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| "Witchcraft" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Frank Sinatra | ||||
| B-side | "Tell Her You Love Her" | |||
| Released | December 23, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | May 20, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Swing, traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Cavanaugh | |||
| Frank Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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"Witchcraft" is a popular song from 1957 composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.
Frank Sinatra recorded "Witchcraft" three times in a studio setting. The first recording was in 1957, for his single release, and was later released on his compilation album All the Way (1961). Sinatra re-recorded "Witchcraft" for 1963's Sinatra's Sinatra , and finally recorded it as a duet with Anita Baker for Duets (1993).
| Recording Date | Company | Format | Album | Track:Album | Album Date | Collaborators | Arranged by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | Capitol | Studio | The Complete Capitol Singles Collection | 3/13:3/5 | September 3, 1996 | Nelson Riddle | |
| April 30, 1963 | Reprise | Studio | Sinatra's Sinatra | 5/12:1/1 | 1963 | Nelson Riddle | |
| July 9, 1993 | Capitol | Electronic duet | Duets | 11/13:1/1 | July 9, 1993 | Anita Baker | Nelson Riddle |
"Witchcraft" was released in the U.S. in 1957 as a single by Frank Sinatra. At its highest ranking it reached number six on the Hot 100 chart and stayed on the charts for sixteen weeks. [1]
"Witchcraft" has been recorded by many other artists, including Chris Connor, as the title track of her 1959 album, Sarah Vaughan, on her 1962 album You're Mine You , Ella Fitzgerald, on Ella Returns to Berlin (1961), and Bill Evans on Portrait in Jazz (1959). [2] Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1958 [3] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the CD Bing Sings the Sinatra Songbook (2011). [4] Another version by Joe Malone was featured in the 1993 movie Hocus Pocus . Siouxsie Sioux performed it in concert with her second band The Creatures and a brass section in 1998: it was then included on their live cd, Zulu. [5] Robert Smith of The Cure recorded a version of the song for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie Unleashed! , a 14-track collection of songs "inspired by" the filmmaker's stop-motion creation Frankenweenie , released on 25 September 2012. Anthony Strong released a version of the song on his 2013 album Stepping Out. [6]
At the 1st Grammy Awards, Frank Sinatra was nominated for six Grammy awards, with Sinatra's recording of "Witchcraft" being nominated for the Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and Nelson Riddle's arrangement nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement. Sinatra had two albums nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.
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