The Friday Canon: FRANK SINATRA

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Swingin' crooner Frank notched up 31 UK Top 40 hit singles, but which ones are the best of the bunch? You get TEN ticks to decide...

[Poll #1016325]

Donna Canon results up later.

Comments

Re: Really?

[koganbot]

Well, yeah, but before the big band era there were stars (Al Jolsen and Fanny Brice and Sophie Tucker etc.), and I'd think that in the midst of the big band era the Andrews Sisters (and before them the Boswells) and Bing Crosby were all stars. Maybe what you're saying is that Frank (et al.) made the transition from big band era to big singer era, but the tension between band and star is probably one of those eternal conflicts.

Scene from My So-Called Life; high-school class is at the museum. The teacher is trying to keep all the kids together and saying repeatedly "Stay with the group."

Angela (to her friends): Why stay with the group? What if Amelia Earhart had stayed with the group!
Ricky: Or Diana Ross!

Re: Really?

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I wasn't really thinking pre-war, but you're right. I suppose you could even put someone like Mario Lanza in there too, since his records were selling off his name alone.