Suddenly became part of the colorization controversy in the mid-1980s when the movie was colorized for home video by Hal Roach Studios in 1986, turning Sinatra's famous blue eyes brown.

In 2005, Sinatra's recording was sampled separately by the Audio Bullys and Radio Slave into dance tracks ( renamed into " Shot You Down " and " Bang Bang " respectively ), and by hip-hop artist Young Buck in a song titled " Bang Bang ", as well as covered for a single and music video by R & B artist Melanie Durrant.

Sinatra's vocals were taken from his original recording and mixed with Lauper's in the studio.

That same year, Horne also lent her vocals to a recording of " Embraceable You " on Sinatra's Duets II album.

" Despite this, Anka would later record the song in 1969 ( very shortly after Sinatra's recording was released ).

His skills as an arranger provided entree to the American recording industry, writing charts for Wes Montgomery, compatriot chanteuse Astrud Gilberto, and most notably Frank Sinatra, the results of which were released as the bossa nova side of Sinatra's 1971 LP, Sinatra & Company.

In August 1963 Warner Bros. made a " rescue takeover " of Frank Sinatra's ailing Reprise Records as part of a deal to acquire Sinatra's services as a recording artist and as an actor for Warner Bros. Pictures.

Otherwise, the best-known ' members ' of this unofficial group are bassist / guitarist Carol Kaye, one of the few female instrumentalists to achieve success in the recording industry at the time ; and drummer Hal Blaine, who has played on tens of thousands of recording sessions, including Sinatra's, and is believed by some to be the most recorded drummer in history.

It is possible, though, that the song is actually set in the early 1980s, when one of Sinatra's last chart hits, his 1980 recording of " Theme from New York, New York ", was a fixture of New York City airwaves and a standard singalong record in the city's many neighbourhood bars.

Martin's career arguably reached new heights after the team split up, as a recording artist for the Capitol and Reprise labels, as a movie actor ( Rio Bravo, The Young Lions and the Matt Helm series ), as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack ( Ocean's 11, Sergeants 3, Robin and the 7 Hoods ), and with his own hugely successful 1960s -' 70s television variety series, The Dean Martin Show.

Sinatra's recording won him the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for Ernie Freeman at the Grammy Awards of 1967.

: a first version in English ( recorded April 2, 1966-nine days prior to Sinatra's recording ), which remains unreleased

The original United Western studios, constructed in 1952, was the home of many major recording sessions in the 1960s and 1970s, including Ray Charles ' version of " I Can't Stop Loving You ", The Beach Boys ' " Good Vibrations ", Frank Sinatra's " It Was a Very Good Year ", and The Mamas & the Papas ' " California Dreamin '".

The original line can be heard in several early recordings of the song, such as a recording made by Dorsey Brothers & their Orchestra ( featuring a vocal by a young Bing Crosby ), Rudy Vallée, both in 1928, and a version of the song by the singer and well-known broadway star Mary Martin ( with Ray Sinatra's orchestra ), recorded in 1944.

Cahn wrote a new verse for Frank Sinatra's 1984 recording on L. A. Is My Lady, referencing Sinatra's many love affairs.

Urban legend has it that the film was pulled from circulation due to the similarity of its plot to the death of President Kennedy the following year, but Frankenheimer states in the Champlin book that it was pulled because of a legal battle between producer Sinatra and the studio over Sinatra's share of the profits.

In 1972 they performed for a Swedish documentary, Nancy & Lee In Las Vegas, which chronicled their Vegas concerts at the Riviera Hotel and featured solo numbers and duets from concerts, behind-the-scenes footage, and scenes of Sinatra's late husband, Hugh Lambert, and her mother.

She and Billy Strange worked on the arrangement, and it was Sinatra's idea to change from a mid-tempo romp ( as sung in Cher's hit single ) to a ballad.

His talent went beyond the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( reworked in 1962 from a song Anka wrote earlier called " Toot Sweet " which had been rewritten with lyrics and recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959 as " It's Really Love ") since Anka composed Tom Jones ' biggest hit record " She's a Lady " and wrote the English lyrics to " My Way ", Frank Sinatra's signature song sung by many well known artists.

Davis was also experiencing severe financial difficulties, and was promised by Sinatra's people that he could earn between six and eight million dollars from the tour.

Davis's associate recalled Sinatra's people skimming the top of the revenues from the concerts, as well as stuffing envelopes full of cash into suitcases after the performances.

The head of children's programming at CBS, Fred Silverman, came up with the character's name from the syllables " doo-be-doo-be-doo " in Frank Sinatra's hit song " Strangers in the Night ".

In 2002, The Fixx performed a cover version of Nancy Sinatra's 1960s classic " These Boots Are Made for Walkin '" for a special album called When Pigs Fly, which featured unique remakes of songs from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Among the standout tracks on Sinatra and Strings are " All or Nothing at All ", an unusual verse-only version of " Stardust " ( in juxtaposition to the many chorus-only versions of the song ), a ballad rendition of " Night and Day " which provided a contrast to Sinatra's more familiar big band version, and a rendition of " Come Rain or Come Shine " which frequently is included " Best of " compilations from Sinatra's Reprise years.

Secada has performed with opera legend Luciano Pavarotti and recorded a duet with Frank Sinatra on " The Best Is Yet to Come " from Sinatra's Duets II album.

The album peaked at # 11 on Billboard while the single reached # 2 and was considered as Sinatra's comeback single after several years away from the top of the pop singles chart.

The record was Sinatra's first to make the UK album charts (# 73 ) in 30 years.

September 2009 saw the release of Sinatra's digital-only album Cherry Smiles: The Rare Singles, featuring previously unreleased tracks and songs only available on 45.

The album features the first of many covers performed by Megadeth: a speed metal version of Nancy Sinatra's classic " These Boots Are Made for Walkin '", with lyrics altered by Mustaine.

Robert Smith is again teaming up with director Tim Burton, following up his contribution to the companion album to Burton ’ s 2010 version of " Alice in Wonderland " with a song called " Witchcraft " ( inspired by Frank Sinatra's 1975 version of this song ) on the upcoming Frankenweenie Unleashed !, a 14-track collection of songs “ inspired by ” the filmmaker ’ s new stop-motion creation.

Thrash metal band Megadeth covered Nancy Sinatra's " These Boots Are Made For Walkin ' on their 1985 debut album Killing Is My Business ... and Business Is Good !, but is more often recognized as a parody rather than a true cover, and is considered controversial because song writer Lee Hazelwood deemed Megadeth's version to be " a perversion of the original ".

He also appears on Frank Sinatra's posthumous Duets album.

In 2004, he contributed the song " Baby Please Don't Go " to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album.

* Frank Sinatra's 1970 concept album Watertown charts the story of a middle-aged man in Watertown, New York, whose wife has left him with his children.

Calexico contributed the song " Burnin ' Down the Spark " to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album in late 2004.

* On Nancy Sinatra's album Nancy Sinatra ( a. k. a. To Nancy With Love ) ( 2004 )

But appreciation of The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette has grown over the years, and it was re-released on CD ( minus the newspaper cover ) in the 1990s by Rhino in the US and Ace in the U. K. Gaudio and Holmes also wrote and produced Frank Sinatra's 1969 album Watertown.

This self-titled album contained the Spanish rendition of Toni Braxton's hit " Unbreak My Heart " ( Regresa a Mí ), ( Braxton had originally released " Regresa a Mi " as a b-side to her 1996 single, " Unbreak My Heart "); their second single and first original song " Mama "; Sinatra's " My Way " ( A mi manera ); " Nella Fantasia ," and 1994's San Remo Festival winner " Passerà.

Reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, it was the title song for Sinatra's 1966 album Strangers in the Night, which would become his most commercially successful album.

The song can be found on Sinatra's 1965 album September of My Years.

* British pop star Robbie Williams recorded a version for his album Swing When You're Winning, in duet with Sinatra's original vocals.

The album also shows Reel Big Fish expanding their musical styles past the pop-rock sound, as it contains an a cappella cover of Frank Sinatra's classic " New York, New York " as well as a cover of Sublime's " Boss DJ ".

Sinatra re-recorded " I've Got You Under My Skin " for the album Sinatra's Sinatra ( 1963 ), an album of re-recordings of his personal favorites.