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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

2010-09-04T22:27:24Z

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)


1. The Girl from Ipanema
2. Dindi
3. Change Partners
4. Corcovado
5. Meditation (Meditação)
6. If You Never Come to Me
7. How Insensitive (Insensatez)
8. I Concentrate on You
9. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
10. Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz) .
11. One Note Samba
12. Don’t Ever Go Away
13. Wave
14. Bonita
15. Someone To Light Up My Life
16. Desafinado
17. Agua De Beber
18. Song Of The Sabia
19. This Happy Madness
20. Triste

Line Up:
Frank Sinatra - Vocal
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Guitar, Piano, Vocal
Dom Um Romão - drums
Al Viola - Guitar
Billy May - Trumpet .
Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor

Multitalented Brazilian musician Jobim's talent was revealed to a larger world in 1959 by his and Luis Bonfa's score for the film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) in 1959. Songs such as "A Felicidade" and "Desafinado" generated the bossa nova movement of the early '60s that inspired the likes of Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, and Miles Davis. This 1967 album features Jobim sharing vocals with Sinatra on "The Girl from Ipanema" and "How Insensitive." Three standards--"Change Partners" by Irving Berlin; "I Concentrate on You" by Cole Porter; and Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Alexander Borodin's "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads"--round out the program of seven Jobim tunes. This is a lovely taste of Latin melody and rhythm from two masters of relaxed swing. --Stanley BOOT

The legendary Ol' Blue Eyes sings the Bossa Nova icon's compositions and does more than justice to his songs. His interpretations are awesomely beautiful and incredibly enchanting. He covers these songs with utmost confidence considering that these songs are not his normal repertoire. In my opinion, this is one of Sinatra's finest albums ever recorded. With A.C. Jobim and one of my favorite conductors/arrangers, Claus Ogerman in the picture, what more can you ask for?

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Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)

2019-12-13T13:57:07Z

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)


A1 	Jingle Bells 	1:57
A2 	The Christmas Song 	2:25
A3 	Mistletoe And Holly 	2:14
A4 	I'll Be Home For Christmas 	3:09
A5 	The Christmas Waltz 	3:00
A6 	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 	3:25
B1 	The First Noel 	2:35
B2 	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 	2:21
B3 	O Little Town Of Bethlehem 	2:05
B4 	Adeste Fidelis 	2:35
B5 	It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 	2:48
B6 	Silent Night 	2:25

Frank Sinatra - vocals
The Ralph Brewster Singers
Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra
Gordon Jenkins - conductor

It can be argued that Sinatra never sounded fully comfortable singing Christmas carols, and this record is no exception. While his other albums of the period are bursting with dash and sensitivity, this is a distant, even slightly lackadaisical performance. It's no dud on its own, but compared to the classic Christmas records of other artists, and especially to Sinatra's best work, it is unusually somber. Gordon Jenkins' adventurous arrangements are occasionally intrusive, but the album has touches of magic during "The Christmas Waltz" and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." ---Jim Smith, AllMusic Review

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Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD1 (2015)

2016-01-04T16:50:04Z

Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD1 (2015)


01 – Vintage Radio Tuning In / Major Bowes’ Show Opening / S-H-I-N-E
02 – Fred Allen Introduces Frank Sinatra and the Four Sharps / Exactly Like You
03 – Moon Love (live)
04 – Fame and Fortune Show Opening: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You / Marie
05 – Deep Night
06 – Ruth Lowe Interview / I’ll Never Smile Again / Fame and Fortune Show Opening: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
07 – Frenesi
08 – East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
09 – Carnaval de Broadway Opening: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You / The One I Love
10 – Say It / Carnaval de Broadway Closing: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
11 – She’s Funny That Way
12 – I Don’t Believe in Rumors
13 – Medley: I’ll String Along With You / As Time Goes By
14 – That Old Black Magic
15 – I Heard You Cried Last Night
16 – For Me and My Gal
17 – Moonlight Mood
18 – There Are Such Things
19 – Broadway Bandbox Show Opening / All or Nothing at All (orchestral)
20 – My Heart Stood Still
21 – The Right Kind of Love
22 – Close to You (orchestral)
23 – As Time Goes By (rehearsal)
24 – It’s De-Lovely
25 – Nature’s Remedy Commercial

Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955), a historic 100+ track, 4-CD deluxe box set culled from an invaluable collection of rare radio broadcasts and rehearsals immaculately restored from the original recording masters for unprecedented high-fidelity sound.

This breathtaking overview charts Frank Sinatra s evolution as a vocalist, and includes samples of his radio work from the first twenty years of his amazing career, from his first radio performance in 1935 (singing "S-H-I-N-E" with the Hoboken Four) to his last weekly series in 1955 (The Frank Sinatra Show, featuring ultra-rare performances with an in-studio quintet). From beginning to end, Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955) envelops the listener in the atmosphere surrounding the creation of these masterful radio performances in the 1930s, '40s and '50s.

Meticulously restored and remastered in high-resolution from the original glass and aluminum radio transcription discs and magnetic tape masters these vintage, historic recordings most of them unheard since their original broadcast in the 1940s and 1950s sound more rich and vibrant than ever before. All of the warmth and vibrancy that are hallmarks of Frank Sinatra's vocal brilliance have been preserved, and showcased with unprecedented fidelity. ---Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

Filling in a gap in Frank Sinatra's history, Legacy's 2015 box A Voice on Air collects over 100 radio broadcasts recorded between 1935 and 1955. This is the first collection to chronicle this era -- over 90 of its 100 tracks are previously unreleased -- and it's pulled from a variety of sources, including the Sinatra estate's vaults, the Library of Congress, and the Paley Center for Media, each strand assisting in sterling re-creations of original broadcasts from Frank's bobbysocks days, World War II, and the nascent saloon singer of the '50s. Sinatra wound up singing some of these songs in the studio but not necessarily in these arrangements, a wrinkle that would be tantalizing enough but a good portion of A Voice on Air is devoted to songs he only sang on the air. Some of these are little more than novelties -- the flashiest being "(Li'l Abner) Don't Marry That Gal," a song co-written by cartoonist Al Capp cashing in on his hit strip -- and there is a fair share of duets, with both musicians (Nat King Cole, Slim Gaillard) and cultural figures (Gov. Jimmie Davis comes in to sing his "You Are My Sunshine"). Part of the appeal of this set is how the very fact that it's grounded in specific years accentuates transience: there are jokes that need footnotes, broadcasts from World War II, commercials for cigarettes, and other musty conventions that never quite seep onto Sinatra's studio recordings. Here, they're part of the main text. There might be a fair amount of standards peppered throughout the set but they're unwitting anchors for a set that's proudly not timeless. Instead, it showcases a Sinatra on the rise, a singer relying on his inventive phrasing and incandescent charisma, elements that are undeniable and vital even when heard in these appealing old-fashioned surroundings. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD2 (2015)

2016-01-06T17:02:08Z

Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD2 (2015)


01 – Songs by Sinatra Show Opening: This Love of Mine / Paper Doll
02 – Kiss Me Again
03 – If Loveliness Were Music
04 – Lover Come Back to Me / Songs by Sinatra Show Closing: Put Your Dreams Away
05 – My Heart Tells Me
06 – My Ideal
07 – News Bulletin / Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Briefing / President Franklin D. Roosevelt Address of D-Day (Excerpts)
08 – Frank Sinatra D-Day Announcement / The Frank Sinatra Show Opening: This Love of Mine / Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer
09 – Frank Sinatra Commentary on Special D-Day Broadcast / America the Beautiful
10 – Frank Sinatra Dedication to Canadian Soliders at Rockcliffe Hospital, Ontario / I’ll Be Seeing You (rehearsal)
11 – Frank Sinatra Dedication to Soldiers at Halloran Hospital, Staten Island, NY / The Way You Look Tonight
12 – It Had to Be You
13 – Don’t Fence Me In
14 – Lonely Love
15 – Long Ago and Far Away
16 – Songs by Sinatra Opening: Night and Day / Aren’t You Glad You’re You
17 – It Might as Well Be Spring
18 – Birthday Greetings for Frank Sinatra’s 30th Birthday / Frank Sinatra Introduces June Hutton / Button Up Your Overcoat
19 – Day by Day
20 – Lily Belle
21 – Ol’ Man River / Songs by Sinatra Show Closing: Put Your Dreams Away
22 – Comedy Sketch: The Battle of the Century
23 – Songs by Sinatra Old Gold ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ Commercial
24 – The Frank Sinatra Show Vimms Vitamin Commercial
25 – Songs by Sinatra Max Factor Commercial

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Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD3 (2015)

2016-01-11T17:00:57Z

Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD3 (2015)


01 – Songs by Sinatra Show Opening: Night and Day / I’m an Old Cowhand / Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds
02 – Along the Navajo Trail
03 – Frank Sinatra Introduction to ‘Home on the Range’ / Home on the Range
04 – Frank Sinatra Introduces Louisiana Gov. Jimmie Davis / You Are My Sunshine
05 – Frank Sinatra Introduces Nat ‘King’ Cole / Exactly Like You
06 – Frank Sinatra Introduces Slim Gaillard / Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)
07 – You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
08 – I Only Have Eyes for You
09 – You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
10 – Don’t Forget Tonight Tomorrow (rehearsal)
11 – Sweet Lorraine (orchestral version)
12 – Personality
13 – Who’s Sorry Now?
14 – Don’t Marry That Girl
15 – A Salute to Al Jolson Show Opening & George Jessel Introduces Frank Sinatra / Rock-A-Bye Your Baby
16 – Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
17 – These Foolish Things (Parody) (rehearsal)
18 – (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
19 – Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
20 – Frank Sinatra Introduces Irving Berlin / Alexander’s Ragtime Band
21 – Help Me to Help My Neighbor / Irving Berlin Commentary on Frank Sinatra Winning the Jefferson Award
22 – Frank Sinatra Introduces Johnny Mercer / AC-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
23 – Your Hit Parade Show Opening: Lucky Day / (It’s Going to Be a) Great Day
24 – I Wish I Didn’t Love You So
25 – Take Me Out to the Ball Game
26 – There’s No Business Like Show Business
27 – Serenade of the Bells
28 – Frank Sinatra Receives the Modern Screen Ed Sullivan Award Nad the 1946 ‘Radio Father of the Year Award’ / Come Rain or Come Shine
29 – Songs by Sinatra Show Closing: Put Your Dreams Away

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Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD4 (2015)

2016-01-14T16:56:27Z

Frank Sinatra - A Voice on Air (1935-1955) CD4 (2015)


01 – Haunted Heart
02 – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
03 – I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
04 – Nature Boy (orchestral version)
05 – Little White Lies
06 – On a Slow Boat to China
07 – Light Up Time Show Opening: Lucky Day / It All Depends on You
08 – Some Enchanted Evening
09 – Full Moon and Empty Arms
10 – It’s Only a Paper Moon
11 – Mad About You
12 – A Fine Romance
13 – Dean Martin Introduces Frank Sinatra / I’ve Got a Crush on You
14 – Why Try to Change Me Now
15 – Birth of the Blues
16 – To Be Perfectly Frank Show Opening: Walking and Whistlin’ the Blues / I’ve Got the World on a String
17 – I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
18 – A Hundred Years From Today
19 – This Can’t Be Love
20 – Them There Eyes / To Be Perfectly Frank Closing: Walkin’ and Whistlin’ the Blues
21 – The Frank Sinatra Show Opening: Young at Heart / Tenderly
22 – Hello, Young Lovers
23 – It’s Alright With Me
24 – Our Love Is Here to Stay / The Frank Sinatra Show Closing: Put Your Dreams Away
25 – Gary Crosby Introduces Frank Sinatra / Sam’s Song (The Happy Tune)
26 – Half as Lovely (Twice as True)
27 – Light Up Time / Lucky Strike ‘LSMFT’ Commercial
28 – Frank Sinatra Sings Bobbi Home Permanment / White Rain Commercials

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Frank Sinatra - Blue Eyes Essentials (2008)

2010-02-24T17:49:20Z

Frank Sinatra - Blue Eyes Essentials (2008)

Disc 1
1 The Lady Is A Tramp 3:15
2. I Get A Kick Out Of You 3:14
3. Come Fly With Me 2:55
4. Witchcraft 2:51
5. Pennies From Heaven 2:41
6. My Funny Valentine 2:31
7. Jeepers Creepers 2:24
8. I've Got You Under My Skin 3:42
9. Over The Rainbow 3:18
10. Makin' Whoopee 3:04
11. Blue Skies 2:29
12. Amor 2:54
13. Stella By Starlight 3:25
14. Night And Day 3:58
15. A Fellow Needs A Girl 3:12
16. I've Got The World On A String 2:11
17. Love And Marriage 2:12

Disc 2
1. Body And Soul 3:17
2. Last Night When We Were Young 3:12
3. Mam'selle 3:23
4. Polka Dots And Moonbeams 3:21
5. Just Close Your Eyes 1:38
6. Do You Know Why 3:09
7. Love Is Here To Stay 2:40
8. My Girl 2:25
9. A Foggy Day 2:38
10. Kiss Me Again 2:39
11. Laura 3:07
12. You Make Me Feel So Young 2:56
13. And Then You Kissed Me 3:04
14. No One Ever Tells 3:24
15. Try A Little Tenderness 3:10
16. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 2:26
17. Just One Of Those Things 3:13

Disc 3
1. April In Paris 2:43
2. Stardust 3:12
3. Bye, Bye, Baby 2:38
4. Let Me Love You Tonight 2:40
5. Is You Or Is You Ain't My Baby 2:30
6. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 3:08
7. Love Me As I Am 3:09
8. My Heart Tells Me 2:46
9. How Deep Is The Ocean 2:56
10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 3:21
11. Not So Long Ago 3:03
12. Poinciana 3:17
13. I Won't Dance 3:22
14. Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow 2:27
15. Our Love Affair 2:59
16. I've Had This Feeling Before 3:22
17. From This Moment On 3:48

Disc 4
1. As Time Goes By 2:15
2. Embraceable You 3:17
3. I Believe 3:04
4. Saturday Night 2:44
5. My Romance 3:12
6. I'll Close My Eyes 1:50
7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 3:25
8. Two In Love 2:55
9. Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are 2:01
10. Sweet Lorraine 3:14
11. All The Things You Are 2:46
12. Just As Though You Were Here 3:13
13. It Happened In Monterey 2:34
14. Say It 3:23
15. Make Believe 2:13
16. Like Someone In Love 3:10
17. I Can Read Between The Lines 2:46

Disc 5
1. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 2:40
2. Begin The Beguine 3:47
3. Everybody Loves Somebody 3:15
4. Ol' Man River 4:09
5. Nancy 3:12
6. It's Only A Paper Moon 1:57
7. It's Funny To Everyone But Me 2:56
8. How About You 2:45
9. She's Funny That Way 2:12
10. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 3:12
11. I Thought About You 2:28
12. I'll Never Smile Again 3:48
13. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:20
14. Moments In The Moonlight 3:15
15. Devil May Care 3:08
16. Mood Indigo 3:26
17. Among My Souvenirs 3:15

One of the most popular singers of the 20th century and an Academy award winning actor, Frank Sinatra was the darling of the American audiences for decades at a stretch. Counted among the all-time best selling artists, his albums have sold more than 150 million records worldwide. Having entered show business during the 1930s, he gave his last performance in the 1990s! Over his incredibly long career he has entertained several generations of music lovers and cinema goers with his melodious voice, acting skills and charismatic personality. From a young age little Frank knew that he was meant to be a singer. While in high school he was unruly and rowdy and dropped out without graduating. A big fan of Bing Crosby, he had started singing for tips as a child and became a professional in his teens. After playing with some bands he launched his solo career and found great success which prompted him to venture into films. There too he was successful though success did not come easily to him. He experienced his share of difficulties though he always managed to bounce back. Being both a popular singer and a critically acclaimed actor greatly added to his mass appeal and he is considered to be one of the greatest entertainers in American history. ---thefamouspeople.com

Frank Sinatra to jeden z najwspanialszych wokalistów ubiegłego wieku, obdarzony magicznym głosem. Zasłynął dzięki takim przebojom jak "Strangers In The Night", "Can't Take My Eyes Of You, "New York, New York", "I've Got You Under My Skin" czy "My Way", które dziś zaliczają się do klasyki.

Urodził się w 1915 roku w New Jersey jako syn strażaka. Nagrania Binga Crosby'ego usłyszane w radiu zrobiły na nim takie wrażenie, że sam postanowił zostać piosenkarzem. Początki jednak nie były łatwe - Sinatra zaczął od śpiewania w małych klubach. Mając 20 lat dołączył do grupy wokalnej The Hoboken Four. Szansa na coś więcej pojawiła się dopiero, gdy usłyszał go trębacz Henry James. Później piosenkarz nawiązał współpracę z zespołem, którego liderem był Tommy Dorsey. Pierwsze solowe nagrania Sinatry to rok 1939, zaś największe szlagiery z tamtego okresu nagrane zostały właśnie we współpracy z Dorseyem. Wraz z jego orkiestrą Frank Sinatra pojawił się także w dwóch produkcjach filmowych - "Las Vegas Night" i "Ship Ahoy".

Kolejne lata w życiu piosenkarza to okres intensywnej pracy twórczej - po opuszczeniu zespołu Dorseya Sinatra maksymalnie poświęca się karierze solowej. Ogromną popularność zdobył występując wraz z Bennym Goodmanem w Paramount Theatre w Nowym Jorku, stał się wtedy idolem nastoletniej publiczności. Lata 50. nie były dla artysty zbyt dobre, aczkolwiek w 1953 pojawił się na srebrnym ekranie w superprodukcji "Stąd do wieczności". Rola w filmie pomogła Frankowi ponownie zdobyć serca publiczności. Dodatkowo artysta udzielał się w radiu i telewizji - do 1952 nadawany był "The Frank Sinatra Show" oraz audycja radiowa, gdzie proponował słuchaczom ulubione piosenki. W marcu tego samego roku wystąpił w teatrze (spektakl "Met Danny Wilson"), co pozwoliło artyście nie tylko na zaprezentowanie swoich aktorskich umiejętności, ale także na nagranie takich utworów jak: "That Old Black Magic", "I've Got A Crush On You" i "How Deep Is The Ocean".

W swojej karierze Sinatra nagrał ponad 40 płyt i zagrał w ponad 15 filmach. Jednym z najlepiej sprzedających się albumów był "Sinatra At The Sands", zaś wśród singli królował wspomniany już szlagier "Strangers In The Night." Artysta już za życia owiany był legendą - plotkowano o jego kontaktach z mafią (których nigdy mu nie udowodniono), romansach (w tym z Avą Gardner, jedną z najpiękniejszych aktorek tamtych czasów) oraz problemach osobistych - podobno nie rozstawał się z garścią 10-centowych monet od czasu, gdy porwano mu syna - Franka Jr., i porywacze domagali się rozmów z budek telefonicznych. Karierę zakończył w 1995 mając 80 lat. Dwa lata później zmarł na atak serca. W pamięci słuchaczy pozostał na zawsze dzięki magii swego niepowtarzalnego głosu. ---rmf.fm

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Frank Sinatra - Duets & Duets II - 90th Birthday Limited Collectors (2005)

2011-08-05T09:02:25Z

Frank Sinatra - Duets & Duets II - 90th Birthday Limited Collectors (2005)

CD1 Duets

01 "The Lady Is a Tramp" Frank Sinatra & Luther Vandross
02 "What Now, My Love?" Frank Sinatra & Aretha Franklin
03 "I:ve Got a Crush on You" Frank Sinatra & Barbra Streisand
04 "Summer Wind" Frank Sinatra & Julio Iglesias
05 "Come Rain or Come Shine" Frank Sinatra & Gloria Estefan
06 "Theme from New York, New York" Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett			play
07 "They Can:t Take That Away from Me" Frank Sinatra & Natalie Cole
08 "You Make Me Feel So Young" Frank Sinatra & Charles Aznavour
09 "Guess I:ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" Frank Sinatra & Carly Simon
10 "I:ve Got the World on a String" Frank Sinatra & Liza Minnelli
11 "Witchcraft" Frank Sinatra & Anita Baker
12 "I:ve Got You Under My Skin" Frank Sinatra & Bono
13 "All the Way/One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" Frank Sinatra & Kenny G.

CD2 Duets II

01 "For Once in My Life" Frank Sinatra & Glady:s Night
02 "Come Fly With Me" Frank Sinatra & Luis Miguel
03 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Frank Sinatra & Patti LaBelle
04 "The Best Is Yet to Come" Frank Sinatra & Jon Secada
05 "Moonlight in Vermont" Frank Sinatra & Linda Ronstadt
06 "Fly Me to the Moon" Frank Sinatra & Jobim
07 "Luck Be a Lady" Frank Sinatra & Chrissie Hynde
08 "A Foggy Day" Frank Sinatra & Willie Nelson
09 "Where or When" Frank Sinatra & Steve & Eydie
10 "Embraceable You" Frank Sinatra & Lena Horne
11 "Mack the Knife" Frank Sinatra & Jimmy Buffett					play
12 "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?/My Funny Valentine" Frank Sinatra & Lorrie Morgan
13 "My Kind of Town" Frank Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Jr.
14 "The House I Live In" Frank Sinatra & Neil Diamond
15 "My Way" Frank Sinatra & Willie Nelson (previously Unreleased)

Personnel: 
Paul Viapiano, Ron Anthony (guitar); 
Michael Melvoin (piano); 
Chuck Berghofer, Dave Stone (bass instrument); 
Gregg Field, Jeff Hamilton (drums); 
Chrissie Hynde, Eydie Gorme, Gloria Estefan, Jimmy Buffett, Jon Secada, Kenny G, Lena Horne, Liza Minnelli, 
Lorrie Morgan, Luis Miguel, Luther Vandross, Neil Diamond, Patti LaBelle, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, 
Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Julio Iglesias, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gladys Knight, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Sinatra, Jr., 
Barbra Streisand, Bono , Wille Nelson, Carly Simon, Charles Aznavour.

During the 1970s and '80s, Frank Sinatra was so disheartened by the state of pop music and by the deterioration of his voice that he kept canceling album projects and recording sessions. This is a real shame because much of his best material from this same period has turned out to be from the very sessions that he quickly abandoned. This continued on until the early '90s, when Sinatra's wife, Barbara, persuaded him to record these two albums of duets. She wanted to get him energized about his career again and also wanted to have a piece of his recorded legacy to call her own (royalties from Sinatra's Capitol recordings go to charity, royalties from his Reprise recordings go to his children, while the ones from both of these duets albums mainly go to Barbara). Both of these albums were huge successes and have actually outsold most of his original releases. The only problem is that they shouldn't have been made in the first place. While neither disc is terrible, they are both pretty bad when held against most of Sinatra's considerable back catalog. This matter only gets worse when all of the songs heard here are famous Sinatra standards done in the same tempos that everybody knows. So, not only is the 78-year-old Sinatra competing against his younger self, he's also competing against the exact versions of songs that he cut in his prime. This two-disc set is really aimed as a gift purchase during the holidays. If you really want to pick up some Frank Sinatra, you'd be better served by getting a two-disc overview of his Capitol or Reprise years than this set. ---Nick Dedina

Capitol repackaged and re-released Frank Sinatra's Duets/Duets II as a slipcased box set to coincide with the singer's 90th birthday. It's not a bad way to acquire the albums if you don't already own them, and it does include one bonus track "My Way" with Willie Nelson, making this version of marginal interest to hardcore collectors. ~ Al Campbell

Say what you will about Sinatra's over-produced Duets and Duets II being the appropriate items to present as the "90th Birthday Limited Collecter's Edition" but once again the fans are milked for one more unreleased track. Sinatra and Willie Nelson duet on "My Way," but it's pretty obvious that as long as fans are willing to pay, we'll keep on getting the same-old rehashed tracks their way.

If you don't have this material already, this is probably the best place to get it, but if you're looking to celebrate Sinatra's 90th in a more fitting way, there are dozens of CD that are more worthy of your time. ---Jeff Barlow, amazon.com

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Frank Sinatra - Monte Carlo (1958)

2010-01-28T00:01:02Z

Frank Sinatra - Monte Carlo (1958)


01. Introduction by Noel Coward 
02. Come Fly With Me 
03. I get A Kick Out Of You 
04. I’ve Got You Under My Skin 
05. Where Or When 
06. Moonlight In Vermont 
07. On The Road To Mandalay 
08. Your Lover Has Gone 
09. April In Paris 
10. All The Way 
11. Monique 
12. Bewitched 
13. The Lady Is A Tramp 
14. You Make Me Feel So Young

14. June 1958 Monaco, The Sporting Club
Benefit for the United Nations Fund for Refugee Children
The orchestra was conducted by Quincy Jones & introduction by Noel Coward

Here is the unsurpassable 1958 concert which has been around over the years in various forms, but I think is the most complete version we currently have,from Italian radio, as it includes Noel Coward's introduction in French and English and all of Sinatra's spoken introductions.

In a recent interview, Quincy Jones remembered this show as a highlight of his early life - it was the first time he worked with Sinatra (if you listen very carefully, just before "feel so young", you can here him say "give it up" to the band).

This is beyond doubt among the very best Sinatra live performances, perhaps, vocally, THE best - no where else is he so consistantly brilliant, with each number more flawless than the last. It's impossible to choose a highlight here, but special mention should be given to his only live performance of "Monique", and, arguably, his best ever rendition of "Lady Is A Tramp". In the audience that night, along with Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier, was most of European high society, actors such as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, and even the author W. Somerset Maugham, making one of his last public appearances.

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Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956)

2010-08-14T20:38:50Z

Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956)


1. You Make Me Feel So Young
2. It Happened In Monterey
3. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
4. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To 
5. Too Marvelous For Words 
6. Old Devil Moon 
7. Pennies From Heaven 
8. Love Is Here to 
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
10. I Thought About You 
11. We'll Be Together Again
12. Makin' Whoopee 
13. Swingin' Down The Lane
14. Anything Goes 
15. How About You?

    Frank Sinatra – vocals
    Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor

After the ballad-heavy In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle returned to up-tempo, swing material with Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, arguably the vocalist's greatest swing set. Like Sinatra's previous Capitol albums, Songs for Swingin' Lovers! consists of reinterpreted pop standards, ranging from the ten-year-old "You Make Me Feel So Young" to the 20-year-old "Pennies From Heaven" and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Sinatra is supremely confident throughout the album, singing with authority and joy. That joy is replicated in Riddle's arrangements, which manage to rethink these standards in fresh yet reverent ways. Working with a core rhythm section and a full string orchestra, Riddle writes scores that are surprisingly subtle. "I've Got You Under My Skin," with its breathtaking middle section, is a perfect example of how Sinatra works with the band. Both swing hard, stretching out the rhythms and melodies but never losing sight of the original song. Songs for Swingin' Lovers! never loses momentum. The great songs keep coming and the performances are all stellar, resulting in one of Sinatra's true classics. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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