Sinatra & Harold Arlen Songbook: Frank Sinatra was always fastidious about the kinds of songs he chose to perform and he tended to favor composers like Cole Porter. Rodgers & Hart, Jimmy Van Heusen and Harold Arlen. I will be posting a number of the Sinatra/Arlen collaborations and the first being "One For My Baby." with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was introduced by Fred Astaire in the film " The Sky's The Limit" and Sinatra would always introduce it as a perfect saloon song.
Sinatra's acting ability is at its finest as he portrays a slightly drunk patron of a lonely bar as he pours out his lament concerning this " Torch that I've Found Must Be Drowned or it soon might explode Make it one for my baby and one more for the road That Long, long road."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_zhVeZphwE
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