Released August 1964 Release date August 1964 | Length 27:22 | |
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Recorded June 9–12, 1964, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California It Might as Well Be Swing(1964) 12 Songs of Christmas (1964) Similar Frank Sinatra albums, Vocal jazz albums | ||
It Might as Well Be Swing is a 1964 studio album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. It was Sinatra's first studio recording arranged by Quincy Jones.
Contents
This was Sinatra and Basie's second collaboration after 1963's Sinatra-Basie.
Sinatra's cover version of "Hello Dolly" on the album features a new second verse improvised by Sinatra, which pays tribute to Louis Armstrong, who had topped the Billboard charts with his own version of the song earlier in 1964.
It Might as Well Be Swing is a reference to the title of the well known jazz standard "It Might as Well Be Spring".
Track listing
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:30
- "I Wish You Love" (Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) – 2:56
- "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) – 2:21
- "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 3:05
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 3:00
- "Hello, Dolly!" (Jerry Herman) – 2:45
- "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) – 2:25
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:10
- "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 2:30
- "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:50
Personnel
Songs
1Fly Me To The Moon2:30
2I Wish You Love2:56
3I Believe in You2:21
References
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