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Songs by Sinatra (1947)

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

This record was first sold as a set of four 78 rpm discs in 1947, not as a single long-playing album. The LP only came in 1950.

Key places

Recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles (1947)

Recording site Hollywood (Los Angeles) — The eight tracks were recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in sessions spanning December 1944 to January 1947. This point marks the Hollywood area, not a single studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Songs by Sinatra is the second studio album by Frank Sinatra
• The album collects eight recordings made in six different sessions
• Frank Sinatra sings; Axel Stordahl and his orchestra arrange and conduct the tracks
• Originally released as a set of four 78 rpm records, set number C-124
• The set was issued in a format similar to The Voice of Frank Sinatra
• Re-issued in 1950 as a 10-inch LP, catalogue CL 6087

Background

• Issued by Columbia Records
• Discogs gives the first release date as 21 April 1947
• Italian Wikipedia gives the original release month as April 1947
• Track list: I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Over the Rainbow, She's Funny That Way, Embraceable You, All the Things You Are, That Old Black Magic, I Concentrate on You
• The Ken Lane Singers provide vocal backing on Over the Rainbow and All the Things You Are

Recording

• Recording sessions took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles
• Recorded between 19 December 1944 and 9 January 1947
• I'm Sorry I Made You Cry was recorded on 24 October 1946
• I Concentrate on You was recorded on 9 January 1947
• Personnel lists large string, woodwind, brass and harp sections
• Mark McIntyre plays piano and celeste; Allan Reuss plays guitar; Ray Hagan plays drums

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · it.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

• Discogs describes it as Sinatra's second studio album on Columbia Records, first released 21 April 1947 as C-124
• The first release was a set of four 78 rpm records, similar in format to The Voice of Frank Sinatra
• The 78 rpm sleeves exist in several back-cover variants, with blue and red back covers listed in order
• Later 1947 versions show the manufacturer name changed to Columbia Records, Inc.

Reappraisal

• Songs by Sinatra has an entry on AllMusic, linked from the album's external links

Records

• Re-issued as a 10-inch LP, catalogue CL 6087, on 2 January 1950
• First LP covers were color-toned olive green; second covers were two-toned pink or yellow
• Early LP labels carry Long Playing Microgroove at the bottom; later issues, from around 1952 or later, show only Long Playing
• The album's 78 rpm and LP versions are separate issues, each with its own catalogue number

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

Trivia

• The 78 rpm release had at least two inside back covers and two back covers, issued in a set order.
• The Italian listing gives Four Hits & A Miss as the vocal accompaniment on I'm Sorry I Made You Cry.
• The Spanish Wikipedia title adds Volume 1 to the album name.
• Each track's session date appears in the Italian listing, from 1944 to 1947, all in Hollywood.

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

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