Frank Sinatra, "Perfectly Frank" (1953-54)

[Mark Stryker]

A Sinatra question as we move into his 99th birthday on Friday (Dec. 12): Does anyone know if the performances from his 1953-54 radio program "Perfectly Frank" have ever been released in any form? The showed aired for 15 minutes a couple times a week on NBC. My understanding is that Sinatra basically acted as a DJ playing recordings of others, but a couple of times a show would sing (or, more accurately, play taped performances of himself singing with what he called the Sinatra Symphonette, basically a small jazz group with Bill Miller around most of the time on piano. There are a couple of dynamite tunes on youtube from this archive but I can't recall ever seeing or hearing about an official (well, bootleg) release.

[JSngry]

Look on Amazon.for Perfectly Frank: Classic Sinatra In A Unique Set Of Live Broadcast Performances From The Fifties and FS - After Hours.

[Mark Stryker]

Thanks ...

[AllenLowe]

_{I have a CD of this.}

[gmonahan]

Both cds are usually pretty spendy, assuming you can find them. Audio quality is ok, though.

gregmo