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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

Where the lyrics of Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim take you, and where it was really made.

This Sinatra–Jobim album lost its Album of the Year Grammy to Sgt. Pepper's, and its follow-up collaboration was briefly released in 1969 before being taken out of print.

Key places

Recording at United Western Recorders (1967)

Recording site EastWest Studios — The album was recorded at this Hollywood studio on January 30 and February 1, 1967. The sessions gave the album its Sinatra and Jobim tracks. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim: 1967 album by Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim
• Jobim's original compositions plus three standards from the Great American Songbook
• Standards: "Change Partners", "I Concentrate on You", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"
• The standards are arranged in the bossa nova style
• Tracks arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, with a studio orchestra
• Vocals by Sinatra; piano, acoustic guitar and backing vocals by Jobim

Background

• Sinatra and Jobim followed this album with sessions for a second collaboration, Sinatra-Jobim
• Sinatra-Jobim was briefly released on 8-track tape (Reprise 8FH 1028) in 1969
• It was then taken out of print at Sinatra's behest, due to concerns over its sales potential
• Several Sinatra-Jobim tracks were later included on Sinatra & Company (1971) and the Sinatra–Jobim Sessions compilation (1979)

Recording

• Recorded on January 30 and February 1, 1967, at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles
• Lyricists Aloysio de Oliveira and Ray Gilbert were also present at the sessions
• Later in the evening of February 1, Sinatra and his daughter Nancy recorded their single "Somethin' Stupid"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

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

• 10th Annual Grammy Awards (1968): nominated for Album of the Year, lost to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Best Vocal Performance, Male: nominated, lost to Glen Campbell's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
• Sinatra had won the previous two Grammy Album of the Year awards, in 1967 and 1966

Reappraisal

• Several Sinatra-Jobim tracks were reused on Sinatra & Company (1971) and Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979)
• In 2010, Concord Records issued the comprehensive compilation Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings

Records

• Nominated for Album of the Year and Best Vocal Performance, Male at the 1968 Grammys
• Sinatra-Jobim was briefly released on 8-track in 1969 before being taken out of print

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Guitarist Al Viola played on "Change Partners" because Jobim had difficulty with the track, but he is not credited on the album
• Jobim had to wait for Sinatra to return from a holiday in Barbados, a break from Sinatra's marriage to Mia Farrow that both had agreed to
• The lyricists Aloysio de Oliveira and Ray Gilbert were present at the sessions
• The Sinatra and Nancy single "Somethin' Stupid" was recorded on the same night as the second session day
• Sinatra-Jobim's 8-track release in 1969 lasted only briefly before it was withdrawn

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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