This Is Sinatra!

This Is Sinatra!
Compilation album by Frank Sinatra
Released	November 10, 1956
Recorded	April 30, 1953 – September 13, 1955
Studio	Capitol, 5515 Melrose Ave. (Hollywood)
Genre	Vocal jazz traditional pop
Length	35:52
Label	Capitol
Frank Sinatra chronology
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956) This Is Sinatra! (1956) Close to You (1957)

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This Is Sinatra! is a compilation album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1956.

This is the first collection of Sinatra's singles and B-sides with Nelson Riddle. This album is now available on CD (Bluemoon CD 803) All of the tracks also appear on the box set The Complete Capitol Singles Collection and various Capitol reissues. A second collection, entitled This Is Sinatra Volume 2, was released in 1958.

Both albums were part of Capitol's This Is series. The albums highlighted past hits by artists like Sinatra, June Christy, Dean Martin and Nat "King" Cole as well as newly released (and hopefully hit-making) singles.

Track listing

1. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:14
2. "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 3:07
3. "Love and Marriage" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Cahn) - 2:41
4. "From Here to Eternity" (Freddy Karger, Robert Wells) - 3:01
5. "South of the Border" (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) - 2:52
6. "Rain (Falling from the Skies)" (Robert Mellin, Gerald Finlay) - 3:27
7. "The Gal That Got Away" (Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 3:12
8. "Young at Heart" (Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:53
9. "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Silvers) - 3:04
10. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Mellin) - 3:14
11. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Van Heusen, Cahn) - 3:00
12. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Koehler) - 3:07

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra - Vocals
• Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Conductor

Tracks 1, 12,

30-April-1953 (Thursday) - Hollywood.

Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Mickey Mangano, Zeke Zarchy (tpt); Si Zentner, Joe Howard, Jimmy Priddy, Milton Bernhart (tbn); Skeets Herfurt, Jack Dumont, Ted Nash, Ted Romersa, Joe Koch (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Hendrickson (g); Phil Stephens (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 2,

01-March-1954 (Monday) - Hollywood.

Joe Howard, Tommy Pederson (tbn); John Cave, John Graas (fr-h); Harry Klee, Champ Webb, James Williamson, Mahlon Clark, Morton Friedman, Bart Caldarell (sax/wwd); Mischa Russell, Walter Edelstein, Nathan Ross, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Nero, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Victor Bay, Alex Beller (vln); Paul Robyn, Maxine Johnson, Stanley Harris (via); Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye, Ann Mason Stockton (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bobby Gibbons (g); Joe Comfort, Eddie Gilbert (b); Frank Carlson (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 3,

15-August-1955 (Monday) - Hollywood.

Chorus (Gil Mershon, John Gustavson, Robert Namlin, Bob Wacker, William Reeve, Vince Degen, Stewart Bair, Charles Parlato, Jack Gruberman, Ray Linn Jr., Allan Wattson, Gene Lanham, Norma Zimmer), Joe Howard (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, John Cave (fr-h); Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz, Champ Webb, Ted Nash, Joe Palange, John Hacker (sax/wwd); Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Harry Bluestone, Mischa Russell, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Marshall Sosson, Nathan Ross, Gerald Vinci, Erno Neufeld, Nicholas Pisani, Alex Murray (vln); David Sterkin, Stanley Spiegelman, Alvin Dinkin (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten, Armand Kaproff (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Hendrickson (g); Edward Gilbert (b); Max Albright (d); Frank Flynn (vib); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Tracks 4, 10,

02-May-1953 (Saturday) - Hollywood.

Mannie Klein, Clyde Hurley (tpt); Milt Bernhart, Jimmy Priddy (tbn); John Cave, Vincent DeRosa (fr-h); Skeets Herfurt, James Williamson, Ted Nash (sax/wwd); Mischa Russell, Alex Murray, Henry Hill, Gerald Vinci, Victor Bay, Walter Edelstein (vln); Paul Robyn, Alfred Barr (via); Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bob Bain (g); Eddie Gilbert (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 5,

30-April-1953 (Thursday) - Hollywood.

Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Mickey Mangano, Zeke Zarchy (tpt); Si Zentner, Joe Howard, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart (tbn); Skeets Herfurt, Jack Dumont, Ted Nash, Ted Romersa, Joe Koch (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Hendrickson (g); Phil Stephens (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Billy May (arr/cond).

Track 6,

09/10-December-1953 (Wed/Thu) - Hollywood.

Tommy Pederson (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); John Cave, John Graas (fr-h); Harry Klee, Champ Webb, Skeets Herfurt (sax/wwd); Mischa Russell, Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Victor Bay, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Anatol Kaminsky (vln); David Sterkin, Paul Robyn (via); Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bob Bain (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 7,

13-May-1954 (Thursday) - Hollywood.

Zeke Zarchy, Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison (tpt); Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Mahlon Clark, Chuck Gentry, Skeets Herfurt, Ted Nash, Champ Webb (sax/wwd); Victor Bay, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, George Kast, Nicholas Pisani, Mischa Russell, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin (vln); Maxine Johnson, Paul Robyn (via); Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin, Arthur Kafton (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bobby Gibbons (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 8,

09-December-1953 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.

Tommy Pederson (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); John Cave, John Graas (fr-h); Harry Klee, Champ Webb, Skeets Herfurt (sax/wwd); Mischa Russell, Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Victor Bay, Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Anatol Kaminsky (vln); David Sterkin, Paul Robyn (via); Cy Bernard, Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bob Bain (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 9,

23-March-1955 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.

Mickey Mangano, Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Mannie Klein (tpt); Ed Kusby, Walter Benson, Joe Howard (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Willie Schwartz, George Smith, Plas Johnson, Babe Russin, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Hendrickson (g); Joe Comfort (b); Max Albright (d); Frank Flynn (mari); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Track 11,

13-September-1955 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.

Mannie Klein, Frank Beach, Pete Candoli, Mickey Mangano (tpt); Dick Noel, Joe Howard, Jimmy Priddy (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Harry Klee, Mahlon Clark (alt sax); Champ Webb, Ted Nash (ten sax); Chuck Gentry (bari sax); Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Nathan Ross, Anatol Kaminsky, Marshall Sosson, Mischa Russell (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Spiegelman, Virginia Majewski (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Ray Kramer, Armand Kaproff (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Nick Bonney (g); Joe Comfort (b); Max Albright (d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1957	1