so you did the cover! Impressive,,,and a great job...but...you really made even me reach back! Oh sure, any whippersnapper can remember "Rawhide" but only a true geezer can recall WHY the Rawhide producers chose Frankie to sing it...that's right - "Muletrain!" it had the whipcrack, the backbeat...it was old when I was about ten. Thanks for the memories...tho'...dim.
AND thank you for the memories, guess we both sound like Bob Hope. Great memories though, old Frankie passed away fairly recently ( a year, or two) but was singing (maybe not so robustly) up until his ninties. Oh, nearly forgot, thankx for the comments too
Your comment reminds me of a job I had last year - posters and ads for a Tony Bennett show - he told the story of one of his first gigs, under the name of Joe Bari - Hope was in the audience - showed up at the dressing room door afterward saying "Kid, you got something, come to Paramount and sing with me. Gotta lose 'Joe Bari' though, what's your real name?"
Tony sez: Anthony Dominick Benedetto.
Hope sez: "We'll call you Tony Bennett."
So now I'm jealous (re. the Tony Bennet work) You may have noticed some of my work signed, but I was never able to get Mr.Bennett's signature.
Like the Hope story though. T.B. still uses Benedetto to sign his art-work . I noticed that on another Frankie C.D. where T.B. did the portrait on the cover
Oh, don't be. My involvement as "the advertising guy" was only peripheral and it was kind of a grind after all. Stars who formerly drew 20 to 90K and now draw 5-20 can be surly. Bennett was a class act of course, along with B.B. King, Billy Joel, Whoopi, Brian Setzer, Paul Anka, Wayne Newton, Lily Tomlin, The Moody Blue, The Doobie Brothers and many others, but Mandy Patinkin, Art Garfunkle, Elton John, James Brown and a far longer list were off-the-chart insufferable about their fame. I never asked for autographs but many of the well-grounded acts graciously accomodated our crowds while the haughty "superstars" were afraid they'd be sold on E-Bay! That's enough name-dropping for...ever! Nice chatting with you sir
Just really enjoyed that missive.
Name dropping is fine and it is always great to hear an honest opinion of the "famous" instead of the P.R. rubbish that gets churned out for the shmoes to lap up; Thanx for the craic!
I'm so glad you did...most interesting was the sometimes HUGE disparity in a performers stage personality versus their ACTUAL self...perdictable of course but still disappointing/revealing...disgusting but...what's a "craic" ??
Craic is an Irish word meaning many aspects of company,ambiance, conversation.
Often used to describe a night in a pub where the company wasgreat ,the conversation flowed. So the verdict on the morning after could be "Had agreat night , the craic was powerful." ALSO... Two people meeting inthe street " What's the craic?" this greeting means "Whats new?" and finally.. After enjoying our "conversation" here, instead of saying "I enjoyed our chat" we can say either "must go now, the craic was good" or "Thanks for the craic" Sorry to be long-winded, I probably haven't told you the half of it .! By the way..sounds like..crack!
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