Stars on Frankie
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Stars on Frankie was the fourth and final album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45
, released on the CNR Records label in The Netherlands in 1987. The album was the first proper Stars on 45 project since The Superstars, released some five years earlier, during which time producer Jaap Eggermont had recorded three albums with spin-off group The Star Sisters
.
Stars on Frankie featured vocals by Peter Douglas who in 1987 had won The Supermixshow (the original Dutch format of TV show Stars in Their Eyes
) with his impersonation of Frank Sinatra
. While the album revived the Stars on 45 formula of stringing together the recreated songs with an original chorus written by Eggermont and musical arranger Martin Duiser it was not set to a disco beat but had arrangements fairly true to Sinatra's original recordings, featuring a jazz ensemble with live strings and brass. The title track single "Stars on Frankie
" became another Top 20 hit in the Netherlands, reaching #16 on the chart, and the album itself was also a modest commercial success, peaking at #59 and was also released in the rest of Continental Europe, Scandinavia and Japan. Douglas has since had a successful career in music, not just by interpreting Sinatra's repertoire but as a prominent jazz singer in his own right, singing both standards and evergreens as well as original material, releasing a series of albums under his own name and touring in both Europe and the United States.
Stars on Frankie was the final Stars on 45 project to be produced by Jaap Eggermont, the creator of the original concept. A fifth studio album called The Club Hits using both the Stars on 45 name, the original logo on the album cover as well as a re-recording of Eggermont and Duiser's "Stars On 45 Theme" together with medleys of dance hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s was recorded in 1997 and released by EMI
's sublabel Music Club International in Continental Europe to moderate commercial success. Neither Eggermont himself nor any of the original Stars on 45 musicians and singers were involved in the Stars on 45 - The Club Hits project.
Stars on Frankie is to date the only original Stars on 45 studio album to have been released to CD.
2. "The Voice" - 12:03
2. "Swingtime" (van Eick, Eggermont, Duiser, Souer) - 4:29
Stars on 45
Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, the United States and Australia in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K. and Ireland it was known as Starsound...
, released on the CNR Records label in The Netherlands in 1987. The album was the first proper Stars on 45 project since The Superstars, released some five years earlier, during which time producer Jaap Eggermont had recorded three albums with spin-off group The Star Sisters
Star Sisters
The Star Sisters were a female Dance/Pop trio from The Netherlands that were very popular during the 1980s, most notably as the ladies who performed the chorus as members of Jaap Eggermont's studio act Stars on 45 and in a spinoff in which they performed as The Andrews Sisters in a medley that...
.
Stars on Frankie featured vocals by Peter Douglas who in 1987 had won The Supermixshow (the original Dutch format of TV show Stars in Their Eyes
Stars In Their Eyes
Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that ran on Saturdays nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars...
) with his impersonation of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
. While the album revived the Stars on 45 formula of stringing together the recreated songs with an original chorus written by Eggermont and musical arranger Martin Duiser it was not set to a disco beat but had arrangements fairly true to Sinatra's original recordings, featuring a jazz ensemble with live strings and brass. The title track single "Stars on Frankie
Stars on Frankie (song)
"Stars on Frankie" was a song issued in 1987 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45, taken from the album of the same title."Stars on Frankie" was the first proper Stars on 45 single since 1982's Rolling Stones medley "The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World"...
" became another Top 20 hit in the Netherlands, reaching #16 on the chart, and the album itself was also a modest commercial success, peaking at #59 and was also released in the rest of Continental Europe, Scandinavia and Japan. Douglas has since had a successful career in music, not just by interpreting Sinatra's repertoire but as a prominent jazz singer in his own right, singing both standards and evergreens as well as original material, releasing a series of albums under his own name and touring in both Europe and the United States.
Stars on Frankie was the final Stars on 45 project to be produced by Jaap Eggermont, the creator of the original concept. A fifth studio album called The Club Hits using both the Stars on 45 name, the original logo on the album cover as well as a re-recording of Eggermont and Duiser's "Stars On 45 Theme" together with medleys of dance hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s was recorded in 1997 and released by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's sublabel Music Club International in Continental Europe to moderate commercial success. Neither Eggermont himself nor any of the original Stars on 45 musicians and singers were involved in the Stars on 45 - The Club Hits project.
Stars on Frankie is to date the only original Stars on 45 studio album to have been released to CD.
Side A
1. "Stars on Frankie" - 4:17- "Stars On Frankie" (Hollestelle, Eggermont)
- "The Lady Is A TrampThe Lady Is a Tramp"The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green. This song is a spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette...
" (Rodgers, Hart) - "I Will Drink the Wine" (Ryan)
- "WitchcraftWitchcraft (song)"Witchcraft" is a popular song from 1957 composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. It was released as a single by Frank Sinatra, and reached number twenty in the U.S., spending sixteen weeks on the charts....
" (Coleman, Leigh) - "Something StupidSomething StupidSomething Stupid was a short-lived Australian sketch comedy series which aired in 1998 on the Seven Network. The program was produced, written and performed by much the same team that was behind the Fast Forward series...
" (Parks) - "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" (van Heusen, Silvers)
- "These Boots Are Made For Walking" (Hazlewood)
- "Let Me Try Again" (Caravelli, Jourdan, Anka, Cahn)
- "Strangers In The NightStrangers in the Night"Strangers in the Night" is a popular song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. It was originally created under the title Beddy Bye as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed...
" (Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder) - "My Kind of TownMy Kind of TownMy Kind of Town is an American television game show that premiered on August 14, 2005 on ABC. Part variety show, part game show, the series brings 200 people from a small town in the United States to New York City to compete for prizes and participate in games and assorted gags...
" (van Heusen, Cahn)
2. "The Voice" - 12:03
- "The Voice" (Duiser, Eggermont)
- "Strangers in the Night" (Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder)
- "The Voice" (Duiser, Eggermont)
- "My WayMy Way (song)"My Way" is a song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibault. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated to the...
" (François, Revaux, Anka) - "Three Coins in the FountainThree Coins in the Fountain (song)"Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular song which received the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1954.The melody was written by Jule Styne, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was written for the romance film, Three Coins in the Fountain and refers to the act of throwing a coin into the Trevi...
" (Styne, Cahn) - "Talk To MeTalk to MeTalk to Me is a 1996 made-for-TV drama film that features Yasmine Bleeth and Ricky Paull Goldin.-Plot:The movie involves Diane Shepherd who is an idealistic talk-showproducer who is conscience-stricken when she clashes with her...
" (Snyder, Kahan, Vallee) - "I Believe I'm Gonna Love You" (Lloyd, Sklerov)
- "All the Way" (van Heusen, Cahn)
- "The Voice" (Duiser, Eggermont)
- "It Was a Very Good YearIt Was a Very Good Year"It Was a Very Good Year" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 for and originally recorded by Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio and subsequently made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D-minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male in 1966. Gordon Jenkins was awarded...
" (Drake) - "You My Love" (Gordon, van Heusen)
- "Strangers in the night" (Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder)
- "The Voice" (Duiser, Eggermont)
- "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)"Put Your Dreams Away " is a 1945 song written by Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, and Stephen Weiss. The song was first recorded by Frank Sinatra on May 1, 1945 for Columbia Records. It was during this period that Sinatra used Put Your Dreams Away as the theme song for his radio series...
" (Lowe, Mann, Weiss) - "Love's Been Good To Me" (McKuen)
- "Blue Eyes" (Donaldson)
- "My Way" (François, Revaux, Anka)
Side B
1. "Saturday Night" - 12:01- "Introduction" (van Eick, Eggermont, Duiser, Souer)
- "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)"Saturday Night " is a popular song.The music was written by Jule Styne, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1944....
" (Styne, Cahn) - "(Love Is) The Tender Trap(Love Is) The Tender Trap" The Tender Trap" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn.It was written for the 1955 film The Tender Trap, where it was introduced by Debbie Reynolds and Frank Sinatra, who each sing the song separately. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original...
" (van Heusen, Cahn) - "I've Got You Under My SkinI've Got You Under My Skin (song)"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by Cole Porter. It became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and, in 1966, became a top 10 hit for The Four Seasons...
" (Porter) - "I Get a Kick out of YouI Get a Kick Out of You"I Get a Kick Out of You" is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in the Broadway musical Anything Goes and the movie of the same name....
" (Porter) - "Cheek to CheekCheek to Cheek"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin, and first performed by Fred Astaire in the movie Top Hat . Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000....
" (Berlin) - "Learnin' the BluesLearnin' the Blues"Learnin' the Blues" is a 1955 popular song by Dolores Vicki Silvers.The best-known version of the song was recorded by Frank Sinatra in the 50s, which peaked #2 at the Billboard charts...
" (Silvers) - "You're Driving Me CrazyYou're Driving Me Crazy"You’re Driving Me Crazy" is a U.S. popular song composed by Walter Donaldson for the 1930 musical comedy Smiles. It was recorded the same year by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians and became a hit...
" (Donaldson) - "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a LetterI'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the Great American Songbook....
" (Ahlert, Young) - "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" (Croce)
- "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)"Chicago" is a popular song. It was written by Fred Fisher and was published in 1922. The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra....
" (Fisher) - "My Blue HeavenMy Blue Heaven (song)"My Blue Heaven" is a popular song written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George A. Whiting. It has become part of various fake book collections....
" (Donaldson, Whiting) - "Theme from New York, New YorkTheme from New York, New York"Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...
" (Kander, Ebb)
2. "Swingtime" (van Eick, Eggermont, Duiser, Souer) - 4:29