SINATRA SINGS ARLEN'S " I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES" AND REALLY MAKES IT SWING

Sinatra sings Arlen's " I gotta Right To Sing The Blues" and really makes it swing.

With his Cotton Club lyricist partner Ted Koehler, they produced this strangely upbeat version of the blues for the 1932 Earl Carrolls Vanities. Jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden made this one of his signature songs and it has been afavorite of jazz and pop singers ever since.
In this Frank Sinatra version, the singers is in a defiant mood recognizing he has every right to sing the blues and to also feel lowdown. In a way it captures Sinatra's approach to life, to deal with adversity both personal and professional but keep on doing it his way.
The arrangement by Skip Martin is most accomodating of the Sinatra vocal mood  in the song.

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