"There's only one guy who's the greatest singer in the world. His name--Sinatra. No one else."--BING CROSBY

NO ONE else had that class - greatest of all time.......

I was going to send this to Polo. Great performance!!! Ive got very flexible taste. Sinatra, Elvis, Motown, Classical. Life's Good. Peace and Love 👍🇬🇧

One thing I love about Sinatra was how he respected and loved his orchestras

Frank Sinatra is incomparable and irreplaceable, props to the amazing big band too.

Man don’t you wish we had music like this today !! Thank God for filmed performances! Love Frank !

He was THE BEST at interpreting a song. His music will live forever. Thanks for this Harri. 👏👏🇨🇦

Freakin Icon! One of my all time favorite songs. My favorite broadway show too with guys and dolls.

Great reaction !! Watch Frank , Sammy , & Dean Martin together ! What a treat …

I agree, possibly his best performance. Have you heard his rendition of the Lord's prayer ? On a Christmas album. Wonderful. Almost as great as Mahalia Jackson's Lord's prayer. Both excellent.

Great Song. Play Johnny Mathis. The 12th of Never. Best song EVER!

Definitely the best Crooner

The writer of this song was a guy called Frank Loesser, who wrote several musical songs, this song was written for the muscial Guys and Dolls in 1950. You can hear it sung by Marlon Brando in the movie version of that musical.

Great comments and I love your way of thinking!Ace lyrics on this great shit!Love fae ,Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌

My favorite male vocalist ever. First singer I remember hearing as a 3 year old. Mom is a huge Sinatra fan. I'd listen to her records over and over. The needle broke off a couple of times. Love his movies as well.

My favorite singer ever ❤

No one has ever had the stage presence that Sinatra commanded. The best!!!

It’s a song from the musical Guys and Dolls. The character Sky Masterson makes a huge bet with all the other gamblers.

number 1 ever

NO one can phrase a song like Frank.

The song was written for the musical (which was later turned into a movie) called "Guys and Dolls." And without giving up the end of the movie, let's just say it's about a dice game at the end of the picture. But Frank Sinatra gives the song new life. He puts it in the context of Las Vegas, where he and his "Rat Pack" spent so much of their time entertaining audiences during their peak years of popularity.

Gotta check out Mood Indigo or any track on his LP, In The Wee small Hours. beautiful music.

“" Luck Be a Lady " is a song written and composed by Frank Loesser in 1950 and first performed by Robert Alda. The song was featured in the musical Guys and Dolls.”

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Alan Alda's (M*A*S*H*) father

Thanks Harri 💎 Frank was a showman &. Lady’s man ! He would have been great to see live !! Aren’t you glad all the wonderful music from decades ago was recorded for the world to enjoy 🥰💫💥💎

Great choice Stephen, I do love Frank.

Phrasing & Diction is exceptional what a singer Sinatra was,the best at interpreting a song.He worked hard to perfect this singing.

You nailed it with you're comments.

Big fan of Sinatra, Martin, Davis and Crosby. You ever get a chance, check out Style, from Robin and the 7 Hoods, sung by Frank, Dean and Bing.

This is the coolest performance by Sinatra! Great request Stephen!. Harri I loved your analysis and reaction! Yes Harri! Throwing the dice on beat was perfect!

I discovered him when i was 18 after his prime but, boy did love him!

His timing and phrasing were amazing. He never sang a song the same way twice but it was always perfect. The song was from "Guys and Dolls" - a Broadway musical and then a movie with Sinatra and Brando.

When I was a kid growing up my Dad idolized Sinatra and played his records all the time and as a dopey little kid and teenager I thought how corn ball Frank Sinatra no way! Now that I'm older and wiser oh Dad you were so right. I absolutely adore Sinatra. He's the greatest. This song is such a gem. The play on words for the lyrics is genius! A couple other great ones to check out "When I Was 17" and my all time favorite "The World We Knew"

I've always had a soft spot for One for my Baby (And One More for the Road) especially for the version he sang at the Royal Festival Hall in 1962.

Oh, fun reaction, Harri. I never paid attention to the lyrics until now

Hey Harri, for your own collection, I highly suggest you pick up Sinatra: Live at the Sands in Las Vegas. With the Count Basie Orchestra, music directed by Quincy Jones. Brilliant

Sinatra, Elvis, Michael Jackson were the most exciting performers of my lifetime. All different talents but unforgettable

Crazy stuff

Great choice, Harry! Frank Sinatra stands the test of time better than any other; My Father was from the generation AFTER Sinatra’s heyday, and he’d play his records when I was a kid in the 70’s and I loved all of it. A few weeks ago, my 30 year old biker son said Mom, my Spotify send a report of my most listened to music last year and guess what was number 2? Sinatra. Luck Be A Lady is his favorite; mine is The Best Is Yet To Come ❤

In his prime, Sinatra was one of those rare artists who maintained a decades long career. Sinatra had an innate musicality which he used to great effect. As a result, his vocal ability was born from that naturalness. Along with his impeccable phrasing and use of dynamics, the man became a song stylist- more than a singer. Garland, for instance, had that same intrinsic musicality, and became a song stylist par excellence. I prefer the younger Sinatra as the voice is beautiful and fresh, but his voice did age well like a fine wine. Cheers

Nobody like Frank. Listen to his first recording, All Or Nothing At All, billed as Harry James & Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra (he was 23 when it was recorded in 1939). Listen to I've Got The World On A String, his first recording for Capitol Records in 1953, which marked the beginning of a new & swinging sound for Frank, which propelled him to superstardom!!! Listen to his version of Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. You'll surely say WOW!!! on that one! Listen to anything, from any time from Frank & you'll know you're listening to greatness!!! One of the best duets you'll ever hear is Frank with Ella Fitzgerald swinging The Lady Is A Tramp!! What a treat of perfection!!! BTW - Frank's solo rendition of that song in the movie, Pal Joey, is considered by many to be the best musical performance in film history!!! OOOOOHHHHH, sooooo good!!!!! 🥰

I agree Harri; Sinatra commands the stage and our attention 😊

Its from the play/movie Guys and Dolls. The movie has Sinatra and Marlon Brando. Take some time and watch it, guaranteed you'll be entertained. In the movie Brando sings this song.

A classic performance,from a classic artist. Sinatra will live forever.

From the same program his performance of “That’s Life.”

Great choice and your reaction was great, as usual. Another favourite of mine is (The Summer Wind).

By sheer coincidence I happened to have watched "Guys And Dolls" last night, where this song is from. While Frank Sinatra is one of the stars, Marlon Brando sang this song in the movie.

Sinatra sang at Caesars Palace when I worked there. He sang there quite a few times. The night he died the Las Vegas Strip was suppose to go dark for one minute. Caesars was about the only Casino that honored him that night.

This particular song has a sort of significance for Sinatra: it comes from a wonderful musical, "Guys and Dolls". When the movie was made of this musical, Sinatra was cast as the second lead, Nathan Detroit, not as the first lead, Sky Masterson. The Masterson character gets to sing this song at the high point of the story. The actor cast in the movie as Masterson was Marlon Brando, one of the most important actors of his generation. But not a singer. Definitely not a singer - in fact, one of Masterson's songs ("My Time of Day Is the Nighttime") was too difficult for him and they had to substitute another one for him. Legend has it that Sinatra strongly resented the casting, and so when he is singing "Luck Be A Lady" here, he is kind of making up for a lost opportunity. Here is the original Masterson singing the song. The actor is Robert Alda, the father of MASH actor Alan Alda: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIt2o6uEZqeYk6w.html And for fun, Brando: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKF52daQctfLaJc.html You can see that he doesn't have the pipes of Sinatra or Alda. But he does get the character, and he knows how to grab and punch the right words to make the song mean something.

The song came from the movie Guys and Dolls which starred Sinatra and Marlon Brando -- about gangsters and dice games. Great movie -- you should try watching it.

My fave is Come Back To Me, because it's so totally a Sinatra kind of song and he so knows it. Great pleasure there for those who already get what the Sinatra "special sauce" is and like to wallow in it. And for those who have never "gotten" Sinatra, it may do the trick. The other absolute fave for me from Ol' Blue Eyes is of course Would You Like To Swing On A Star? So excellent!

Not his best, not his worst. He was highly skilled, but his trick was to make it look easy. it wasn't. He learned breathing cycles from Harry James (how to play or sing breathing in and out), and he practiced and practiced. He wasn't afraid of appearing with the best in his field, and going head to head with them - he appreciated quality. I love the way he can sustain a note on a consonant. My favourite is "One For My Baby, and One More For the Road." It didn't tax his voice, but he lived that song.

Practice makes perfect ❤

"Luck Be a Lady" is from the Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls". Sinatra appears in the motion picture version but interestingly does not sing this song - Marlon Brando does. It was Brando's first musical and he does a very good job with it.

Sinatra could dance! Just ask Gene Kelly.

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Nah. Jan..those were choreographed routines

Another good one Harri, the song was not about a woman but a pair of dice.

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No..its about luck(Ladyluck).He likened luck to a lady and asked it to behave like one..You need luck when you throw a die(dice)

Fantastic performance and great reaction!

Believe it or not, Sinatra could dance. He tap danced next to Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh. I'm sure you could react to a clip from that where they sing and tap dance together.

This song is from the movie "GUYS AND DOLLS"(1955) and sung in movie by Marlon Brando written by Frank Loesser..

Hey Harri, Frank Sinatra did a nice duet with Linda Ronstadt called “Moonlight in Vermont”. I cannot find a version with enough views to request it but it’s worth a listen. 🌺✌️

"Luck Be A Lady" was featured in the musical "Guys & Dolls" in 1955. It starred Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons & Vivian Blaine.

The day of the crooner was short lived because it could only go so far. In the day there were hundreds of crooners, but only Sinatra and Tony Bennet have stood the test of time as icons of the era. Bing Crosby was so so and only lasted historically because of White Christmas playing in malls at Christmas. Even now those old standbys are being replace by newer modern Christmas music. On the flip side, the female version of crooners were the torch singers. For some reason, a good torch singer can still find a spot in todays music scene.

Sinatra doesn’t sing a song he talks it but nobody has ever come close to replicating the phrasing and delivery of the words. Tony Bennet Nat King Cole had great voices but in my opinion Sinatra was on another level much the same as Streisand Aretha and Karen Carpenter will always be as his female equivalents

Stephen - This was an outstanding submission from one of the greatest singers the world. Harri, You review was quite enjoyable. One correction is needed and that is the refence to Sinatra not being a dancer. To the contrary, Sinatra was one of the great dancers of his generation appearing and dancing with the likes of Gene Kelly on stage and in movies.

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Almost correct. Kelly's dancing was more rhythmic I think. Sinatra wasn't known for great dancing from what I've seen. He was an OK dancer to me.

Alex Stordahl’s arrangement? That was who was the arranger on the original recording…

Oh but he can dance a little. Check one of his movies with Gene Kelly, not bad!

This song is from the musical "Guys and Dolls" it's wonderful - watch the movie Sinatra is in it, but does not sing this song. Sinatra was called The Chairman of the Board" because of his fame and coolness

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I thought chairman of the board was bestowed upon him by the members of the Rat Pack?

And, because now I just have to, here's Sinatra from the movie singing the title drop song of the musical. His companions are Stubby Kaye (the larger one) and Johnny Silver, both reprising their roles from the stage production: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoBtzsqzprS8YbA.html

Can't dance? He kept up with Gene Kelly pretty well in quite a few movies. You're looking at a snapshot from an epic movie of a life, don't assume anything from that little slice. He was KING OF COOL for decades before Elvis showed up. He changed the way singers sang by phrasing the lyrics in the way a horn player might "play" the words.

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I saw him dance in films,but to me,those were choreographed.Not natural.Thats what i meant by him not dancing on stage.Maybe i'm wrong

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@@HarriBestReactions You're right. If he wasn't tap dancing, he was kind of a stiff.

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@@JohnBullard Thats exactly what im talking about.If you are a natural dancer,you can't keep still with all that groove on stage! But when he's choreographed,he's very goid.Ive seen him do some great routines

Real singers didn't have to EAT the microphone to be heard

The mafia boss Blue Eyes slayed it always

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😂🤣😂🤣 mafia boss.i see what you did there

This is my favorite vocal performance by Frank. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ymx4m7Btf8zNc5c.html

If this was Frank's greatest performance then please react to this clip: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6mtt8yIXbnfqdo.html It might very well be his coolest!

Bit of Womanizer..tho !

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Lot of Layers to the Frank Sinatra, Senior..Onion

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Whats wrong with that? 🤣😂😂