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Come Swing with Me! (1961)

Where the lyrics of Come Swing with Me! take you, and where it was really made.

This album closed Sinatra's swing sessions at Capitol, yet Capitol later reissued it in 1971 under a different name, Sentimental Journey.

Key places

Capitol Studio A, Hollywood (1961)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album was recorded at Capitol Studio A in Hollywood, where Capitol's full-spectrum stereo sound captured the placement of the orchestra in the room. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Come Swing with Me!: twenty-first studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra
• Released in 1961
• Sinatra's final swing session with Capitol Records
• Re-issued in 1971 as a ten-track album under the name Sentimental Journey

Background

• The next album, Point of No Return, was composed mainly of torch songs
• Billy May provided the orchestral arrangement and stereophonic set-up, which is possibly unique among Sinatra's albums
• Heinie Beau, Nelson Riddle and Skip Martin also contributed arrangements and conducting for specific tracks

Recording

• Recorded at Capitol Studio A in Hollywood
• Capitol's full-spectrum stereo sound captured where each orchestral piece stood in the studio during recording
• Brass sections can be heard from left, to right, to all together in the centre

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Born December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants.
• Began singing professionally as a teenager with the Hoboken Four, winning Major Bowes Amateur Hour.
• Joined Harry James's band in 1939, then Tommy Dorsey's band, before going solo in 1942.

Career

• Signed with Columbia Records in 1943 and became a major star of the bobby-soxer era.
• Signed with Capitol Records in 1953; collaborated with arranger Nelson Riddle on albums such as In the Wee Small Hours and Songs for Swingin' Lovers!.
• Founded Reprise Records in 1960, releasing albums including September of My Years and the hit single "My Way".
• Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953).
• Estimated to have sold around 150 million records worldwide.
• Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997.
• Died May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billy May's orchestral arrangement and stereophonic set-up are described as possibly unique
• Capitol's signature full-spectrum stereo sound lets listeners hear where orchestral pieces stood in the studio during recording
• Brass sections can be heard moving from left to right and then all together in the centre
• The effect is most apparent on the opening hit "Day by Day"

Reappraisal

• The album closes Sinatra's swing sessions with Capitol Records
• The next album, Point of No Return, was composed mainly of torch songs
• Re-issued in 1971 as a ten-track album under the name Sentimental Journey

Records

• Released in 1961 as Sinatra's twenty-first studio album
• Billy May arranged and conducted most of the tracks
• Heinie Beau arranged tracks 2, 5, and 8 to 10
• Nelson Riddle conducted and arranged tracks 14 to 16
• Skip Martin conducted and arranged track 17

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Day by Day" is the opening hit, where the stereo placement of the orchestra is most apparent to the listener
• Billy May's arrangement and stereo set-up may be unique among the albums of the period
• Capitol's full-spectrum stereo sound lets the listener distinguish brass sections from left to right and centre
• In 1971 the album was reissued with ten tracks under the title Sentimental Journey

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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