''Come Dance with Me!'' is the sixteenth studio album by American vocalist

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

, released on January 5, 1959. ''Come Dance with Me!'' was Sinatra's most successful album, spending two and a half years on the ''

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'' charts. Stereo Review wrote in 1959 that "Sinatra swaggers his way with effortless verve through an appealing collection of bouncy standards, aptly described in the album notes as 'vocals that dance'". At the Grammy Awards of 1960, ''Come Dance with Me!'' won the

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, as well as Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male.

Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet (TV series), The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad (TV series), T ...

won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement. ''Come Dance With Me'' stayed on Billboard's Pop album chart for 141 weeks, peaking at #2 for four weeks. The album remained in the top ten for 58 weeks, spending 29 weeks in the top ten in 1959 and another 29 weeks in the top ten in 1960.

CD releases

In 1987, Capitol released ''Come Dance with Me!'' on compact disc with four extra songs not found on the original LP. The album was again remastered in 1998 for the "Entertainer of the Century" series of Sinatra reissues. This version includes the same four bonus tracks found on the 1987 release.

Track listing

# " Come Dance with Me" (

Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premie ...

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 Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for ...

) – 2:31 # " Something's Gotta Give" (

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 Wallichs Music Cit ...

) – 2:38 # " Just in Time" (

Jule Styne Jule Styne ( ; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway theatre, Broadway musical theatre, musicals, including several famous frequ ...

, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:24 # " Dancing in the Dark" (

Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz. Biography Early life Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...

, Howard Dietz) – 2:26 # " Too Close for Comfort" ( Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss) – 2:34 # "

I Could Have Danced All Night "I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical ''My Fair Lady'', with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner,

" ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:40 # " Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Cahn, Styne) – 1:54 # " Day In, Day Out" ( Rube Bloom, Mercer) – 3:25 # " Cheek to Cheek" (

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) – 3:06 # " Baubles, Bangles & Beads" ( Robert Wright, George Forrest) – 2:46 # " The Song Is You" (

Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over ...

Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Award ...

) – 2:43 # "The Last Dance" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:11 #: ''CD reissue bonus tracks not included on the original 1959 release:'' # " It All Depends on You" ( B.G. DeSylva,

Lew Brown Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espec ...

Ray Henderson Ray Henderson (born Raymond Brost; December 1, 1896 – December 31, 1970) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was one-third of ...

) – 2:06 # "Nothing in Common" (duet with

Keely Smith Dorothy Jacqueline Keely (March 9, 1928The reference work ''The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet'' gives Smith's date of birth as March 9, 1932. – December 16, 2017), professio ...

) (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:32 # "Same Old Song and Dance" (Cahn, Van Heusen, Bobby Worth) – 2:52 # "How Are Ya' Fixed for Love?" (duet with

) (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:25

Personnel

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

(On "Nothing in Common" and "How Are Ya' Fixed for Love?" CD bonus tracks) *

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

, conductor * Heinie Beau - arranger Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1959 albums Frank Sinatra albums Capitol Records albums Grammy Award for Album of the Year Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Albums produced by Dave Cavanaugh Albums arranged by Billy May Albums conducted by Billy May Albums arranged by Heinie Beau Albums recorded at Capitol Studios