 The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra.The song alludes to the city's colorful past, feigning "... the surprise of my life / I saw a man dancing with his own wife", mentioning evangelist Billy Sunday as having not been able to "shut down" the city, and State Street where "they do things they don't do on Broadway".The song made a minor appearance on the U.S. pop charts, reaching #84 in the fall of 1957.