A Man and His Music

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A Man and His Music
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Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
Released1965
RecordedDecember 19, 1960 – October 21, 1965, Los Angeles and Hollywood
Genre
Length104:35
Label Reprise
2FS 1016
Producer Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
My Kind of Broadway
(1965)		A Man and His Music
(1965)		 Moonlight Sinatra
(1966)

A Man and His Music is a 1965 double album by Frank Sinatra. It provides a brief retrospective of Sinatra's musical career. The album won the 1967 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Contents

Instead of using the original recordings, which were made for RCA, Columbia and Capitol Records, and therefore not licensed for use by his then-current label, Reprise, Sinatra used re-recorded versions for the majority of the album's songs, culling tracks from his prior Reprise albums. Three songs were specifically recorded for the project: "I'll Never Smile Again", "Come Fly with Me" and "Love and Marriage". There is also a narration from Sinatra that runs throughout the album.

Approximately 2,000 copies of this album were originally released in a special wooden slipcase containing 3D artwork on the cover in the form of a metal plaque. Each copy was numbered and contained a signed card by Sinatra himself. The packaging also included a booklet highlighting Sinatra's career. A majority of these special "Man and His Music" LP's were given away as door prizes by Sinatra at a party in Palm Springs. The party celebrated the singer's 50th birthday, as well as the airing of Sinatra's 1965 NBC television special of the same name ( Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music ).

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Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" (Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss) (originally arr. by (); arr. by Nelson Riddle (1963)) - 3:10
  2. "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) (originally arr. by Andy Gibson (1939); arr. by Nelson Riddle (1965))- 4:26
  3. "I'll Never Smile Again" (1965 re-recorded version) (feat. Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians) (Lowe) (originally arr. by Fred Stulce (1940); arr. by Riddle (1965))- 2:49
  4. "There Are Such Things" (George W. Meyer, Stanley Adams, Abel Baer) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965))- 2:57
  5. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965))- 3:06
  6. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965))- 3:03
  7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965))- 4:46
  8. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) (originally arr. by Axel Stordahl (1942 & 1947); arr. by Don Costa (1965)) - 4:29
  9. "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss, Frankie Carle) (originally arr. by Stordahl (1946); arr. by (1965)) - 3:26
  10. "Soliloquy" (from Carousel ) (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 8:19
  11. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Stordahl (1944); arr. by (1965)) - 4:21
  12. "The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 4:40
  13. "From Here to Eternity" (Karger, Wells) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 2:44

Disc Two

  1. "Come Fly with Me" (1965 re-recorded version) (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Billy May (1958); arr. by (1965)) - 2:13
  2. "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springers) (originally arr. by Riddle (1958); arr. by (1965)) - 2:29
  3. "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Vicki Silvers) (originally arr. by Riddle (1956); arr. by (1965)) - 2:31
  4. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) (originally arr. by Riddle (1957); arr. by (1965)) - 2:43
  5. "Young at Heart" (Leigh, Johnny Richards) (originally arr. by Riddle (1953); arr. by (1965)) - 3:51
  6. "Witchcraft" (1965 re-recorded version) (Cy Coleman, Leigh) (originally arr. by Riddle (195); arr. by (1965)) - 2:52
  7. "All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle (1961); arr. by (1965)) - 3:27
  8. "Love and Marriage" (1965 re-recorded version) (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle (195); arr. by (1965)) - 1:29
  9. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) (originally arr. by Riddle (195); arr. by (1965)) - 3:26
  10. "Ring-a-Ding Ding" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Johnny Mandel (1961); arr. by (1965)) - 1:07
  11. "The Second Time Around" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 2:13
  12. "The Summit" (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr.) - 5:20
  13. "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" (Trio with Martin and Bing Crosby) (from Guys and Dolls) (Frank Loesser) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 2:31
  14. "Luck Be a Lady" (Loesser) (originally arr. by May (196); arr. by (1965)) - 2:25
  15. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 2:45
  16. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) (originally arr. by Quincy Jones (196); arr. by (1965)) - 2:30
  17. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Tony De Vita, Giorgio Calabrese) (originally arr. by (); arr. by (1965)) - 2:57
  18. "My Kind of Town" (1965 re-recorded version) (from Robin and the 7 Hoods) (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Riddle (196); arr. by (1965)) - 2:30
  19. "The September of My Years" (Cahn, Van Heusen) (originally arr. by Gordon Jenkins (196); arr. by (1965)) - 3:22

Personnel

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [2] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  2. ↑ "American album certifications – Frank Sinatra – A Man & His Music". Recording Industry Association of America.
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