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Sinatra started out singing with the big bands in 1939, first joining Harry James in June of that year for “From the Bottom of My Heart,” and going to record “All Or Nothing At All,”which they cut on August 31, 1939 (it went to No. 1 in 1943 after being re-released by Columbia). That is our first song. Frank’s first No. 1 was not, strictly speaking...

There are few songs that are more closely associated with Sinatra than“Nancy (With The Laughing Face),” it reminds us all that Nancy was the name of his wife and eldest daughter, but did you know the song was co-written by comedian, Phil Silvers? At his second session for Capitol Records, in late April 1953, Frank cut a classic with Nelson Riddle a...

The Concert Sinatra album, released in 1963, could almost have been called Frank Sings Richard Rodgers, as six of the eight songs come from Rodgers’ pen and one or other of his writing partners, Oscar Hammerstein III or Lorenz Hart. For many, this is one of Frank’s most fulfilling albums of his early Reprise career. The huge orchestra cushioned Fra...

Sinatra, of course, made a habit of making jazz standards his own. The list is long, but a few highlights are worth mentioning, like “My Funny Valentine,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got a Crush On You,” and “People Will Say We’re in Love.” Whether it was Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rogers & Hart, or someone else, the Chairman of the Board kne...

It’s hard to imagine Christmas without the voice of Frank Sinatra. The singer became inextricably linked to the holiday in the late 1940s when he released Christmas Songs By Sinatra, the first Frank Sinatra Christmas album, arranged by the redoubtable Axel Stordahl. It contained eight traditional holiday songs, beginning with “White Christmas” (a s...