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Sinatra and Swingin' Brass (1962)
Where the lyrics of Sinatra and Swingin' Brass take you, and where it was really made.
Sinatra re-recorded several songs he had first cut for Capitol years earlier, on this 1962 Reprise album arranged by Neal Hefti.
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Recording site in Los Angeles (1962)
Recording site Ocean Way Recording — The album's recording is credited to United Recording in Los Angeles, California, and the point marks that studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Sinatra and Swingin' Brass: twenty-sixth studio album by Frank Sinatra
- Released in 1962
- Sinatra's fifth album on Reprise Records
- Vocals by Sinatra; arranger and conductor Neal Hefti
- Sinatra's first album project with Hefti
- Contains re-recordings of earlier Capitol songs
Background
- Sinatra and Hefti first worked together in a single-only session in April 1962
- The April 1962 session was not an album project, so this album is their first full collaboration
- Several songs on the album were recorded again for this release
- Songs originally recorded for Capitol were chosen for the new versions
Recording
- Personnel: Frank Sinatra (vocals), Neal Hefti (arranger, conductor)
- Recording location listed as United Recording in Los Angeles, California
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Goody Goody | 1:50 |
| 2 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me | 2:43 |
| 3 | At Long Last Love | 2:16 |
| 4 | I’m Beginning to See the Light | 2:37 |
| 5 | Don’cha Go ’way Mad | 3:15 |
| 6 | I Get a Kick Out of You | 3:16 |
| 7 | Tangerine | 2:06 |
| 8 | Love Is Just Around the Corner | 2:30 |
| 9 | Ain’t She Sweet | 2:10 |
| 10 | Serenade in Blue | 3:01 |
| 11 | I Love You | 2:19 |
| 12 | Pick Yourself Up | 2:35 |
| 13 | Everybody’s Twistin’ | 2:35 |
| 14 | Nothing but the Best | 3:03 |
| 15 | You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me | 2:38 |
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
- Released in 1962 as Sinatra's fifth album on Reprise Records
- Sinatra's twenty-sixth studio album overall
Reappraisal
- Original 1962 track listing restored for the 1998 Entertainer of the Century remastered series
- The 1992 CD release added one bonus track that was not on the original album
Records
- Reprise Records is the label for this album, Sinatra's fifth release on the label
- Chart and certification records are not listed in the source material
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Several songs were re-recorded from Sinatra's earlier Capitol sessions for this Reprise album.
- Two songs were originally recorded eight years before this album for the album Songs for Young Lovers.
- One song was first recorded six years earlier for the album Songs for Swingin' Lovers.
- One song was first recorded five years earlier for the album A Swingin' Affair!.
- The last track was a bonus track added to the 1992 CD release and is not part of the original album.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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