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Celebrating Sinatra

Twenty years since the death of Frank Sinatra on May 14 1998, Moira Stuart salutes his musical legacy with great recordings spanning four decades from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Moira Stuart salutes his musical legacy with tracks from a treasure trove of albums including The Concert Sinatra, Where Are You?, Sinatra At The Sands (with The Count Basie Orchestra), Songs For Swingin' Lovers and She Shot Me Down. Featuring the work of arrangers including Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, Don Costa and Billy May, Moira explores the full breadth of Frank Sinatra's catalogue and examines how his work remains just as relevant and as popular today as it ever was. Featuring Pennies From Heaven, I've Got You Under My Skin, My Kind of Town, Fly Me To The Moon, It Might As Well Be Spring and Monday Morning Quarterback.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 May 201823:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Frank Sinatra

    Moonlight Becomes You

    • Moonlight Sinatra.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Pennies From Heaven

    • Songs for Swingin' Lovers.
    • Capitol.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Bewitched

    • The Concert Sinatra.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    I've Got You Under My Skin

    • Sinatra's Sinatra.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Lonely Town

    • Where Are You?.
    • Capitol.

  • Frank Sinatra

    My Kind Of Town

    • Sinatra '65.
    • Universal.

  • Frank Sinatra

    One For My Baby

    • Sinatra and Sextet: Live In Paris.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Fly Me to the Moon

    • Sinatra At The Sands.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Polka Dots & Moonbeams

    • A Man And His Music.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    How Insensitive

    • Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonia Carlos Jobim.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Love walked in

    • Swing Along With Me.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    It Might As Well Be Spring

    • Sinatra and Strings.
    • Reprise.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Love's Been Good To Me

    • Sinatra and Strings.
    • Reprise.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 May 201823:00
    BBC Radio 2