Episode # 1829
7/21 Frank Sinatra 100 Years Later - Frank Sinatra was born slightly more than a century ago, but this isn’t an hour of biography. It’s a brief, incomplete attempt to shed some light on his achievement. He was at his best with what he called “saloon songs,” because he was the ultimate bruised romantic. He was a good actor in movies but a superb actor in songs. He makes you feel as if he’s inventing the song as he sings it.
To quote a song whose lyrics were written by Paul Anka and was set to the tune of the French song Comme d'habitude:
To think I did all thatAnd may I say - not in a shy wayOh no, oh no, not meI did it my way
- My Way, Frank Sinatra