The Early Years

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Incomparable
2▶CD: The Unique
3▼CD: The Inimitable
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1I Fall in Love Too Easily
recording of:
I Fall in Love Too Easily
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
AF Encore Fund LLC, Applause and Encore Music, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), 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)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:14
2Stormy Weather
recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
4:13
3A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1943-11-10)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-11-10)
vocals:
Bobby Tucker (on 1943-11-10) and The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1943-11-10)
conductor:
Bobby Tucker (on 1943-11-10) and Alec Wilder (American composer) (on 1943-11-10)
arranger:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
cover recording of:
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (on 1943-11-10)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
13:14
4I Dream of You
3:07
5Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)
2:44
6Oh What a Beautiful Morning
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1943-08-05)
background vocals:
The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1943-08-05)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-08-05)
vocals:
Bobby Tucker (on 1943-08-05) and The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1943-08-05)
conductor:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
arranger:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
cover recording of:
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!) (on 1943-08-05)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music Ltd. and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:56
7I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
recording of:
I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Higher and Higher (1944 film)
2:53
8White Christmas
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-11-14)
bass:
Ward Lay (on 1944-11-14)
cello:
Emmerick Gara (cellist) (on 1944-11-14), George Poliakin (on 1944-11-14) and Avron Twerdowky (cellist) (on 1944-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1944-11-14)
French horn:
Karl Chlupsa (on 1944-11-14)
guitar:
Matty Golizio (on 1944-11-14)
harp:
Ruth Hill (harpist) (on 1944-11-14)
piano:
Billy Rowland (on 1944-11-14)
trombone:
John D'Agostino (trombonist) (on 1944-11-14), Andy Russo (Jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-14) and Charlie Small (trombone) (on 1944-11-14)
trumpet:
Carl Poole (US trumpeter) (on 1944-11-14), Sammy Shapiro (Sandy Spears, Big Band-era trumpeter) (on 1944-11-14) and Melvin "Red" Solomon (on 1944-11-14)
viola:
Morris Kahan (violist) (on 1944-11-14), Sol Pfaeff (on 1944-11-14) and Sol Rumberg (on 1944-11-14)
violin:
Julius Brand (on 1944-11-14), Frederick Buldrini (on 1944-11-14), Sid Harris (on 1944-11-14), Leonard Kanter (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Murray Kellner (on 1944-11-14), Bernard Kundell (on 1944-11-14), William Lockwood (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Arthur Loesserman (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Harold Micklin (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Seymour Miroff (on 1944-11-14), Gene Orloff (on 1944-11-14) and Raoul Polikian (on 1944-11-14)
woodwind:
Artie Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist) (on 1944-11-14), Harry Feldman (on 1944-11-14), Bernie Kaufman (on 1944-11-14), Pete Pumiglio (on 1944-11-14) and Hank Ross (on 1944-11-14)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-11-14)
vocals:
Jewel Bowman (on 1944-11-14), Kathleen Carnes (on 1944-11-14), Pauline Dugart (on 1944-11-14), John Hubert (on 1944-11-14), Phil Reep (on 1944-11-14), Claude Reese (on 1944-11-14), Bobby Tucker (on 1944-11-14), The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1944-11-14), Rae Whitney (on 1944-11-14) and Darrel Woodyard (on 1944-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-11-14) and Bobby Tucker (on 1944-11-14)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
White Christmas (on 1944-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
2.53:22
9Oh, What It Seemed to Be
recording of:
Oh, What It Seemed to Be
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Frankie Carle and George David Weiss
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Santly-Joy, Inc. and The Songwriters Guild
3:00
10I Believe
recording of:
I Believe (Frank Sinatra song)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
3:03
11Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
recording of:
Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
lyricist:
Phil Silvers (actor)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
3:24
12All the Things You Are
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
3:04
13They Say It's Wonderful
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
recording of:
They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”) (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Co. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
3:06
14There Are Such Things
recording of:
There Are Such Things
writer:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter) (in 1942), Abel Baer (songwriter) (in 1942) and George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:43
15All Through the Day
recording of:
All Through the Day
writer:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Jerome Kern
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:00
16September Song
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-07-30)
bass:
Phil Stephens (bass and tuba player) (on 1946-07-30)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1946-07-30), John Sewell (on 1946-07-30) and Julius Tannenbaum (on 1946-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1946-07-30)
French horn:
Richard Perissi (on 1946-07-30)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1946-07-30)
harp:
Ann Mason (American harpist) (on 1946-07-30)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1946-07-30)
saxophone:
Fred Dornbach (on 1946-07-30), Herbert Haymer (on 1946-07-30), Jules Kinsler (on 1946-07-30) and Harry Klee (on 1946-07-30)
trombone:
Hoyt Bohannon (on 1946-07-30), Edward Kuczborski (on 1946-07-30) and George Jenkins (Trombonist) (on 1946-07-30)
trumpet:
Clyde Hurley (on 1946-07-30), Manny Klein (on 1946-07-30) and Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (on 1946-07-30)
viola:
Abe Hochstein (on 1946-07-30), Alexander Neiman (violist) (on 1946-07-30) and Stanley Spiegelman (on 1946-07-30)
violin:
William Bloom (violinist, worked with Frank Sinatra) (on 1946-07-30), Werner Callies (on 1946-07-30), Walter Edelstein (on 1946-07-30), Sam Freed (on 1946-07-30), David Frisina (on 1946-07-30), Howard Halbert (on 1946-07-30), Sol Kindler (on 1946-07-30), Morris King (on 1946-07-30), Eugene Lamas (on 1946-07-30), Dan Lube (on 1946-07-30), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1946-07-30) and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor) (on 1946-07-30)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-07-30)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1946-07-30)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
September Song (catch-all for versions outside the theatrical context) (on 1946-07-30)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., 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)
arrangement of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
3:06
17Mam'Selle
recording of:
Mam’selle
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Edmund Goulding
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
3:21
18Begin the Beguine
recording of:
Begin the Beguine
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 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)
part of:
Jubilee
2:56