Was Elmer Bernstein conducting the song he didn't write or was this a recording session for the film score? (I guess they could have both been done at the same session.)
I saw this as a link to a non active site at the Hoboken past perfect online (Hoboken Historical Museum)
Ol' Mac Donald. Words & Music by Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman & Lew Spence ...
Sinatra sheet music: Ol' Mac Donald. Words and Music by Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman and Lew Spence. Eddie Shaw Music Co., 1960; (dist. Barton Music Corp., N.Y.)
from longtime Sinatra authority Ric Ross: "The mystery man was Eddie Shaw. A song plugger that was friendly with Frank Sinatra." thank you!
Hey Will -- Big congratulations on being nominated for a Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Award by the Jazz Journalists Association -- see all the nomines for the 29th annual JJA Jazz Awards here https://jjajazzawards.org/2024-nominees-for-performance-recordings/ and here https://jjajazzawards.org/2024-nominees-for-journalism-media/
thank you Howard! that's amazing news. I hope everybody will check out the JJA website. A lot of great people are being nominated... also me!
Good luck in the voting! You've done an enormous amount of unusually good work 00 you've earned the applause.
Was Elmer Bernstein conducting the song he didn't write or was this a recording session for the film score? (I guess they could have both been done at the same session.)
I saw this as a link to a non active site at the Hoboken past perfect online (Hoboken Historical Museum)
Ol' Mac Donald. Words & Music by Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman & Lew Spence ...
Sinatra sheet music: Ol' Mac Donald. Words and Music by Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman and Lew Spence. Eddie Shaw Music Co., 1960; (dist. Barton Music Corp., N.Y.)