''Come Swing with Me!'' is the twenty-first studio album by American singer
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 in 1961.
The album is Sinatra's final
swing session with
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...
, as his next album, ''
Point of No Return
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'', would be composed mainly of
torch song
A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affect ...
s. In 1971 it was re-issued as a ten-track album under the name ''Sentimental Journey''. This album is possibly unique for the orchestral arrangement and stereophonic set-up by
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 ...
. Due to Capitol's signature "full-spectrum Stereo sound", the audience can distinctly hear the placement of specific orchestral pieces in the studio at the time of the recording (i.e., differences in brass sections from left, to right, to all together in the center). This is most apparent to the apt listener in the album's opening hit, "
Day by Day".
Track listing
Complete personnel
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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 ...
— Conductor (1–13), arrangement (1, 3–4, 6–7, 11–13)
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Heinie Beau — Arrangement (2, 5, 8–10)
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Nelson Riddle
Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including ...
— Conductor (14–16), arrangement (14–16)
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Skip Martin — Conductor (17), arrangement (17)
Tracks 1, 2, 7, 8:
20-March-1961 (Monday) - Hollywood.
Mannie Klein, Johnny Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, Zeke Zarchy, James Salko, Maurice Harris, Joe Graves (tpt); Pete Carpenter, Lew McCreary, Barrett O'Hara, Jimmy Priddy, Kenneth Trimble, Jimmy Hen- derson, Richard Kenney (tbn); Fred Fox, John Graas, Gale Robinson, William Culley (fr-h); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Tony Rizzi (g);
Joe Comfort (b); Phil Stephens (tuba);
Irving Cottler (d); Billy May, Heinie Beau (arr/cond).
Tracks 3, 4, 10, 11:
22-March-1961 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.
Mannie Klein, Johnny Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson, Zeke Zarchy, Joe Graves (tpt); Pete Carpenter, Lew McCreary, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard, Ken Shroyer, Kenneth Trimble, Jimmy Henderson (tbn); James Decker, Vincent DeRosa, Fred Fox, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bobby Gibbons (g); Joe Comfort (b); Phil Stephens (tuba); Irving Cottler (d); Billy May, Heinie Beau (arr/cond).
Tracks 5, 6, 9, 12:
21-March-1961 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.
Mannie Klein, Johnny Best, Conrad Gozzo, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson, Zeke Zarchy, Joe Graves (tpt); Pete Carpenter, Lew McCreary, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard, Ken Shroyer, Kenneth Trimble, Jimmy Henderson (tbn); James Decker, Arthur Maebe, Gene Sherry, Wally Linder (fr-h); Verlye Mills (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bobby Gibbons (g); Joe Comfort (b); Phil Stephens (tuba); Irving Cottler (d); Billy May, Heinie Beau (arr/cond).
Track 13:
30-April-1953 (Thursday) - Hollywood.
Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Mickey Mangano, Zeke Zarchy (tpt); Si Zentner, Joe Howard, Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart (tbn); Skeets Herfurt, Jack Dumont, Ted Nash, Ted Romersa, Joe Koch (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p);
Al Hendrickson (g); Phil Stephens (b);
Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller (October 7, 1925 – October 19, 1992) was an American Jazz drumming, jazz drummer. He was best known for playing drums on both Mitch Miller's recording of "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song), The Yellow Rose of Texas" and Stan Fr ...
(d); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).
Track 14:
8-December-1953 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.
Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock, Mickey Mangano (tpt); Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Jack Du- mont, Willie Schwartz, Sam Donahue, Buck Skalak, Joe Koch (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p); Bob Bain (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); a vocal group
Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).
Track 15:
7-March-1955 (Monday)- Hollywood.
Mickey Mangano, Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein (tpt); Ed Kusby, Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Walter Benson (tbn); Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz, Plas Johnson, Babe Russin, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Bill Miller, Ray Johnson (p); Jack Marshall (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Max Albright (marimba); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).
Track 16:
13-April-1960 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.
(No Record of Band). Singers: Mack McLean and Clark Yocum. Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).
Track 17:
6/7-March-1962 (Tue/Wed) - Hollywood.
Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Mickey Mangano (tpt); Tommy Pederson, Joe Howard, Ed Kusby, William Schaefer (tbn); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (alt/fl); Justin Gordon (sax/cit/fl); Jules Jacob (sax/cit/oboe); Chuck Gentry (bar/b-clt); Marshall Sosson, Erno Neufeld, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Amerigo Marino, James Getzoff, Victor Arno, Felix Slatkin (vln); Ray Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Justin DiTullio, Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Verlye Mills (harp); Bill Miller (p);
Al Viola
Alfred Viola (June 16, 1919 – February 21, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist who worked with Frank Sinatra for 25 years. He played the mandolin on the soundtrack of the film ''The Godfather''.
Biography
Viola grew up in an Italian famil ...
(g);
Ralph Pena (b); Irving Cottler (d);
Emil Richards
Emil Richards (born Emilio Joseph Radocchia; September 2, 1932 – December 13, 2019) was an American vibraphonist and percussionist.
Biography Musician
Richards began playing the xylophone aged six. In High School, he performed with the ...
(perc/tymp). Skippy Martin, Billy May (arr/cond).
References
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Frank Sinatra albums
1961 albums
Albums arranged by Billy May
Albums produced by Dave Cavanaugh
Capitol Records albums
Albums conducted by Billy May
Albums arranged by Heinie Beau
Albums recorded at Capitol Studios