Sinatra sings " It;s Only a Paper Moon." Harold Arlen wrote this song in 1932 with lyrics by .Y.Harburg and Billy Rose. It was written for a failed Broadway show " The Great Magoo." It was a big hit later on for Nat Cole and his trio.
Frank Sinatra provides a very jazzy performance improvising both music and words in a way that Arlen hinself would have approved. Harold would often sing and play his own songs in a freer improvised manner not just playing the notes as written. After all, he started playing in Buffalo area jazz joints as a teenage, high school drop out.
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