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Graham Pass: Alan Livingston and Walt Levinsky

08/12/2013

Alan Livingston and Walt Levinsky

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Graham chats to Alan Livingston who signed a struggling Frank Sinatra to Capitol Records.

Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston remembers how he signed a struggling Frank Sinatra to the label and re-launched Frank’s career back in 1953.

In part one, Frank Sinatra’s birthday falls on December 12th so this is an appropriate time to hear former Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston remembering how he signed a struggling Frank Sinatra to the label and re-launched Frank’s career back in 1953, “the greatest comeback since Lazarus!”.  In Part two, Walt Levinsky remembers his days playing with Benny Goodman in the 1950’s.  Graham’s musical theme this week is “numbers”.

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