Word: sinatras
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...These lines . . . stand up after all these years because they're about something, not Crosby's horses, Sinatra's blood count, or Benny's toupee. What do you think the radio scripts of today will sound like in 1975? Or had we better not go into that...
...show, Ted talks little. "The records do the work," he says, "and I just make the announcements quietly and charmingly." To help him he has one of the most carrying voices in radio. So far he has played mostly Crosby, Sinatra, Como, and top tunes arranged by top bandsmen. "This," he explains, "is because I intend to be a dignified disc-jockey." Dignity is paying off. Two new sponsors have signed up since the show started. That makes eleven. And fan mail has been almost as enthusiastic as the ditty Ted had tailor-made for the start and finish...
...Abner to show their notions of how she looked. It turned out to be the comic promotion stunt of the year: everybody seemed to want to draw the ugliest woman alive, and a million repulsive drawings came in. Capp and three strong-stomached judges (Frank Sinatra, Boris Karloff, Salvador Dali) picked the worst of the lot (see cut), awarded her creator, Basil Wolverton, a Vancouver, Wash, comic-book artist, a $500 prize...
Frank & Nancy Sinatra dropped off Hollywood's Ideal Couple List with a thud. After a hot argument, Frankie walked out with a first-degree burn on. Clucked Sinatra's pressagent: "It was a case of Hollywood career plus a family tiff. I hope they will make up. . . ." But that night, Frankie went to Sonja Henie's party, danced with Lana Turner. Burbled Lolly Parsons: "[Lana has] known Frank for a long time, but. . . says: 'I am not in love with Frank and he is not in love with me. I have never in my life broken...
...Sinatra turned the song down because its wide-ranged wails were too awkward to sing. Bandleaders and record companies were similarly shy. Then a Chicago crooner named Eddie Howard gave it a whirl. Within a month To Each His Own climbed to first place in the popular-song polls. Last week it was firmly established as the No. 1 song hit of the season...