My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Tracklist

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1Let's Face the Music and Dance
recording of:
Let’s Face the Music and Dance (from “Follow the Fleet”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1936)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Follow the Fleet (1936 film)
3:00
2Come Rain or Come Shine
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
4:06
3Night 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)
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 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
33:41
4The Very Thought of You
recording of:
The Very Thought of You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:34
5Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
3:32
6Bewitched
3:33
7America the Beautiful
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1963-02-20)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1963-02-20)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
recording of:
America the Beautiful (on 1963-02-20)
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
2:23
8All the Way (With Celine Dion)
guest performer:
Céline Dion
performer:
Céline Dion and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
recording of:
All the Way (from “The Joker Is Wild”)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corporation OBO Maraville Music Corp, Maraville Music Corp., The International Music Network and Universal Music Corp. OBO Van Heusen Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
part of:
The 30th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1957 winner)
cover recording of:
All the Way (from “The Joker Is Wild”)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corporation OBO Maraville Music Corp, Maraville Music Corp., The International Music Network and Universal Music Corp. OBO Van Heusen Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
part of:
The 30th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1957 winner)
3:55
9In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
recording engineer:
John Palladino
producer:
Voyle Gilmore
cello:
Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher (cellist) and Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller)
double bass:
Morty Corb (bass, USA) and Meyer "Mike" Rubin (US bassist 1930s - 1960s)
drums (drum set):
Louis Singer (percussionist)
guitar:
George van Eps
harp:
Kathryn Julye
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist)
viola:
Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris (US big band viola player), Paul Robyn and Dave Sterkin
violin:
Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, David Frisina, Henry Hill (Violin player), Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell (violinist), Paul Shure, Felix Slatkin and Marshall Sosson
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1955-02-17)
orchestra:
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (on 1955-02-17)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1955-02-17)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
recorded at:
KHJ Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-02-17)
recording of:
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (on 1955-02-17)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
David Mann (American songwriter)
publisher:
Better Half Music Company, Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne Music Ltd., Redd Evans Music Company and Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
33:03
10The Way You Look Tonight
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-01-27)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-01-27)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1964-01-27)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1964-01-27)
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)
2.853:23
11Three Coins in a Fountain
recording of:
Three Coins in the Fountain
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Robbins Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 27th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1954 winner)
3:07
12Softly as I Leave You
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-07-17)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-07-17)
arranger:
Ernie Freeman
cover recording of:
Softly, as I Leave You (on 1964-07-17)
lyricist:
Giorgio Calabrese
composer:
Antonio DeVita
translator:
Hal Shaper
publisher:
Curci USA Corp., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music (publisher)
translated version of:
Piano
recording of:
Softly, as I Leave You
lyricist:
Giorgio Calabrese
composer:
Antonio DeVita
translator:
Hal Shaper
publisher:
Curci USA Corp., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music (publisher)
translated version of:
Piano
12:54
13All or Nothing at All
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-05-16)
engineer:
Eddie Brackett (on 1966-05-16) and Lee Herschberg (on 1966-05-16)
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (on 1966-05-16)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1966-05-16)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1966-05-16)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle (on 1966-05-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC (in 1966, in 2009)
cover recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1966-05-16)
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)
3.54:02
14Yesterday
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-02-20)
engineer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
bass:
Chuck Berghofer (Jazz bassist)
celesta and harpsichord:
Lou Levy
cello:
Justin Ditullio, Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten and Jacqueline Lustgarten
drums (drum set):
John Guerin
French horn:
John Cave (french horn), Vincent DeRosa and Richard Perissi
guitar:
Al Viola
harp:
Kathryn Julye
percussion:
Emil Richards
piano:
Lou Levy and Bill Miller (pianist)
saxophone and woodwind:
Gene Cipriano, Justin Gordon (Justin S. Gordon; American jazz saxophonist and multi-wind instrumentalist (1917-1998)), Lloyd Hildebrand (Woodwind, Bassoon, Clarinet player), Ronny Lang, Don Lodice and Bud Shank
viola:
Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harshman (violist), Alexander Neiman (violist) and Paul Robyn
violin:
Israel Baker (American violinist), Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman (Session Musician/Violin), Nathan Ross, Mischa Russell (violinist), Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1969-02-20)
conductor:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer) (, on 1969-02-20)
arranger:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1969)
cover recording of:
Yesterday (original by The Beatles) (on 1969-02-20)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Northern Songs, Sony/ATV, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) (from 1965 to present)
2.53:59
15Moonlight Serenade
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-11-29)
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
bass:
Ed Gilbert and Ralph Peña
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone)
bassoon:
Lloyd Hildebrand (Woodwind, Bassoon, Clarinet player) and Jack Marsh
cello:
Jesse Ehrlich, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher (cellist), Nino Rosso (cellist), Harold Schneier (cellist) and Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller)
clarinet:
Ronny Lang and Ted Nash (75- US saxophonist, the nephew)
drums (drum set):
Irv Cottler
flute:
Wilbur Schwartz
French horn:
Vincent DeRosa, William Hinshaw (American horn player) and Richard Perissi
guitar:
Al Viola
harp:
Kathryn Julye
instruments:
Victor Bay
oboe:
Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player)
percussion:
Larry Bunker
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist)
saxophone:
Gene Cipriano, Chuck Gentry and Harry Klee
trombone:
Urbie Green and Pullman “Tommy” Pederson
viola:
Joe Di Fiore, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris (US big band viola player), Maxine Johnson, Paul Robyn and Barbara Simons
violin:
Thelma Beach, Alex Beller, Emil Briano (Violinist), Herman Clebanoff, William Kurasch, Alex Murray (violinist), Ambrose Russo (Violinist), Ralph Schaeffer, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor) and Tibor Zelig
woodwind:
Chuck Gentry, Justin Gordon (Justin S. Gordon; American jazz saxophonist and multi-wind instrumentalist (1917-1998)) and Harry Klee
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1965-11-29)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1965-11-29)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (sung version with lyrics by Mitchell Parish) (on 1965-11-29)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) 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)
version of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
23:30
16What Now My Love (With Aretha Franklin)
recording of:
What Now My Love
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
translated version of:
Et maintenant
3:17
17Mrs. Robinson
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-02-24)
engineer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1969-02-24)
conductor:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer) (on 1969-02-24)
arranger:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1969)
cover recording of:
Mrs. Robinson (on 1969-02-24)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Charing Cross Music (Paul Simon’s publishing company), Pattern Music Ltd (publisher), Paul Simon Music, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
2.652:56
18Something
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1979-12-03)
cello:
Barbara Badgley (on 1979-12-03), Marie Fera (on 1979-12-03), Paula Hochhalter (on 1979-12-03), Igor Horoshevsky (on 1979-12-03), Ray Kramer (on 1979-12-03), Carolisa Lindberg (on 1979-12-03), Robert Martin (cellist, Sequoia String Quartet) (on 1979-12-03), Nils Oliver (cellist) (on 1979-12-03), Harry Shlutz (on 1979-12-03), Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller) (on 1979-12-03), David Speltz (on 1979-12-03) and Gloria Strassner (on 1979-12-03)
double bass:
Árni Egilsson (on 1979-12-03), Gene Cherico (on 1979-12-03), Chuck Domanico (American bassist) (on 1979-12-03), John Hornschuch (on 1979-12-03), Peter Mercurio (on 1979-12-03) and Meyer "Mike" Rubin (US bassist 1930s - 1960s) (on 1979-12-03)
drums (drum set):
Irv Cottler (on 1979-12-03)
guitar:
Al Viola (on 1979-12-03)
harp:
Catherine Gotthoffer (US harpist) (on 1979-12-03)
viola:
Denyse Buffum (on 1979-12-03), James Dunham (viola player) (on 1979-12-03), Pamela Goldsmith (American violist) (on 1979-12-03), Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1979-12-03), Lou Kievman (violist) (on 1979-12-03), Archie Levin (on 1979-12-03), Patricia Mathews (violist) (on 1979-12-03), David Schwartz (violist) (on 1979-12-03), Leeana Sherman (on 1979-12-03), Barbara Simons (on 1979-12-03), Barbara Thomason (on 1979-12-03) and Alan de Veritch (on 1979-12-03)
violin:
Jerome Webster (Violinist) (from 1979-02-03 until 1979-12-03), Judith Aller (on 1979-12-03), Thelma Beach (on 1979-12-03), Norman Carr (on 1979-12-03), Ron Clark (violinist) (on 1979-12-03), Isabelle Daskoff (on 1979-12-03), Glenn Dicterow (violinist) (on 1979-12-03), Ronald Folsom (on 1979-12-03), Harris Goldman (on 1979-12-03), Joseph Goodman (violin) (on 1979-12-03), Debbie Grossman (on 1979-12-03), Bill Hybel (on 1979-12-03), William Hymanson (on 1979-12-03), Anatol Kaminsky (on 1979-12-03), Nathan Kaproff (on 1979-12-03), Ezra Kliger (on 1979-12-03), Bernard Kundell (on 1979-12-03), Kathleen Lenski (on 1979-12-03), Marvin Limonick (on 1979-12-03), Mary Lundquist (on 1979-12-03), 松田洋子 (Yoko Matsuda, violinist) (on 1979-12-03), Nathan Ross (on 1979-12-03), John Sambuco (on 1979-12-03), Erica Sharp (on 1979-12-03), Ross Shub (on 1979-12-03), Paul Shure (on 1979-12-03), Joseph Stepansky (on 1979-12-03), Robert Sushel (on 1979-12-03), Ilkka Talvi (violinist) (on 1979-12-03), David Turner (string player) (on 1979-12-03), Dorothy Wade (Violinist) (on 1979-12-03) and 渡辺實和子 (Miwako Watanabe) (on 1979-12-03)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1979-12-03)
orchestra:
Vincent Falcone, Jr. & His Orchestra (on 1979-12-03)
conductor:
Vincent Falcone, Jr. (on 1979-12-03)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
recorded at:
The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, United States (on 1979-12-03)
cover recording of:
Something (on 1979-12-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Harrisongs Ltd. and Nichion Synch Division (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
14:52
19You Are the Sunshine of My
recording of:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:40
20Send in the Clowns
recording of:
Send In the Clowns (A Little Night Music)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Fiddleback Music Publishing Co., Inc., Revelation Music Publishing Corp., Rilting Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner/Chappell North America
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:
A Little Night Music (musical)
3:43
21It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
3:45
22The Best of Everything
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1984-04-16)
recording engineer:
Phil Ramone (on 1984-04-16)
assistant engineer:
Elliot Scheiner and Allen Sides
producer:
Quincy Jones
mixer:
Phil Ramone
solo alto saxophone:
Frank Wess (on 1984-04-16)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1984-04-16)
orchestra:
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra (on 1984-04-16)
conductor:
Quincy Jones (on 1984-04-16)
arranger:
Joe Parnello (American pianist, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
The Best of Everything (on 1984-04-16)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb (lyricist)
composer:
John Kander (composer)
publisher:
Fiddleback Music Publishing Co., Inc. and Kander & Ebb, Inc.
12:47