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Category Archives: Frank Sinatra
Sinatra and Cahn ‘Day by Day’
Frank Sinatra worked with producer David Cavanaugh, once again, and with Billy May on arrangement and conducting. “Come Swing with Me!” is Sinatra’s last swing session with Capitol released in 1961.
The feel of the album may seem light-hearted but hard-swinging at the same time. Many agree that orchestral arrangement and stereophonic set-up by May is very unique for an album. May created a noticeably heavy brass sound with no Saxes or strings. Capitol’s own… Read the rest
Albums, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Movies, Recordings, Records, Songs
Brass Sections, Day Music, Eva Marie Saint, Frank Sinatra, Full Spectrum, Jimmy Van Heusen, Mid 1950s, Old Black Magic, Orchestral Arrangement, Orchestral Pieces, Paul Weston, Robin And The Seven Hoods, Sammy Cahn, Saxes, Sentimental Journey, Sinatra Films, Swing Session, Tender Trap, Title Songs, tommy dorsey
Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris is a Treasure
Frank Sinatra recorded his live performance in Paris, France in 1962, but was not released by Reprise Records until 1994. A previous version of this live concert was released in 1992, although a couple of songs were left out of the twenty six totals.
Sinatra fans had to wait for 30 years this album to be released. It’s a treasure in its own right.
“Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris” was just the third album… Read the rest
Albums, Frank Sinatra, Recordings, Records, Reprise Records, Songs
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September of My Years: Sinatra’s Interview with Cronkite
Sonny Burke produced “September of My Years” in 1965 for Reprise Records while Gordon Jenkins arranged and conducted the tracks. The album ranked with “Only the Lonely” of a decade earlier.
The recording is often believed to be one of Sinatra’s best albums. Jenkins arranged full, dignified and despondent music, which capsulated how Sinatra seemed about turning fifty, a reflective mood. If only he knew he had more than 30 years left to entertain and… Read the rest
Albums, Frank Sinatra, News, Recordings, Records, Reprise Records, Songs
Anything More Than That, Cbs News, Common Thread, Count Basie, Future Path, Good Year, Gordon Jenkins, Hello Young Lovers, Memorable Songs, Reflective Mood, Reprise Records, September Of My Years, Sinatra, Sorrow And Pain, Television Cameras, Top Of The Charts, Traditional Pop, Turning Fifty, Walter Cronkite, Woodwinds
Bang Bang… She Shot Me Down
In 1981 Frank Sinatra recorded his last album with Reprise Records, the record label founded by Sinatra himself.
Rightly so, Don Costa produced the album that in turn would be one of Sinatra’s last impressive albums, and in general is praised as an artistic success. Fans adore this album and speak of it often on various blogging sites — some calling it one of Sinatra’s best post-retirement albums.
During this part of his… Read the rest
Albums, Frank Sinatra, Recordings, Records, Reprise Records, Songs
Album Charts, Altos De Chavon, Artistic Success, Balladeer, Blogging Sites, Commercial Success, Don Costa, Frank Sinatra, Gold Album, Gordon Jenkins, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, Medley, Music Festival, Provocative Collection, Record Label, Renditions, Reprise Records, Saloon Songs, Torch Songs
Sinatra and Daughter Nancy, ‘The World We Knew’
“The World We Knew” was released in 1967 as an album through Reprise Records. But, it seems more like a singles compilation that a true album.
Interestingly, the album demonstrates how profoundly Frank Sinatra pursued the pop charts during the late 1960s. Rock-oriented music is much of the pop recording with folksy acoustic guitars, reverb, fuzz guitars, drum kits, wailing harmonicas, string, organs and brass charts that accent the songs instead of being… Read the rest
Albums, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Recordings, Records, Reprise Records, Songs, The Rat Pack
Acoustic Guitars, Billy Strange, C Carson, Daughter Nancy, Dean Martin, Emmy Award, Ernie Freeman, Frank Sinatra, Fuzz Guitars, Girl Of The Day, Gordon Jenkins, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Platinum Blonde, Pop Charts, Pop Recording, Reprise Records, Sammy Davis, Sammy Davis Jr, Younger Than Springtime
Sinatra and Stordahl Create ‘The Voice’
Columbia released “The Voice” in 1955, after Frank Sinatra recorded singles from 1944 to 1950. Axel Stordahl, a wonderful friend and collaborator, joins the singer and overflowing arrangements using strings while being bold with emotional content.
Stordahl is credited for cultivating pop music arrangement to the recording industry in the modern age. He started out as a trumpeter in jazz bands and joined the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. He soon became the band’s arranger, and it was at… Read the rest
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Trilogy: Past Present Future (or simply Trilogy)
Reprise records released “Trilogy: Past Present Future” in 1980 and the title cover says it all. The three-set album is Frank Sinatra’s timeline from the past to the future. He collaborates with three distinct arrangers and conductors who played major roles in his recording career.
Billy May works with Sinatra on the first album of the set called “The Past”. Don Costa works on the middle album called “The Present” and Gordon Jenkins tackles the… Read the rest
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Arrangers, Billboard 200, Conductors, Don Costa, Embarrassment, Frank Sinatra, Genres, george jenkins, Gifted Artist, Gordon Jenkins, Grammy Nominations, Music, Peace, Reprise Records, Scope, Song Sung, Space Ships, Timeline, Trilogy, True Sign, Tunes
Some Nice Things I’ve Missed
Appropriately titled “Some Nice Things I’ve Missed,” the Reprise Records studio album was released in 1974 with Don Costa arranging and conducting popular material from Bread, Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder and Jim Croce. The hits came out while Frank Sinatra was in his brief retirement. So, he was a little behind the eight ball and wasn’t able to record until he decided to forget about retiring and come back into the studio.
Sinatra and… Read the rest
Albums, Frank Sinatra, Recordings, Records, Reprise Records, Songs
Acoustic Guitar, Big Bands, Bold Move, Don Costa, Exceptions, Frank Sinatra, Jim Croce, Melodies, Neil Diamond, Nice Things, Oak Tree, Popular Songs, Reprise Records, Rest Of Your Life, Retirement, Simple Songs, Stevie Wonder, Sunshine Of My Life, Variations, Yellow Ribbon
Softly, as I Leave You
With the music revolution of rock & roll becoming prominent in 1964 Frank Sinatra made an exploratory attempt to handle the situation of the rising new generation of music.
“Softly, as I Leave You” is arranged by Ernie Freeman, a pianist and saxophone player, who later worked with Sinatra on “Strangers in the Night” winning a Grammy Award in 1967. The song was also Sinatra’s only solo Number 1, which came in 1966.
“Strangers… Read the rest
Albums, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Recordings, Records, Songs
Arrangers, as I leave you, Backing Singers, Bert Kaempfert, Bobby Darin, Conductors, Dean Martin, Ernie Freeman, Everybody Loves Somebody, Frank Sinatra, Grammy Award, Jack Jones, Jimmy Bowen, Mainstream Pop, Music Revolution, New Generation, Pianist, Recording Session, Saxophone Player, softly, Solo Number, Strangers In The Night
Capitol Years Compilation Holds Some Jewels
Capitol Records compiled all of Frank Sinatra albums he recorded (1953-1960) with them, but excludes all single and soundtrack recordings he released with the Capitol label. Placed on 16 discs and released the compilation in 1992, compact disc set was the first studio release of a major compilation from a complete era in Sinatra’s recording career.
Also included is “Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color,” an instrumental album new… Read the rest
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