Sinatra Matters

From the 1959 album No One Cares, here is Willard Robison and Larry Conley’s A Cottage for Sale . Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Arguably Frank Sinatra’s finest recording . . . from his 1957 album Where Are You?, here is the Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden classic, Lonely Town . Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Here is Miss Peggy Lee’s definitive recording of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s often underappreciated classic, The Folks Who Live On the Hill . Arranged by Nelson Riddle.  Conducted by Frank Sinatra. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Sinatra’s poignant reading of this wonderful classic remains one of his most profound recordings. From his 1961 album Sinatra and Strings, here is Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish’s Stardust.  Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A Great American Songbook classic. From Frank Sinatra’s 1956 album A Swingin' Affair!, here is Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' I Won’t Dance.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

For the Greatest Generation, no other song could match Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade.  From Frank Sinatra's 1956 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is his  definitive recording of this iconic song.  Lyrics by Mitchell Parish.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.   Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Z...

Unleashed musical imagination from Frank Sinatra. Here is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s Let’s Fall in Love from Sinatra’s 1961 album Ring-a-Ding-Ding! . Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From his 1957 album A Swingin’ Affair , here is Frank Sinatra’s classic recording of The Lady is a Tramp . Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Bossa Nova. A magical collaboration.  From the 1967 album, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim , here is The Girl from Ipanema.  Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes , English lyrics by Norman Gimbel.  Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schlos...

This is what all the fuss is about . . . here is Frank Sinatra at his ballad singing best.  From the 1959 album No One Cares, Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Kahn’s classic torch song, When No One Cares.  Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra's definitive recording of Rodgers & Hart's My Heart Stood Still  . . . the ultimate love at first sight hymn.  From the 1963 album The Concert Sinatra.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Honoring Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, with a spotlight on her interpretation of Frank Sinatra's hallmark song, All of Me.  Recorded in 1962.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.   Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

This is what all the fuss is about. From Frank Sinatra’s 1959 album No One Cares, here is Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin’s I Can’t Get Started.  Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From Frank Sinatra's 1957 album A Swingin' Affair!, here is Cole Porter’s From This Moment On.   Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A classic Sinatra torch song, from the 1958 album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely , here is Bob Haggart and Johnny Burke’s What’s New?. Arranged by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A song I wish Frank Sinatra had recorded . . . but we do have Tony Bennett. Here is Johnny Mercer’s I Remember You from Tony Bennett’s 2004 Grammy Award winning album, The Art of Romance. With a wonderful Johnny Mandel arrangement. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From Frank Sinatra’s 1962 album Point of No Return , Noel Coward’s I’ll See You Again .  Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From Frank Sinatra’s 1957 album Where Are You? , here is I’m a Fool to Want You .  Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From Frank Sinatra’s 1960 album Nice ‘N’ Easy, here is Sammy Fain and Lew Brown’s That Old Feeling. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From Frank Sinatra’s1956 album Close to You, here is the definitive recording of Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke’s It Could Happen to You . With the Hollywood String Quartet. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From 1964, Frank Sinatra's definitive recording of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' The Way You Look Tonight . Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com