quincy jones sang mack the knife with frank sinatra.
quincy jones sang mack the knife with frank sinatra.
who sings mack the knife with frank sinatra?
quincy jones
in 1962, sinatra released "sinatra and strings", a set of standard ballads arranged by don costa, which became one of the most critically acclaimed works of sinatra's entire reprise period. frank sinatra jr., who was present during the recording, noted the "huge orchestra", which nancy sinatra stated "opened a whole new era" in pop music, with orchestras getting bigger, embracing a "lush string sound". sinatra and count basie collaborated for the album "" the same year, a popular and successful release which prompted them to rejoin two years later for the follow-up "it might as well be swing", arranged by quincy jones. the two became frequent performers together, and appeared at the newport jazz festival in 1965. also in 1962, as the owner of his own record label, sinatra was able to step on the podium as conductor again, releasing his third instrumental album "frank sinatra conducts music from pictures and plays".
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in sinatra's native new jersey, hoboken's frank sinatra park, the hoboken post office, and a residence hall at montclair state university were named in his honor. other buildings named for sinatra include the frank sinatra school of the arts in astoria, queens, the frank sinatra international student center at israel's hebrew university in jerusalem dedicated in 1978, and the frank sinatra hall at the usc school of cinematic arts in los angeles, california, dedicated in 2002. wynn resorts' encore las vegas resort features a restaurant dedicated to sinatra which opened in 2008. items of memorabilia from sinatra's life and career are displayed at usc's frank sinatra hall and wynn resort's sinatra restaurant. near the las vegas strip is a road named frank sinatra drive in his honor. the united states postal service issued a 42-cent postage stamp in honor of sinatra in may 2008, commemorating the tenth anniversary of his death. the united states congress passed a resolution introduced by representative mary bono mack on may 20, 2008, designating may 13 as frank sinatra day to honor his contributions to american culture.
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