Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits Explained

Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits!
Type:greatest
Artist:Frank Sinatra
Cover:Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits.jpg
Released:August 1968
October 1990
Recorded:July 17, 1964 – July 24, 1967[1]
Genre:Vocal jazz, easy listening
Length:33:40
Label:Reprise
Producer:Jimmy Bowen
Sonny Burke
Prev Title:Francis A. & Edward K.
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas
Next Year:1968

Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits! is the first compilation by American singer Frank Sinatra released on his own Reprise Records. It concentrates on mostly single releases from the mid to late 1960s, which fluctuates between adult contemporary pop and jazzy swing. The album opens up with Sinatra's recent number one hit "Strangers in the Night" and continues through the varied styles of music Sinatra recorded in the 60s, from easy listening ballads like "It Was a Very Good Year" and "Softly, as I Leave You" to contemporary pop like "When Somebody Loves You" and "That's Life". Greatest Hits was a modest hit, peaking at #55 on the album charts in late 1968. A second volume was issued in 1972, Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. Both albums have since been supplanted with newer and more cohesive compilations.

Track listing

  1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) - 2:25
  2. "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) - 2:53
  3. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) - 4:25
  4. "Somewhere in Your Heart" (Russell Faith, Clarence Keltner) - 2:26
  5. "Forget Domani" (Norman Newell, Riz Ortolani) - 2:36
  6. "Somethin' Stupid" (with Nancy Sinatra) (Carson Parks) - 2:35
  7. "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay Thompson) - 3:07
  8. "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) - 2:40
  9. "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" (Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman) - 2:47
  10. "When Somebody Loves You" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 1:54
  11. "This Town" (Lee Hazlewood) - 3:06
  12. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese) - 2:50
Notes

Personnel

Information is based on Frank Sinatra's recording session information from the Jazz Discography and Sinatraology websites

Vocalists

Leaders

Strings

Horns and Woodwinds

Other Instruments

Notes and References

  1. Albin, Steve. “Frank Sinatra Sessionography”. Jazz Discography. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Sinatra/reprise.php
  2. Web site: Sinatra . Frank . Strangers In the Night (4-11-1966) . Sinatraology . 20 July 2024 .
  3. Web site: Sinatra . Frank . It Was a Very Good Year (4-22-1965) . Sinatraology . 21 July 2024 .
  4. Web site: Sinatra . Frank . Summer Wind (5-16-1966) . Sinatraology . 20 July 2024 .
  5. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . Somewhere in Your Heart (11-10-1964) . Sinatraology . 21 July 2024 .
  6. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . Softly, As I Leave You (7-17-1964) . Sinatraology . 23 July 2024 .
  7. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . That's Life (10-18-1966) . Sinatraology . 20 July 2024 .
  8. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . Forget Domani (5-06-1965) . Sinatraology . 22 July 2024 .
  9. Web site: Sinatra . Frank . This Town (7-24-1967) . Sinatraology . 22 July 2024 .
  10. Web site: Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra . Somethin’ Stupid (2-01-1967) . Sinatraology . 22 July 2024 .
  11. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day) . Sinatraology . 23 July 2024 .
  12. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . When Somebody Loves You (4-14-1965) . Sinatraology . 23 July 2024 .
  13. Web site: Frank Sinatra with Chorus . The World We Knew (Over and Over) . Sinatraology . 20 July 2024 .

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