Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

• Artist: Frank Sinatra
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• Release Date: 1955 10 17-1956 01 16
• Total Time: 43:59
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

After the ballad-heavy In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle returned to up-tempo, swing material with Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, arguably the vocalist's greatest swing set. Like Sinatra's previous Capitol albums, Songs for Swingin' Lovers! consists of reinterpreted pop standards, ranging from the ten-year-old "You Make Me Feel So Young" to the 20-year-old "Pennies From Heaven" and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Sinatra is supremely confident throughout the album, singing with authority and joy. That joy is replicated in Riddle's arrangements, which manage to rethink these standards in fresh yet reverent ways. Working with a core rhythm section and a full string orchestra, Riddle writes scores that are surprisingly subtle. "I've Got You Under My Skin," with its breathtaking middle section, is a perfect example of how Sinatra works with the band. Both swing hard, stretching out the rhythms and melodies but never losing sight of the original song. Songs for Swingin' Lovers! never loses momentum. The great songs keep coming and the performances are all stellar, resulting in one of Sinatra's true classics. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
You Make Me Feel So Young (Lyrics)	Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon	Frank Sinatra	(2:57)
It Happened in Monterey (Lyrics)	Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose	Frank Sinatra	(2:36)
You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me (Lyrics)	Al Dubin, Harry Warren	Frank Sinatra	(2:19)
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (Lyrics)	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Peter Norman	Frank Sinatra	(2:48)
Too Marvelous for Words (Lyrics)	Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting	Frank Sinatra	(2:29)
Old Devil Moon (Lyrics)	E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane	Frank Sinatra	(3:56)
Pennies from Heaven (Lyrics)	Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston	Frank Sinatra	(2:44)
Love Is Here to Stay	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Frank Sinatra	(2:42)
I've Got You Under My Skin (Lyrics)	Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	(3:43)
I Thought About You (Lyrics)	Johnny Mercer, James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra	(2:30)
We'll Be Together Again	Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer	Frank Sinatra	(4:26)
Makin' Whoopee (Lyrics)	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn	Frank Sinatra	(3:06)
Swingin' Down the Lane (Lyrics)	Isham Jones, Gus Kahn	Frank Sinatra	(2:54)
Anything Goes (Lyrics)	Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	(2:43)
How About You? (Lyrics)	Burton Lane, Ralph Freed	Frank Sinatra	(2:45)

Credits

Frank Sinatra (Main Performer), Frank Sinatra (Performer), Voyle Gilmore (Producer), Nelson Riddle (Arranger), Nelson Riddle (Conductor), Pete Welding (Liner Notes), Pete Welding (Compilation)

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