After listening to this song, you'll be forgiven if you think that Mitch Miller tried to sabotage any chance of a Frank Sinatra comeback. This novelty tune is best forgotten.
"Mama Will Bark, a.k.a Sinatra's career nadir". (Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches, 8/3/2010)
Meanwhile, back on the marriage front, Nancy, Frank's first wife, finally agrees to a divorce a few months the recording of this song, bowing to the inevitable.
No, I'm not playing fetch. We didn't have a dog, although perhaps there's one just outside the frame.
Other Frank Sinatra 100 posts:
"Our Love". (2/14/2015)
"I'll Never Smile Again". (2/15/2015)
"Fools Rush In". (2/16/2015)
"Dolores". (2/17/2015)
"Oh Look At Me Now". (2/18/2015)
"This Love of Mine". (2/20/2015)
"There Are Such Things." (2/24/2015)
"Night and Day". (2/26/2015)
"The Night We Called It a Day". (2/27/2015)
Paramount Theater, December 30, 1942. (3/2/2015)
Reveille with Beverly. (3/4/2015)
"You'll Never Know". (3/7/2015)
Higher and Higher. (3/8/2015)
"People Will Say We're in Love". (3/10/2015)
The Shining Future. (3/17/2015)
"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night". (3/19/2015)
Step Lively. (3/20/2015) .
"Saturday Night (is the Loneliest Night of the Week)". (3/21/2015)
"You'll Never Walk Alone". (3/23/2015)
"Oh What It Seemed to Be". (3/24/2015)
Anchors Aweigh. (3/26/2015)
"Day by Day". 3/27/2015)
Till the Clouds Roll By. (3/29/2015)
"Always". (3/30/2015)
It Happened in Brooklyn. (3/31/2015)
"I've Got a Crush on You". (4/3/2015)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". (4/5/2015)
"It Only Happens When I Dance With You". (4/7/2015)
The Miracle of the Bells. (4/9/2015)
The birth of Tina. (4/11/2015)
The Kissing Bandit. (4/16/2015)
"Some Enchanted Evening." (4/19/2015)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game. (4/22/2015)
"The Huckle Buck." (4/24/2015)
On the Town. (4/28/2015)
A blowup in Houston. (4/30/2015)
1st television appearance. (5/3/2015)
"The Frank Sinatra Show". (5/5/2015)
"I'm a Fool to Want You". (5/7/2015)
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