The Columbia Years: 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Volume 1
2CD: Volume 2
3CD: Volume 3
4CD: Volume 4
5CD: Volume 5
6CD: Volume 6
7CD: Volume 7
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1But Beautiful
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-08-17)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1947-08-17)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
But Beautiful (on 1947-08-17)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Dorsey Brothers Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1947) and Onyx Music Corporation (in 1947)
3:15
2A Fellow Needs a Girl
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
A Fellow Needs a Girl (from "Allegro") (on 1947-08-17)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Allegro (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:13
3So Far
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
So Far (on 1947-08-17)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1947)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1947)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Allegro (1947 stage musical)
part of:
State Fair
recording of:
So Far
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1947)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1947)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Allegro (1947 stage musical)
part of:
State Fair
3:12
4It All Came True
accordion:
Robert Caudana (on 1947-09-23)
bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1947-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Milt Holland (on 1947-09-23)
guitar:
Alton Hendrickson (Session Musician (Guitar)) (on 1947-09-23) and Tony Rizzi (on 1947-09-23)
trumpet:
John Plonsky (40s west coast jazz trumpetist) (on 1947-09-23)
arranger:
Alvy West
recording of:
It All Came True (on 1947-09-23)
writer:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Sinatra Songs, Inc.
2:54
5Can’t You Just See Yourself?
arranger:
Dick Jones (pianist, producer)
recording of:
Can’t You Just See Yourself? (on 1947-10-19)
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
3:00
6You’re My Girl
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-19)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1947-10-19)
arranger:
George Siravo
recording of:
You’re My Girl (from “High Button Shoes”) (on 1947-10-19)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
part of:
High Button Shoes (1947 musical)
3:12
7All of Me
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-19)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1947-10-19)
arranger:
George Siravo
recording of:
All of Me (on 1947-10-19)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
cover recording of:
All of Me (on 1954-04-19)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
32:47
8I’ll Make Up for Ev’rything
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
I’ll Make Up for Everything (1948 song) (on 1947-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Ross Parker
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
2:58
9Strange Music
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Song of Norway: Strange Music (on 1947-10-22)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist), Edvard Grieg (composer) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 4: Notturno (Lyric Pieces, Book V, op. 54 no. 4: Nocturne, original for piano)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VIII, op. 65: No. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65: No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, for piano)
part of:
Song of Norway
3:16
10Laura
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Laura (1945 song) (on 1947-10-22)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
3:15
11Night and Day
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1961-11-22)
bass:
Ed Gilbert and Ralph Peña
bass clarinet:
Billy Usselton
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone)
bassoon:
Jack Marsh
cello:
Justin Ditullio, Armand Kaproff, Ray Kramer and Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller)
clarinet:
Russ Cheever and Arthur Smith (Saxophonist)
drums (drum set):
John Markham
flute:
Justin Gordon (Justin S. Gordon; American jazz saxophonist and multi-wind instrumentalist (1917-1998)), Abe Most and Bud Shank
French horn:
John Cave (french horn), James Decker (French hornist), Vincent DeRosa and Richard Perissi
guitar:
Al Viola
harp:
Kathryn Julye
oboe:
Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player)
percussion:
Emil Richards
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist)
saxophone:
Russ Cheever, Justin Gordon (Justin S. Gordon; American jazz saxophonist and multi-wind instrumentalist (1917-1998)), Jack Marsh, Abe Most, Bud Shank and Arthur Smith (Saxophonist)
trombone:
Dick Nash, Dick Noel (trombone) and Frank Rosolino
trumpet:
Bobby Bryant, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo and Al Porcino
viola:
Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris (US big band viola player), Allan Harshman (violist), Virginia Majewski (violist), Robert Ostrowsky and Paul Robyn
violin:
Victor Arno, Israel Baker (American violinist), Herman Clebanoff, Daniel Karpilowsky, Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff (American concertmaster and violinist), Ben Gill, Anatol Kaminsky (Violinist), Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin, Joseph Stepansky and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-22)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1961-11-22)
assistant conductor:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
arranger:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer) and Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1947-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1961-11-22)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
53:41
12My Cousin Louella
bass:
Trigger Alpert (on 1947-10-24)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1947-10-24)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1947-10-24)
arranger:
Johnny Guarnieri
recording of:
My Cousin Louella (on 1947-10-24)
lyricist:
Jack Manus (lyricist)
composer:
Bernard Bierman
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:08
13We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye
bass:
Trigger Alpert (on 1947-10-24)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1947-10-24)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1947-10-24)
arranger:
Johnny Guarnieri
recording of:
We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye (on 1947-10-24)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Callicoon Music and Words & Music, Inc. (US work publisher)
3:10
14S’posin’
bass:
Herman Albert (on 1947-10-24)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1947-10-24)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1947-10-24)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-24)
arranger:
Johnny Guarnieri
recording of:
S’posin’ (on 1947-10-24)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Paul Denniker
publisher:
Mayfair Music Corp.
2:48
15Just for Now
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Just for Now (on 1947-10-26)
writer:
Dick Redmond
3:02
16None but the Lonely Heart
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
None but the Lonely Heart (on 1947-10-26)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
translator:
Bill Westbrook (translator)
publisher:
Sands Music Corp.
is based on:
6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал) (6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. None but the Lonely Heart, original for voice and piano)
3:26
17The Night We Called It a Day
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
The Night We Called It a Day (on 1947-10-26)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
BMI/Embassy Music Corp. and Dorsey Brothers Music
3:24
18The Song Is You
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1947-10-26)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
The Song Is You (on 1947-10-26)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co.
3:18
19What’ll I Do?
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-29)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
What’ll I Do? (on 1947-10-29)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1923)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Wilhelm Hansen and Williamson Music Company
3:08
20Poinciana (Song of the Tree)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (on 1947-10-29)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier (in 1936)
composer:
Nat Simon (in 1936)
3:18
21(I Offer You the Moon) Senorita
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Senorita (on 1947-10-29)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
2:47
22The Music Stopped
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1947-10-29)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
The Music Stopped (on 1947-10-29)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
2:58
8CD: Volume 8
9CD: Volume 9
10CD: Volume 10
11CD: Volume 11
12CD: Volume 12

Credits

Release

art direction and design:Tony Sellari (graphic designer)
engineer and mastering:Harry Coster (Audiolab engineer)
Darcy Proper
Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
associate executive producer:Ria Curley
executive producer:Jerry Shulman
producer:Didier C. Deutsch
manufactured by:Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1993)
mastered at and engineered at:Sony Music Studio Operations in New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6534153 [info]
ASIN:US: B00000284A [info]

Release group

Wikidata:Q7726884 [info]