Frank Sinatra – Witchcraft

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Frank Sinatra's recording of Witchcraft (Coleman/Leigh) received 6 Grammy Award nominations at the first ever Grammy Awards in 1957 including Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Vocal Performance (male), and Best Arrangement (Nelson Riddle)

Sinatra would re-record the song in 1963 for his Reprise lp, Sinatra's Sinatra and again in 1993 as a duet with Anita Baker on a record that would go on to sell over 3 million copies.

The tune has gone on to become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by the likes of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, and Bill Evans just to name a few.

Sinatra, at the encouragement of his daughter, Nancy, scored a coup in the Spring of 1960, when he booked Elvis Presley to appear on his tv special, The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis. Elvis was the only star who shone with anything like Frank's intensity, and his return to the public spotlight from a two year stint in the Army was a big, big, draw. You can catch the performance where Frank sings a swinging version of Elvis' hit song "Love Me Tender" intertwined with Presley singing Sinatra's "Witchcraft" in HBO's stellar new documentary, Elvis Presley: The Searcher (airing now). The moment when two of the biggest legends in the music business harmonize together at the end of the duet is a historic moment never to be forgotten.

Contact & Licensing Info
Written by Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh
Published by Notable Music Co. ASCAP (Cy Coleman)
Contact: Damon Booth/info@notablemusic.net
Administered by Big Deal Music Group
Contact: Jennifer Falco/jennifer@bigdealmusicgroup.com
Published by Edwin H. Morris Co. ASCAP (Carolyn Leigh)
Administered by MPL Communications Inc.
Master controlled by Universal Music Group.