(Sample) Week #36 FOLKSONGS FRANK SINATRA COVERED

Author

Lisa Peterson
August 31, 2025

Week #36

Songs Frank Sinatra Covered

This is week 36 of the year and we will be celebrating Songs Frank Sinatra Covered, by delving into the songs and applying concepts to create more joy and connection during caregiving routines with music.

The songs are:

  • Always

  • Chicago

  • Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

  • For Me and My Gal

  • Home On the Range

  • It Had To Be You

  • Take Me Out to the Ball Game

  • Tea for Two

Featured Song

Chicago

“Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)” was written by Fred Fisher in 1922. The song lyrics describe Chicago’s colorful history, including evangelist Billy Sunday’s inability to “shut down” the city’s antics. The song lyrics also compare downtown Chicago’s busy State Street with New York’s famous Broadway.

  • Is this melody familiar to you?

  • Are the words familiar?

  • Did you find yourself humming along?

  • How did it affect you? Did your awareness change? Your breath? Your focus? Your mood?

  • Would you feel comfortable playing this in the background and allow yourself to hum or sing along? By yourself and/or with the one(s) you care for?

Chicago Here is Frank Sinatra singing Chicago. I hope you enjoy it!

Creative Ideas

HOW TO USE THE MUSIC

  • Try humming or singing along with the provided recording, or one of your choosing for increased feeling of ______.

  • Listen to a recording to create a shared experience.

  • Listen while engaged in daily routines, to add a feeling of familiarity and comfort (if the song is known and loved)

  • Try reminiscing with the song history, or singers of the song. Look at pictures famous singers who performed the song.

SELF-CARE TIPS

Explore and Identify Your Musical Tastes

  • How do you feel about

    Frank Sinatra’s music?

  • Do you like it?

  • If so, which songs?

  • If not, can you relate to any of the themes in his music?

  • What style of music do you like?

  • Do you have a favorite decade of music (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc?)

  • Do you like instrumental or vocal music?

  • Can you identify a favorite singer or group?

  • Once you can identify either a style (rock, blues, country, patriotic, folk, jazz, polka, waltzes, etc), decade, singer/group (The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, etc), start to make a list

  • Search for at least one of these preferred songs/music styles/artists on youtube and listen to a song of your choice

  • Notice how you feel

  • Did it help you feel energized or relaxed?

  • Try using the song during times where you would like to feel more energized or relaxed (or other feeling you desire)

Share if you have any self-care tips or stories from this week at [email protected] 

Here is a Frank Sinatra Playlist

(give it a listen if you enjoy his music)

 

Here is a Playlist for those born in 1935

Send your year of birth for your own Memory Bump playlist! to: [email protected] 

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