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A Man And His Music (Television Special)
''Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music'' is a one-hour television special in color, first broadcast by NBC on November 24, 1965, to mark the occasion of Frank Sinatra's 50th birthday. It was directed by the multi-Emmy-winning Dwight Hemion. Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth were the head writers. Telecast at a time when television had just switched to full-time color programming (except for feature films shot in black-and-white), the show was an enormous success, so much so that it spawned two follow-ups: '' A Man and His Music – Part II'' (1966), featuring Nancy Sinatra, and ''A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim'' (1967), starring Ella Fitzgerald and Antônio Carlos Jobim. An album by Sinatra, also titled ''A Man and His Music'', was released at around the same time as the special. Format By modern standards, especially, the format of the original show was profoundly simple. It consisted only of Frank Sinatra in a television studio singing many of his hit tunes (such as " It Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwight Hemion
Dwight Arlington Hemion Jr. (March 14, 1926 – January 28, 2008) was an American television director known mainly for music-themed television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations (47), and won 18 times, putting him at the top of his profession throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and well into the 1980s. He also won the Directors Guild of America's top TV award five times, six Ace awards and a Peabody award. Career Hemion began working in live television in New York City in the 1950s, particularly for the original ''The Tonight Show, Tonight Show'' starring Steve Allen. In the 1960s, Hemion began concentrating on musical-variety shows, working with producer Gary Smith (producer), Gary Smith on a popular series of ''Kraft Music Hall'' specials for NBC-TV. Smith-Hemion Productions arguably defined the fast-paced look and glamorous style of the American comedy-variety genre, and influenced scores of later generations working in television. Hem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sinatra Has A Cold
"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" is a profile of Frank Sinatra written by Gay Talese for the April 1966 issue of Esquire (magazine), ''Esquire''. The article is one of the most famous pieces of magazine journalism ever written and is often considered not only the greatest profile of Frank Sinatra but one of the greatest celebrity profiles ever written. The profile is one of the seminal works of New Journalism and is still widely read, discussed and studied. In the 70th anniversary issue of ''Esquire'' in October 2003, the editors declared the piece the "Best Story Esquire Ever Published". ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair'' called it "the greatest literary-nonfiction story of the 20th century". The illustrations that accompanied the original article were made by Edward Sorel, who also did the artwork for the ''Esquire'' issue's front cover. Assignment Talese had spent the first ten years of his career at ''The New York Times''. He felt restricted by the limitations of newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |