白兔窩

在洋基舊球場的最後一役後
隊長Derek Jeter 帶領著王建民等球員繞場一週的時候
球場響起了熟悉的音樂
那是Frank Sinatra (法蘭克辛納屈) 所演唱的經典歌曲.........
"New York, New York"

我很喜歡"瘦皮猴"辛納區的演唱
要先說清楚下面這張唱片並沒有收錄New York, New York這首歌曲
這唱片應該是我在讀大學二年級的1995年時時候買的 (1994年出版)
記得
後來1998年Frank Sinatra去世的時候還特別的看了相關的報導

New York, New York
- Frank Sinatra

作詞：Fred Ebb/John Kander 作曲：Fred Ebb/John Kander 

Start spreading the news, You're leaving today (tell them Frank)
I want to be a part of it - New York, New York
Your vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray
And step around the heart of it - New York, New York

I wanna wake up in that city, that doesn't sleep
And find you're king of the hill - top of the heap

Your small town blues, they're melting away
I'm gonna make a brand new start of it - in old New York
You always make it there, You'll make it anywhere
It's up to you - New York, New York

New York, New York
I want to wake up in that city, that doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill, top of the list
A number one, king of the hill

These little town blues, they have all melted away
And I'm gonna make a brand new start of it - right there, in old New York
(you better believe it folks)
You always make it there, You make it anywhere

Come on, come through - New York New York

New York

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.

Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers". His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, and fraternized with the Rat Pack and President John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".

Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music, but with dwindling album sales and after appearing in several poorly received films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded several albums, scoring a hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980, and toured both within the United States and internationally until a few years before his death in 1998.

Sinatra also forged a career as a dramatic actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra was honored with the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.