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Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra (1950)

Where the lyrics of Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra take you, and where it was really made.

This was the last album Sinatra released on Columbia, and about three years passed before he started recording for Capitol.

Key places

Recording sessions in New York City (1950)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The album was recorded in New York City, with sessions listed for April 14 and April 24, 1950. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra: sixth studio album by Frank Sinatra
• Arranged and conducted by George Siravo and his orchestra
• Track four was conducted by Hugo Winterhalter instead
• Original release: Columbia 10-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP and 78 rpm album set, October 16, 1950
• 7-inch 45 rpm EP and EP box sets followed in October 1952
• The final album Sinatra released under the Columbia label

Background

• Sinatra began recording for Capitol about three years after this album
• His next album, Songs for Young Lovers, was released in 1954
• Six of the eight songs on this LP were remade for his Capitol contract album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
• Personnel lists are given separately for the 1949 and 1950 sessions
• The 1949 list credits Hugo Winterhalter as conductor; the 1950 list credits George Siravo

Recording

• Sessions are listed for April 14 and April 24, 1950, in New York City
• The personnel list credits Frank Sinatra on vocals
• The expanded CD was produced by Charles L. Granata & Didier C. Deutsch

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

• Original release: Columbia 10-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP and 78-rpm album set, October 16, 1950
• 7-inch 45-rpm EP and EP box sets released in October 1952
• The source refers readers to the Gramophone record article to explain these formats
• Released by Columbia Records, the final album Sinatra issued on that label

Reappraisal

• The 1996 compact disc reissue added alternate versions of six songs
• The reissue was titled slightly differently as Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra
• The extra songs on the reissue were recorded between 1944 and 1951
• The expanded CD was produced by Charles L. Granata & Didier C. Deutsch

Records

• 78-rpm album set and 33 1/3-rpm LP issued by Columbia in 1950
• 45-rpm EP and EP box sets issued in 1952

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• This was the final album Sinatra released under Columbia, three years before he started recording for Capitol.
• Six of the eight songs were remade for the Capitol album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
• The 1996 CD reissue added alternate versions of songs including "I've Got a Crush on You" and "All of Me".
• The extra songs on the reissue were recorded between 1944 and 1951.
• The expanded CD was produced by Charles L. Granata & Didier C. Deutsch.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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