Blue Eyes Essentials

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

Tracklist

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1April in Paris
recording of:
April in Paris
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:43
2Stardust
bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1940-11-11)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1940-11-11), Don Lodice (on 1940-11-11), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-11), Johnny Mince (on 1940-11-11) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-11-11)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1940-11-11), Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1940-11-11), Les Jenkins (on 1940-11-11) and Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1940-11-11), Ray Linn (on 1940-11-11) and Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1940-11-11)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-11-11)
vocals:
Connie Haines (in 1940), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (in 1940) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1940, on 1940-11-11)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader)
performer:
The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-11-11)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-11-11)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
13:12
3Bye, Bye, Baby
recording of:
Bye Bye Baby (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
part of:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949 musical based on novel of the same name by Anita Loos)
2:38
4Let Me Love You Tonight
recording of:
Let Me Love You Tonight
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
René Touzet (Cuban-born American composer, pianist and bandleader)
2:40
5Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:30
6A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-11-21)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-11-21)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-11-21)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 376 (1))
cover recording of:
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (on 1943-11-21)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
3:08
7Love Me as I Am
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1941-05-28)
bass:
Jack Kelleher (on 1941-05-28)
celesta and piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1941-05-28)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1941-05-28)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1941-05-28)
instruments:
Joe Bushkin (on 1941-05-28) and Mannie Gershman (on 1941-05-28)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1941-05-28), Don Lodice (on 1941-05-28), Manny Gershman (on 1941-05-28), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-05-28) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1941-05-28)
tenor saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1941-05-28), Don Lodice (on 1941-05-28) and Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-05-28)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1941-05-28), Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1941-05-28), Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-05-28) and Walter Mercurio (Jazz Trombone player) (on 1941-05-28)
trumpet:
Jimmy Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1941-05-28), Ziggy Elman (on 1941-05-28), Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1941-05-28) and Shorty Sherock (on 1941-05-28)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1941-05-28)
orchestra:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (on 1941-05-28)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1941-05-28)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1941-05-28)
cover recording of:
Love Me as I Am (on 1941-05-28)
writer:
Louis Alter and Frank Loesser
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation
3:09
8My Heart Tells Me
2:46
9How Deep Is the Ocean
recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
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)
2:56
10I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
3:21
11Not So Long Ago
bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1940-11-11)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1940-11-11), Don Lodice (on 1940-11-11), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-11), Johnny Mince (on 1940-11-11) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-11-11)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1940-11-11), Les Jenkins (on 1940-11-11) and Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1940-11-11), Ray Linn (on 1940-11-11) and Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1940-11-11)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-11-11)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader)
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-11-11)
recording of:
Not So Long Ago (on 1940-11-11)
writer:
Clay Boland and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Malvern Music Co.
3:03
12Poinciana
3:17
13I Won’t Dance
recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
is based on:
I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)
3:22
14Don’t Forget Tonight Tomorrow
recording of:
Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow
lyricist:
Jay Milton
composer:
Leo "Ukie" Sherin
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
2:27
15Our Love Affair
recording of:
Our Love Affair
lyricist:
Arthur Freed (in 1939)
composer:
Roger Edens (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
part of:
The 13th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1940 nominee)
2:59
16I’ve Had This Feeling Before
recorded in:
United States (on 1943-12-17)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-12-17)
orchestra:
The Treasury Ensemble (on 1943-12-17)
conductor:
David Broekman (on 1943-12-17)
arranger:
David Broekman
cover recording of:
I've Had This Feeling Before (on 1943-12-17)
writer:
Sam H. Stept
3:22
17From This Moment On
recording of:
From This Moment On (Kiss Me, Kate, 1953 film & 1999 Broadway revival casts only)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1950)
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
3:48
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