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Billie Holiday recording in New York in 1957.

Why the song never remains the same when these artists are singing

Dan Callahan examines the careers and lives of six great recording artists from the golden age of American singers.

  • Tom Ryan

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Tony Bennett has died aged 96.

Legendary American singer Tony Bennett dies aged 96

Bennett, the legendary American singer who graced a decades-long career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday aged 96.

Sammy Davis Jnr, Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra in a publicity photograph for their world tour.

From the Archives, 1989: Sinatra, Minnelli and Davis Jnr serenade Melbourne

In 1989, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jnr. performed at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne. For the excited crowd the pace may have slowed, but the memories lingered on.

  • Peter Weineger
June 1974: Frank Sinatra declines an interview with Anne Pilmer on his way to Melbourne’s Festival Hall.

Blue eyes: Curtin Hotel’s fate an omen for our unique music scene

Melbourne’s trade unions are dusting off the tactics that helped Bob Hawke beat Frank Sinatra. But we need a clear plan from government on live music’s future.

  • Patrick Donovan
Column 8 Granny dinkus with mask.

Siri gets sociable

While the RAT problem could be over for those of Middle Age.

Lana Del Ray.

Counting down a century of endless summer songs

The art of creating a long-lasting summer hit lies in freeze-framing a feeling.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Singer Gregg Arthur who got together the musicians to perform in the 2020 rendition of My City of Sydney.

'My city of Sydney': our signature song shines half a century on

An old song about Sydney has taken on a new life thanks to COVID-19 and a group of Sydney musicians.

  • Helen Pitt
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Equating Wi-Fi and speed is just the start of the problem

What came first? The leghorn or the eggcorn?

Sinatra shows extraordinary freedom in this 1959 live recording from Melbourne.

Getting a kick out of Frank

In the third in his series looking at must-listen jazz albums, John Shand uncovers a Sinatra classic.

  • John Shand
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Here are the best Christmas albums of all time

A top 20 of Christmas albums spanning the decades since the 1960s, and an insider's story of the day Bing sang with Bowie.

  • Michael Idato

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