Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft | Live from A Man and His Music (1965) [HD]
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Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft | Live from A Man and His Music (1965) [HD]
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Frank Sinatra performs a live rendition of “Witchcraft” during his landmark NBC television special, Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. Broadcast in color in November 1965 to coincide with the singer’s 50th birthday, the hour-long program became a defining moment in classic television history. Directed by Dwight Hemion and featuring orchestras conducted by Sinatra’s frequent musical collaborators Nelson Riddle and Gordon Jenkins, the broadcast won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Program and a Peabody Award for its pristine, uninterrupted presentation of the Chairman of the Board’s catalog.
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Composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, “Witchcraft” originally debuted as a hit single in 1957 backed by a signature Nelson Riddle arrangement. The track earned nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1959, quickly cementing itself as a standard of traditional pop and a permanent fixture in Sinatra’s live repertoire. In this 1965 television performance, Sinatra delivers a commanding, rhythmic vocal that perfectly captures his mid-60s swagger, translating the energy of his Las Vegas Sands Hotel residencies for a national television audience.
This footage captures Sinatra at the height of a massive creative renaissance during his Reprise Records era. The television event was part of a major multimedia milestone year that included the release of his introspective masterpiece album September of My Years and the career-spanning, Grammy-winning double-LP also titled A Man and His Music. Serving as both a retrospective of his big band and…
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