"LEAVING ON A JET PLANE" as sung by Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra released SINATRA & COMPANY on the Reprise label in 1971. The album features several bossa nova styled songs recorded for a planned second album with Antonio Carlos Jobim but were used instead as part of this new production. Here, Sinatra sings several hits from new composers such as John Denver, who penned "Leaving On A Jet Plane", a nice tune which was incidentally used briefly on the1996 film THE ROCK where Sean Connery sings to it while taking a shower!

You can listen to the song here:

The song is one of several where Frank makes references to flying and air travel.

IT'S A GAS!

Doing some house cleaning, I found my copy of "IT'S A GAS!", a bit worn out but still in playing condition. The cardboard 33 1/3 RPM record came as a bonus inside Mad Magazine's THE WORST FROM MAD, 9th Edition of 1966.
I remember taking it to school and having our music teacher play it on his portable player. The recording went over big and got a hearty laugh from everyone...except from the teacher who was about to tear up the offensive disc when I barely managed to salvage it from his grasp.
Afterward, the teach came up to me and confessed he enjoyed the recording as much as we did.
The music teacher has long since passed away but the record is still here!

                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                             

As long as the link works, you can listen to it here: