''The Song Is You'' is a 1994

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by American singer

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...

. This five disc box set contains every studio recording Frank Sinatra performed with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, a few tracks of alternate recording takes, and a full disc of mostly-unreleased radio broadcasts. It is considered a definitive look at the first years of what would become a half-a-century long career.

Track listing

Disc one

#"The Sky Fell Down" ( Edward Heyman, Louis Alter) - 3:14 #"Too Romantic" ( Johnny Burke, James Monaco) - 3:11 #:Recorded on February 1, 1940 #"Shake Down the Stars" ( Ed DeLange,

Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Life and care ...

) #"Moments in the Moonlight" ( Richard Himber, Irving Gordon, Alvin Kaufman) #" I'll Be Seeing You" (

Sammy Fain Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatre. ...

, Irving Kahal) #:Recorded on February 26, 1940 #"Say It" ( Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) #" Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, Van Heusen) #:Recorded on March 4, 1940 #"The Fable of the Rose" (Bickley Reichner, Josef Myrow) #"This Is the Beginning of the End" ( Mack Gordon) #:Recorded on March 12, 1940 #"Hear My Song Violetta" ( Buddy Bernier, Robert Emmerich, Othmar Klase, Rudolph Inkesch) #" Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (

Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author. Life and career Bloom was born and died in New York City. He was Jewish. During his career, he wo ...

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...

) #"Devil May Care" (Burke,

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

) #:Recorded on March 29, 1940 #"April Played the Fiddle" (Burke, Monaco) #"I Haven't the Time to Be a Millionaire" (Burke, Monaco) #"

Imagination Imagination is the production or simulation of novel objects, sensations, and ideas in the mind without any immediate input of the senses. Stefan Szczelkun characterises it as the forming of experiences in one's mind, which can be re-creations ...

" (Burke, Van Heusen) #:Recorded on April 10, 1940 #" Yours Is My Heart Alone" ( Franz Lehár, , Fritz Löhner-Beda) #:Recorded on March 25, 1940 #"You're Lonely and I'm Lonely" ( Irving Berlin) #" East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (

Brooks Bowman Brooks Bowman (October 21, 1913 – October 17, 1937) composed the song " East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" which has become a jazz standard. Biography A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated from University School in that city, but ha ...

) #"Head On My Pillow" (Bissel Palmer, Pierre Connor) #"It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" (Berlin) #:Recorded on April 23, 1940 #" I'll Never Smile Again" ( Ruth Lowe) #"All This and Heaven Too" (DeLange, Van Heusen) #"Where Do You Keep Your Heart?" ( Al Stillman, Fred Ahlert) #:Recorded on May 23, 1940

Disc two

#" Whispering" ( Vincent Rose, Richard Coburn, John Schonberger) #:Recorded on June 13, 1940 #"Trade Winds" ( Cliff Friend,

Charles Tobias Charles Tobias (August 15, 1898 – July 7, 1970) was an American songwriter. Biography Born in New York City, United States, Tobias grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts with brothers Harry Tobias and Henry Tobias, also songwriters. He started hi ...

) #" The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (

Isham Jones Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Career Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, United States, to a musical and mining family. His father, Richard Isham Jones ...

, Gus Kahn) #:Recorded on June 27, 1940 #"The Call of the Canyon" ( Billy Hill) #"Love Lies" (

Carl Sigman Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in ...

, Ralph Freed, Joseph Meyer) #"I Could Make You Care" ( Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) #"The World Is in My Arms" ( Yip Harburg,

Burton Lane Burton Lane ( Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include '' Finian's Rainbow'' in 1947 and ''On a Clear Day You ...

) #:Recorded on July 17, 1940 #"

Our Love Affair "Our Love Affair" is a song recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Band in 1940. which reached No. 5 in the Billboard charts. Its music is by Roger Edens and lyrics are by Arthur Freed. It was written for the M-G-M musical '' Strike Up the ...

" (Freed, Roger Edens) #"Looking for Yesterday" (DeLange, Van Heusen) #"Tell Me at Midnight" (Clay A. Boland, Bickley Reichner) #" We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" ( Dick Robertson, Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels) #:Recorded on August 29, 1940 #"When You Awake" ( Henry Nemo) #"Anything" (DeLange, Frank Signorelli, P. Napoleon) #:Recorded on September 9, 1940 #"Shadows on the Sand" ( Stanley Adams,

Will Grosz Wilhelm Grosz (11 August 1894 – 10 December 1939) (sometimes credited as Hugh Williams) was an Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor. Wilhelm Grosz was born in Vienna. He studied music with Richard Robert, Franz Schreker and Guido Adler. I ...

) #"You're Breaking My Heart All Over Again" ( James Cavanaugh,

John Redmond John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was best known as lead ...

, Arthur Altman) #"I'd Know You Anywhere" (Mercer, Jimmy McHugh) #:Recorded on September 17, 1940 #"Do You Know Why?" (Burke, Van Heusen) #:Recorded on October 16, 1940 #"Not So Long Ago" (Reichner, Boland) #"

Stardust Stardust may refer to: * A type of cosmic dust, composed of particles in space Entertainment Songs * “Stardust” (1927 song), by Hoagy Carmichael * “Stardust” (David Essex song), 1974 * “Stardust” (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), 2012 * ...

" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) #:Recorded on November 11, 1940 #" Oh! Look at Me Now" ( Joe Bushkin,

John DeVries John DeVries (December 2, 1915 – April 17, 1992) was an American lyricist, interior designer and illustrator. He was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania in 1915. Collaborating with the pianist Joe Bushkin, he wrote the lyrics for many songs, the most ...

) #"You Might Have Belonged to Another" (P. West, L. Harmon) #:Recorded on January 6, 1941 #"You Lucky People, You" (Burke, Van Heusen) #"

It's Always You "It's Always You" is a song written by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics) for the 1941 film '' Road to Zanzibar''. In the film it was sung by Bing Crosby to Dorothy Lamour as they paddled a canoe up a jungle river. It was also u ...

" (Burke, Van Heusen) #:Recorded on January 15, 1941 #"I Tried" (Carl Nutter, Paul Hand, Clark Dennis) #:Recorded on January 20, 1941

Disc three

#"Dolores" (Loesser, Alter) #" Without a Song" ( Vincent Youmans,

Edward Eliscu Edward Eliscu (April 2, 1902 – June 18, 1998) was an American lyricist, playwright, producer and actor, and a successful writer of songs for films. Life Eliscu was born in Manhattan, New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in ...

Billy Rose Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with sh ...

) #:Recorded on January 20, 1941 #"Do I Worry?" ( Bobby Worth, Stanley Cowan) #" Everything Happens to Me" (

Matt Dennis Matthew Loveland Dennis (February 11, 1914 – June 21, 2002) was an American singer, pianist, band leader, arranger, and writer of music for popular songs. Biography Dennis was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His mother was a violi ...

, Tom Adair) #:Recorded on February 7, 1941 #"

Let's Get Away from It All "Let's Get Away from It All" is a popular song with music by Matt Dennis and lyrics by Tom Adair, published in 1941. The song is most commonly associated with Frank Sinatra (who had a hit with it as a member of The Pied Pipers while he was a part ...

" (Dennis, Adair) #:Recorded on February 17, 1941 #"I'll Never Let a Day Pass By" (Loesser, Victor Schertzinger) #"Love Me As I Am" (Loesser, Alter) #" This Love of Mine" (Sol Parker, Hank Sanicola,

) #:Recorded on May 28, 1941 #"I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest" (Mickey Stoner, Bud Green, Martin Block) #"You & I" ( Meredith Willson) #"Neiani" ( Axel Stordahl, Sy Oliver) #"Free for All" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) #:Recorded on June 27, 1941 #" Blue Skies" (Berlin) #:Recorded on July 15, 1941 #"Two In Love" ( Meredith Willson) #" Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song)" (Jesse Glick, Frederick Logan) #:Recorded on August 19, 1941 #"I Think of You" (J. Elliot, Don Marcotte) #"How Do You Do Without Me?" (Bushkin, DeVries) #"A Sinner Kissed An Angel" ( Mack David, Larry Shayne) #:Recorded on September 18, 1941 #" Violets for Your Furs" (Dennis, Adair) #" The Sunshine of Your Smile" (Leonard Cooke, Lillian Ray) #:Recorded on September 26, 1941 #" How About You?" (Lane, Ralph Freed) #:Recorded on December 22, 1941 #"Snootie Little Cutie" ( Bobby Troup) #:Recorded on February 19, 1942

Disc four

#"Poor You" (Harburg, Lane) #"I'll Take Tallulah" (Harburg, Lane) #"The Last Call for Love" (Harburg, Lane, M. Cummings) #:Recorded on February 19, 1942 #"

Somewhere a Voice Is Calling Somewhere may refer to: Music Albums * ''Somewhere'' (Eva Cassidy album) or the title song, 2008 * ''Somewhere'' (Keith Jarrett album), 2013 * '' Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein'', by Marina Prior, 1994 * ''Somewhere'', or ...

" (Eileen Newton, Arthur Tate) #:Recorded on March 9, 1942 #"Just As Though You Were Here" (DeLange,

John Benson Brooks John Benson Brooks (February 23, 1917, Houlton, Maine – November 13, 1999, New York City) was an American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer. Brooks worked early in his career as an arranger for Randy Brooks, Les Brown, Boyd R ...

) #" Street of Dreams" ( Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) #:Recorded on May 18, 1942 #" Take Me" (Bloom, David) #"Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Berlin) #:Recorded on June 9, 1942 #" In the Blue of Evening" (Adair, Alfred D'Artega) #"Dig Down Deep" (Walter Hirsch, Gerald Marks, S. Marco) #:Recorded on June 17, 1942 #" There Are Such Things" ( Stanley Adams, George W. Meyer, Abel Baer) #"Daybreak" ( Harold Adamson, Ferde Grofe) #"It Started All Over Again" ( Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) #:Recorded on July 1, 1942 #"Light a Candle In the Chapel" (Harry Pease, Ed G. Nelson, Duke Leonard) #:Recorded on July 2, 1942 #"Too Romantic" ake 2#:Recorded on February 1, 1940 #"Shake Down the Stars" ake 2#:Recorded on February 26, 1940 #"Hear My Song Violetta" (Take 2) #:Recorded on March 29, 1940 #"You're Lonely and I'm Lonely" ake 3#:Recorded on April 23, 1940 #"Our Love Affair" ake 2#:Recorded on August 29, 1940 #"Violets for Your Furs" ake 2#:Recorded on August 19, 1941 #" The Night We Called It a Day" (Dennis, Adair) #"The Lamplighter's Serenade" (Carmichael,

Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United St ...

) #" The Song Is You" ( Jerome Kern,

Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in the musical theater for almost 40 years. He won eight Ton ...

) #" Night and Day" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to ...

) #:Recorded on January 19, 1942

Disc Five (Radio Broadcasts)

#Theme: " I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" ( George Bassman, Ned Washington) #"Who?" (Kern, Otto Harbach, Hammerstein II) #"I Hear a Rhapsody" (George Fragos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre) #"I'll Never Smile Again" #"Half-Way Down the Street" (Fred Waring) #"Some of Your Sweetness (Got Into My Heart)" (J. Clayborn, G. Clayborn) #" Once in a While" #"A Little In Love" #"It Came to Me" #"Only Forever" #"Marie" #"Yearning" #"How Am I to Know" #"You're Part of My Heart" #Announcements #"You're Stepping On My Toes" #"You Got the Best of Me" #"That's How It Goes" #"When Daylight Dawns" #"When Sleepy Stars Begin to Fall" #"Goodbye Lover, Goodbye" #"One Red Rose" #"The Things I Love" #"In the Blue of Evening" #"Just As Though You Were Here" #Frank Sinatra's Farewell to the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra #"The Song Is You"

Personnel

- Vocals * Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra

References

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