The Columbia Years (1943–1952) The Complete Recordings

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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Copyright: ℗ 1993 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-02 01:09 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Help Yourself to My Heart
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Help Yourself to My Heart (on 1947-12-28)
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Sammy Timberg
publisher:
Sinatra Songs, Inc.
3:17
2Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-12-28)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1947-12-28)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
3.252:36
3If I Forget You
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
If I Forget You (on 1947-12-30)
writer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Irving Caesar, Inc.
3:14
4Where Is the One?
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Where Is the One? (on 1947-12-30)
lyricist and composer:
Edwin Finckel and Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:51
5When Is Sometime?
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
When Is Sometime? (on 1947-12-30)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc.
2:45
6It Only Happens When I Dance With You
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
It Only Happens When I Dance With You (on 1948-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1947)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
3:21
7A Fella With an Umbrella
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
A Fella With an Umbrella (on 1948-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1947)
part of:
Easter Parade (full musical)
2:35
8Nature Boy
choir vocals:
The Jeff Alexander Chorus (on 1948-04-10)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1948-04-10)
conductor:
Jeff Alexander (composer)
chorus master:
Jeff Alexander (composer) (on 1948-04-10)
arranger:
Jeff Alexander (composer)
cover recording of:
Nature Boy (on 1948-04-10)
lyricist and composer:
eden ahbez (in 1947)
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Crestview Music Corp., David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:21
9Sunflower
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Sunflower (on 1948-12-06)
writer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
12:56
10Once in Love With Amy
piano:
Henry Rowland (on 1948-12-14)
conductor:
Mitchell Ayres
recording of:
Once in Love With Amy (Where’s Charly?) (on 1948-12-14)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
2:57
11Once in Love With Amy
recording of:
Once in Love With Amy (Where’s Charly?) (on 1948-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3:03
12Why Can’t You Behave?
performer:
The Phil Moore Four (on 1948-12-15)
recording of:
Why Can’t You Behave? (from Kiss Me, Kate) (on 1948-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1948)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
3:21
13Bop! Goes My Heart
recording of:
Bop Goes My Heart (on 1948-12-15)
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr. and Jule Styne
3:07
14Comme Ci Comme Ca
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Comme çi, comme ça (on 1948-12-19)
lyricist:
Pierre Dudan
composer:
Bruno Coquatrix
translator:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp. (ended), PIC Corp. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
translated version of:
Clopin‐clopant
2:57
15No Orchids for My Lady
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
No Orchids for My Lady (on 1948-12-19)
writer:
Jack Strachey and Alan Stranks
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp.
2:41
16While the Angelus Was Ringing (Les Trois Cloches)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
While the Angelus Was Ringing (on 1948-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Gilles (Swiss composer/vocalist/actor Jean Villard Gilles)
translator:
Dick Manning (American songwriter)
translated version of:
Les Trois Cloches
2:48
17If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon
recording of:
If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon (on 1949-01-04)
writer:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc.
2:48
18Kisses and Tears
recording of:
Kisses and Tears (on 1949-01-04)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
2:47
19Some Enchanted Evening
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) (on 1949-02-28)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
recording of:
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:10
20Bali Ha’i
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Bali Ha’i (South Pacific) (on 1949-02-28)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:19
21The Right Girl for Me
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
The Right Girl for Me (on 1949-03-03)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Roger Edens
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
3:09
22Night After Night
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Night After Night (on 1949-03-03)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
3:08
23The Huckle‐Buck
saxophone:
Herbie Haymer (on 1949-04-10)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1949-04-10)
vocals:
Ken Lane Singers (on 1949-04-10)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1949-04-10)
arranger:
George Siravo
recording of:
The Hucklebuck (on 1949-04-10)
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
additional writer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
composer:
Andy Gibson (trumpet, arranger, composer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
3:03
24It Happens Every Spring
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
It Happens Every Spring (on 1949-04-10)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Josef Myrow
publisher:
Sterling Music Publishing Co. and WC Music Corp.
3:02
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