Within hours of final mixing, Bowen sent acetates of the song to key radio stations —by private planes. The extravagance paid off, Concord | Independent Music
: The famous "doo-be-doo-be-doo" scatting during the song's fade-out was improvised by Sinatra in the studio. CBS executive Fred Silverman later cited this scatting as the inspiration for the name of the cartoon character Scooby-Doo . Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
: The song was first offered to the film's lead actress, Melina Mercouri, who turned it down because she felt it required a male voice. Within hours of final mixing, Bowen sent acetates
: By July 2, 1966, the song knocked The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" off the #1 spot. It remained on the charts for 15 weeks and became Sinatra's first million-selling single. : The song was first offered to the
Frank Sinatra 's 1966 hit is one of the most paradoxical triumphs in music history. While it revitalized Sinatra’s career and became a global phenomenon, the "Chairman of the Board" famously despised the song, reportedly calling it "a piece of shit" and "the worst fucking song that I have ever heard".