A very happy birthday to the City of Chicago, which was incorporated on this date in 1837. I was born there and lived the first half of my life there, and it still holds a spo in my heart. "My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)" was written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for use in the 1964 Rat Pack movie Robin and The 7 Hoods, and was sung by Frank Sinatra. Frank’s single only reached #110 on the Hot 100 in 1964, but it’s one of his better known songs, at least for those of us who grew up in The Windy City, which any Chicagoan can tell you doesn’t refer to the weather (although it does get quite breezy there).
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I am shocked that it wasn’t in the top 5 because I know it well. I thought Windy City meant it is windy there.
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That was a name given to it when the city was bidding for the World’s Fair in 1893. Apparently a newspaper in either New York or Boston thought the town’s boastfulness was unwarranted (pot, meet kettle) and gave it that sobriquet…
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I read the title of the song and it immediately starts playing in my mind. Frank had a good one with that song.
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Yes, he did…. I’m surprised it didn’t do better nationally. It was pretty popular in Chicago, as you might imagine…
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It is a great song.
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Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen wrote some great ones. That was a dying breed.
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