Sinatra Club http://www.sinatraclub.com Frank Sinatra Fan Club Tue, 22 May 2012 23:16:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sinatra’s Voice with Mitch Miller The very first album by Frank Sinatra was released in 1946 through Columbia Records. The album contains eight songs arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl and his orchestra, consisting of a string quartet and four-piece rhythm section majorly enhanced by flutist John Mayhew, worked with Sinatra until the 1950s. Oboist Mitch Miller was added to the recording, creating a pleasant use of each woodwind instrument.

Some report that Sinatra and Miller had creative differences in… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatras-voice-with-mitch-miller/1282/ Sinatra’s ‘I Remember Tommy’ “I Remember Tommy”, a vocal jazz and classic pop album with Frank Sinatra, arrived in 1961 as a very affectionate praise to Tommy Dorsey. It’s one of the first Reprise Records produced by Sinatra. Sinatra choosing this as a concept album makes sense because Dorsey is one of the top legendary band leaders of all time. Dorsey helped Sinatra rise toward stardom. He set an example for Sinatra in areas like breath control or what… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatra%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98i-remember-tommy%e2%80%99/1271/ Sinatra ’57 in Concert In 1999, Artanis Records released the bootleg copy of the “Sinatra ’57 in Concert”. The copy consisted of Sinatra’s performance live in June of 1957 – completely digitally remastered. Like most of Sinatra’s recordings, whether bootlegged or not, this particular unauthorized material was very popular.

The children of Frank Sinatra decided to stem the bootleg market and release the recordings to create legitimate editions. I must admit it was a very smart move on… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatra-%e2%80%9957-in-concert/1259/ The Rat Pack Live at the Sands Capitol Records released two Rat Pack albums that were a collection of studio recordings featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. as well as an earlier unissued live recording of the three performing. “The Rat Pack Live at the Sands” is a must for any Sinatra fan.

From 1960 to 1965 and of course for a short time in 1988, the three singers put on shows together intermittently, and their performances have been… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/the-rat-pack-live-at-the-sands/1248/ Sinatra in Good Company

Reprise Records released “Sinatra & Company” in 1971 with Eumir Deodato arranging and Morris Stoloff conducting tracks 1 through 7 and Don Costa arranging and conducting tracks 8 through 14. The album obviously is a mixture of two types of themes because “Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim” recorded another album in 1969, yet Reprise made the decision to not release their second album, Sinatra-Jobim. Instead seven out of the ten songs planned for… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatra-in-good-company/1237/ Sinatra’s Capitol Years

Capitol Records released its compilation of Frank Sinatra recordings (1953 -1961) through “The Capitol Years” album in 1990 to correspond with his 75th birthday. The three compact disc compilation is filled with a large quantity of Sinatra classics during his stellar career at Capitol.

The tracks are a full line up of his songs, although disjointed and not organized by linear means; more like hearing all the various moods lodged together in one… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatra%e2%80%99s-capitol-years/1226/ Songs by Sinatra Endless Enjoyment The classic pop album “Songs by Sinatra Volume 1” was released by Columbia Records in 1950 with Axel Stordahl arranging and conducting his orchestra on the tracks.

Stordahl was well-known for arranging sophisticated orchestrations and used his influence to advance pop arranging to the modern age. Stordahl succeeded with many of the top singers of the era. Not surprisingly, he worked with such talents as Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Eddie Fisher, Bing… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/songs-by-sinatra-endless-enjoyment/1213/ Sinatra’s ‘The Reprise Collection’ Reprise Records released their own Frank Sinatra compilation album, “The Reprise Collection”, in 1990. The collection (1961 – 1975) is a four compact disc set. One could say it was a birthday gift to Sinatra’s 75th birthday. Just like Capitol Records compilation album that also corresponded with his 75th birthday. The collection sounds and looks mighty pretty.

The compact disc set has a great number of Sinatra classics where he recorded them during his career… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatra%e2%80%99s-the-reprise-collection/1192/ Sinatra, Dorsey and Pied Pipers ‘The Song Is You’ In 1994 RCA Records released the compilation album of Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra studio recordings as a five box set.

The set includes every recording in a studio they have ever done. It consists of alternative recordings from some tracks and a complete disc of predominantly unreleased radio broadcasts.

For any Sinatra fan or for anyone who needs an eye-opening introduction to one of the greatest singers who ever graced American… Read the rest

]]> http://www.sinatraclub.com/sinatra-dorsey-and-pied-pipers-%e2%80%98the-song-is-you%e2%80%99/1177/ Sinatra and Siravo ‘Song for Young Lovers’ “Songs for Young Lovers” was Frank Sinatra’s first album released through Capitol Records in 1954. The album contains eight songs arranged and conducted by George Siravo, whose musical arrangement charts were used by Sinatra throughout his career at concerts and club appearances.

When Siravo became a staff arranger and conductor for Columbia Records, he started to work with Sinatra, arranging up-tempo music for his nightclub show. Most fans would agree that Siravo’s tunes served… Read the rest

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