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Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1961)
Where the lyrics of Ring-a-Ding Ding! take you, and where it was really made.
This album was Sinatra's first release on the Reprise label, and it was built on the rule "an album without ballads."
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Recorded at United Recorders (1961)
Recording site Ocean Way Recording — The album's recording session is listed at United Recorders in Los Angeles, according to the MusicBrainz record. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Ring-a-Ding-Ding!: twentieth studio album by Frank Sinatra
- Released May 7, 1961
- First record on Sinatra's Reprise label
- Initial concept was "an album without ballads"
- Consists only of uptempo swing numbers
Background
- Title track written specifically for Sinatra by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" was recorded for the album but left off the final track listing
- Johnny Mandel credited as arranger and conductor
- Sinatra credited as vocalist
- Capitol released a similar album, Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!, about two months earlier
Recording
- Recording location listed as United Recorders
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Ring-a-Ding Ding | 2:46 |
| 2 | Let's Fall in Love | 2:13 |
| 3 | Be Careful, It's My Heart | 2:06 |
| 4 | A Foggy Day | 2:18 |
| 5 | A Fine Romance | 2:13 |
| 6 | In the Still of the Night | 3:26 |
| 7 | The Coffee Song | 2:53 |
| 8 | When I Take My Sugar to Tea | 2:06 |
| 9 | Let's Face the Music and Dance | 2:59 |
| 10 | You'd Be So Easy to Love | 2:25 |
| 11 | You and the Night and the Music | 2:37 |
| 12 | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | 2:54 |
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
- Stereo Review gave the album favorable reviews
- Capitol had released the similar album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! two months before this one
- Even with that competing release, this album held a place on the charts
Records
- Reached No. 4 on the chart
- Stayed on the chart for 35 weeks
- In the UK, reached No. 8 and stayed on the chart for 9 weeks
- Remastered and reissued by Concord Records on June 7, 2011, to mark the 50th anniversary
- Newest CD reduces the original reverberation effect on Sinatra's voice for a more natural sound
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The title track was written specifically for Sinatra by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen.
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" was recorded for the album but did not make the final track listing.
- The 2011 reissue reduced the original reverberation on Sinatra's voice for a more natural sound.
- The album was the first release on the Reprise label.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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