Rock/Pop songs that mention Frank Sinatra

Off the top of my head:

Pogues--Fairytale of New York

Christy Moore--Deportees

Steely Dan--Janey Runaway

Suzanne Vega--Frank & Ava

Tony Bennett--What Are You Afraid Of?

Elvis Costello--Blue Chair (indirectly)

 

"through an open window came... like Sinatra in a younger day..." Dream Academy - "Life in a Northern Town"

"what the world needs now is a new Frank Sinatra..." - Cracker "Teen Angst"

 

"Frank Sinatra"—Cake.

We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
A faintly glimmering radio station
While Frank Sinatra sings "Stormy Weather"
The flies and spiders get along together
Cobwebs fall on an old skipping record​

 

Hardnose the Highway- Van Morrison

Hey kids dig the first takes
Ain't that some interpretation
When Sinatra sings
against Nelson Riddle Strings
And then takes a vacation

 

On and On - Stephen Bishop

Down in Jamaica
They got lots of pretty women
Steal your money
Then they break your heart

Lonesome Sue
She's in love with ole Sam
Take him from the fire
Into the frying pan

On and on
She just keeps on trying
And she smiles
When she feels like crying
On and on, on and on, on and on

Poor ole Jimmy
Sits alone in the moonlight
Saw his woman
Kiss another man

So he takes a ladder
Steals the stars from the sky
Puts on Sinatra and starts to cry

 

"Gotta Be this Or That".

 

Sparks - Something For The Girl With Everything
Sparks - When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'?

 

When Sinatra Played Juarez - Tom Russell

 

"Sinatra" - Helmet: "It's Sinatra's world, she just lives here..."
"Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z: "I'm the new Sinatra, uhhhh"

 

Dexys Midnight Runners - There There My Dear - "...I don’t believe you really like Frank Sinatra..."

 

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-"I'm Bored"

 

Bon Jovi in "It's My Life". ..."like Frankie said, I did it My Way"...

 

Far East Man - George Harrison

 

Myles Goodwyn (April Wine) released a solo album in the 80's with a song titled Frank Sinatra Can't Sing.

 

Prefab Sprout
Hey Manhattan!

....
Hey Manhattan ! Here I am ! Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.
Strolling Fifth Avenue
- Just to think Sinatra's been here too
...

 

"Life In A Northern Town" - The Dream Academy

 

Thanks to everyone, especially those who included some lyrics. Here are lyrics from some of my picks:

Pogues--Fairytale of New York

They got cars big as bars
They got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It´s no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve
You promised me broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome you were pretty
Queen of new york city
when the band finished playing they yelled out for more
Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night.

Christy Moore--Deportees
(Costello)

When I came here tonight my pockets were overflowing
She stole my return ticket and I didn't even know it
I prayed to the saints and all the martyrs
For the secret life of Frank Sinatra
And all of these things have to come to pass
In America the law is a piece of a** - poor deportee

Steely Dan--Janie Runaway

Let's grab some takeout from Dean and Deluca
A hearty gulping wine
You be the showgirl and I'll be Sinatra
Way back in '59
Sweetness in heels - look at you - in long black gloves
Come to old blue eyes tell me - who do you love


Suzanne Vega--Frank & Ava

He's so true. she is too. she says
I love you Frank and then they drank
All night. what a fight.
He says it isn't me you're thinking of.
She's cool. it makes him cruel
And they needle till the jewels
Go raining down upon the ground
She says its not enough to be in love

Tony Bennett--What Are You Afraid Of?

Come a little closer
Stay a little longer
Now the gang is gone
Put Sinatra on
What are you afraid of?

Elvis Costello--Blue Chair (obliquely)

Down in the Blue Chair
We can watch our troubles rise
Like smoke into the air
And drift up to the ceiling
You can feel just like a boy or a man
And next minute you can find yourself kneeling
They're boasting of loving the daylights
right out of her in the small hours
You say that your love lasts forever
but you know the night is just h/ours
oh oh oh oh oh

(indirectly referencing "Deep in a Dream," and the FS album on which it appears, Wee Small Hours)

 

the bottle rockets song-nancy sinatra...."and frankie is her dad".

 

This reminds me that Lou mentions both F and N in the live version of "New Age":

waiting for the phone to ring
diamond necklace on my shoulder
waiting for the phone to ring
lipstick on my neck and shoulder

it seems to be my fancy
to make it with frank and nancy, well
over the bridge we go
lookin' for love
over the bridge we go
lookin' for love

 

Sinatra Serenade by Art In America

 

I think Sammy Davis Jnr sings "As Sinatra Says" in "Love Is A Tender Trap"

I could be wrong though, I may have the wrong song.

 

Ella Fitzgerald's Ella in Berlin LP [really wonderful sounding slab of antique vinyl, btw] has her extemporizing "For Frank Sinatra I stammer and drool" in her rendition of The Lady is a Tramp.

 

Two more:

- Buddy Greco's version of "My Baby Just Cares For Me" ends with Guess whom she cares for?... It's Frank Sinatra, not me!

- There's a reference to Frank in Henry Mancini's "Bachelor In Paradise": Lights down low. Frankie's records. And cocktails on the floor.

 

I believe that's "For Frank Sinatra, I'd whistle and stamp." "Drool" doesn't really rhyme with "tramp."