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Sinatra Swings (1961)

Where the lyrics of Sinatra Swings take you, and where it was really made.

This album was first titled Swing Along with Me, but a court order forced Reprise to rename it Sinatra Swings.

Key places

Recorded at United Western Recorders (1961)

Recording site EastWest Studios — The source names United Western Recorders in Hollywood as the studio for this album. The point marks the building, not a precise room. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Sinatra Swings is the 22nd studio album by Frank Sinatra with Billy May and His Orchestra
• The album was originally titled Swing Along with Me
• Released in July 1961
• Billy May and his orchestra arranged and conducted the tracks
• Credits list Frank Sinatra on vocals and Billy May as arranger and conductor
• The single Granada, included on this album, became a small hit for Sinatra

Background

• Capitol considered the album too close in sound and title to Sinatra's earlier Capitol album Come Swing with Me!
• Capitol sought and was granted a court order
• The court order required Reprise to change the title of the album to Sinatra Swings
• This was only Sinatra's second Reprise album

Recording

• The album was recorded at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles

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

• The record sleeve advertised the album as featuring 'twelve of the most uninhibited Sinatra things ever recorded.'
• The sleeve promotion presented the album as a set of uninhibited Sinatra performances
• Billy May and his orchestra arranged and conducted all the tracks
• Frank Sinatra handled the vocals with May's orchestra behind him
• Capitol's objection led to a court order that changed the album's title

Records

• The single 'Granada' from this album became a small hit for Sinatra
• Reprise was not required to recall LPs already shipped
• Reprise had to print new labels and jackets after the title change
• Every compact disc release has kept the artwork with the alternate title intact

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Capitol's court order forced Reprise to rename the album, which was Sinatra's second Reprise album
• Reprise did not have to recall LPs already shipped but had to print new labels and jackets
• Every compact disc release kept the artwork with the alternate title
• The single Granada gave Sinatra a small hit from this album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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