. Bruce Springsteen never performed a No. 1 hit. He wrote a No.1 hit for another artist. His closest was “Dancing in the Dark” got to No. 2, but that was also when Prince released “When Doves Cry,” so it's a tough, tough week. Bob Dylan, similar thing. He wrote a No. 1 hit, but he only ever got to No. 2. I think he got to No. 2 twice. Once, he got stuck behind “Help” by the Beatles, and another time he got stuck behind “Monday Monday” by the Mamas and the Papas.This is another thing when I talk about the charts. There could be many fewer units sold in a given week, or there could be many more units sold. There's a lot of luck involved if you're gonna go all the way to No. 1. You could be Bruce Springsteen: you release the biggest record of your life, and Prince also releases the biggest record of his life at the exact same time.Incredible. So again, I have read the book. I really, really like it. People are doubtlessly familiar with the newsletter at this point, but I am also a big fan and booster of that. But I guess I'll just throw it to you. Where can folks find the book, and where can folks find you?Yeah, you can find me, Chris Dalla Riva, basically on every social media platform under cdallarivamusic. I'm most active on TikTok and Instagram. The book, Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves, should be available from every major retailer online. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Booklist, all that good stuff. Not available physically in stores, so definitely order it online.Like I said, I spent years listening to every No. 1 hit in history, built a giant data set about all those songs and used that to write a data-driven history of popular music from 1958 to basically 2025. So go pick up a copy, buy one for your mother for Christmas. Or your father, I don't discriminate. Yeah, check it out. I'm hoping people enjoy it, and I'm really excited to finally get it out in the world. It's been a long, circuitous journey to get it published.It's a really fun read, and I wish it nothing but the best. And yeah, congrats, thanks for coming on.Yeah, thanks for having me.Edited by Crystal WangIf you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news. 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Have you ever scanned the radio looking for some music that fits your specific mood at that moment? Well, that's the daily quandary for show host John Avery. Thus, the creation of “Raiding The Crates on DC Radio,” a weekly two-hour ride through John's wildly diverse music taste and genre-hopping music collection. Be prepared to hear shows ranging from southern soul and blues to house music. Hear songs by artists from Frank Sinatra to Frank Ocean; from Sarah Vaughn to Fantasia; from Al Green to The B-52s. John is all over the place, but never too far from his first love: MUSIC. If you're the least bit adventurous, make it a point to join him weekly for “Raiding The Crates”.

Il a tout eu, tout perdu, puis tout reconstruit. Voici l'histoire de Frank Sinatra, un homme seul face à son époque et à ses propres excès.Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Il a tout eu, tout perdu, puis tout reconstruit. Voici l'histoire de Frank Sinatra, un homme seul face à son époque et à ses propres excès.Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

This week, in Menomonie, Wisconsin, a friendly, traveling lounge singer moves into the area, and people start to end up dead. Some of the deaths even seem to be accidents. But it turns out not to be a coincidence, as this singer is also being guided by voices, coming from tv sets, light bulbs, and Chinese restaurants, while also being told what to do, by what he calls "The Force". He eventually admits all of this, but will he be allowed to walk the streets, again??   Along the way, we find out that nobody wants someone to croon Frank Sinatra tunes to them, while they're being murdered, that if you hear any voices that you can't identify, you should ignore them, and that if someone is apparently in a car accident, you should also check them for bullet holes!!   New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!!   Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! 10/30/2025 @ 9:00 PM Eastern Time Get your tickets on moment.co/smalltownmurder  Tickets are $20.  Video Playback will be available for 2 weeks after the live event.  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions!   Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod   Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

This week we look at Oasis; Prince William at COP30 in Brazil;  Germany rearming; The crisis at the BBC; The Czech Election; Will Mandani change New York; Champagne Socialists;  Country of the Week Japan;  Shogun; Colbert, Plant, and Tolkien; A man says what he is thinking; Alex O'Connor and Bear Grylls; Giant Christian monument in England; and the Final Word (Philippians 2:14-16) with music from Oasis, Frank Sinatra;  the Vapors; Masaaki Suzuki; Led Zeppelin; and St Peters Free Church . 

Barry Avrich is a Renaissance man, and his creativity knows no boundaries. From crafting brilliant advertising campaigns for Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Frank Sinatra's final concerts to directing over fifty documentaries that expose the power, ego, and humanity behind fame, he's lived by one lesson from his father—don't blend in. In this conversation, Barry opens up about his unlikely path from Montreal to the Silver Screen, the thin line between ambition and addiction to power, and why storytelling is his calling. We explore the making of The Last Mogul, Prosecuting Evil, and The Road Between Us, and his belief that movies can still change hearts, minds, and even history. This year, Barry is being honoured with the 2025 Horatio Alger Award, one of Canada's most distinguished recognitions. The award celebrates Canadians who have triumphed over adversity to achieve extraordinary success while giving back to others. For Barry, whose films often illuminate resilience and moral courage, the award feels like the story coming full circle.      

This week, Monty tells us the 'desperate times call for desperate measures' situation her partner Sam recently found himself in that leaves Mel horrified. There's also some sweet young love at the 7/11, bad bedtimes, and a copy of Frank Sinatra's rider has us guessing what would be on each other's. Enjoy! Fancy supporting us on Patreon? Find out more here. Follow us and get in touch on Instagram here. Follow us on Facebook here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textIn a recent episode, we spent time with a man who changed popular culture and then became a warning about what fame, isolation, and addiction can do to a single human body—Elvis Presley. Brilliant, iconic, but ultimately tragic.Today… similar voltage. Very different story.This is about a band that came out of the same storm system of sex, drugs, and rock and roll… but somehow did not end as a cautionary tale on a bathroom floor. Instead, they turned danger into discipline, scandal into strategy, and raw rebellion into one of the longest-running creative partnerships in modern music.In this series, we've already met Frank Sinatra, who turned phrasing and breath into a method—and Chuck Berry, who wired the circuitry of rock and roll into the American imagination. Elvis showed us how a single, fragile human can be crushed under the weight of that circuitry.Today's story is different. This is what happens when that same dangerous current is handed to a band that refuses to burn out.The Rolling Stones.This is not just a tale of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. This is the story of staying power.Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.

  https://www.genedinapoli.com/ Gene DiNapoli, widely known as "Mr. Entertainment," is a multifaceted American entertainer, actor, DJ, MC, producer, and the owner of the production company "Gene DiNapoli Presents". He is most famous for his work as one of the country's top Elvis Presley tribute artists, a role he has performed for over 40 years.      Career Highlights Tribute Artist: DiNapoli has performed his highly regarded Elvis tribute show in numerous venues, including B.B. King's nightclub in Times Square for eight years and at casinos in New York. He also performs a Blues Brothers tribute and general music shows covering genres from Sinatra to pop hits of the 70s and 80s. Actor: He has appeared in several film and TV productions, including narrating Elvis Presley stories on the American Heroes channel show America's Most Badass. His acting credits also include roles in the TV show Kingpin, where he played John Gotti's best friend Angelo Ruggeiro, and movies like High Resolution and Bully: The Rico Story.

Jake Tapper: bourbon on iceJake discusses his stint working for Hooters Restaurant, names the US President with the best sense of humor, names his favorite Eagle football player and why, describes how politics is a day-job that he leaves behind when with friends and family, confesses to the aggressive note he sent to his mother-in-law who is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, reveals some Frank Sinatra stories, and shares a piece of advice for aspiring writers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this installment we hopscotch through my favorite 45 RPM records that I own. Everything from Frank Sinatra to Nas. I plan on slowing down on the installment frequency after next weekend. I have already started my gameplan for the next episode, so you should start taking your protein pills now. We're going deeeeep next weekend. I wanted to make sure my 45 collection got their day in the sun before I slow down. Next eppy will be my full size records and I'm sure a few live performances that I have saved on my laptop. Until then, I remain your loyal host with the most.. Yung Trill Murray. Chester Copperpooch. Trill Pecos Bill. The fastest hands in the West. DJ Witiwcka Juan Don and don't you forget it. Til next time.. Yuuuurp

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Send us a textToday we're stepping into complicated territory.Not a personal hero of mine.Not a composer whose scores I pore over, or a bandleader whose arrangements I quote with delight or a singer I enjoy listening to.We've just spent time with artists like Frank Sinatra, who turned phrasing into a method, and Chuck Berry, who wired rock's circuitry with wit and precision. Both, in their own ways, were architects of how modern music sounds.Today's subject is someone you simply cannot walk around if you're tracing how popular music, celebrity, and American culture twisted themselves together in the second half of the twentieth century.Elvis Presley.For some, he's the thrilling young rebel in black and white. For others, he's a cartoon in a white jumpsuit. For many, he's a brand—lunchboxes, impersonators, Halloween costumes—more than a musician.For me, and for this podcast, he's something else: a case study in what happens when a very real, very shy Southern kid with a remarkable voice is plugged directly into a machine that never turns off.Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.

Meet the creator of a fabulous new coffee-table book, “Rock to Baroque – Four Decades of Music Photography.”  The artist is celebrated photographer Eric Antoniou whose work transcends mere imagery.  For decades he has captured the essence of musicians in performance and beyond,  from rock to jazz, blues to classical.  David Bowie,  The Rolling Stones,  Roy Orbison, Etta James, Leonard Bernstein, K.D. Lang, Springsteen, Sinatra and  Dizzy Gillespy are just a few of the iconic photos Eric is proud to share!

Frank Sinatra plays a Manhattan bachelor whose life is basically a cautionary tale in leisure suits. His naïve little brother moves in, bad decisions multiply, and there's a painfully stupid song that somehow made it into a Hollywood movie. Travis and Annie revel in the sibling chaos, mock the hollow fantasy of bachelorhood, and silently judge Sinatra for aging like a legend while making life choices we wouldn't touch with a ten-foot cocktail stirrer.

As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky.  If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm  In 1959 at the cusp of a new and exciting decade Richard Condon wrote a book that is largely described as a political thriller. And it is a political thriller. But it also fits neatly into my concept of science fiction. To learn more about what is and isn't science fiction you can head to the heady days of the first episode where the topic is discussed with science fiction scholars Lisa Yaszek and Glyn Morgan. (Please do excuse the fear in my eyes.) Just a few years later a film was made by John Frankenheimer, starring Fred Astaire, Janet Leigh and a brilliant and manipulative Angela Lansbury. The 1960s USA is in peak cold war fears, and the CIA is undertaking covert operations of their own, with the MKUltra programme, testing on humans to discover whether they can be manipulated and brainwashed. Although this film continues many themes from the 1950s it is definitely a product of the new age as culture shifts and a new batch of Hollywood directors take cinema in a different direction. I am lucky to have two brilliant guests to talk us through the themes and context of this film. Ian Scott is a Professor of American Film and History at The University of Manchester. He has written extensively about politics and film in Hollywood including the book American Politics in Hollywood Film. Sherryl Vint is Professor of Science Fiction Media Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She has written/edited many books about science fiction. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:23 New Hollywood Directors 04:57 Richard Condon's novel 07:00 Mind control in science fiction 09:40 Cold War in the Far East 16:57 The brilliant brainwashing scene 25:28 Raymond Shaw the unlikely hero 29:17 Frank Sinatra as Marco 33:17 Angela Lansbury as Eleanor 37:54 Janet Leigh 44:04Eisenhower and the legacy of conspiracy films 48:31 The remake 52:29 Recommendations   The recommendations this week are the films Suddenly (1954) and Seconds (1966). I will be covering Seconds in the near future so you can get ahead by watching it if you like!   NEXT EPISODE! Next episode we will be discussing the Roger Corman film X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes from 1963 starring Ray Milland. DVDs of the film are available but it is also available to rent and watch online on Apple TV and many other platforms. You can check the Just Watch website to see where it is available in your region.      

Have you ever scanned the radio looking for some music that fits your specific mood at that moment? Well, that's the daily quandary for show host John Avery. Thus, the creation of “Raiding The Crates on DC Radio,” a weekly two-hour ride through John's wildly diverse music taste and genre-hopping music collection. Be prepared to hear shows ranging from southern soul and blues to house music. Hear songs by artists from Frank Sinatra to Frank Ocean; from Sarah Vaughn to Fantasia; from Al Green to The B-52s. John is all over the place, but never too far from his first love: MUSIC. If you're the least bit adventurous, make it a point to join him weekly for “Raiding The Crates”.

This episode is being published for the first time on Friday, November 7th. An episode of the same title was mistakenly published previously. The media blamed AC/DC for inspiring a serial killer. Rebecca Shaefer's murderer claimed inspiration from a U2 song. When the next incel murder happens, will we blame Morrissey? Radiohead? Or will we finally learn our lesson and treat the music as a mirror, and not a weapon? This topic, along with your voicemails, texts, and emails, and in the All Access portion, Jake and Zeth look into one of the weirdest social phenomena, “The My Way Killings,” where, for some reason, this mega Frank Sinatra hit has triggered numerous murders in the Philippines. You can become an All Access member and hear this and more exclusive content, along with ad-free listening of all Disgraceland episodes, by going to disgracelandpod.com and signing up via Patreon or Apple Podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:30 - Ken Griffin at American Business Forum 20:25 - Megan Kelly says it's ok to talk about Tucker now 39:40 - Shutdown: Flights 47:03 - On bureaucracy 55:50 - Illinois State Representative Bill Hauter (R-87) shares his frustration over the “Terminally Ill Patients” bill and the early-morning vote that pushed it through.For more on Rep Hauter's work for district 87 rephauter.com 01:13:24 - Actor and comedian Tom Dreesen on growing up in Harvey, race relations and working with Frank Sinatra 01:35:10 - Liel Leibovitz, editor at large for Tablet and host of the “Rootless” podcast, on Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and False Patriots .Follow Liel on X @liel 01:53:47 - Part 2 of Dan's interview with Tom Dreesen 02:10:32 - Open Mic FridaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textNew Orleans' own Cowboy Mouth—the self-described “southern gospel revival without the religion”—are bringing their high-energy rock ‘n' roll celebration back to St. Louis this Saturday, November 8th, for a one-night-only show at the Old Rock House. The stop marks part of their Cover Yo' Azz album tour and coincides with their 35th anniversary—a milestone for one of America's most enduring and electrifying live bands. Tickets available here.For those who've never witnessed the frenzy firsthand, Cake Magazine captured it best:“On a bad night they will blow the roof off the place. On a good night Cowboy Mouth will save your soul.”Frontman Fred LeBlanc, along with John Thomas Griffith, Brian “Bruiser” Broussard, and Frank Grocholski, have built their reputation not just on loud guitars and big choruses—but on turning every show into a life-affirming party that leaves the audience breathless and grinning. And this weekend's St. Louis stop promises exactly that.A New Album, 11 Years in the MakingEarlier this year, Cowboy Mouth dropped their first album of newly recorded material in over a decade—Cover Yo' Azz, a rowdy and reverent collection of cover songs that honors some of rock's most influential artists. The ten-track record reimagines tunes by R.E.M., The Who, Queen, Frank Sinatra, Cher, The Replacements, Fats Domino, and even Hootie & the Blowfish, featuring a guest appearance by Hootie's Mark Bryan on guitar.The band breathes New Orleans grit and charm into each song, turning classics like “The Real Me” (The Who) and “Can't Hardly Wait” (The Replacements) into punchy, modern rock anthems. The album is available now on Spotify and SoundCloud.Critics have been quick to applaud the band's approach. Mystic Sons praised it as “a joyride dressed in ripped denim,” while York Calling called the album “charismatic, soulful, and expertly performed.” Americana Highways perhaps said it best:“Performed with expertise, finesse, and style... the album summed up is a hoot.”Fred LeBlanc Joins The Tippy Jo ShowAhead of the St. Louis concert, Cowboy Mouth's larger-than-life frontman Fred LeBlanc joined Tippy on The Tippy Jo Show, part of The Barn Media's podcast lineup. The conversation dove deep into the band's legacy, their Louisiana roots, and Fred's signature onstage energy that transforms every Cowboy Mouth performance into something between a rock concert and a revival meeting.True to form, Fred's humor and humanity shone through the interview—equal parts laughter, storytelling, and that unmistakable “let it go” spirit that has powered Cowboy Mouth since their debut album Are You With Me? in 1992.www.BetterHelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group. YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetwork SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504 APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141 I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/ AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn

Friend of the show Sebastian Maniscalco returns! His latest special, “Sebastian Maniscalco: It Ain't Right,” premieres on Hulu on Friday, November 21. The comedian and actor joins Rob Lowe to discuss growing up in the days before air conditioning, Sebastian wants to know what Rob uses TikTok for, Rob's first time meeting Frank Sinatra, the state of entertainment, and much more.Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@LiterallyWithRobLowe! Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at 323-570-4551. Your question could get featured on the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The media blamed AC/DC for inspiring a serial killer. Rebecca Shaefer's murderer claimed inspiration from a U2 song. When the next incel murder happens, will we blame Morrissey? Radiohead? Or will we finally learn our lesson and treat the music as a mirror, and not as a weapon? This topic, along with your voicemails, texts, and emails, and in the All Access portion, Jake and Zeth look into one of the weirdest social phenomena, “The My Way Killings,” where, for some reason, this mega Frank Sinatra hit has triggered numerous murders in the Philippines. You can become an All Access member and hear this and more exclusive content, along with ad-free listening of all Disgraceland episodes, by going to disgracelandpod.com and signing up via Patreon or Apple Podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Vintage Christmas is a collection of classic/oldies Christmas favorites. Please check out this great collection of holiday music. Some of this music is from Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, and many others. Please enjoy the Christmas holiday with some of your old favorites. Merry Christmas from Ken Steele Music.

Send us a textToday's episode is the first in a look at several dozen musicians who lived after 1900, roughly in chronological order.  And let me emphasize this is a extremely subjective look - it seems like every time I would look at my list, I f would find a new musician that just had to be on there - so I'm not presenting this in any way as an ideal selection of the most popular or talented or well known musician - just a deep dive into the lives and talents of some of the greatest singers and musicians of the 20th and 21st centuriesAnd I'm going to start with Bing Crosby mainly because he is widely considered the first multimedia star.  Bing Crosby was able to achieve unprecedented and simultaneous superstardom across the three dominant entertainment mediums of his time: recorded music, radio, and motion pictures. In other words, Crosby's career was characterized by his massive and concurrent success in multiple platforms, a feat unmatched by performers who came before him.Crosby was by far the best-selling recording artist of his time and remained so until well into the rock era. His recording of "White Christmas" is the best-selli Setting a standard for future male vocalist such as Frank Sinatra and he was also a major    ng single of all time. And he had 41 number one hits, a number that even surpassed Elvis Presley and The Beatles.Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.

Send us a textToday, we're going to begin in Hoboken, New Jersey, walk through the apprenticeship years, and then trace how partnerships, heartbreak, movies, and business instincts turned a talented singer into a blueprint many still follow.Frank Sinatra was born December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Dolly and Marty Sinatra, Sicilian immigrants. The home soundtrack mixed Italian song with the everyday music of labor, argument, and celebration. Outside the door, radio—that mid-century hearth—taught him something different: how a voice could cross a continent and still sound like it was sitting at your kitchen table.As a teenager, Frank Sinatra studied Bing Crosby the way a watchmaker studies gears. Crosby wasn't just stylish; he was quiet, and the microphone made quiet powerful. Before amplification, singers had to push air to the balcony. With amplification, you could saying exactly what you wanted and be understood.  You didn't have to shout your feelings; you could aim them.Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.

Marine artist Carey Chen never took an art class. He simply picked up a pencil and then a paint brush and began to sketch and paint fish and marine scenes on canvas. For the past few decades, Carey has traveled all over the world, fishing tournaments, meeting fellow anglers and experiencing new fisheries. He is an expert billfish angler and his true love is catching big marlin. However, if there's a fish biting, odds are Carey will be one of the first anglers who tries to catch it. He spent his youth in Jamaica and Miami, where his love of fishing originated. Always an adrenaline junkie, he raced motorcycles for years. His father was a well-known promoter and Carey never knew who may be hanging out at the family home, from Frank Sinatra to Muhammad Ali. In this conversation, Carey talks about his art, his many fishing exploits and his favorite fishing destinations. Visit AnglersJournal.com for more. See Carey's artwork at CareyChen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Classic Christmas is a collection of music mostly from the 1950s. It's that wonderful time of year again — Christmas is near! What better way to celebrate than with the most beloved classic Christmas songs from the 1950s? This playlist brings together iconic crooners, jazz voices, and vintage orchestras that defined the spirit of Christmas — from Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole to Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. Relive the days of sitting around the Christmas tree with family and friends, sipping hot cocoa, and staring at the beautiful Christmas tree lights. Have a joyful holiday. Remember the reason for the season. Merry Christmas from Ken Steele Music.

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You may remember Frank Sinatra's classic hit about love and marriage going together. Now, that may have been true 70 years ago, but it's not the same today. In 1960, 59% of adults ages 18 to 29 were married compared to only 20% today. It seems our culture has become one of “hook up, shack up, and break up.” As a result, many think doing a series on marriage is a fool's errand. But from the very beginning of time, God's Word says, marriage has mattered, and it always will. It's not coincidental that God's Word begins with a wedding between Adam and Eve and ends with a wedding between Christ and the church. We face something unprecedented in our country, with marriages failing and the very institution of marriage being questioned. But God calls you to remember what He says about marriage instead of being conformed to the world's view of marriage, because healthy homes, communities, and nations depend upon it.

Brad Zerbo and Jaytriot close out The Audio Files season with a cinematic tribute to Cocoa Beach, the home of rockets, surfboards, and the Great American Restoration Tour. Broadcasting from the edge of liftoff, the duo blends 60 years of beach and space-inspired music, from Frankie Avalon's Beach Blanket Bingo to Bowie's Space Oddity and Flock of Seagulls' Space Age Love Song. They trace the strange but beautiful collision of 1960s surf culture and NASA's space program, weaving in punk, new wave, and glam rock detours along the way. Between stories of CanCon's “spacey” beach party, Brad's Jersey Shore nostalgia, and Jay's Ace Frehley memories, this episode feels like a warm night by the ocean, equal parts nostalgia, laughter, and heart. The finale ends on a high note with Sinatra's timeless Fly Me to the Moon, a song once played aboard Apollo 11 and now closing out the pre-GART celebration with style and soul.

Helen and Gavin chat about The Lowdown, The Celebrity Traitors, Frankenstein, and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and it's Week 23 of the list of Grammy Record of the Year Winners from 1981, which will be picked from Sailing by Christopher Cross, The Rose by Bette Midler, Lady by Kenny Rogers, Theme From New York, New York by Frank Sinatra, and Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand.

What if you could close high-value clients... without pitching, posturing, or even talking about what you sell? This week's guest, Corey Lilburn, is a senior consultant and shareholder at Acrisure, a $35B global insurance and fintech firm. From selling Cutco knives to advising enterprise clients, Corey's success comes from mastering the timing, psychology, and nuance of complex sales. Corey shares the real sales skills that matter in today's market, the habits that create consistent closers, how to make renewals a non-event, and why self-funding might make sense sooner than you think. He also shares what Mark Cuban is getting right about pharma... and how a Sinatra impersonator helped him close a major deal. Plus, we dig into the evolution of Bay Area Advisors and how their Martinis for Moffitt event has raised over $4 million for cancer research. If you're selling high-ticket services or navigating long sales cycles, this one's packed with real strategies that actually work. Tune in and learn how to sell anything to anyone. — This episode is part of the 8FE (8-figure entrepreneur) series, where we talk to entrepreneurs who have already passed the million-dollar mark. — Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:37 Essential skills for mastering sales 00:05:03 How AI will impact insurance in the next 5 years 00:07:08 The challenges of risk assessment 00:09:17 Sales cycles and client relationships in insurance 00:22:18 Can you make insurance less boring? 00:23:41 Renewal vs. assumptive close 00:28:23 Keeping healthcare costs down 00:40:45 Self-insurance and level funding 00:53:38 Selling insurance companies to bigger insurance companies 01:06:26 Bay Area Advisors and Martinis for Moffitt 01:20:42 Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs 01:24:35 Outro — Additional Resources:

October 30, 1949 - Don Wilson is celebrating the anniversary of 25 years in radio. Frank Sinatra makes a guest appearance. References include the soap opera "Life Can Be Beautiful" and the advice show of John J. Anthony.

This week, we catch up with Billy, as he is again fired, despite being the league's Manager of the Year. He fights, more & more, with his celebrity getting him out of multiple arrests. But his celebrity doesn't help his attempted cocaine mule of a daughter. He lands his dream gig, as manager of the New York Yankees, only to almost be fired for talking back to the owner. Billy will never learn! Get fired, even though you're the AL Manager of the Year, call Frank Sinatra & Henry Kissenger to try to get your daughter out of trouble, and start fighting with your new team's owner with Billy Martin - Part 6!! Check us out, every Tuesday! We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!! Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Get all the CIS, STM & YSO merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things CIS, STM & YSO!! Contact us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/crimeinsports crimeinsports@gmail.com

CADENA 100 presenta la mejor variedad musical, con éxitos como "Blinded by the Lights" de The Weeknd, "Empire State of Mind" de Alicia Keys y "No Te Atreves A Volver" de Dani Fernández. En 'Buenos días, Javi y Mar', se celebra la música y la energía. Se escucha a Jessy J con "Price Tag" y se explora una anécdota de los inicios de George Clooney y Frank Sinatra. También se ofrecen consejos sobre cómo ahorrar en seguros con Mutua y Línea Directa. Se invita a descubrir el catálogo de juguetes de El Corte Inglés y se menciona la posibilidad de renovar el baño con Leroy Merlin. El programa destaca iniciativas como el sorteo 11 del 11 de la ONCE y el ahorro en combustible con Moove. Se escucha música de Cold Play, Isabel Pantoja y se presenta el trabajo de artistas como Zoilo y Aitana. Se reitera el lema de CADENA 100: 'La mejor variedad musical'.

Russell Wilson vs. Sean Payton renewed, Frank Sinatra was pro black, Stephen A. speaks on everything, Giants fans on least favorite Eagles player, the underrated part of the Dolphins failure, Fat Joe and Jadakiss on DMX, Paul Pierce speaks out, Rick Rubin's Mount Rushmore of bands and much more on this edition of ‘EJ Loves The Internet'.

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Two decades after his breakout album It's Time, five-time Grammy Award winner Michael Bublé sits down with Willie Geist at New York's Blue Note Jazz Club to reflect on his journey from Canadian fishing boats to global fame. Bublé opens up about the grandfather who introduced him to Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, the early gigs that shaped his craft, and the moment that changed everything in his career. He also talks about his love for Christmas music, the perspective he gained after his son's illness, and his return as a coach on NBC's The Voice, where he's chasing his third straight win. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dan Moren returns to the show. Topics include Atlas, ChatGPT's new web browser (or anti-web browser) for the Mac; Apple's loss in a "landmark" regulatory lawsuit in the UK regarding App Store commission rates; multiple reports of poor sales for the iPhone Air; and Apple's M5 product announcements: MacBook Pro, iPads Pro, and Vision Pro.

Topics: Breaking Animal News, Memorizing Scripture, Discipleship, Frozen Bag of Pea, History Segment, Memoirs, Shock Jock, Your Attention BONUS CONTENT: Sam's Birthday, Karaoke Update   Quotes: “Sadly, information now is malleable.” “We always lionize ourselves.” “At least one of us is shocked.” “What you pay attention to influences your kids.” “Focusing on what really matters changes the future.”