Below The Beltway

Sean Combs/Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Diddy apparently thinks that Frank Sinatra hangs out with him:
There’s nights in Vegas when I have my Frankie baby with me. That’s right, Frank Sinatra is with me. Call me crazy. I’m not afraid to say I have imaginary friends,” Diddy quips. “And Frank is one of them.”
A tuxedoed Diddy hosts a [...]

And only happen in a town like this……

I posted this once before, on the 80th anniversary of Sinatra’s birth, so I figured that today, the tenth anniversary of his death, was as good a time as any to repost my list of the ten best Sintara albums of all time.
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On Thursday, it will be ten years since Frank Sinatra died, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t making a comeback:
A new era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn’t here to participate.
The iconic singer died May 14, 1998, and the 10th anniversary is being marked with [...]

This is actually pretty funny:
Stephanopoulos pointed out that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has encouraged Republicans to vote for Clinton to divide the Democratic Party, prompting one of the lighter moments of the show.
“He’s always had a crush on me,” Clinton said, as the room of about 200 people erupted into laughter.
Heh.
So, in honor [...]

Without question, one of the best duets ever. You can tell they had fun with this one. It’s too bad they never did an album together.

From the movie High Society, which also happens to be the last film Grace Kelly made before becoming Princess Grace of Monaco:

Best line: “You must be one of the newer fellas” Classic.

That’s right, Friday Night Videos are back. This week, it’s all about Sinatra duets, starting out with an improbable one from the 1970’s (check out the bow ties !) with John Denver:

In all honesty, Sinatra’s baritone so overwhelms Denver’s relatively thin voice that it’s polite to call this a duet……

Yesterday, the Post Office unveiled a stamp honoring Frank Sinatra, who would have turned 92 years old on December 12th:
Coming to a mailbox near you: Ol’ Blue Eyes himself.
As Frank Sinatra’s three children looked on Wednesday in Beverly Hills, Postal Service officials unveiled an oversized replica of a stamp commemorating the iconic crooner.
The Rat Pack [...]

The United States Postal Service has honored Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong among other musicians, so it was only inevitable that Frank Sinatra would get a stamp someday:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ol’ Blue Eyes will get his own postage stamp next spring.
The stamp commemorating Frank Sinatra was announced Wednesday by Postmaster General John [...]