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Sinatra & Company (1971)

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

The bossa nova side was first made for a planned Sinatra–Jobim album that was shelved, and only a few of its 8-track tapes survive today.

Key places

Recorded in Hollywood (1971)

Recording site Hollywood (Los Angeles) — The album's recording period is listed at Hollywood, Los Angeles, running from February 1969 to October 1970. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Sinatra & Company: 1971 album by American singer Frank Sinatra
• Side one in bossa nova style; side two influenced by soft rock
• Side two features two John Denver songs: "My Sweet Lady" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
• 14 tracks in total, ending with "Lady Day"
• Recording location listed as Hollywood, Los Angeles, from February 1969 to October 1970

Background

• Bossa nova recordings were first cut as a follow-up to the widely acclaimed Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Arranged by Eumir Deodato
• Recordings were completed and the artwork was finalized for the planned album Sinatra–Jobim
• An 8-track tape of Sinatra–Jobim was briefly made available when the decision to retrench was made
• Some of Sinatra's less mainstream albums had not performed well, and that anxiety drove the creation of this hybrid
• Three Sinatra–Jobim session songs were left off: "Bonita", "Sabiá", and "Off Key (Desafinado)"

Recording

• Bossa nova side was recorded for the Sinatra–Jobim project, then reshaped into this mixed-style album
• "Drinking Water", "Someone to Light Up My Life", "Triste", "Wave", and "One Note Samba (Samba de uma Nota Só)" are Jobim-related songs in the track listing
• "Wave" features Sinatra repeatedly hitting a low E flat, the lowest note he ever recorded
• "Bein' Green" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You" are among the non-bossa tracks on the album

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

• Bossa nova side came from recordings made for a Sinatra–Jobim follow-up project
• The decision to retrench led to the planned album being shelved
• The hybrid album was created out of anxiety over Sinatra's less mainstream albums, which had not performed well

Reappraisal

• Three songs from the Sinatra–Jobim session were omitted from this album
• "Sabiá" was released in the US as the flip side of the 45 rpm single "Lady Day" (Reprise 0970) in 1970
• "Sabiá" also appeared on the 1970 Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders sampler Schlagers!, on the 1977 compilation Portrait of Sinatra with "Bonita", and on the 1979 compilation Sinatra–Jobim Sessions
• "Off Key (Desafinado)" was unreleased until its inclusion on the box set The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings in 1995
• In 2010 Concord Records issued Sinatra–Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings, a comprehensive collection of all the tracks recorded by Sinatra and Jobim
• A few 8-track versions of Sinatra–Jobim survived and are now sought after by collectors

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Wave" contains the lowest note Sinatra ever recorded, a low E flat hit repeatedly.
• "Sabiá" was released in the US as the flip side of the 45 rpm single "Lady Day" in 1970.
• "Off Key (Desafinado)" stayed unreleased until 1995, when it appeared on a box set.
• A few 8-track copies of the shelved Sinatra–Jobim album survived and are sought by collectors.
• Two John Denver songs on side two make this album a mix of bossa nova and soft rock.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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