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Frankly Sentimental (1949)

Where the lyrics of Frankly Sentimental take you, and where it was really made.

Eight songs recorded in eight separate sessions across 1946 and 1947 were gathered into a single release in 1949.

Key places

Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles (1949)

Recording site Hollywood (Los Angeles) — The eight songs were recorded in sessions dated 30 July 1946 to 9 November 1947, and Hollywood, Los Angeles is listed as one recording location. The point is at city-centre level, not a studio address. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in New York City (1949)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The eight songs were recorded in sessions dated 30 July 1946 to 9 November 1947, and New York City is listed as one recording location. The point is at city-centre level, not a studio address. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Frankly Sentimental is the fourth studio album by Frank Sinatra
• Released on 20 June 1949
• Issued as a set of four 78 rpm records and a 10-inch LP album
• Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl and his orchestra
• Eight songs in total: Body and Soul, Laura, Fools Rush In, Spring Is Here, One For My Baby (And One More For The Road), Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, When You Awake, It Never Entered My Mind
• Each track credits its own songwriters, for example Laura by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer

Background

• Reviewers described the songs as familiar standards
• Some of the tunes are well-known show numbers

Recording

• The eight songs were recorded in eight separate sessions in 1946 and 1947
• Recording dates run from 30 July 1946 to 9 November 1947
• Recording locations listed: Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York City
• Notable Los Angeles musicians, 1946 to 1947: Heinie Beau, Clyde Hurley, Dave Barbour
• Notable New York musicians, 1947: Ernie Caceres, Toots Mondello, Hymie Schertzer, Chris Griffin, Bobby Hackett, Johnny Guarnieri, Trigger Alpert
• Frank Sinatra on vocals; Axel Stordahl as arranger and conductor

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

• John Riley in The Boston Globe: Sinatra sings in a lackluster fashion that fails to enliven interest even in a good song
• The same review says he wades through Body and Soul as a demanding chore, while his quiet, simple singing in other songs increases the effectiveness of those songs
• The same review says some songs are well done and some are hardly worthy of notice
• Harold Ober in the Asbury Park Press: some tunes are well-known show numbers, all are sentimental as the title implies, and all are sung in Sinatra's best style
• The Springfield Sunday Republican: each number, familiar to all, is perfectly adapted to his style, and the one minor fault is that a different tempo is missing; the album is called an excellent one
• George Mangus in The Miami Herald: predicted that this album would soon become scarce and valuable

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album came out as four 78 rpm records and a 10-inch LP.
• Each of the eight songs was cut in its own separate session across 1946 and 1947.
• Heinie Beau, Clyde Hurley and Dave Barbour are among the Los Angeles players listed for 1946 to 1947.
• Bobby Hackett and Johnny Guarnieri are among the New York players listed for 1947.
• The Miami Herald predicted that the album would soon become scarce and valuable.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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