Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!

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Sinatra's Swingin' Session
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ReleasedJanuary 3, 1961
RecordedAugust 22–23, 31 & September 1, 1960
Studio Capitol Studio A (Hollywood)
Genre Traditional pop
Length26:23 (original 12-song release)
Label Capitol
Producer Dave Cavanaugh
Frank Sinatra chronology
All The Way
(1961)
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(1961)
Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
(1961)
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Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! is the nineteenth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released on January 3, 1961.

Contents

Six of the tracks on the album are re-recordings of a batch of songs that Sinatra had previously recorded on the Columbia album, Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra .

It was released on compact disc as Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When You're Smiling" Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay 2:00
2."Blue Moon" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 2:51
3."S'Posin'"Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf 1:48
4."It All Depends on You" B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson 2:02
5."It's Only a Paper Moon" Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose 2:19
6."My Blue Heaven" Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting 2:03
7."Should I?" Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown 1:30
8."September in the Rain" Harry Warren, Al Dubin 2:58
9."Always" Irving Berlin 2:17
10."I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me"Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh 2:25
11."I Concentrate on You" Cole Porter 2:23
12."You Do Something to Me"Porter1:33
CD reissue bonus tracks (not included on the original 1961 release)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sentimental Baby" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence 2:36
14."Hidden Persuasion"Wainwright Churchill III2:25
15."Ol' McDonald"Traditional, Bergman, Keith, Spence2:41

Personnel

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References

  1. Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.