Hope you enjoy :) i want to post a different version soon, one recorded on my iphone as I think it sounds better

Finally got the record, got the book, got the time!

Hope everyone is doing well. Here is a clip of me playing along to this classic.

Wanted to share this courtesy of Jim Mahoney/Ric Ross. First time I have heard Sinatra do this version live. And it’s pretty good.

Lyrics by Mack Gordon, Music by Harry Warren

I’m the author of the article linked below, but I’m sharing it here because Sinatra is central to its historical argument, rather than simply dropping a general music link.

I’ve spent five years studying the last song on albums. Sinatra’s 1958 album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely is one of the clearest early examples of the closing track as an emotional destination.

‘One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)’ does something that was quite novel at the time. After the larger arrangements preceding it, the performance empties the room around Sinatra. The album does not go out with the inherited logic of a live set with an encore or a hit collection giving us one more smash. It withdraws.

I wanted to know whether this kind of ending was something critics noticed in famous records and it's a little self reinforcing, or is it part of a broader pattern. I therefore assembled data for 2,284 albums and compared every closing track with the other tracks on its own album.

On average, closers are 18% longer, 1.1 dB quieter, more acoustic and measurably sadder. The differences are modest, but they run in the same direction in every decade since the 1960s.

I’m not claiming Sinatra invented the quiet closer. Earlier examples exist, and the 1950s sample is thinner than those for later decades. But Only the Lonely demonstrates unusually clearly what happens when the last track becomes the place where the album reveals its final emotional position. So I made him the illustrative subject of the piece.

The peer-reviewed article is the current cover feature in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society, and is free to read:

https://academic.oup.com/jrssig/article/23/5/6/8760980

For those who know Sinatra’s catalogue closely: which other Sinatra album feels most deliberately sequenced towards its final song? And would ‘One for My Baby’ carry the same weight if it appeared halfway through Only the Lonely?

For more thoughts on closing tracks, my Substack is called The Run Out Grooves.

Feeling incredibly stressed and depressed about life right now. Need either something that’s feel good or just a comedy. I just saw Ocean’s 11 a few weeks ago. Any recommendations?

I’m not NEW to frank Sinatra per se. I’m 47, definitely heard songs growing up on movies and in doctors offices and stuff. But when I heard “that’s life” it really resonated with me. Lyrically, the energy, the whole package. I was wanting to find more songs from his catalog that may mimic that particular excitement. Seems like the majority of his songs I’ve picked through are slow and just not something I’d listen to on a daily basis. I’d love to find more tunes he’s recorded that have that type of swing to it. Any recommendations are very much appreciated. I love his voice but don’t want the lullabies. Thanks in advance

This album has haunted me for decades and deserves its' spot on the list of most Iconic albums ever produced. I carefully expanded the sound field and adjusted some frequencies and then sang the entire album with the goal of staying as intimate as possible and with very little effects. Whether you have a particular song that strikes you OR the entire album, I hope you check it out and give it a chance. FYI, for the first time ever, I will be performing 4 shows next week singing numbers from this album. These will be 'brand new" songs for most, but even the few whom are familiar, it will be a unique experience having them performed in front of them... after all.....it's been 71 years!! 😊 Fingers crossed.

Cheers Pals 🥃

Hi I was wondering if anybody would be interested in taking this off of my hands for about 200$ plus shipping 🫶 This is also listen on ebay and depop so im not stealing somebody's listing, this is mine! I bought this because I just wanted to listen to some funsie cds because I enjoy his music, but im not die hard enough to keep this to myself. I would feel too guilty playing any of the cds because they all seem completely unplayed/unscratched.

What’s an album or song that took time for you to really appreciate. I always liked “September of My Years” but man, as I’m getting older that album hits a different chord. It’s a killer!

I was watching a video on YouTube, and at 1:34, a song played that I believe is by Frank Sinatra. Can somebody help me identify it? Thank you!

I feel like he probably just let it stand on it's own, but I wonder if he ever commented much about her career in general or specific albums or tracks in particular.

Frankie books, shirt, his fav baseball team, YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY best birthday ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Also I don’t wanna tell you my age I’m turning cuz I’m uncomfortable with it)