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Frank Sinatra Conducts Music from Pictures and Plays (1961)

Where the lyrics of Frank Sinatra Conducts Music from Pictures and Plays take you, and where it was really made.

This 1962 record was the first album Sinatra conducted for Reprise Records, the label he had just founded.

Key places

Recording at KHJ Studios, July 1962 (1962)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was recorded in July 1962 at KHJ Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The point sits at city-center level, so the exact studio building is not marked. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Frank Sinatra Conducts Music from Pictures and Plays is a 1962 studio album conducted by Frank Sinatra
• Arranged by Harry Sukman
• Originally released in August 1962
• Twelve tracks of songs written by various composers and lyricists
• 'All the Way' (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen), 4:14
• 'An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)' (Harry Warren, Leo McCarey, Harold Adamson), 4:05
• 'Laura' (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer), 4:21
• 'Tammy' (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans), 2:38
• 'Moon River' (Henry Mancini, Mercer), 4:29
• 'Exodus' (Ernest Gold), 3:36
• 'Little Girl Blue' (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart), 4:57
• 'Maria' (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim), 3:58
• 'Something Wonderful' (Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II), 4:38
• 'I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face' (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe), 4:38
• 'The Girl That I Marry' (Irving Berlin), 4:01
• 'If Ever I Would Leave You' (Lerner, Loewe), 3:57

Background

• First album Sinatra conducted for his new record label, Reprise Records
• Sinatra is the only personnel entry listed, credited as conductor
• Harry Sukman is credited as arranger, so the orchestral arrangements came from him
• The track list mixes older standards with songs by Rodgers and Hart, Bernstein and Sondheim, and Mancini and Mercer

Recording

• Recorded July 1962 at KHJ Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles (location candidate)

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

• First album Sinatra conducted for his new record label, Reprise Records
• Frank Sinatra is credited as conductor and Harry Sukman as arranger
• Originally released in August 1962, according to the Discogs master notes
• Twelve tracks, all of them songs by established American and British songwriters
• The set includes 'Moon River' and 'Exodus', both credited to multiple writers in the track listing

Records

• Track lengths run from 2:38 for 'Tammy' to 4:57 for 'Little Girl Blue'
• 'Little Girl Blue' is the longest track on the album
• 'Tammy' is the shortest track on the album
• Recording location is listed as KHJ Studios in Hollywood, July 1962

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• Sinatra is the only credited performer on the personnel list, appearing only as conductor.
• The album runs from 'Tammy' at 2:38 to 'Little Girl Blue' at 4:57 in track length.
• The Discogs master notes describe the record as the first Sinatra conducted for Reprise Records.
• The track list pairs classic standards with songs from several different writing teams.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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