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will Friedwald's avatar

from longtime Sinatra authority Ric Ross: "The mystery man was Eddie Shaw. A song plugger that was friendly with Frank Sinatra." thank you!

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Howard Mandel's avatar

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/

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will Friedwald's avatar

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!

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Howard Mandel's avatar

Good luck in the voting! You've done an enormous amount of unusually good work 00 you've earned the applause.

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joe medjuck's avatar

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.)

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Ken Hutchins's avatar

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.)

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