Written in 1946 by Sammy Cahn (words) and Jule Styne (music), The Things We Did Last Summer had a rough start. Cahn and Styne had promised Frank Sinatra that if he recorded the song for Columbia, they would see to it that no other recording of their ballad would be released before his. But Columbia couldn't ready the Sinatra recordings until October 15.…
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