The Voice of Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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The Voice of Frank Sinatra Review

by William Ruhlmann

In 1945, Frank Sinatra recorded his first album after a career previously devoted solely to single records. Over two sessions, he performed the eight songs included in The Voice of Frank Sinatra, which Columbia released as a four-LP set of 78-rpm records on March 4, 1946. The collection quickly topped the then-recently established Billboard album chart. The Voice of Frank Sinatra was a precursor to the "concept" albums Sinatra would pioneer at Capitol eight years later, a carefully chosen and arranged selection of songs creating a specific mood. In this case, arranger/conductor Axel Stordahl used a string quartet and a rhythm section, with occasional added instruments, to create settings for a group of classic ballads, all from the '20s and '30s. Sinatra took the material very seriously, singing the love lyrics with utter sincerity. His singing and the classically influenced settings gave the songs an unusual depth of meaning.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	You Go to My Head J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie	Frank Sinatra	03:01	Spotify Amazon
2	Someone to Watch Over Me George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Frank Sinatra	03:21
3	These Foolish Things Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey	Frank Sinatra	03:10	Amazon
4	Why Shouldn't I? Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	02:54	Spotify Amazon
5	I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk	Frank Sinatra	02:48	Amazon
6	Try a Little Tenderness Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Harry Woods	Frank Sinatra	03:09	Spotify Amazon
7	(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance Bing Crosby / Frank Sinatra / Ned Washington / Victor Young	Frank Sinatra	03:12	Spotify Amazon
8	Paradise Nacio Herb Brown / Gordon Clifford	Frank Sinatra	02:38	Spotify Amazon
9	Mam'selle Mack Gordon / Edmund Goulding / Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	03:27	Spotify Amazon
10	That Old Feeling Lew Brown / Sammy Fain / Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	03:21	Spotify Amazon
11	If I Had You Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro	Frank Sinatra	03:02	Spotify Amazon
12	The Nearness of You Hoagy Carmichael / Frank Sinatra / Ned Washington	Frank Sinatra	02:43	Spotify Amazon
13	Spring Is Here Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers / Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	02:44	Spotify Amazon
14	Fools Rush In Rube Bloom / Johnny Mercer / Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	03:03	Amazon
15	When You Awake Henry Nemo / Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	03:09	Spotify Amazon
16	It Never Entered My Mind Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Frank Sinatra	03:10	Spotify Amazon
17	Always Irving Berlin / Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	02:56	Spotify Amazon
18	(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance Bing Crosby / Frank Sinatra / Ned Washington / Victor Young	Frank Sinatra	03:31	Spotify Amazon