Song Analysis of “Saturday Night” by Frank Sinatra

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Song Analysis of “Saturday Night” by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra is a famous musician, who named himself “saloon singer from Hoboken.” The artist is illustrious for his bourbon-like voice, intimate style of singing, and ability to feature any public fantasy, thus making him an idol to millions of his fans. Beyond any reasonable doubt, Sinatra is among the most excellent musicians in America’s history. Sinatra is a consummate singer who was in a position to change the general course of music as everyone knew it. For example, “he staved off the crooning manner of his predecessors, Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby, in favor of emotional ballads.” Sinatra’s lyrics were provocative, and he ensured the success of intellectual phrasing during delivery. In one account, Bing Crosby mentions that he did not associate himself as a singer, but as a phrase. The same scenario applies to Sinatra, but in a more justified manner. The reason behind this assumption is that Frank recorded hundreds of songs, some of them even twice, hence making him a perfectionist. One such song is ‘Saturday night,’ which we will analyze per performance, arrangement, and lyrics.
Saturday Night is one of the songs found in the Columbia album of 1950, “Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra.” As mentioned before, Franks recorded some of his songs twice, and it was later on featured in his 1959 album, “Come Dance with Me!” The song has been interpreted to refer to the separation of romantic partners when there was war. On the same account, others insisted that they referred to people in the show business who were free from performing on Saturday nights. None of the facts are correct so far. The author’s style of music is concomitant with traditional pop, jazz with a little bit of ‘swing music.’ There is not enough of such music anymore as it was quite easy listening and relaxing. During his performance of Saturday Night, Sinatra made use of his ranging vocals with a “two-octave range.” The idea was to have an F to F with much higher potential. The F to F was favorable at the top rather than the bottom to achieve a rhythmical balance (Cooper 129).
Sinatra’s lyric arrangement in the song is in such a way that he passes the message to his audience. In the beginning, the song starts by illustrating, “…Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week because that’s the night that my sweetie and I used to dance cheek to cheek…” The illustration is that he is a busy man during the entire week, and Saturday seems to take longer than usual since he has an unfulfilled expectation. The statement depicts that on Saturday nights, Sinatra has memories that he replays, and it is probably the reason why the night seems prolonged for him. The audience gets the idea that if the singer fulfills his dreams, his memories will come to life, and Saturday will probably stop being the loneliest night. During the introduction of the microphone, he was the first generation of musicians to begin performance. Arguably, the use of an amplifier is the reason Frank’s voice was soft, nuance...