Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain

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Release Date

1962

Duration

37:21

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

June 12, 1962 - June 14, 1962

Recording Location

  • England
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain is one of the oddest albums in Sinatra's catalog. Recorded in the summer of 1962 and available only in the U.K. for a number of years, the album consists of songs by British composers, performed with British musicians, and recorded in Britain, while Sinatra was on tour. As it happened, Sinatra was tired and worn out during the sessions, and arranger/conductor Robert Farnon had written a set of charts that were ambitious, lush, ornate, and sweeping. Although the arrangements are provocative -- occasionally they are more interesting than the actual songs -- Sinatra was simply not in good shape for the sessions, which is clear from his thin, straining singing. As such, Great Songs from Great Britain isn't much more than a curiosity.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
The Very Thought of You
Ray Noble
Frank Sinatra 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
2
We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring
Ivor Novello
Frank Sinatra 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
3
If I Had You
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro
Frank Sinatra 04:07 SpotifyAmazon
4
Now Is the Hour
Maewa Kaihan / Maewa Kaihau / Clement Scott / Dorothy Stewart
Frank Sinatra 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
5
The Gypsy
Billy Reid
Frank Sinatra 03:21 SpotifyAmazon
6
Roses of Picardy
Frederick Edward Weatherly / Hayden Wood
Frank Sinatra 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
7
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Eric Maschwitz / Manning Sherwin
Frank Sinatra 03:54 SpotifyAmazon
8
A Garden in the Rain
James Dyrenforth / Carroll Gibbons
Frank Sinatra 03:24 SpotifyAmazon
9
London by Night
Carroll Coates
Frank Sinatra 03:20 SpotifyAmazon
10
We'll Meet Again
Hughie Charles / Ross Parker
Frank Sinatra 03:44 SpotifyAmazon
11
I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Noël Coward
Frank Sinatra 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
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