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Let's be Frank: Albert Schultz selects the essential Sinatra

q playlist: Soulpepper Theatre founding artistic director Albert Schultz shares his favourite Frank Sinatra songs.
The legendary Frank Sinatra would have been 100 years old this year. (Sinatra Family Archive/The Associated Press)

In the second instalment of the q playlist series, Shad talks to actor and Soulpepper Theatre founding artistic director Albert Schultz about his favourite Frank Sinatra songs. 

Schultz stars in the musical revue Albert Schultz's Frankly, Sinatra this month, in anticipation of what would've been Sinatra's 100th birthday. 

"There's an immediacy about Sinatra's singing that grabbed me, as I think it grabs everyone." says Schultz. "It went straight to the heart of it." 

WEB EXTRA | In order of airplay, here are the 6 songs Schultz selected as Sinatra essentials: 

  • It Was a Very Good Year (1966)
  • I'll Never Smile Again (1939)
  • I've Got the World on a String (1932)
  • You Make Me Feel So Young (1946)
  • One For My Baby (1947) 
  • Fly Me To the Moon (1954)