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Close to You (Frank Sinatra album)

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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Capitol Records

Length
  
43:31

Producer
  
Voyle Gil

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Recorded
  
March 8, April 4 – 5, November 1, 1956 at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Close to You (1957)
  
A Swingin' Affair! (1957)

Artists
  
Frank Sinatra, Hollywood String Quartet

Genres
  
Traditional pop music, Vocal jazz

Similar
  
Frank Sinatra albums, Traditional pop music albums

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Close to You is the eleventh studio album by American musician Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the Hollywood String Quartet.

Contents

The album was recorded over a period of eight months and five different sessions, and was arranged by Nelson Riddle.

For its CD release, the album was retitled Close to You and More, referencing the bonus tracks.

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Track listing

  1. "Close to You" (Al Hoffman, Carl G. Lampl, Jerry Livingston) – 3:37
  2. "P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 4:21
  3. "Love Locked Out" (Max Kester, Ray Noble) – 2:41
  4. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:20
  5. "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:34
  6. "Don't Like Goodbyes" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 4:51
  7. "With Every Breath I Take" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:38
  8. "Blame It on My Youth" (Edward Heyman, Oscar Levant) – 2:58
  9. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:13
  10. "I've Had My Moments" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:47
  11. "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:25
  12. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 4:11
  13. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:00
  14. "There's a Flaw in My Flue" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:41
  15. "Wait till You See Her" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:08

Selected personnel

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • The Hollywood String Quartet:
  • Felix Slatkin – violin, leader
  • Paul Shure – violin
  • Eleanor Aller – cello
  • Alvin Dinkin – viola
  • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1Close to You3:40
    2PS I Love You4:22
    3Love Locked Out2:45

    References

    Close to You (Frank Sinatra album) Wikipedia
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