The Chairman Of The Board

December 12th, 2015 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Francis Albert Sinatra.  I won't bore you here with any of the details of his life...all of that is easily available on-line.

What I will say is that Sinatra's music has played a huge part in my life, my mother was a big fan and my sister and I grew up with his music as a backdrop to our lives.  So much so that there is hardly a Sinatra song that I cannot sing all the lyrics too.  This fact amazes me to no end.  How many times must I have heard these tunes to practically know every word all these years later?

Mark Steyn has a fabulous series on his blog, it's  called Sinatra's Century and it documents Steyn's 100 top Sinatra tunes.  There is no way I can showcase 100, but here is my top five list of Sinatra's I can't live without tunes.  And yes, I did get to see him live once, on my birthday in 1976, at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver BC.

Number 1

Night and Day



Number 2

I've Got You Under My Skin



Number 3

Fly Me To The Moon



Number 4

I Get A Kick Out Of You (the cocaine version!)



Number 5

Come Fly With Me