Articles by David Bondelevitch

Frank Lamphere: Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra

by David Bondelevitch
March 10, 2026

"Now that's original... How'd he ever come up with that one?" These words open the press material for Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra, and it is a solid question, with so many albums of Frank Sinatra covers. It would be tough to top Tony Bennett's Perfectly Frank (Columbia Records, 1992).       Performers who cover other performers tend to make two mistakes. First, they often pick the obvious songs, which have probably been covered many times, ...