Sinatra Rule - C. Kennedy Design

Sinatra Rule

You should always listen to Sinatra.

1959-68 Revisited: Christmas Tunes

1959-68 Revisited: Christmas Tunes

> "Not a single Christmas song? Otherwise I approve of the list." Some wrongs must be set right. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The current One Man Academy (OMA) project is listening to the Grammy's Album of the Year nominees and re-choosing winners, absent of historical context [https://www.ckdsn.com/about-the-omas-rules-of-the-road/#themusicspeaksforitself]. In the

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1967 OMAs: Album of the Year

1967 One Man Academy Album of the Year Revolver, The Beatles Worth a listen * Color Me Barbra, Barbra Streisand If you only listen to one song: "She Said She Said" (Spotify) Sinatra: A Man and His Music You should check this album out, if only to hear how weird it

1966 OMAs: Album of the Year

1966 One Man Academy Album of the Year Help!, The Beatles The Sound of Music Soundtrack, Various Artists (music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) Because obviously * September of My Years, Frank Sinatra If you only listen to one song: Ticket To Ride, The Beatles Sinatra I

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1965 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Featured songs from this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/2fr3bOqGzv1DLLKzjQyWYk] If you only listen to one song: "Country Boy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhYryEYJ_lQ]", Muddy Waters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This revisit features a lot of albums worth your time. Here's a very quick list of

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1964 Briefly Revisited: AotY, part 2

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/3mMSiIPPJSjUwACLeFZRW8] If you only listen to one song: Autumn Serenade [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsgQCLih118], John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A list of better albums Imagine how awesome it would have been

1963 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/6UHFSYCAuKw1BpnBNMvUa5] If you only listen to one song: "Night Time Is The Right Time" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNzqDUvods], Ray Charles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Charles and The Cosby Show One "I Believe To My

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1962 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/3RFa5tKCjnGVvqm1Os4X8g] If you only listen to one song: Frankfurt Special [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRZfVGdaDw8], Elvis Presley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elvis and Sinatra Elvis somehow released three albums in the 1962 awards' time frame. * His

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1961 OMAs: Album of the Year

1961 One Man Academy Album of the Year Wild Is Love, Nat King Cole Nice 'n' Easy, Frank Sinatra This was a surprisingly strong candidate * The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, Bob Newhart If you only listen to one song: The Manchurian Candidate rehearsal footage Bob Newhart I was telling

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1960 OMAs: Album of the Year

1960 One Man Academy Album of the Year Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, Harry Belafonte Worth a listen (and not just because it's Sinatra[1]): * Come Dance with Me!, Frank Sinatra About Van Cliburn 1960 is Van Cliburn's second and final nomination for Album of the Year, which makes this an

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1959 OMAs: Album of the Year

1959 One Man Academy Album of the Year Come Fly with Me, Frank Sinatra Definitely check these albums, though[1] * Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, Frank Sinatra * Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook, Ella Fitzgerald YouTube Early Grammy Impressions The early years of the Grammys are weird.

OMA Life Changer: Burt Bacharach

OMA Life Changer: Burt Bacharach -- Spotify Playlist [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/3pbvbpertYhd8epipDTS6N] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burt Bacharach writes really good songs. When I think of my favorite Bacharach tunes, they aren't particularly groundbreaking. I wouldn't think Close To You pushed the edges of its genre when it was