Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits

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Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits!
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Greatest hits album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedAugust 1968 (LP)
October 1990 (CD)
RecordedJuly 17, 1964 – July 24, 1967 [1]
Genre Vocal jazz, easy listening
Length33:40
Label Reprise
FS 1025
Producer Jimmy Bowen; Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
Francis A. & Edward K.
(1968)		Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits!
(1968)		 The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas
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Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits! is the first compilation by American singer Frank Sinatra released on his own Reprise Records. It concentrates on mostly single releases from the mid to late 1960s, which fluctuates between adult contemporary pop and jazzy swing. The album opens up with Sinatra's recent number one hit "Strangers in the Night" and continues through the varied styles of music Sinatra recorded in the 60s, from easy listening ballads like "It Was a Very Good Year" and "Softly, as I Leave You" to contemporary pop like "When Somebody Loves You" and "That's Life". Greatest Hits was a modest hit, peaking at #55 on the album charts in late 1968. A second volume was issued in 1972, Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 . Both albums have since been supplanted with newer and more cohesive compilations.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) - 2:25
  2. "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) - 2:53
  3. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) - 4:25
  4. "Somewhere in Your Heart" (Russell Faith, Clarence Keltner) - 2:26
  5. "Forget Domani" (Norman Newell, Riz Ortolani) - 2:36
  6. "Somethin' Stupid" (with Nancy Sinatra) (Carson Parks) - 2:35
  7. "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay Thompson) - 3:07
  8. "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) - 2:40
  9. "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" (Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman) - 2:47
  10. "When Somebody Loves You" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 1:54
  11. "This Town" (Lee Hazlewood) - 3:06
  12. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese) - 2:50
Notes

Personnel

Information is based on Frank Sinatra's recording session information from the Jazz Discography and Sinatraology websites

Vocalists

Leaders

Strings

Horns and Woodwinds

Other Instruments

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References

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  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Frank Sinatra with Chorus. "That's Life (10-18-1966)". Sinatraology. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
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