The History of "Frank,Gil, and Friends" (Part IV)

HISTORY OF FGF OPENING SONGS 

December 1993-September 1996:

     "Say Hello" (Cahn/Behrke; rec. by Frank Sinatra, 1981)

September 1996-February 1998:

     "Sunday" (Miller/Krueger/Conn/Styne; rec. by Frank Sinatra, 1954)

February 1998-February 2001:

     "Mr. Success" (Sanicola/Greines/Sinatra; rec. by Frank Sinatra, 1958)

February 2001-December 2004:

     "It's a Breeze" (Kentridge; rec. by Matt Monro, 1965)

December 2004-December 2009:

     "When Sinatra Played Juarez" (Russell; rec. by Tom Russell, 2001)

8 December 2009 - 23 February 2010:

       "Bobby Sox Blues" (T-Bone Walker, 1946)

2 March 2010 -17 August 2010:

        "We're on Our Way" (Frank Sinatra, et al., 1948)

31 August 2010 - 3 January 2012:

       "You Keep Me Swingin'" (Matt Monro, 19??)

10 January 2012- 8 September 2015:

      "I Will Drink the Wine" (Paul Ryan, rec. by Frank Sinatra, 10/26/1970)

15 September 2015 - 8 December 2015

     "All of Me" (Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons, rec. by Sinatra, 4/19/1954)

15 December 2015 - 8 March 2016

     SEARCHING FOR A NEW THEME SONG

15 March 2016 - 9 January 2018

     "Sinatra's Dead" (Joe Mannix, rec. by Mannix, 2000)

23 January 2018 - 22 October 2019:

     "The Singer" (Joe Cocuzzo/Vincent Falcone, Jr., rec. by Rosemary Clooney, 2001)

29 October 2019 - 10 March 2020

    "Frank Sinatra's Party" (Paul McCartney)

COVID-19 Pandemic Hiatus 

15 September 2020 - 17 November 2020

    "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen; Billy Rose; Y.A. "Yip" Harburg, rec. by Sinatra 4/24/50)

24 November 2020 - 23 August 2022

    "Bobby Sox Idol" (Wilmoth Houdini, 1947)

30 August 2022 - Present

    "Will You Still be Mine?" (Matt Dennis; Tom Adair, rec. by Connie Francis, 1964)