July 26, 2007

Sinatra on a Wurlitzer

"I've Got the World on a String" as played on a 1948 Wurlitzer 1100 Jukebox:


Incidentally, "I've Got the World on a String" was one of Sinatra's comeback recordings, done in 1953 soon after he signed with Capitol Records. The arranger was Nelson Riddle, who imitated the style of Billy May ("slurping" trumpets and saxophones) on "I've Got the World on a String." Sinatra had hoped to do his first Capitol recordings with May, who was unavailable at the time. The recording session for "I've Got the World on a String" was the first time Riddle and Sinatra worked together.

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