My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra [2 CD]

• Artist: Frank Sinatra
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1997
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

Although there are many who feel that Frank Sinatra's greatest material was recorded in the 1950s, there are others who hold that his best studio singing really came during his time with Capitol and with his own label, Reprise, in the '60s and '70s. It is probably an unsolvable debate, but as this two-disc, 46-track set of key cuts from his Capitol and Reprise years shows, Sinatra grew comfortably into his voice and phrasing during these years, learning to stay away from his limitations and work steadily toward his strengths, all with a clear sense of his public image. As a result, the songs collected here are probably the casual fan's main recollection of Sinatra, and for that reason alone this anthology makes a fine place to start. The songs that built his modern image -- "My Way," "Strangers in the Night," "My Kind of Town" -- are all here. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
My Way	Paul Anka, Jacques Revaux, Claude François, Gilles Thibault	Frank Sinatra	(4:35)
Strangers in the Night	Bert Kaempfert, Eddie Snyder, Charlie Singleton	Frank Sinatra	(2:35)
Theme from New York, New York	John Kander, Fred Ebb	Frank Sinatra	(3:25)
I Get a Kick Out of You	Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	(3:14)
Somethin' Stupid	C. Carson Parks	Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra	(2:38)
Moon River	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Frank Sinatra	(3:18)
What Now, My Love?	Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Leroyer	Frank Sinatra	(2:29)
Summer Wind	Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer, Hans Bradtke	Frank Sinatra	(2:54)
For Once in My Life	Orlando Murden, Ron Miller	Frank Sinatra	(2:51)
Love and Marriage	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra	(1:29)
They Can't Take That Away from Me	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Frank Sinatra	(2:41)
My Kind of Town	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra	(3:08)
Fly Me to the Moon	Bart Howard	Frank Sinatra, Count Basie Orchestra	(2:29)
I've Got You Under My Skin	Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	(3:30)
The Best Is Yet to Come	Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh	Frank Sinatra	(2:53)
It Was a Very Good Year	Ervin Drake	Frank Sinatra	(4:26)
Come Fly with Me	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra	(3:10)
That's Life	Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay Thompson	Frank Sinatra	(3:06)
The Girl from Ipanema	Vinícius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim	Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim	(3:13)
The Lady Is a Tramp	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Frank Sinatra, Woody Herman	(3:04)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	Jim Croce	Frank Sinatra	(2:49)
Mack the Knife	Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht	Frank Sinatra	(4:51)
Love's Been Good to Me	Rod McKuen	Frank Sinatra	(3:23)
L.A. Is My Lady	Quincy Jones, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Peggy Lipton Jones	Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones & His Orchestra	(3:13)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Let's Face the Music and Dance	Irving Berlin	Frank Sinatra	(2:58)
Come Rain or Come Shine	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	Frank Sinatra	(4:05)
Night and Day	Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	(3:37)
The Very Thought of You	Ray Noble	Frank Sinatra	(3:31)
Pennies from Heaven	Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston	Frank Sinatra	(3:28)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Frank Sinatra	(2:59)
America the Beautiful	Samuel A. Ward, Katherine Lee Bates	Frank Sinatra	(2:20)
All the Way	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra	(3:29)
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Bob Hilliard, David Mann	Frank Sinatra	(2:43)
The Way You Look Tonight	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields	Frank Sinatra	(3:23)
Three Coins in the Fountain	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	Frank Sinatra	(3:45)
Softly, As I Leave You	Hal Shaper, Giorgio Calabrese, Antonio de Vita	Frank Sinatra	(2:52)
All or Nothing at All	Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman	Frank Sinatra	(3:58)
Yesterday	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	Frank Sinatra	(3:56)
Moonlight Serenade	Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish	Frank Sinatra	(3:28)
Somewhere My Love	Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster	Frank Sinatra	(2:17)
Mrs. Robinson	Paul Simon	Frank Sinatra	(2:53)
Something	George Harrison	Frank Sinatra	(3:32)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Stevie Wonder	Frank Sinatra	(2:35)
Send in the Clowns	Stephen Sondheim	Frank Sinatra	(4:12)
It Had to Be You	Isham Jones, Gus Kahn	Frank Sinatra	(3:56)
The Best of Everything	John Kander, Fred Ebb	Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones	(2:47)

Credits

Frank Sinatra (Main Performer), Gordon Jenkins (Arranger), Quincy Jones (Arranger), Billy May (Arranger), Gene Shaw (Photography), Neal Hefti (Arranger), Nancy Sinatra (Performer), Billy Strange (Arranger), Keith Blake (Digital Mastering), Billy Byers (Arranger), Claus Ogerman (Arranger), Don Costa (Arranger), Frank Foster (Arranger), Ernie Freeman (Arranger), Lennie Hayton (Arranger), Jerry Hey (Arranger), Antonio Carlos Jobim (Performer), Johnny Mandel (Arranger), Nelson Riddle (Arranger), Dom Um Romão (Drums), Torrie Zito (Arranger), Joe Parnello (Arranger), Ed Thrasher (Photography), Herman Leonard (Photography), Ryan Art (Design), Bill Miller (Conductor), Dave Matthews (Arranger), Tony McGuinness (Art Direction), Tony McGuinness (Concept)