His Way: The Very Best of Frank Sinatra Volume 1

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

CD package lists only 19 tracks but has 20. Track 18 is listed as "The Way You Look Tonight," and track 19 is listed as "Swinging on a Star."

Annotation last modified on 2015-11-20 16:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1There's No Business Like Show Business
recording of:
There’s No Business Like Show Business (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
3:21
2Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
recording of:
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music Ltd. and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:34
3Soliloquy
recording of:
Soliloquy (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
8:09
4Time After Time
recording of:
Time After Time
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Sands Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
1:55
5On a Little Street in Singapore
recording of:
On a Little Street in Singapore
writer:
Peter de Rose and Billy Hill (US songwriter)
2:47
6All or Nothing at All
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1939-08-31)
alto saxophone:
Claude Lakey (on 1939-08-31) and Dave Matthews (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-08-31)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (Jazz bassist) (on 1939-08-31)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Hawkins (jazz drummer) (on 1939-08-31)
guitar:
Red Kent (on 1939-08-31)
piano:
Jack Gardner (piano) (on 1939-08-31)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Luther (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-08-31) and Drew Page (on 1939-08-31)
trombone:
Russell Brown (Swing trombonist) (on 1939-08-31), Truett Jones (Jazz trombonist) (on 1939-08-31) and Dalton Rizzotto (Jazz trombonist) (on 1939-08-31)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1939-08-31), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-08-31), Jack Palmer (jazz trumpeter and singer) (on 1939-08-31) and Jack Schaeffer (on 1939-08-31)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1939-08-31)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1939-08-31)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1939-08-31)
conductor:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-08-31)
arranger:
Andy Gibson (trumpet, arranger, composer) (on 1939-08-31)
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1939-08-31)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
32:56
7Ol' Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
4:10
8The House I Live In (That's America to Me)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-08-22)
bass:
Jack Ryan (jazz bassist) (on 1945-08-22)
cello:
Cy Bernard (on 1945-08-22), Arthur Kafton (on 1945-08-22) and Jack Sewell (on 1945-08-22)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-08-22)
French horn:
James Stagliano (on 1945-08-22)
guitar:
Perry Botkin (on 1945-08-22)
harp:
Ann Mason Stockton (American harpist) (on 1945-08-22)
piano:
Frank Leithner (on 1945-08-22)
trombone:
Peter Beilman (trombonist) (on 1945-08-22), Carl Loeffler (on 1945-08-22) and Elmer Smithers (on 1945-08-22)
trumpet:
Bruce Hudson (on 1945-08-22), Leonard Mach (on 1945-08-22) and Uan Rasey (on 1945-08-22)
viola:
Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1945-08-22), Maurice Perlmutter (on 1945-08-22) and Dave Sterkin (on 1945-08-22)
violin:
William Bloom (violinist, worked with Frank Sinatra) (on 1945-08-22), Walter Edelstein (on 1945-08-22), Peter Ellis (1940s violinist) (on 1945-08-22), Sam Freed, Jr. (Violinist) (on 1945-08-22), David Frisina (on 1945-08-22), Howard Halbert (on 1945-08-22), Gerald Joyce (on 1945-08-22), Sol Kindler (on 1945-08-22), Samuel Levine (violinist) (on 1945-08-22), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-08-22), Nicholas Pisani (on 1945-08-22) and Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-08-22)
woodwind:
Heinie Beau (on 1945-08-22), Leonard Hartman (on 1945-08-22), Harold Lawson (on 1945-08-22), Don Lodice (on 1945-08-22) and Fred Stulce (on 1945-08-22)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-08-22)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-08-22)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
The House I Live In (on 1945-08-22)
lyricist:
Lewis Allan
composer:
Earl Robinson (40s US folk artist)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:21
9Someone to Watch Over Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-07-30)
producer:
Bill Richards (producer)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-07-30)
double bass:
John Ryan (double bassist) (on 1945-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-07-30)
flute:
John Mayhew (flutist) (on 1945-07-30)
guitar:
George van Eps (on 1945-07-30)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1945-07-30)
viola:
Sam Freed (on 1945-07-30)
violin:
David Frisina (on 1945-07-30) and Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-07-30)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-07-30)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-07-30)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1945-07-30)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
3:20
10These Foolish Things
3:09
11Personality
recording of:
Personality (Sinatra / Johnson parody)
additional lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1946-03-20)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
parody version of:
Personality (1946 song)
2:19
12Tea for Two
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
2:41
13Five Minutes More
recording of:
Five Minutes More
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Melrose Music Corp.
2:38
14The Coffee Song
recording of:
The Coffee Song (1946 song)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Dick Miles (songwriter, composer)
publisher:
Cromwell Music, Inc.
2:31
15Mam'selle
recording of:
Mam’selle
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Edmund Goulding
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
3:23
16The Trolley Song
cover recording of:
The Trolley Song (“‘Clang, Clang, Clang,’ Went the Trolley…”)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane
composer:
Hugh Martin
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:14
17Porgy and Bess Medley
5:25
18Somewhere Over the Rainbow
3:14
19The Way You Look Tonight
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-11-14)
vocals:
Bobby Tucker (on 1943-11-14) and The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1943-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-11-14)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-11-14)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 283 (2))
cover recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1943-11-14)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
2:39
20Swinging on a Star
recording of:
Swinging on a Star
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Inc. and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1944 winner)
2:35

Credits

Release

design:The Orange Room (graphic design)
rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/17844319 [info]
ASIN:DE: B00DWFWUPI [info]

Release group

part of:His Way: The Very Best of Frank Sinatra (number: 1) (order: 1)