Frank Sinatra
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It’s getting silly now. London’s subsidised theatres aren’t just competing to put on the worst play of the year but…
Sinatra, Bacon and a YouTube star: Edinburgh Fringe Festival round-up
Sinatra: Raw (Pleasance, until 15 August) takes us inside the mind of the 20th century’s greatest crooner. The performer, Richard…
The short, happy life of the long playing record
On 19 June 1948, the modern LP was unveiled at a press conference by the Columbia Records president Ted Wallerstein,…
Frank Sinatra never went away — but did he ever grow up?
‘He never went away. All those other things that we thought were here to stay, they did go away. But…
Never again, I told myself last time Bob Dylan was in town
We were like four hapless contestants on University Challenge. None of us knew the answer. But just like they do…
Fine production of a painful play: Death of a Salesman at the Noel Coward reviewed
Here come the Yanks. As the summer jumbos disgorge their cargoes of wealthy, courteous, culture-hungry Americans, the West End prepares…
What backing singers are really thinking behind the ‘ooh, ooh, oohs’
Have you ever looked at backing singers and thought: what is their story? Do they or have they ever prayed…
