Frank Sinatra

Music Journalism Punk Rock 

A Londoner Dies in New York

April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments Frank Sinatra, Peter Silverton, Sid Vicious, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press Books

An excerpt from Peter Silverton’s excellent book London Calling New York New York

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Films Soul 

On The Uninspiring Amy Winehouse Film

May 21, 2024May 22, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 2024, Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, Blake Fielder-Civil, Focus Features, Frank Sinatra, Mark Ronson, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett

Back to Black proves why biopics are a losing game

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Dylan Folk 

Bob Dylan: The Songs They Are A-Changin’

February 10, 2024February 10, 2024 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1964, Barack Obama, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Frank Sinatra, Medgar Evers, The Band, The Clancy Brothers, The Times They Are A’ Changin

A 60th anniversary look at the Bard’s third album through the lens of live performance

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jazz 

A Correspondence from the Newport Jazz Festival 2023

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments 2023, Angel Bat Dawid, Big Freedia, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Christian's McRide, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Joshua Redman, Leon Russell, Lionel Loueke, Newport, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island

Angel Bat Dawid, Herbie Hancock and Big Freedia are among this year’s highlights

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Alternative Rock Pop Remembrance 

Universal Mother: Remembering Sinéad O’Connor

July 27, 2023February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Ireland, Irish, Joe Pesci, Nothing Compares 2 U, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Prince, RIP, Sinead O'Connor, The Lion and the Cobra

The powerful Irish singer passed away at 56

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Pop Remembrance 

Tony Bennett and the Renaissance of the Great American Songbook

July 21, 2023 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Danny Bennett, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, k.d. lang, MTV Unplugged, Ralph Sharon, RIP, Tony Bennett

The Italian-American icon passed away today at 96

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Country and/or Western 

When Willie Nelson Played Budokan

January 2, 2023 Henry Carrigan 1 Comment 1984, ABBA, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Nelson, Budokan, Frank Sinatra, Hoagy Carmichael, Japan, Kris Kristofferson, Legacy Recordings, Mickey Raphael, Willie Nelson

A new archival release chronicles a fascinating 1984 show at the famed Tokyo arena

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Dylan Music Journalism 

Bob Dylan’s Infinite Playlist

November 24, 2022November 23, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, Dean Martin, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Uncle Dave Macon, Judy Garland, Little Richard, Perry Como, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Santana and The Eagles, Stephen Foster, The Clash, The Fugs, The Philosophy of Modern Song, Vic Damone, Warren Zevon

Inside his new book The Philosophy of Modern Song

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Music Journalism Records Remembrance 

Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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Pop 

These Boots Keep a Walkin’

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Boots, Frank Sinatra, James Bond, Lee Hazlewood, Mac Davis, Nancy Sinatra, Start Walkin': 1965-1976, These Boots Are Made For Walkin', You Only Live Twice

Light In The Attic reintroduces Nancy Sinatra to a new generation with an excellent career overview

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Music Journalism Remembrance Video 

WATCH: 10 Great Larry King Music Interviews

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Duran Duran, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Larry King, Prince, RIP, The Beatles

From Frank Zappa to Tyler, The Creator, the broadcast legend chatted with the best of ’em

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Pop 

When ‘Ol Blue Eyes Gathered the Green

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Frank Sinatra, Reprise Rarities: Volume One, Reprise Records

Reprise Records celebrates turning 60 with a rarities release from its founder, Frank Sinatra

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

We Got Hooked on Mac Davis

October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bobby Goldsboro, Bruno Mars, Cheaper to Keep Her, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, King of the Hill, Lou Rawls, Mac Davis, Merle Haggard, Murder She Wrote, North Dallas Forty, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Tammy Wynette, The Muppets, The Sting II, Webster

The iconic country singer, songwriter and actor dead at age 78

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Hard Rock 

Listen to the Music: Producer Ted Templeman’s Vivid, Likable Memoir

July 6, 2020August 21, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Donn Landee, Doobie Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Greg Renoff, Harpers Bizarre, Lenny Waronker, Nicolette Larson, Ted Templeman, Van Halen, Warner Bros.

The A&R guy who signed the Doobie Brothers and Van Halen looks back on a ‘Life in Music’

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Elvis Records Rock 

Dirty, Dirty Feelings: Elvis Is Back! at 60

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Ann Margaret, Bye Bye Birdie, Colnel Tom Parker, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Is Back!, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra

Elvis Presley returned from the Army to create a rock album even Frank Sinatra loved

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