Frank, Gil, and Friends - Hosted by Gil Gigliotti
Tuesdays, 8-10am
Style: Sinatra!
"Frank, Gil, and Friends: Quite frankly why you have ears!"

Frank, Gil, and Friends offers listeners of Central Connecticut the widest variety of Sinatra and Sinatra-related music on the airwaves. It's a unique mix of pop standards performed by the "Chairman of the Board" and performers in a variety of genres ranging from jazz and country to rap and metal. This ain't your grandfather's Sinatra program!

Gil's Favorite Records / Recommendations: ”Songs for Swingin’ Lovers,” “In the Wee Small Hours,” “Watertown” (Sinatra); “Motown Celebrates Sinatra;” “The Singer’s Singer “(Matt Monro); “Fancy Meeting You Here” (B. Crosby/R. Clooney).

Gil's Top Ten Songs that Mention Sinatra
“When Sinatra Played Juarez” - Tom Russell
“Frank Sinatra” - Michael Veitch
“Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues
“Hang Sinatra” - Natasha’s Ghost
Hardnose the Highway” - Van Morrison
“It’s a Breeze” - Matt Monro
“Gotta Be This or That” - Benny Goodman
“So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” - Merle Travis
T.S.M.N.W.A. - Loudon Wainwright III
“Pirates” - Rickie Lee Jones

More Information:
On the air since December 1993, “Frank, Gil, and Friends” regularly features “Duets III: Sinatra and Academe,” a series of discussions with CCSU faculty and staff about their work at Central accompanied by appropriate Sinatra songs. “Duets III” has featured faculty from such diverse fields as Biology, Philosophy, English, Economics, and Anthropology.

Dr. Gil Gigliotti, chairman and professor of English at CCSU, authored “A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit” (Greenwood Press, 2002).