Length 33:05 Release date 10 December 1962 | Label Universal Music B.V. | |
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Released December 10, 1962 (LP)May 1, 1998 (CD) Recorded October 2–3, 1962, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Sinatra-Basie An Historic Musical First(1962) On My Way & Shoutin' Again!(1962) Similar Count Basie albums, Traditional pop music albums |
Frank sinatra pennies from heaven
Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (or simply Sinatra-Basie) is a 1962 studio album by Frank Sinatra, arranged by Neal Hefti.
Contents
As the title indicates, this was the first recording that Sinatra made with the Count Basie Orchestra. In 1964, Sinatra and Basie would make a final studio recording, It Might as Well Be Swing, orchestrated by Quincy Jones, and Sinatra's first live album, Sinatra at the Sands (1966) would feature the Basie band.
Sinatra appeared on an episode of The Dinah Shore Show that aired Dec. 9, 1962, the day before Sinatra-Basie was released, and performed the album's arrangement of "Please Be Kind" among other songs.
Track listing
- "Pennies from Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) – 3:29
- "Please Be Kind" (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn) – 2:43
- "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:37
- "Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses" (Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Mailie) – 2:32
- "My Kind of Girl" (Leslie Bricusse) – 4:37
- "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 3:31
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
- "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Vicki Silvers) – 4:25
- "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Fred Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2:36
- "I Won't Dance" (Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach) – 4:07
Personnel
**According to Will Friedwald's book, Sinatra! The Song Is You:
Songs
1Pennies From HeavenFrank Sinatra3:29
2Please Be KindFrank Sinatra2:43
3(Love is) the Tender TrapFrank Sinatra2:35