Sinatra '65: The Singer Today

Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
Compilation album by Frank Sinatra
Released	June 1965
Recorded	February 21, 1963 – April 14, 1965, Los Angeles
Genre	Vocal jazz traditional pop
Length	34:15
Label	Reprise R 6167
Frank Sinatra chronology
Softly, as I Leave You (1964) Sinatra '65: The Singer Today (1965) September of My Years (1965)
Singles from Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
"My Kind of Town" Released: 1964

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Sinatra '65: The Singer Today is a 1965 compilation album by the American singer Frank Sinatra.

The album is a collection of various singles and sessions, highlighted by the hits "Luck Be a Lady", "Anytime At All", "Somewhere In Your Heart", "Stay With Me", and "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)". The version of "My Kind of Town" featured here contains a verse before the chorus that was edited out of the single version of the song. It is possible the album title was a nod to the Beatles' December 1964 Capitol album Beatles '65 , and potentially the Beach Boys' March 1965 Capitol album The Beach Boys Today!

This album is available on compact disc, and all the songs are available on The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings 1995 box set.

Track listing

1. "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) – 2:42
2. "Anytime at All" (Baker Knight) – 2:22
3. "Stay With Me (Main Theme from The Cardinal )" (Jerome Moross, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:04
4. "I Like to Lead When I Dance" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:07
5. "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman Connor) – 2:38
6. "My Kind of Town" (unedited version) (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:09
7. "When Somebody Loves You" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 1:54
8. "Somewhere in Your Heart" (Russell Faith, Clarence Keltner) – 2:29
9. "I've Never Been In Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 2:57
10. "When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" (E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 3:25
11. "Luck Be a Lady" (Loesser) – 5:18

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra – vocals
• Ernie Freeman – arranger, conductor
• Nelson Riddle
• Don Costa
• Billy May – arranger
• Gordon Jenkins – conductor
• Morris Stoloff

Tracks 1, 7:

April 14, 1965 (Wednesday) – Hollywood.

• Guitar: Dennis Budimir, John Gray, Bill Pitman
• Bass: Chuck Berghofer
• Piano: Ernie Freeman, Bill Miller, Leon Russell
• Drums: Hal Blaine
• Percussion: Eddie Brackett Jr., Frank Capp, Emil Richards
• Trumpet: Bobby Bryant, Roy Caton, Tony Terran
• Trombone: Lou Blackburn, Pete Carpenter
• Strings: Sidney Sharp, Arnold Belnick, Henry Roth, Ralph Schaeffer, William Kurasch,
  Darrel Terwilliger, Joseph Di Fiore, Tibor Zelig, James Getzoff, Lennie Malarsky (vln);
  Alex Neiman, Harry Hyams (via); Anne Goodman, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant,
  Joseph Saxon (vie); Loulie Jean Nonnan, Ella Halloran, Betty Allan, Betty Baker, Paul Sandberg,
  Bill Kanady, Thurl Ravenscroft, Jack Halloran (cel)

Tracks 2, 8:

November 10, 1964 (Tuesday) – Hollywood. United Recording (from 7:30 to 10:30 P.M.).

• Guitar: Don Lanier, Tommy Tedesco, Bill Pitman
• Bass: Chuck Berghofer
• Piano: Gene DiNovi, Lincoln Mayorga, Bill Miller
• Drums: Hal Blaine
• Percussion: Emil Richards
• Trombone: Marshall Cram
• Flute: Wilbur Schwartz
• Strings: Sidney Sharp, Israel Baker, Henry Roth, Bernard Kundell, Nathan Ross, Victor Amo,
  Joe Stepansky, William Kurasch, Lennie Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Darrel Terwilliger, Arnold Belnick (vln);
  Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn (via); Kurt Reher, Joseph Saxon, Anne Goodman,
  Jesse Ehrlich (cel)

Track 3:

December 3, 1963 (Tuesday) – Hollywood. United Recording (from 8 to 11 P.M.).

• Guitar: Al Viola, Bobby Gibbons
• Bass: Ralph Pena, Eddie Gilbert
• Piano: Bill Miller
• Accordion: Carl Fortina
• Drums: Irving Cottler
• Percussion: Emil Richards
• Trombone: Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Hoyt Bohannon, George Roberts
• French Horn: Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi
• Saxophone: Wilbur Schwartz, George Smith, Arthur Gleghorn, Harry Klee, Jules Jacob, Jack Nimitz, Chuck Gentry
• Flute: Arthur Gleghorn, Harry Klee
• Woodwinds: : Wilbur Schwartz, George Smith, Jules Jacob, Jack Nimitz, Chuck Gentry
• Strings: Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Gerald Vinci, Anatol Kaminsky, Jacques Gasselin, Alex Murray, Joe Stepansky,
  Nathan Ross, Bonnie Douglas, Israel Baker, Marshall Sosson, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, Victor Amo (vln); Paul Robyn,
  Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Virginia Majewski (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Nino Rosso, Kurt Reher, Ray Kramer (vie);
  Kathryn Julye (harp)

Tracks 4, 6

April 8, 1964 (Wednesday) – Hollywood. United Recording (7 to 10:30 P.M).

• Guitar: Al Viola
• Bass: Ralph Pena
• Piano: Bill Miller
• Drums: Irving Cottler
• Percussion: Emil Richards
• Trumpet: Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Cappy Lewis, Harry Edison
• Trombone: Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard, Dick Nash, Gail Martin
• French Horn: William Hinshaw, Gene Sherry
• Woodwinds: Wilbur Schwartz, Harry Klee, Plas Johnson, Champ Webb, Joe Koch
• Strings: Victor Amo, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Jacques Gasselin, Arnold Belnick, Bonnie Douglas,
  Robert Konrad, Victor Bay (vln); Paul Robyn, Alex Neiman (via); Armand Kaproff, David Pratt, Anne Goodman (vlc);
  Kathryn Julye (harp)

Track 5:

February 21, 1963 (Thursday) – Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 9 P.M. to 12 M.).

• Guitar: Al Viola
• Bass: Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio
• Piano: Bill Miller
• Drums: Mel Lewis
• Percussion: Frank Flynn, Emil Richards
• Trumpet: Cappy Lewis, Uan Rasey, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock
• Trombone: Dick Noel, Tom Shepard, Vernon Friley, George Roberts
• Tuba: Eddie Gilbert
• French Horn: Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw
• Saxophone: Harry Klee, Hugo Raimondi, Chuck Gentry, Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson
• Flute: Harry Klee, Arthur Gleghorn
• Woodwinds: William Kosinski, Gordon Schoneberg, Hugo Raimondi, Mitchell Lurie, Charles Butler, Chuck Gentry,
  Donald Christlieb, Lloyd Hildebrand
• Strings: Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Joachim Chassman, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller,
  Victor Bay, Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Arno, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson,
  Lennie Malarsky (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via);
  Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Armand Kaproff, Margaret Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie);
  Kathryn Julye (harp)

Tracks 9, 10:

July 18, 1963 (Thursday) – Hollywood. United Recording (from 8 to 11 P.M.).

• Guitar: Al Viola
• Bass: Ralph Peña
• Piano: Bill Miller
• Drums: Irving Cottler
• Percussion: Emil Richards
• Trumpet: Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein
• Trombone: Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, George Roberts
• French Horn: Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi
• Saxophone: Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Gene Cipriano
• Flute: Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette
• Woodwinds: Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Chuck Gentry, Buddy Collette, Gene Cipriano
• Strings: Dan Lube, Joe Stepansky, Jacques Gasselin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, James Getzoff,
  Nathan Ross, Arnold Belnick, Marvin Limonick (vln); Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris (via);
  Eleanor Slatkin, Ray Kramer, Armand Kaproff, David Pratt (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp)

Track 11:

July 25, 1963 (Thursday) – Hollywood. United Recording (from 2:00 to 5:30 P.M.).

• Guitar: Al Viola
• Bass: Ralph Pena
• Piano: Ken Lane, Bill Miller
• Drums: Irving Cottler
• Percussion: Emil Richards
• Trumpet: Pete Candoli, Bud Brisbois, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein
• Trombone: Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Milt Bernhart, George Roberts
• French Horn: Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi
• Saxophone: Wilbur Schwartz, Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette
• Flute: Wilbur Schwartz, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette
• Woodwinds: Wilbur Schwartz, Harry Klee, Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette
• Strings: Dan Lube, Lou Raderman, Emo Neufeld, Anatol Kaminsky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Paul Shure,
  James Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Victor Amo (vln); Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Alex Neiman, Stanley Harris (via);
  Eleanor Slatkin, Justin DiTullio, Margaret Aue, David Pratt (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp)

Charts

Chart (1965)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	9

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Sinatra '65 Review at AllMusic.
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (October 23, 1965). "Frank Sinatra: Sinatra '65" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 241. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
3. "Frank Sinatra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2025.