His Way: The Very Best of Frank Sinatra Volume 1

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

Annotation

CD package lists only 19 tracks but has 20. Track 18 is listed as "The Way You Look Tonight," and track 19 is listed as "Swinging on a Star."

Tracklist

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1There's No Business Like Show Business
recording of:
There’s No Business Like Show Business (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
3:21
2Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
recording of:
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II
composer:
Richard Rodgers
publisher:
EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music Ltd. and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:34
3Soliloquy
recording of:
Soliloquy (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II
composer:
Richard Rodgers
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
8:09
4Time After Time
recording of:
Time After Time
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Sands Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック
1:55
5On a Little Street in Singapore
recording of:
On a Little Street in Singapore
writer:
Peter de Rose and Billy Hill
2:47
6All or Nothing at All
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1939-08-31)
alto saxophone:
Claude Lakey (on 1939-08-31) and Dave Matthews (on 1939-08-31)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (on 1939-08-31)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Hawkins (on 1939-08-31)
guitar:
Red Kent (on 1939-08-31)
piano:
Jack Gardner (on 1939-08-31)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Luther (on 1939-08-31) and Drew Page (on 1939-08-31)
trombone:
Russell Brown (on 1939-08-31), Truett Jones (on 1939-08-31) and Dalton Rizzotto (on 1939-08-31)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1939-08-31), Harry James (on 1939-08-31), Jack Palmer (on 1939-08-31) and Jack Schaeffer (on 1939-08-31)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1939-08-31)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1939-08-31)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1939-08-31)
conductor:
Harry James (on 1939-08-31)
arranger:
Andy Gibson (on 1939-08-31)
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1939-08-31)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing, MCA, Inc., Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:56
7Ol' Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
4:10
8The House I Live In (That's America to Me)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-08-22)
bass:
Jack Ryan (on 1945-08-22)
cello:
Cy Bernard (on 1945-08-22), Arthur Kafton (on 1945-08-22) and Jack Sewell (on 1945-08-22)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-08-22)
French horn:
James Stagliano (on 1945-08-22)
guitar:
Perry Botkin (on 1945-08-22)
harp:
Ann Mason Stockton (on 1945-08-22)
piano:
Frank Leithner (on 1945-08-22)
trombone:
Peter Beilman (on 1945-08-22), Carl Loeffler (on 1945-08-22) and Elmer Smithers (on 1945-08-22)
trumpet:
Bruce Hudson (on 1945-08-22), Leonard Mach (on 1945-08-22) and Uan Rasey (on 1945-08-22)
viola:
Allan Harshman (on 1945-08-22), Maurice Perlmutter (on 1945-08-22) and Dave Sterkin (on 1945-08-22)
violin:
William Bloom (on 1945-08-22), Walter Edelstein (on 1945-08-22), Peter Ellis (on 1945-08-22), Sam Freed, Jr. (on 1945-08-22), David Frisina (on 1945-08-22), Howard Halbert (on 1945-08-22), Gerald Joyce (on 1945-08-22), Sol Kindler (on 1945-08-22), Samuel Levine (on 1945-08-22), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-08-22), Nicholas Pisani (on 1945-08-22) and Mischa Russell (on 1945-08-22)
woodwind:
Heinie Beau (on 1945-08-22), Leonard Hartman (on 1945-08-22), Harold Lawson (on 1945-08-22), Don Lodice (on 1945-08-22) and Fred Stulce (on 1945-08-22)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1945-08-22)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-08-22)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
The House I Live In (on 1945-08-22)
lyricist:
Lewis Allan
composer:
Earl Robinson
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and Music Sales Corporation
3:21
9Someone to Watch Over Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-07-30)
producer:
Bill Richards
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-07-30)
double bass:
John Ryan (on 1945-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-07-30)
flute:
John Mayhew (on 1945-07-30)
guitar:
George van Eps (on 1945-07-30)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (on 1945-07-30)
viola:
Sam Freed (on 1945-07-30)
violin:
David Frisina (on 1945-07-30) and Mischa Russell (on 1945-07-30)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1945-07-30)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-07-30)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1945-07-30)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc., WB Music Corp. (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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
3:20
10These Foolish Things
3:09
11Personality
recording of:
Personality (Sinatra / Johnson parody)
additional lyricist:
[unknown] (on 1946-03-20)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
parody version of:
Personality (1946 song)
2:19
12Tea for Two
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and 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 (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
2:41
13Five Minutes More
recording of:
Five Minutes More
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Melrose Music Corp.
2:38
14The Coffee Song
recording of:
The Coffee Song (1946 song)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Dick Miles
publisher:
Cromwell Music, Inc.
2:31
15Mam'selle
recording of:
Mam’selle
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Edmund Goulding
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
3:23
16The Trolley Song
cover recording of:
The Trolley Song (“‘Clang, Clang, Clang,’ Went the Trolley…”)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane
composer:
Hugh Martin
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:14
17Porgy and Bess Medley
5:25
18Somewhere Over the Rainbow
3:14
19The Way You Look Tonight
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (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 (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 (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc., 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. (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
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)
2:39
20Swinging on a Star
recording of:
Swinging on a Star
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co., Burke & Van Heusen, Inc. and Music Sales Corporation
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1944 winner)
2:35

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part of:His Way: The Very Best of Frank Sinatra (number: 1) (order: 1)