As usual with Sinatra, what brings this performance to an exalted level is the phrasing. This is a "story" song, definitely the kind of song that Frank favors because he can bring his own life experiences and personal emotional state to bear on the lyrics. As for John Robinson's distaste for the way Frank sings "away' at the end of the song, I think he needs to appreciate phrasing a little more. He hears a-way-ee, which is three syllables; I hear a-way, with the second syllable extended for emotional effect. Phrasing it this way also gives Frank an opportunity to show off both his exceptional breath control and his ability to sing a long note. It leaves me in awe every time I hear it.
Talk about that breath control some more. He learned it from horn players and seemed to hold notes almost too long but to effect. Each time he did a song he did it differently. A great artist could never do an exact copy of a masterpiece and rarely do it as well. Sinatra could and did.
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I saw Judy Garland performing at Newport many years ago. She was absolutely brilliant. This was one of the songs that she sang that night. I never heard it sung as well by anyone else. Frank Sinatra's version was very good and Frank never ruined a song. He was much too talented and much too great to ever ruin any song.
Sinatra was singing brilliantly during this Hollywood Palace show, with beautiful vocals and clear melodic lines. He also gave a memorable concert with Martin and Davis in St. Louis, a benefit for Dismas House that is recorded on DVD.
I had the good fortune of seeing "The Chairman" 3 times live and in-concert, it was once at Madison Square Garden and twice at Radio City. I was right down front, a few rows back from the stage and had a blast seeing The Legend Himself 😊
Most singers SING a song. The same way the other guy or gal sang the song. Sinatra…he’s AHEAD of the beat…he’s BEHIND the beat…he’s ON the beat. Constant change. Never the same. Never. Absolutely brilliant. The Best That Ever Was. Ever.
Sinatra, Basie, and Quincy Jones conducting... Can it be any better than this? Francis Albert's honesty and vulnerability are searing here, go 'way beyond a mere "performance" here... He sings this as if he believes it.
Frank Sinatra pointed out to Ira Gershwin that, aside from switching a few pronouns, all that was needed was a modification to the ending: Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A one-man woman looking for The Man That Got Away... The lyricist considered the matter and, with Frank hanging on the telephone line, Ira improvised: Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A lost, lost loser looking for The Gal That Got Away... Frank liked the line and wrote it down. "His excellent recording resulted, and 'The Gal That Got Away' got away with it," wrote Ira, while primly noting that "a sex transilience of this sort is unusual". Ira Gershwin's right: Sinatra's record, to a great Nelson Riddle arrangement, is indeed "excellent". I'm not sure one can say the same about that "lost, lost loser" modification. But "The Gal That Got Away" entered the Billboard charts in July 1954. Judy Garland released her version at the same time. Sinatra respected her professionally and, perhaps out of deference to her claim on the song, he didn't return to "The Gal That Got Away" as often he might have. However, he did sing it live with the COUNT BASIE band on the "Hollywood Palace" TV show in 1966, and it's a magnificent performance. The gal that won you She's run off and undone you That great beginning Has seen the final inning I don't know what happened It's all a crazy game... He's slowed down the Riddle arrangement, and it's on its way to becoming a saloon song: No more that all-time thrill 'Cause you've been through the mill And never a new love will be the same... The next passage - around "But fools will be fools" can be especially tough for a singer, as the vocal line and the harmony seem to part company, and it's very easy to find yourself adrift while almost atonal chords are flying all around you. Frank and the Basie band get through it, and he's so on top of all the drama, all the storytelling. Sinatra could be very tentative on TV, especially in ballads, because there are so many technical considerations and he hated having to do retakes. But on live TV he was often more relaxed. And on this broadcast he got just a wee bit too relaxed and made one mistake - but it's a doozy. In an otherwise peerless rendition, he botched Ira Gershwin's ending and reverted to the female original: Ever since this world began There ain't nothing sadder than A one-man woman... Uh-oh. You can hear a little something in his voice - he knows he's gone astray - but there's nowhere to go, so he concludes Sapphically: ...a one-man woman looking for The Gal That Got Away... And he takes a pause before starting the leisurely out-vocal and you can see on his face that he knows he's blown it. But it's still a great performance, and it shows that even, after the arrangement and the recording and the chart hit, Sinatra didn't stop thinking about ways to improve the song, to serve it better. __________ The above excerpted from www.steynonline.com/7077/the-gal-that-got-away
Francis, I love you dearly. Msn, the Italian King of Swing doing his thing! Love it that he is singing his beloved Judy's song. You can tell He has lived this song from the heart and soul. Plus, like Frank once said of Judy, and now I say about him, he died a little each time he sang. Msny blessings of joy, peace, and Love to you my sweet Francis.
A good enough rendition but this song so associated with Judy Garland and her 1954 version of A Star is Born is matchless, emotion and such a powerful delivery and those big notes were sung with such ease.
I believe that this is from The Hollywood Palace when Sinatra hosted the show in 1964 or 1965. He had toured across the Country and he was in optimum vocal form. The musical sequences from The Hollywood Palace shows should be digitally re-mastered and released on bluray DVD; they contain memorable numbers from Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, Tony Bennett, Gene Kelly and many others.
The line between this and fine art is very thin indeed. These people created, on this night, some of the finest art that led later on to some even more refined music.
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Sinatra is a master at the torch song because he lived it with Ava. She has to be in his head every time he sings this song, One For My Baby and Don't Cry, Joe.
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wish they'd recorded this for 'Sinatra - Basie' - blows away both the version he did in the 50s and the one from 'She Shot Me Down'. thanks for uploading it!
Its definitely sonny payne on drums with the count basie band. This was actually in September of 1966 when he hosted he hollywood palace I believe. And yeah...he loused up on the last words, instead singing the female lyrics...which from his body/facial expressions he realized
What made him great was his music arrangements, orchestrations from Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Quincy Jones, Count Basie.. Music form Cole Porter , George and Ira Gershwin. Etc.
Gosh Darn it. When i listened to Judy Garland singing her version - i thought, how about this song from a man's perspective - the Gal that got away. But of course, Frank beat me to it.
Great Count Basie Orchestra backing up the Chairman of the Board! Doesn’t get better than that! And in the 60’s add, Quincy Jones was the arranger working with them!
Sammy David Jr also sings "a one-man woman," which is the original lyric but doesn't make any sense in this gender-reversed version. All I can think of is that "a one-woman man" doesn't work with the rhythm, so they just left it alone and hoped no one would notice! I think Frank should have sang "A one-gal hombre," lol.
I love Judy's version from a woman's perspective and frankly (no pun intended) I'd always wondered who would be perfect to sing this from a mans perspective and well here comes Mr. Sinatra to bring it all home for me. Many thanks Frank darling 💖
The lyrics are gender-reversed - except at the end, he sings "a one-man woman [the original lyric] looking for the gal that got away." Which makes it a bisexual story. I guess it would have had to have been something like "a one-gal man," but that's a little awkward. Or he could have sang "a one-gal fella."
This is actually a chart Billy Byers ghosted for Quincy in June 1965 for their summer tour with the Basie Band. It definitely pulls heavily from the Riddle original tho!
The original recording Sinatra did at Capitol was too fast-paced, but this performance is perfect (the only flub is saying "one man woman looking for the gal," which he would later change to "long lost loser.")@@TheMattForbes
@@bryanismyname7583 Agreed! There are some stellar versions of this Byers version from his '65 tour with Basie and Q (the Chicago Arie Crown performance is superb!)
Too bad this cuts out in the middle. :( But at the end, it should be "one woman-man," not "one-man woman," if you want to keep it from a guy's perspective.
Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion (in the U.S. anyways..) Having said that, however, I have to disagree. You obviously don't appreciate his talent, which has been unmatched since..I do agree with you, in that certain songs probably should stay with the original singer they were intended for, but Frank is THE exception to that rule. Hell, he broke all the rules anyways..thats what makes him so thrilling to witness. Have a good one!
Buddy Rich didn't play with the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1960s. Percival "Sonny" Payne is cited as the drummer on the personnel list for "Live at the Sands" in 1966, so I would guess that is him here.
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usually I love Frank Sinatra..But in this case I 'm disappointed...I think it'a cold and flat rendition of the wonderful song...I think it's impossible to match Judy Garland's depth...and to be honest I think Sammy Davis' rendition is superior than Sinatra's...Forgive me frank!
At 2:51 he sings "a one man woman" from the "female" version of the song. It makes no sense when a man is singing it! And that long last note -- where he sings the "eeee" part of the word away (a-way-eeee) is dumb, if you ask me. No one did or ever could express the epic feelings in this song like Judy Garland did.
Who told him he could sing this song? Sorry but this is not his best." A one-man woman looking for the gal who got away" I love Sinatra but this is painful. Listen to Judy Garland to hear how it should be sung
I know I could possibly end up at the bottom of the river sleeping with da fishies, but I always thought that ol' blue eyes was extremely overrated as a vocalist. As far as him tackling this one, for me ... it's about as absurd as Eydie Gorme's infamous rendition of Bacharach's "This GAL'S in Love with You". It just doesn't work.
As usual with Sinatra, what brings this performance to an exalted level is the phrasing. This is a "story" song, definitely the kind of song that Frank favors because he can bring his own life experiences and personal emotional state to bear on the lyrics. As for John Robinson's distaste for the way Frank sings "away' at the end of the song, I think he needs to appreciate phrasing a little more. He hears a-way-ee, which is three syllables; I hear a-way, with the second syllable extended for emotional effect. Phrasing it this way also gives Frank an opportunity to show off both his exceptional breath control and his ability to sing a long note. It leaves me in awe every time I hear it.
Talk about that breath control some more. He learned it from horn players and seemed to hold notes almost too long but to effect. Each time he did a song he did it differently. A great artist could never do an exact copy of a masterpiece and rarely do it as well. Sinatra could and did.
"Only Sinatra can sing like Frank Sinatra" (Tony Bennett). Amazing rendition of the song and powerful expression of the notes...
Sinatra in great form, love the way he holds that last note.
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face ,,,
You can never go wrong with anything Sinatra sings .this was what true music is
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I saw Judy Garland performing at Newport many years ago. She was absolutely brilliant. This was one of the songs that she sang that night. I never heard it sung as well by anyone else. Frank Sinatra's version was very good and Frank never ruined a song. He was much too talented and much too great to ever ruin any song.
Sinatra was singing brilliantly during this Hollywood Palace show, with beautiful vocals and clear melodic lines. He also gave a memorable concert with Martin and Davis in St. Louis, a benefit for Dismas House that is recorded on DVD.
Phrasing is perfect he knows how to tell a story in a song,nobody comes near even today.Frank still the best even today.
I had the good fortune of seeing "The Chairman" 3 times live and in-concert, it was once at Madison Square Garden and twice at Radio City. I was right down front, a few rows back from the stage and had a blast seeing The Legend Himself 😊
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Most singers SING a song. The same way the other guy or gal sang the song. Sinatra…he’s AHEAD of the beat…he’s BEHIND the beat…he’s ON the beat. Constant change. Never the same. Never. Absolutely brilliant. The Best That Ever Was. Ever.
Frank was an Oscar winner yet he wanted to be remembered for his vocals. Kudo's to that. Phrasing!!!!!
His voice here is so clear and powerful, and his stage presence haunting.
Sinatra, Basie, and Quincy Jones conducting...
Can it be any better than this?
Francis Albert's honesty and vulnerability are searing here, go 'way beyond a mere "performance" here...
He sings this as if he believes it.
There seems to be such a profound sadness about him as he sings so passionately...
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Absolutely one of the best recorded jazz vocal performance!
How f****n great was this man?!
Best version...when Sinatra sings it, you believe it. Sinatra/Basie hard to beat!!
Sinatra's phrasing of a song is unparalleled...
Ok. Saw it twice and I'm blown away. I really like Frank. There was no singer that compares to him.
Excellent....almost as good as the Judy Garland version !
This is absolutely fabulous.
Frank Sinatra pointed out to Ira Gershwin that, aside from switching a few pronouns, all that was needed was a modification to the ending:
Ever since this world began
There is nothing sadder than
A one-man woman looking for
The Man That Got Away...
The lyricist considered the matter and, with Frank hanging on the telephone line, Ira improvised:
Ever since this world began
There is nothing sadder than
A lost, lost loser looking for
The Gal That Got Away...
Frank liked the line and wrote it down. "His excellent recording resulted, and 'The Gal That Got Away' got away with it," wrote Ira, while primly noting that "a sex transilience of this sort is unusual".
Ira Gershwin's right: Sinatra's record, to a great Nelson Riddle arrangement, is indeed "excellent". I'm not sure one can say the same about that "lost, lost loser" modification. But "The Gal That Got Away" entered the Billboard charts in July 1954.
Judy Garland released her version at the same time.
Sinatra respected her professionally and, perhaps out of deference to her claim on the song, he didn't return to "The Gal That Got Away" as often he might have. However, he did sing it live with the COUNT BASIE band on the "Hollywood Palace" TV show in 1966, and it's a magnificent performance.
The gal that won you
She's run off and undone you
That great beginning
Has seen the final inning
I don't know what happened
It's all a crazy game...
He's slowed down the Riddle arrangement, and it's on its way to becoming a saloon song:
No more that all-time thrill
'Cause you've been through the mill
And never a new love will be the same...
The next passage - around "But fools will be fools" can be especially tough for a singer, as the vocal line and the harmony seem to part company, and it's very easy to find yourself adrift while almost atonal chords are flying all around you. Frank and the Basie band get through it, and he's so on top of all the drama, all the storytelling. Sinatra could be very tentative on TV, especially in ballads, because there are so many technical considerations and he hated having to do retakes. But on live TV he was often more relaxed. And on this broadcast he got just a wee bit too relaxed and made one mistake - but it's a doozy. In an otherwise peerless rendition, he botched Ira Gershwin's ending and reverted to the female original:
Ever since this world began
There ain't nothing sadder than
A one-man woman...
Uh-oh. You can hear a little something in his voice - he knows he's gone astray - but there's nowhere to go, so he concludes Sapphically:
...a one-man woman looking for
The Gal That Got Away...
And he takes a pause before starting the leisurely out-vocal and you can see on his face that he knows he's blown it. But it's still a great performance, and it shows that even, after the arrangement and the recording and the chart hit, Sinatra didn't stop thinking about ways to improve the song, to serve it better.
__________
The above excerpted from www.steynonline.com/7077/the-gal-that-got-away
That's really interesting, because Sammy David Jr does the exact same thing on his live version of it, which is also on RUclips.
=best version of that song! Power and expression, best orchestra and VOICE
Francis, I love you dearly. Msn, the Italian King of Swing doing his thing! Love it that he is singing his beloved Judy's song. You can tell He has lived this song from the heart and soul. Plus, like Frank once said of Judy, and now I say about him, he died a little each time he sang. Msny blessings of joy, peace, and Love to you my sweet Francis.
A good enough rendition but this song so associated with Judy Garland and her 1954 version of A Star is Born is matchless, emotion and such a powerful delivery and those big notes were sung with such ease.
Love his tougher voice and delivery. A lotta punch.
Truly the performer for the Ages!
I believe that this is from The Hollywood Palace when Sinatra hosted the show in 1964 or 1965. He had toured across the Country and he was in optimum vocal form. The musical sequences from The Hollywood Palace shows should be digitally re-mastered and released on bluray DVD; they contain memorable numbers from Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, Tony Bennett, Gene Kelly and many others.
Brilliance all around. Sinatra and Basie in top form!! Thanks for sharing this video.
The line between this and fine art is very thin indeed. These people created, on this night, some of the finest art that led later on to some even more refined music.
Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin & Frank & Judy climb inside Their Creation Beautifully...... W/ Passion & Soul !! The Brilliance & Artistry of 'The American Songbook'......
So many of us can relate to these poignant lyrics....... I suspect ??
Damn ... this sweeps me away every playback.
Sinatra is a master at the torch song because he lived it with Ava. She has to be in his head every time he sings this song, One For My Baby and Don't Cry, Joe.
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wish they'd recorded this for 'Sinatra - Basie' - blows away both the version he did in the 50s and the one from 'She Shot Me Down'. thanks for uploading it!
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The dreams you dreamed have all gone astray ....
Great stuff. This performance is like Absorbine Jr. on a sore back.
Its definitely sonny payne on drums with the count basie band.
This was actually in September of 1966 when he hosted he hollywood palace I believe.
And yeah...he loused up on the last words, instead singing the female lyrics...which from his body/facial expressions he realized
What made him great was his music arrangements, orchestrations from Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Quincy Jones, Count Basie.. Music form Cole Porter , George and Ira Gershwin. Etc.
Gosh Darn it. When i listened to Judy Garland singing her version - i thought, how about this song from a man's perspective - the Gal that got away. But of course, Frank beat me to it.
Great Count Basie Orchestra backing up the Chairman of the Board! Doesn’t get better than that! And in the 60’s add, Quincy Jones was the arranger working with them!
I love this song it's so true
AMAZING
What a great performance!
i wonder when this was filmed
I'm sure Frank meant to say, "A one-woman man..."
Janine Nichols or a lost lost loser, as he did in many concerts
Sammy David Jr also sings "a one-man woman," which is the original lyric but doesn't make any sense in this gender-reversed version. All I can think of is that "a one-woman man" doesn't work with the rhythm, so they just left it alone and hoped no one would notice! I think Frank should have sang "A one-gal hombre," lol.
Yeah, I wanted to see if any else noticed it. But I won't hold it against him. I love him...warts and all.
nope...should have said "A lost, lost loser.."
It’s great to watch this knowing he was a big fan of Judy Garlands :)
Tremendo...
fabuloso
@ Mike Coruzzi...this is classic Sinatra...recommend you hear a couple more. = )
Sinatra. Basie. Nuff said.
Thanks for this!
Just doesn't get much better...Basie,Q, Sinatra.. GREAT!!
I love Judy's version from a woman's perspective and frankly (no pun intended) I'd always wondered who would be perfect to sing this from a mans perspective and well here comes Mr. Sinatra to bring it all home for me. Many thanks Frank darling 💖
How did I not know about this?
simply put : The USA at its best.Singer,song,the band,Quincy J. Madonn' and AMEN
Judy Garland's version will always be the best but this is good. The band is fantastic.
great!!!
The lyrics are gender-reversed - except at the end, he sings "a one-man woman [the original lyric] looking for the gal that got away." Which makes it a bisexual story.
I guess it would have had to have been something like "a one-gal man," but that's a little awkward. Or he could have sang "a one-gal fella."
He absolutely destroyed this. Never should have even tried it. It's Garland's all the way.
It’s by far the best version, that is Frank
what is a Judy Garland?
I don't know whose arrangement this is but they did a superb job
Quincy Jones , arranger !
@@leomoore3597 Quincy learned alot from listening to Nelson's arrangements
This is actually a chart Billy Byers ghosted for Quincy in June 1965 for their summer tour with the Basie Band. It definitely pulls heavily from the Riddle original tho!
The original recording Sinatra did at Capitol was too fast-paced, but this performance is perfect (the only flub is saying "one man woman looking for the gal," which he would later change to "long lost loser.")@@TheMattForbes
@@bryanismyname7583 Agreed! There are some stellar versions of this Byers version from his '65 tour with Basie and Q (the Chicago Arie Crown performance is superb!)
Too bad this cuts out in the middle. :( But at the end, it should be "one woman-man," not "one-man woman," if you want to keep it from a guy's perspective.
How lucky has the great Quincy Jones been????
Brilliant!
'Quincy was passionate & brilliant right outta the gate'......
Good job, but this will always be Judy's.
judy garland version is so painful to listen to, frank gives this song life! i swear thats buddy rich on drums
It's good but I don't think it has that raw emotion Judy had.
A classic.
This song is excellent and this is why I date only.
Wow. Makes your hair stand up.
Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion (in the U.S. anyways..) Having said that, however, I have to disagree. You obviously don't appreciate his talent, which has been unmatched since..I do agree with you, in that certain songs probably should stay with the original singer they were intended for, but Frank is THE exception to that rule. Hell, he broke all the rules anyways..thats what makes him so thrilling to witness. Have a good one!
1970s ?
I don't think it's Buddy on drums, or Sonny Payne. I don't know,might be Buddy..if anyone knows for sure, please post.
Thanks
Buddy Rich didn't play with the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1960s.
Percival "Sonny" Payne is cited as the drummer on the personnel list for
"Live at the Sands" in 1966, so I would guess that is him here.
@bryanismyname7583 Thanks man. Yes great chart and Sonny was amazing.
frank kills this one, sorry... i do like the newer version he did
Where's that pinky ring. Q wears it to this day.
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It's Sonny Payne I think??
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What the heck was this from? A TV special?
Hollywood Palace.
It's way better than the version that came out in the album.
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I like Sammy's better but i love Franky
usually I love Frank Sinatra..But in this case I 'm disappointed...I think it'a cold and flat rendition of the wonderful song...I think it's impossible to match Judy Garland's depth...and to be honest I think Sammy Davis' rendition is superior than Sinatra's...Forgive me frank!
Understood. It's a great version, provided you haven't heard Judy's at her best.
Absolutely he is flat throughout
At 2:51 he sings "a one man woman" from the "female" version of the song. It makes no sense when a man is singing it! And that long last note -- where he sings the "eeee" part of the word away (a-way-eeee) is dumb, if you ask me. No one did or ever could express the epic feelings in this song like Judy Garland did.
As far as I'm concerned the holding of the last note is the icing on the cake and possibly the best part of the entire song
better of judy of course.
Who told him he could sing this song? Sorry but this is not his best." A one-man woman looking for the gal who got away" I love Sinatra but this is painful. Listen to Judy Garland to hear how it should be sung
Overrated as a vocalist? Is that why Robert Merrill told him he could have been an opera star as a lyric baritone?
I know I could possibly end up at the bottom of the river sleeping with da fishies, but I always thought that ol' blue eyes was extremely overrated as a vocalist. As far as him tackling this one, for me ... it's about as absurd as Eydie Gorme's infamous rendition of Bacharach's "This GAL'S in Love with You". It just doesn't work.
Sinatra may have been overrated by you but he was voted the "voice of the century" and there is nothing absurd about changing the pronouns in a lyric.
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