“Songs For Swingin’ Lovers!” by Frank Sinatra - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1956 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |
The tenth “A-lister” from the recently turned 40 year-old arrived in March 1956 and was an altogether snazzier, more up-tempo affair than its predecessor, the maudlin “In The Wee Small Hours”. If it was conceptualized as a soap opera then he’s now over the break up, there’s a new love in his life, and spring has sprung. Nelson Riddle’s arrangements are fantastic, the musicianship is top drawer and ol’ blue eyes is sparkling. I just can’t get over the fact that this middle of the road fare was ever deemed hip. Some say sophisticated… I say square.
The Jukebox Rebel
15–Oct–2015
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:57] Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) Crooner / Cabaret |
A2 | [02:36] Frank Sinatra - It Happened In Monterey (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne) Crooner / Cabaret |
A3 | [02:19] Frank Sinatra - You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) Crooner / Cabaret |
A4 | [02:48] Frank Sinatra - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman, Sammy Fain) Crooner / Cabaret |
A5 | [02:29] Frank Sinatra - Too Marvelous For Words (Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) Crooner / Cabaret |
A6 | [03:56] Frank Sinatra - Old Devil Moon (Edgar Yipsel Harburg, Burton Lane) Big Band / Jive / Swing |
A7 | [02:44] Frank Sinatra - Pennies From Heaven (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) Crooner / Cabaret |
A8 | [02:42] Frank Sinatra - Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Crooner / Cabaret |
B1 | [03:43] Frank Sinatra - I’ve Got You Under My Skin [1956 version] (Cole Porter) Crooner / Cabaret |
B2 | [02:30] Frank Sinatra - I Thought About You (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen) Crooner / Cabaret |
B3 | [04:26] Frank Sinatra - We’ll Be Together Again (Frankie Laine, Carl T. Fischer) Crooner / Cabaret |
B4 | [03:06] Frank Sinatra - Makin’ Whoopee (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) Big Band / Jive / Swing |
B5 | [02:54] Frank Sinatra - Swingin’ Down The Lane (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) Big Band / Jive / Swing |
B6 | [02:43] Frank Sinatra - Anything Goes (Cole Porter) Crooner / Cabaret |
B7 | [02:45] Frank Sinatra - How About You? (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) Crooner / Cabaret |