Close to You (Frank Sinatra album)

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Close to You
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Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1957 [1]
RecordedMarch 8, April 4 – 5, November 1, 1956
Studio Capitol Studio A (Hollywood)
Genre
Length43:31
Label Capitol
Producer Voyle Gilmore
Frank Sinatra chronology
This Is Sinatra!
(1956)		Close to You
(1957)		 A Swingin' Affair!
(1957)
Professional ratings
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Close to You is the eleventh studio album by American musician Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the Hollywood String Quartet. It was released on January 22, 1957.

Contents

The album was recorded over a period of eight months and five different sessions, and was arranged by Nelson Riddle.

Nelson Riddle commented that the structure of popular songs does not lend itself to arranging in the true string quartet style of the classics and felt that he hadn't really achieved as much as he had hoped. However, when the album was released it received critical praise and as Riddle remarked, "Sinatra liked it!". [5]

For its CD release, the album was retitled Close to You and More, referencing the bonus tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Close to You" (Al Hoffman, Carl G. Lampl, Jerry Livingston) – 3:37
  2. "P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 4:21
  3. "Love Locked Out" (Max Kester, Ray Noble) – 2:41
  4. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:20
  5. "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:34
  6. "Don't Like Goodbyes" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 4:51
  7. "With Every Breath I Take" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:38
  8. "Blame It on My Youth" (Edward Heyman, Oscar Levant) – 2:58
  9. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:13
  10. "I've Had My Moments" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:47
  11. "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:25
  12. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 4:11
    CD reissue bonus tracks not included on the original 1957 release:
  13. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:00
  14. "There's a Flaw in My Flue" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:41
  15. "Wait till You See Her" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:08

Complete personnel

Tracks 1, 5, 11

1-November-1956 (Thursday)- Hollywood. Mahlon Clark (cit); James Williamson (fl); Felix Slatkin*, Paul Shure*, Marvin Limonick (vln); Alvin Dinkin* (via); Eleanor Slatkin* (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p/cel); Nick Bonney (g); Eddie Gilbert (b); Frank Flynn (d).

Tracks 2, 3, 6, 13

8-March-1956 (Thursday)- Hollywood. Vincent DeRosa (fr-h); Mahlon Clark (cit); Harry Klee (fl); Felix Slatkin*, Paul Shure*, Israel Baker (vln); Alvin Dinkin* (via); Eleanor Slatkin* (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); George Van Eps (g); Mike Rubin (b); Irving Cottler (d).

Tracks 4, 8, 10, 15

4/5-April-1956 (Wed/Thur) - Hollywood. Vincent DeRosa (fr-h); Mitchell Lurie (cit); Harry Klee (fl); Champ Webb (oboe); Felix Slatkin*, Paul Shure* (vln); Alvin Dinkin* (via); Eleanor Slatkin* (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bob Bain (g); Mike Rubin (b); Irving Cottler (d).

Tracks 7, 9, 12, 14

5-April-1956 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Harry Edison (tpt); Vincent DeRosa (fr-h); Champ Webb (oboe); Felix Slatkin*, Paul Shure*, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin* (via); Eleanor Slatkin* (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p/cel); Bob Bain (g); Sam Cheifetz (b); Alvin Stoller (d). [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Billboard February 23, 1957
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r24155
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. ↑ Aiken, Kit (November 2003). "Croon squad". Uncut . No. 20. p. 92.
  5. ↑ Alan Dell, 1984 Close To You sleeve notes in Sinatra, The Capitol Years box set.
  6. ↑ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN   978-0274963768.
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