Witchcraft Song!

 Witchcraft, a wildly popular tune recorded by Frank Sinatra!

My youtube video with narration. Script copy below.

Halloween is almost here, and it reminds us of that kookoo Witchcraft song Sinatra sings so well!

Composer Cy Coleman and lyricist Carolyn Leigh, created the alluring hit. Frank recorded it in 1957 with the perfect arrangement by Nelson Riddle.

Years before, Carolyn penned the words to another Sinatra-Riddle hit song, Young at Heart.

Following up, the ever enticing Witchcraft single would climb to number 6 on the 1958 Billboard Hot 100, on top for 16 weeks.

At the very first Grammy Awards in 1959, Witchcraft was nominated in multiple categories, but never won. Although Sinatra was awarded for art direction for Best Album Cover for Only The Lonely.

Witchcraft remained popular. Soon Frank and Elvis would team up in tuxedos, and swagger, to sing a one-of-a-kind duet of Witchcraft and Love Me Tender on Frank Sinatra's Timex TV special.

Even a fun film scene in Who framed Roger Rabbit adds the spooky Sinatra tune.

As Halloween nears, catch Frank's swingin' Witchcraft version, on both the album and NBC-TV special, A Man and His Music, originally broadcast on November 24 1965.

Wishing you a bewitching October, this is Karen Morris with a Music Minute. 

Many thanks to talented musician/drummer Billy Paul for sharing a special photo and info below. His colleague and good friend, Frank DeVito, was the drummer on the original Sinatra 1957 recording of Witchcraft.