Moonlight Sinatra
Moonlight Sinatra | ||||
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Studio album by Frank Sinatra | ||||
Released | March 1966 (1966-03) | |||
Recorded | November 29–30, 1965, Hollywood | |||
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Length | 32:18 | |||
Label | Reprise FS 1018 | |||
Producer | Sonny Burke | |||
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Moonlight Sinatra is a studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the Moon, and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. Moonlight Sinatra marked Sinatra's final collaboration with Riddle.
The title of the album is a reference to Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
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Allmusic | link |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
Track listing
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:46
- "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:03
- "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26
- "Reaching for the Moon" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 2:53
- "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12
- "The Moon Got in My Eyes" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52
- "Moonlight Mood" (Harold Adamson, Peter DeRose) – 3:08
- "Moon Love" (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony) – 4:14
- "The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 3:04
Complete personnel
- Frank Sinatra – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
- Bill Miller – Piano
- Al Viola – Guitar
- Ralph Peña, Eddie Gilbert – Bass
- Irving Cottler – Drums
Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10:
30-November-1965 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. United Recording "A" (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Cappy Lewis (tpt); Urbie Green, Tom Shepard, Tommy Pederson (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Lloyd Hildebrand, Jack Marsh (bsn); Norman Benno, Gene Cipriano (oboe); Willie Schwartz, Ronny Lang (fl); Justin Gordon, Chuck Gentry, Harry Klee (wwd); Gerald Vinci, Alex Beller, Thelma Beach, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Anatol Kaminsky, Bonnie Douglas, James Getzoff, Jacques Gasselin, Emo Neufeld, Ralph Schaeffer, Victor Amo, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, David Frisina, Alex Murray, Israel Baker, Victor Bay (vln); Paul Robyn, Alex Neiman, Barbara Simons, Allan Harshman, Stanley Harris, Alvin Dinkin (via); Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten, Harold Schneier, Anne Goodman, Nino Rosso (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Vincent Terri, Al Viola (g); Ralph Peña, Eddie Gilbert (b); Irving Cottler (d); Victor Feldman (perc); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9:
29-November-1965 (Monday) - Hollywood.
Tommy Pederson, Urbie Green (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Ted Nash, Ronny Lang (cit); Jules Jacob (oboe); Lloyd Hildebrand, Jack Marsh (bsn); Willie Schwartz, Gene Cipriano, Chuck Gentry, Harry Klee (sax); Gerald Vinci, Emil Briano, Ambrose Russo, Herman Clebanoff, Tibor Zelig, Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, John De Voogdt, Darrel Terwilliger, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, Alex Murray, Ralph Schaeffer, William Kurasch, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Nathan Ross (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons, Joseph Di Fiore, Alvin Dinkin (via); Kurt Reher, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin, Harold Schneier, Jesse Ehrlich, Nino Rosso (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Ralph Peña, Eddie Gilbert (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker (perc); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 June 1966). "Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 274. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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