Frank Sinatra Show (ABC-TV) October 18, 1957 complete show

[@roblewis3565]

Sinatra in his vocal prime. The best I've ever heard.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

Sinatra had just an unthinkable amount of style.

[@moonlanding-69]

Like Don Rickles said: The room stopped moving when Frank walked in.

[@senseimilli]

The charm and charisma is the best about him, too naturalè

[@nancyemch1669]

I grew up on Franks records. My Dad loved him! By brother was named after him and my name is Nancy.

[@lakemichigan6598]

Your Father had very good taste.

[@bigred997]

sinatra+capital records+nelson riddle arrangements = the best ever.

[@bigred997]

@Carl Ferrigno They were both good and brought something different to the table. just recently read the bio book on riddle. riddle was ticked off for years at sinatra when he stopped using him.

[@bennyjazzful]

What a fantastic show with the undisputed King of modern vocal music,Frank Sinatra. The way he swings the lyrics so effortlessly is incredible & that No1 voice.

[@bryanismyname7583]

Contrast Sinatra's confidence here with his 1951 TV show debut. That's a real difference in what his career looked like at the beginning of the decade versus the end of it. Remarkable turnaround.

[@jojoz]

what a fabulous time to be alive, Kim Novak Peggy Lee, Bob hope and the cameo by Jeffery Hunter ... Smoking wide open classy show, beautiful songs He sounded fantastic Miss him so I am in great company with the fans here who love him as well. We all know class and true talent don't we..

[@ianblakesley3349]

As I have noted above, the uncredited guest was Jerry Colonna.

[@ejseabury]

I think you meant Jeff Chandler.

[@Sandedoremi]

What a compilation of songs! Everyone is a standard, a magical choice. How lucky I was to grow up through the entire 50s with this kind of quality every night.

[@allanvacca3394]

I think the 50''s was some very good years

[@comedymaster6885]

I am jealous 😂

[@dnglbry1]

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MERE SINGER AND A MASTER SHOWMEN PERFORMER!!!STILL ENTERTAINS EVEN NOW.......TIMELESS!!!

[@pablocaroselli262]

notice the distance that sings from the microphone. envy of all They realize that a decent mic is enough, today they sing with neuwman, disguised as common mic, the singer does not do the microphones ,,,,

[@VicMartino]

Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope two of the greatest entertainers of all time. The greatest singer along with the greatest comedian through out the 20th century.

[@franksonatra]

Peggy Lee is so good at singing and also composing? Oh she gets even better in my eyes 💜 and Frank Sinatra - my fave - is amazing in this as always! And the conducting too 💙

[@johnzamboni7561]

I have to watch this in short bursts because its so good I get overwhelmed.

[@FightCommentary]

Me too!

[@lizlee6290]

Man, I'm thrilled to find this! I've been binge listening to tons of Sinatra recordings on youtube for a couple of weeks. Being of the Beatles generation, I didn't listen to or appreciate him til middle age. What a voice and boy some of his songs are darn sexy. Must be the delivery!

[@Mthomas116-t1m]

I think at this point us Sinatra Fans should be able to buy the complete series off blu ray.

[@shawnmulligan2894]

Michael Thomas Jr. I would buy the whole set just for the 1 episode that had Stan Freberg doing his Orville the Martian sketch.

[@oneworld9071]

WOW!!!!! I had no idea he had a show...... I just watched "The Man With the Golden Arm" about the 4th time since I first saw it last year. Peggy Lee...... the day I drove my uncle's 1968 VW station wagon under a county councilman's Cadillac in Long Beach, I had to call him at the recording studio while in session with Peggy..... almost got to meet this legendary lady but no..... Thanks so much for sharing this treasure.

[@Jamesmac30]

Sinatra's rendition of Bewitched is a showstopper

[@rickblessing2447]

I agree, but doesn't "Hound Dog" have so much more to offer? The song sounds so good in trailer park communities.

[@ChriTur]

At the top of his game. Swingin' like a mother. Thanks for posting this.

[@robertwalker2290]

It's nice to see famous people in the past.

[@thomasnorman4221]

1957...I was 10 in St Paul...it was a very good year....

[@dbiedny]

The man was absolutely unique, greatest human of the 20th century.

[@brdesert]

Five star rating! Plus +5 million more.

[@elainelosee7974]

Peggy Lee, so Sensational. Sat next to her Los Angeles or Hollywood. Mesmerizing Lady. Thank you, for sharing. Always ♥ ♥ Love Frank. Sinatra, great 👨 🧍‍♂️ did more great Things people don't Even know. Here, With Kim Nowak 💕 Together in good Movie Pal Joey.

[@elainelosee7974]

Re-watch this evening or morning 🌄 🤔. How can I get over ever loving Seeing and listening to the Chairman of the Board, Mr. FRANK SINATRA. Thank you Frank, we love you, always ❤ 💙 😘

[@daveyboy731]

Brilliant !!!!!

[@ikegee7420]

when tv was good tv.

[@allanvacca3394]

I totally agree, and was thinking the same thing.. what a great show, even the commercials are good

[@pgh45rpms]

This episode aired Friday night at 9pm on ABC. Nelson Riddle directed the orchestra. Frank's single, "All the Way," and latest album, "Where are You," were released the previous month. Peggy's latest single was "Listen to the Rockin Bird." "The Man I Love" was Peggy's latest album. Frank conducted the Nelson Riddle orchestra. Two weeks later on the November 1 telecast 17 year old Nancy Sinatra was featured guest.

[@StevenTorrey]

Great entertainment!

[@StevenTorrey]

My Birthday--October 18, would have been 12 in 1957.

[@paladinricthie5189]

Bob hope in the Frank Sinatra Show, very priceless comedy I'll tell you that (thumbs up)

[@jessewolf6806]

Sinatra was 42 in 1957. Arguably at his peak. Presley at his peak 3 years earlier at 19 years of age in ‘54. And Jagger, 22, 8 years later in his top form in ‘65 with Satisfaction. Three best pop/rock singers of the 20th century IMHO.

[@VicMartino]

These early tv shows are great to see again and/or for the first time. The bad part was how those frigging cigarette companies were causing many people to start smoking and causing the spread of lung cancer among the population.

[@GLBizzie]

To be fair no one was forced to smoke

[@VicMartino]

@@GLBizzie That is true even today knowing how bad smoking is people still smoke.

[@clydebarrow9107]

Beautiful

[@elgoyo9698]

Wow Sir Sinatra knows how to put on a great show. 59 Years ago You were on Air today on ABC. "Ain't that a Kick in the head." (F. Sinatra) #December my birth month too. #Rest In Paradise Frank Sinatra #fly me to the mooon

[@elgoyo9698]

Oct. 18, 2016

[@laflame8548]

Bring me back to 1957......

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes, Liggett & Myers [Chesterfield] and Bulova were alternate sponsors of the weekly half-hour series [Fridays, 9pm(et)]. Initially, there was a mix of live musical variety and filmed dramatic episodes....towards the end of the season, more live shows were produced, and Frank "paid more attention" to the production end. Yet, the series ended after one season.

[@tomthomas5742]

Chesterfield Menthol @ £6 UK per 18 pack, still a cig' I enjoy to this day. I help contribute towards UK gov's annual tobac' total tax take of 13 billion £'s. No troll comments pl cos it's so boring. We all choose our own poison etc.

[@rafaelguillen9422]

gbmtodl ,,Ih hi S

[@danielgaughan4243]

@@tomthomas5742 not for the smoking, for the outrageous tax!

[@johnalcorn8079]

Singing The Lady is a Tramp is simply SUBLIME GREAT what can you say he kicked the the song out of the park.Nobody was as good then or is today in 2024.Vocal Peak the best.

[@Tr1Hard777]

rip to the legend

[@constable.3202]

Thank you so much for the upload!

[@heinkle1]

I love his ability to joke about Spain, given he had chased Ava Gardner out there. Their divorce was finalised in 1957.

[@gerardcaen6672]

+Heinkle Frank is not joking about Spain as a country. He substitutes ""Spain " for "cocaine", the original lyrics. The use of "cocaine" in that song was prohibited at the time. Other singers have used other cocaine-rhyming words for that song.

[@katslat8410]

Absolutely right

[@craftyagaming5160]

​@Andrew Heller I remember reading somewhere, once they were divorced, she admitted to a friend/reporter, that Frank wasn't all that. This proved she didn't really love him. I also remember reading about how at one point, his affair with Lauren Bacall while Bogey was dying, eventually led to them dating, and it stopped when she told some press folk she knew, they were engaged, that's when he broke up with her, and never was Lauren heard of, and was she seen of in the Ratpackers again. I believe he denounce her as a member, just like when he hated Peter Lawford for coming out in public with Ava... I mean, that's just a stupid thing to do. Can't remember if it was her reasoning to have them reconcile, only after Frank Jr's kidnapping, Frank having to call the Kennedy's for help, even after the FBI investigated him with the whole mob thing, also I thought it was only Sammy who knew Sam Giancana. He promised to protect Sammy in Vegas, Chicago, Miami, and even New York, just not L.A. bcos that was Mickey Cohen's turf. I don't know why the FBI didnt investigate Sammy's involvement with the mob, or did they? I can't remember, i mean I've loved reading about the golden times, and classic legendary eras of 50-60s, bc that was the Ratpack at it's peak, then JFK was killed just right after Marilyn killed herself, all bc Bobby wouldn't call her back, only after Jack broke her heart too. She called Frank, he couldn't help her due to Frankie's recovery, FBI/Kennedy drama...everybody at one point, thought he should've married her so she wouldn't have killed herself. Jesus in *62, him and her ex-hubby Joe showed up an old lady's house and busted down her door, thinking it was what's his names place, and almost scared her to death. Marilyn had a bad track record of affairs while married to Arthur, her brother Fred took no notice of her pain, until after she died. I think everything changed for Dean, when he returned something which belonged to Frank, so the FBI wouldn't investigate on him and how much his loyalty truly meant to Frank.

[@craftyagaming5160]

@Andrew Heller However, Frank's mob ties couldn't be helped, even Dean said, how could Frank say no, nor he? I read something, Dean said, they were there while Frank and I were playing golf, and they were still there, when we left, to summarize. Dean didn't want no part of that world, and Frank knew that. He was too much of a family man to get involved with people like that, even Johnny Cash was afraid to duel with Sammy...he drew pretty fast. Regardless, I think the real reason Frank hated Peter was bc of what he did to Marilyn, she was the Pack's head mascot, and Dean was gutted when he heard she passed, so was Sammy and Joey too, even Judy was. Frank blamed Peter for a lot of things, and I always thought Peter did the things he did, bc he didn't want to be the go-to guy between Frank and JFK anymore, once he met Patty, he didn't wanna be known as a Ratpack member, he actually wanted to retire acting. I believe, Jack was at Bing's house, wasn't this right after the filming of Robin and the 7 Hoods? I mean, Bing was Dean's hero, and he replaced Peter in that film, bc he was kicked out of the clan.

[@craftyagaming5160]

@Andrew Heller Mind you, Peter didn't say much after the whole thing unfolded, I like to think from 1961-63. Frank was mad at Peter for alot of things. Now this is me just guessing now, but that's why I thought he hated him mostly, bc of how Marilyn died, it was his fault she met Jack and Bobby. His fault she was drinking more and more during Jack's campaign. And yet whenever she was with Frank, Dean or Sammy, she looked normal, she wasn't drunk and hazy all the time, she always looked and sounded sober, she wasn't as horrible as people liked to think she was when she was under the influence of flirtatious men, half her age, I remember watching Marilyn's biopic...the one about Clark. Let's admit it now, she never did recover from her strange marriage to Arthur, i don't think...i always felt when the cameras were on them, and im sure we all knew, she hated photographers, the flashing lights gave her motion sickness if memory serves. I think she truly loved Joe, Arthur made her worse, but when she tried to make it work with him, she left him for Joe, didn't she? then she left Joe for a final time, and got with Jack, then Bobby, then died alone. Marilyn wasn't the ditzy blond everybody thought she was, she just hated been treated like she was supposed live out her life as this sex symbol, when she clearly wasn't in real life, it was all an act, and her gimmick was arriving late, drinking or dosing on set or behind closed doors, she had a wonderful life, but she also had a tragic end to her entire career. Nobody that beautiful took her seriously anyway, they all thought she was just a pretty face...and tbh, Marilyn was more than that....honestly.,just saying IMHOofc :)

[@kingbee1500]

Wow...what does that set flat say at the head of this reel-"Music For Smokers Only?" Talk about sponsor (L&M/Chesterfield) control!

[@DesiluTrek]

Yes ... ridiculous adaptation of the "Songs for Young Lovers" cover!

[@woutthielemans5073]

@@DesiluTrek Sounds like he really hated doing those promos.

[@moviestarmemories630]

Andy Williams in the chesterfield comm.Pretty sure...and this was WONDERFUL!

[@DrShreck65]

Almost. It's actually Andy's older brother

[@moviestarmemories630]

Wow, they sure do look alike!

[@makimakipapura7543]

Incredibly good quality!

[@lakemichigan6598]

Frank & Bob Hope reference here a previous show they both appeared on the week before: The Edsel Show hosted by Bing Crosby featuring Frank, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong, and Bing's son Lindsey Crosby. Hope made a hilarious cameo. You'll see Edsel ads (Oh, how hard they were pushing that sad loser of a car), great dancing, & absolutely wonderful music/singing with a seemingly impossible but nonetheless marvelous 50 song medley at the end by Frank, Bing, & Rosemary. Really worth watching - and it's here on youtube.

[@jackrenglish]

YEP I OPENED FOR PEGGY LEE IN NYC IN EARLY 1960'S..THANKS, BING & FRANK..JE

[@desiskarzetti2999]

I've never laughed so much! Ah if only life were still this way.

[@nomiharper]

Omg. I love Peggy and this song on her album which I recently bought. It’s a fabulous album: The Man I Love. Fantastic album! Frank conducted it.

[@murph3001]

Our greatest male vocalist

[@ejseabury]

“The Pride and the Passport”. When Kim Novak tells Bob Hope to “take back the ring”, Hope responds with, “What are you doing? Pulling a Gabor?”. I was taking a sip of my coffee and laughed when I heard Hope’s response. How many people, today, would know that reference.

[@philippeplouchart8156]

What a phantasmagoric memory for singing Frank possessed.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

He just oozes cool. What a treasure you uncovered with this video! I was 4 when this aired. How long did this series air?

[@martinpalmer5204]

pure class

[@moboutmen]

If my memory serves me, his over-emphatic singing of the word "Spain...SPAIN?!?" refers to his being literally left at the dinner table there by estranged wife Ava Gardner.

[@50zcarsman]

He must have been red-hot at this time. He'd done the hour-long Edsel Show just five days before this.

[@khalidal-masri6011]

thks for posting, and how did you obtain this film?

[@stuartfanning]

I have a lot of old American TV which I collected over the years.

[@xpindy]

60 plus years ago on FREE tv- with a handful of channels. FAS singing Bewitched or Lady is better than anything available to me tonight on my 700 plus cable package and you can throw in the on demand- AND it was live! That's evolution for you.

[@stuartfanning]

Yes I know what you mean so why are you paying for a top tier cable package? You should cut back or consider 'cutting the cord'.

[@jjmac3561]

Great to see this old show. Was that the (Andy) Williams brothers doing the Chesterfield advert with Jerry Colonna?

[@ianblakesley3349]

One of that trio did look a little like Andy Williams.....but he wasn't. I wonder how many spotted an uncredited guest appearance by Jerry Colonna as the cowboy?

[@lakemichigan6598]

@@ianblakesley3349 Andy was on the far left.

[@leftys408]

he had some concerns about his voice during these times but puffed away while singing LOL. He took a lot of criticism for "mailing in" his performances during this short-lived show, hence his joke "they told me it was nice of me to show up." His live TV performances got better as time went on.

[@akrenwinkle]

+Barry Brodsky I'm not sure why he should have been concerned. I think his voice around the time of his ABC TV work was his best ever. True, he was very casual about his show and it has a slap-dash look to it, but he was on top again and didn't care.

[@leftys408]

+A Krenwinkle I'm reading James Kaplan's excellent two volume biography and I guess several sources told him at this particular time Sinatra was afraid his voice was beginning to fade. But maybe he didn't worry all that much, or maybe he thought smoking would help, who knows.

[@hailalexander93]

I had heard he never really liked the sound of his voice.

[@matheus5230]

@@hailalexander93 This only in later years when he became old

[@matheus5230]

@@akrenwinkle Well, he sounds wonderful in the album Come Fly With Me, recorded in October 1957. But his voice sounds significantly better in the albums than in his live performances from this period. His voice much richer, smoother and clean in the album Come Fly With Me than in These live performances recorded in the same month for TV.

[@reedygypandme]

Smoke got in your eyes, Frank. Ignorance was bliss

[@greer15]

Peggy, bess, ella, sarah and so many more...the greats

[@fernandoiturburu2607]

great stuff, artistically, historically...

[@tommymcgann4458]

Omg the best

[@chrisbuck1695]

Interesting they took the cocaine lyric and replaced it with "perfume in spain"

[@scottnollen3722]

After Sinatra recorded the original lyric on his album, he had to soften it thereafter. Lucky we got it once--with his great SNIFFFFFFFFF phrasing!

[@ianblakesley3349]

Other versions put in "on a train".

[@Tina-qp7py]

Bob Hope had great delivery. Lots of jokes we never hear today

[@joancosta5833]

Thanks a lot.

[@syourke3]

To think that American popular music was so classy and sophisticated back then. What happened?

[@YouTubeIsAssHo]

The Beatles.

[@rexpositor6741]

They all died from smoking.

[@GPCTM]

they quit smoking...

[@hypolyxa7207]

1968 happened.

[@bryandiaz7054]

Interesting. I think Elvis may get some credit for this. Go look at him singing got a lot livin to do from 1957 with him wearing a blue jacket and shaking his hips. It's almost like after Elvis, a lot of performers needed to move and shake on stage in order to be interesting and entertaining. Of course some black performers were shaking their hips in the underground of black music at that time but Elvis brought it to mainstream. Then some whites began to do it. I'll be honest, seeing today's artists shaking their bodies nowadays gets kind of annoying. When Elvis did it in the 50s, it was interesting, now not so much anymore. Of course Sinatra hated Elvis at this time and said that Elvis's rock n roll music is for delinquent. He said that it has a totally negative reaction among young people. Later, he became small friends with Elvis and said that Presley did so much for popular music.

[@TheCliffandPhilShow]

The VOICE! :)

[@tonygiorgio2905]

Stopped smoking 15 years ago the time i crave a cigarette is when i watch Frank and Dean smoke.

[@giagia9746]

Someone is stuck in time..... It's ok ......

[@stephenvincent4989]

Amazing piece of film archive Frank at the top of his singing game, less so the narrative.

[@khalidal-masri6011]

all those folks, and only kim novak remains.

[@airhorn2111]

What in the hell are we doing today?

[@rickblessing2447]

Well, at least we have rap. .. and modern toilets.

[@lizdoyle7158]

Live singing🎵 at its best no miming like in 2022 real people🌟 actually talking and singing💿 those were the days 🎈

[@curtpiazza1688]

Wow ! This was great TV!

[@pinedelgado4743]

Hmm. This was exactly TWO WEEKS after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik!! :-)

[@hey_joe7069]

Thank you Laika RIP

[@danielgaughan4243]

Or so we were led to believe.

[@elizabethmcewan7076]

I was a young teenager when I first really starting to be Sinatra fan my mates had all the beefcake at the time this was the fifties I said frank would be going when your he men had gone I was right lived to see him in oz 1991 it made my day I am now back in Scotland andstill plays all my rat pack cds and of course all Frank’s cds I am 83 now. And my song at my funeral is my way loved him xx

[@bigredsings1867]

ironic- Jeff Chandler lifts kim novak. 4 years later he does lifting again which causes spinal damage. he dies on the operating table.

[@rdelprin]

@Stuart Fanning What DVD is this from ?

[@ljww9117]

At the Chesterfield Cigarette song (24:16), isn' the one standing in the front Don Williams? (Part of the Williams Brothers)

[@ricklopez2314]

'Spain! Huh!' Genius.

[@manueljimenez4250]

buenos videos gracias

[@newfic2290]

Спасибо за программу!!! Френк супер!

[@pal035s]

And it certainly looks like Bob Hope was reading some of his one-liners from cue cards.

[@lizdoyle7158]

Peggy Lee a real SUPERSTAR🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟🌟🌟

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Jerry Colonna was nice to see. Betty White joke- 8:53. How about Bud Collyer doing a watch commercial at the end? 52:50

[@tomservo56954]

White was also on ABC, starring in A DATE WITH THE ANGELS

[@ArchiveMan78]

Plenty of product placement for Capitol Records, LOL!

[@thomasnorman4221]

I liked Old Gold...available at Economy Corner Service Station Greenback & Main Ave Orangevale, California...25cents per pack from dispenser...1963

[@paulhubbard252]

I think Bob's only one who could getaway with it poor Bing

[@hifijohn]

wow I want to start smoking chesterfields!!!

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

That's exactly what I was thinking. The commercials are doing their job more than 60 years later.

[@wolfgangtrubshaw5549]

Quoting - which is an activity with which one only shares the quoted statement's content or message if one shares it - from the video's description: _I believe Bulova became an alternate sponsor later in the series._ That ad was cut into it later. _So_ alternate universes and/or timelines *do not, did not, will not, and can not exist;* _withal_ that Bulova ad was _not_ brought from "there" or "then", but cut into this video by such people who seek to forge and/or "make ambiguous" the *truth* conveyed in Frank's show.

[@jwlemmens8235]

Andy Williams in the commercial. How funny!

[@thomasjordan5578]

42 years young 💪👍❤️🙏

[@JoeEchevarria]

The voice in his prime

[@aleksandragolyanischeva1683]

Потрясающий певец, актёр, музыкальный актёр🌹безграничная любовь

[@anaespecialidades5491]

es hermoso oír sus canciones

[@jackrenglish]

AHH, FRANK..MY MENTOR..THANKS FRANK....BING & PEGGY, TOO..FOR THE MEMORYS...JE..WEHO..JAN 4, 2021

[@johnjohnson5959]

I'm sure that Andy Williams and his brothers is in the Chesterfield commercial.

[@spectrum10]

Are Bob's remarks ad-libbed or were they part of the script in this show? It's a little before my time, so I don't know.

[@markru2]

the only sign of the times that marred this entertaining Sinatra show were the Chesterfield cigarette commercials included within the show otherwise funny and beautiful

[@golds04]

Peggy- just as hip, maybe even more than Frank: that’s worthy. Great singers-zenith of the vocalists for great American songbook

[@tehammel]

Andy Williams at around the 25:00 mark. Frank was so good then....Wow!

[@todaystomorrow2545]

He’s mesmerizing to watch, why I don’t know?

[@jeffpiegari4942]

Do you have anymore Great moments