In the Wee Small Hours having lost his previous energy. Later, Sinatra was dropped from Columbia. Against the wishes of his colleagues, on March 14, 1953 vice president of A&R at Capitol Alan Livingston signed Sinatra to a seven-year deal. The deal proved to be a success; later that year in August, Sinatra appeared as Private Angelo Maggio in the film "From Here to Eternity". The film was successful and his performance was acclaimed, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. With this new popularity he recorded two albums, "Songs for Young Lovers" and "Swing
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Riddle and Gordon Jenkins, and Ed McMahon served as announcer, a role he returned to in the two subsequent specials. "Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music" was shot inside NBC's Studio 1, at its color television facility in Burbank, California. The special was taped in segments on at least two nights in November 1965. Sinatra was suffering from a cold at the time, which limited his time in front of the microphone. He coughs and clears his throat a few times during the show. Writer Gay Talese documented both nights of taping in his April 1966 "Esquire" magazine profile,