The V‐Discs

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1I Only Have Eyes for You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1943-10-17)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-10-17)
vocals:
Bobby Trucker Singers (on 1943-10-17) and Bobby Tucker (on 1943-10-17)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-10-17)
performer:
The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1943-10-17)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-10-17)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 245)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You (on 1943-10-17)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!)
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:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
3:58
2Kiss Me Again
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-10-17)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-10-17)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-10-17)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 246 (1))
cover recording of:
Mlle. Modiste: Act I. "Kiss Me Again" (Fifi) (on 1943-10-17)
lyricist:
Henry Blossom
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
part of:
Mlle. Modiste
recording of:
Kiss Me Again
writer:
Herbert ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
2:41
3(There’ll Be a) Hot Time in the Old Town of Berlin
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-10-17)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-10-17)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-10-17)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 246 (2))
cover recording of:
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (on 1943-10-17)
writer:
Joe Bushkin and John DeVries
2:28
4The Music Stopped
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (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 282)
recording of:
The Music Stopped (on 1943-11-14)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
2:58
5I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-11-14)
arranger:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
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 (1))
cover recording of:
I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night (on 1943-11-14)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Higher and Higher (1944 film)
3:00
6The 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)
2:40
7I’ll Be Around
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-11-14)
arranger:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
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 375 (1))
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Around (on 1943-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
1:39
8You’ve Got a Hold on Me
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 375 (2))
recording of:
You've Got a Hold on Me (on 1943-11-21)
writer:
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
2:32
9A 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.
3:09
10(I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) She’s Funny That Way
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 (2))
cover recording of:
She’s Funny That Way (on 1943-11-21)
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (composer) (in 1928)
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
22:14
11Speak Low
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-12-05)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-12-05)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-12-05)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 448 (1))
cover recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus) (on 1943-12-05)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
2:21
12Close to You
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-12-26)
vocals:
The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1943-12-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-12-26)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Liederkranz Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1943-12-26)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 448 (2))
cover recording of:
Close to You (on 1943-12-26)
writer:
Al Hoffman, Carl Lampl and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Casa David and Feadbach Music (on 1970-10-29)
3:13
13My Shining Hour
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-01-12)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-01-12)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-01-12)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 498 (1))
recording of:
My Shining Hour (The Sky’s the Limit) (on 1944-01-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1943)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1943)
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company) (ended), Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Harwin Music Corporation
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The Sky’s the Limit (1943 film)
2:25
14Long Ago and Far Away
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-02-09)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-02-09)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-02-09)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Long Ago (and Far Away) (on 1944-02-09)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (in 1944)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
included in:
Cover Girl (1944)
recording of:
Long Ago (and Far Away)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (in 1944)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
included in:
Cover Girl (1944)
2:45
15Some Other Time
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-05-17)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-05-17)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-05-17)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 681 (1))
cover recording of:
Some Other Time (on 1944-05-17)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Music Publishing Company of America, Quaytor Productions LLC, Universal PolyGram International (SESAC), Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases) and WC Music Corp.
2:36
16Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-05-17)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-05-17)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-05-17)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 681 (2))
cover recording of:
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are (on 1944-05-17)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
2:02
17Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-05-24)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-05-24)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-05-24)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 742 (1))
cover recording of:
Put Your Dreams Away (for Another Day) (on 1944-05-24)
lyricist:
Ruth Lowe and Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer)
composer:
Stephan Weiss
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Barton Music Corp., BMG Firefly, Cromwell Music, Inc. and Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
1:30
18And Then You Kissed Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-05-24)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-05-24)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-05-24)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 742 (2))
recording of:
And Then You Kissed Me (on 1944-05-24)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
3:05
19All the Things You Are
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-07-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-07-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 818 (1))
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1944-07-08)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
2:52
20All of Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-07-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-07-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 818 (2))
cover recording of:
All of Me (on 1944-07-08)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
1:41
21Nancy (with the Laughing Face)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-07-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-07-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 823)
recording of:
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) (on 1944-07-08)
lyricist:
Phil Silvers (actor)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recording of:
Nancy
writer:
Phil Silvers (actor) and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
3:39
22Mighty Lak’ a Rose
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-07-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-07-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 824)
cover recording of:
Mighty Lak’ a Rose (1901 song) (on 1944-07-08)
lyricist:
Frank Lebby Stanton
composer:
Ethelbert Nevin
arrangement of:
Mighty Like a Rose (Cliff Adams arrangement)
recording of:
Mighty Lak’ a Rose (1901 song)
lyricist:
Frank Lebby Stanton
composer:
Ethelbert Nevin
arrangement of:
Mighty Like a Rose (Cliff Adams arrangement)
3:42
23Falling in Love With Love
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-07-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-07-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1332 (2))
cover recording of:
Falling in Love With Love (on 1944-07-08)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:39
24Cradle Song (Brahms’ Lullaby)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-07-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-07-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1399 (1))
cover recording of:
The Cradle Song (Brahms’ Lullaby) (on 1944-07-08)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
translator:
Natalia Macfarren
included in:
Don’t Wake Your Mom (Shari Lewis video)
translated version of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied “Guten Abend, gute Nacht” (original for voice and piano)
2:47
25I’ll Follow My Secret Heart
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-08)
recording of:
Conversation Piece: Act One. I’ll Follow My Secret Heart (on 1944-07-08)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Conversation Piece: Act One
2:38
26There’s No You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-11)
recording of:
There’s No You (on 1944-10-11)
lyricist:
Thomas Montgomery Adair
writer:
G. Durgom
composer:
Hal Hopper
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
2:43
27Someone to Watch Over Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-09-27)
recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1944-09-27)
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)
2:07
2CD

Credits

Release

art direction:Howard Fritzson
Tony Sellari (graphic designer)
liner notes:Will Friedwald (Author, Music Critic)
George Simon (US jazz writer, critic & drummer)
Charles L. Granata (Author)
Roy Hemming (Author)
producer:Didier C. Deutsch
mastering:Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
mastered at:Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
ASIN:US: B000009NY9 [info]

Release group

Wikidata:Q7726886 [info]