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- Artist: Frank Sinatra
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- Release Date: 1943 -1952
- Total Time: 860:25
- Type: Compilation (best of), Box set
- Genre: Vocal Music
Review
A collection of a dozen fully packed CDs could seem like overkill for almost any recording artist, and probably will -- at least, for the uninitiated -- where Frank Sinatra is concerned. This is especially true of this release, given that it covers his Columbia recordings, which are usually regarded as his least interesting repertory. But they would be wrong, which becomes clear soon after one buys this set. True, Sinatra's most familiar persona -- that of the Vegas-based swinger -- was still many years away from anything represented by the music here, and the music is very much of its period, a mix of swing and sweet sounds, and pop with an emphasis on the latter and on romantic ballads. But the range of material is still striking, encompassing dance numbers and rhythm songs, jaunty, swinging sounds with more than a touch of serious jazz influence, and even a few numbers in the later sessions that anticipate the development of rock & roll -- and what Sinatra does with it all is amazing. And just to reassure the uninitiated, there are quite a few sides here that are more -- rather than less -- like the Capitol Records repertory that followed in the 1950s. The responsibility for the relative obscurity of Sinatra's 1940s output, and the lack of self-evident appeal of this set lies, ironically enough, with Columbia Records. For most of the first 35 years after he left the label, Columbia let most of his catalog of 285 officially released recordings lie fallow, doing little more across that time than return to the same two-dozen biggest hits. More than 100 of the tracks here never even made it onto vinyl, their last appearances being on 78-rpm shellac discs. So for those who haven't heard the Sinatra of the 1940s, or don't know his work well -- and that's nearly everybody, and everyone under 60 -- this set will prove a sublimely beautiful and overpowering experience. There was a reason why he was known as "the Voice" in those days, and practically every song here provides a vivid reminder.The first half-dozen discs here will provide modern listeners with all the explanation they'll ever need for the origins of the frenzied "bobby-soxer" fandom that Sinatra elicited in the early and mid-'40s. In those days, his was a profoundly beautiful voice, stunning really, that could overpower women with his intonation on a ballad in seconds; it's also eerie how he always sounds like he is singing directly to the listener, personally. The other half of the equation was that Sinatra was sufficiently macho so that male listeners could identify not only with the persona he presented but also resonate to the effect that the songs had on women; women were aroused by his singing, and he connected with men who appreciated both that effect and the qualities behind it. The harder rhythm numbers worked more generally and more directly on everyone, in a more conventional pop music context. Remastered in state-of-the-art sound -- some of the finest in Columbia Records' history to date on CD -- from original 78-rpm disc sources and lacquer masters in the case of the pre-1948 sides, this set provides a close and intimate look at the source of those reactions. Whether he's working with a choral accompaniment ("Close to You") to avoid the restrictions of the Musicians Union strike, or a string section, or a brassy accompaniment ("Saturday Night"), the singing and the accompaniments get their very best airing to date, and Sinatra's delicate intonation is downright (and literally) intoxicating when heard properly. This is the first time in two generations that audiences can hear 95 percent of the material here, and it is incredibly easy to get seduced by "the Voice." Young or old, male or female, it doesn't matter -- the listener keeps wanting more, which this set obliges in quintuplicate.
The arrangements, mostly by Axel Stordahl (and -- occasionally -- George Siravo), also glisten in all of their glory. The lacquer-mastered songs sound better than you might believe possible, and once you get to the tape masters from 1948 onward, the quality truly soars. The set also provides a close look at an era when songwriting really and truly mattered, and was as great a craft as singing, and Sinatra (who also contributed in that area here and there) -- when he was allowed to pick his repertory -- was one of the best judges of songwriting. The consistency across most of these 285 songs is astounding, even with the relative handful of clunkers here (mostly in the guise of novelty tunes that newly installed Columbia A&R chief Mitch Miller insisted Sinatra try in the last couple of years of his Columbia tenure). But even some of those novelty tunes are revealing of the singer's true range -- "Bim Bam Baby" may not be what one wants from a Sinatra record, but it showed that he could work in a beat-driven context not too far ahead of rock & roll. The set is packaged in a foot-tall wooden box that stands vertically and offers each CD in a separate case of its own, with an accompanying hardcover book. It was out of print as of 2007 but is also easy enough to find used online, and it's a great bargain in terms of what one gets. What's more, it's an essential acquisition, musically more than the equal of the Capitol and Reprise Sinatra collections and -- even more important -- for showcasing his (undeservedly) least-well-known work, and a body of music that is, otherwise, mostly unavailable (the alternative is the 96-song four-CD The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952, which offers the best 35 percent of what's here). It's not an easy thing to recommend a purchase of this size to ordinary listeners, but whatever it takes to save up for it, no real fans of the singer will be disappointed with what they get. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
Tracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Close to You | Al Hoffman, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:17) |
| You'll Never Know | Mack Gordon, Harry Warren | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) |
| Sunday, Monday or Always | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| If You Please | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | (2:51) |
| People Will Say We're in Love | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:19) |
| Oh, What a Beautiful Morning | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (2:55) |
| I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Frank Sinatra | (2:52) |
| A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Frank Sinatra | (3:13) |
| The Music Stopped | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Frank Sinatra | (2:59) |
| If You Are But a Dream | Frank Sinatra | (3:03) | |
| Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:43) |
| There's No You | Frank Sinatra | (3:26) | |
| White Christmas | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:22) |
| I Dream of You (More Than You Dream of Me) | Frank Sinatra | (3:07) | |
| I Begged Her | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:59) |
| What Makes the Sunset? | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:54) |
| I Fall in Love Too Easily | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:13) |
| Nancy (With the Laughing Face) [#] | Frank Sinatra | (3:19) | |
| Cradle Song | Johannes Brahms | Frank Sinatra | (3:06) |
| Ol' Man River | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (4:00) |
| Stormy Weather | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | Frank Sinatra, |
(4:13) |
| The Charm of You | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:59) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Embraceable You | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| When Your Lover Has Gone | Frank Sinatra | (2:52) | |
| Kiss Me Again | Victor Herbert, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:45) |
| She's Funny That Way | Richard Whiting, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:20) |
| My Melancholy Baby | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) | |
| Where or When | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:13) |
| All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:00) |
| Mighty Like a Rose | Ethelbert Nevin, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:23) |
| I Should Care | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) |
| Homesick, That's All | Gordon Jenkins | Frank Sinatra | (3:22) |
| Dream | Johnny Mercer | Frank Sinatra | (3:02) |
| A Friend of Yours | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | (3:01) |
| Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) | |
| Over the Rainbow [Alternate Take][#] | Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:25) |
| If I Loved You | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:03) |
| Lilly Belle | Frank Sinatra | (3:29) | |
| Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow | Frank Sinatra | (3:02) | |
| I've Got a Home in That Rock | Public Domain | Frank Sinatra | (3:10) |
| Jesus Is a Rock in the Weary Land | Public Domain | Frank Sinatra | (3:19) |
| Stars in Your Eyes | Adolph Green, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:45) |
| My Shawl | Xavier Cugat, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Frank Sinatra | (3:20) |
| You Go to My Head | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) |
| These Foolish Things | Harry Link, Jack Strachey, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) | Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk | Frank Sinatra | (2:47) |
| The House I Live In | Earl Robinson, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:20) |
| Day by Day | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| Nancy (With the Laughing Face) | Frank Sinatra | (3:20) | |
| You Are Too Beautiful | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra | (3:01) |
| America the Beautiful | Frank Sinatra | (2:32) | |
| Silent Night | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr | Frank Sinatra | (3:14) |
| The Moon Was Yellow | Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie | Frank Sinatra | (2:58) |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | Al Dubin, Harry Warren | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:12) |
| The Old School Teacher [#] | Willard Robison | Frank Sinatra | (3:12) |
| Just an Old Stone House | Alec Wilder | Frank Sinatra | (3:17) |
| Full Moon and Empty Arms | Sergei Rachmaninov, Buddy Kaye, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:13) |
| Oh! What It Seemed to Be | Frankie Carle, Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss | Frank Sinatra | (2:59) |
| I Have But One Heart | Marty Symes, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:13) |
| I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You | Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young | Frank Sinatra | (3:11) |
| Why Shouldn't I? | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (2:52) |
| Try a Little Tenderness | Harry Woods, Reginald Connelly, Jimmy Campbell | Frank Sinatra | (3:09) |
| Paradise | Nacio Herb Brown, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:38) |
| All Through the Day | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:01) |
| One Love | Leo Robin, David Rose | Frank Sinatra | (2:44) |
| Two Hearts Are Better Than One | Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer | Frank Sinatra | (2:49) |
| How Cute Can You Be? | Frank Sinatra | (2:42) |
CD 4
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| From This Day Forward | Adolph Green, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:02) |
| Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward | Frank Sinatra | (2:55) |
| Begin the Beguine | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (2:55) |
| Something Old, Something New | Frank Sinatra | (2:52) | |
| They Say It's Wonderful | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | Frank Sinatra | (2:32) |
| The Girl That I Marry | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:02) |
| I Fall in Love with You Every Day | Sam H. Stept | Frank Sinatra | (2:43) |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (2:57) |
| Home on the Range [#] | Frank Sinatra | (3:11) | |
| The Song Is You [#] | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:30) |
| Soliloquy, Pts. 1-2 | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (7:57) |
| Somewhere in the Night | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) | |
| Could 'Ja? | The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra | (2:27) | |
| Five Minutes More | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:35) |
| The Things We Did Last Summer | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| You'll Know When It Happens | Frank Sinatra | (2:54) | |
| This Is the Night | Ray Evans, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| The Coffee Song (They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil) | Bob Hilliard, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:30) |
| Among My Souvenirs [Alternate Take][#] | Edgar Leslie, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| I Love You | Frank Sinatra | (2:41) | |
| September Song | Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson | Frank Sinatra | (3:06) |
| Blue Skies | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (2:28) |
| Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:24) |
CD 5
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| O Come All Ye Faithful | Frank Sinatra | (2:36) | |
| Lost in the Stars | Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson | Frank Sinatra | (3:18) |
| Jingle Bells | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:33) | |
| Falling in Love with Love | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra | (2:45) |
| Hush-A-Bye Island | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Frank Sinatra | (3:19) |
| So They Tell Me | Frank Sinatra | (3:23) | |
| There's No Business Like Show Business [#] | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:19) |
| (Once Upon) A Moonlight Night | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) | |
| Strange Music [#] | Edvard Grieg, Robert C. Wright, George Forrest | Frank Sinatra | (2:59) |
| Poinciana [#] | Frank Sinatra | (3:19) | |
| The Music Stopped [#] | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) |
| Why Shouldn't It Happen to Us | Frank Sinatra | (3:11) | |
| Time After Time | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| It's the Same Old Dream | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| I'm Sorry I Made You Cry | Frank Sinatra | (3:04) | |
| None But the Lonely Heart [#] | Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:33) |
| The Brooklyn Bridge | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:35) |
| I Believe | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:02) |
| I Got a Gal I Love (In North and South Dakota) | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:42) |
| The Dum-Dot Song (I Put a Penny in the Gum Slot) | The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra | (2:57) | |
| All of Me [#] | Frank Sinatra | (2:35) | |
| It's All Up to You [#] | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra | (2:49) |
| My Romance [#] | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra | (3:22) |
CD 6
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Always [#] | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| I Want to Thank Your Folks | Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss | Frank Sinatra | (3:10) |
| That's How Much I Love You | Eddy Arnold, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:09) |
| You Can Take My Word for It Baby | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:31) | |
| Sweet Lorraine | Mitchell Parish, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| Always [Alternate Take][#] | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (2:55) |
| I Concentrate on You | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (3:04) |
| My Love for You [#] | Edward Heyman, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:51) |
| Mam'selle | Mack Gordon, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:20) |
| Ain'tcha Ever Comin' Back | Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, |
The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra | (2:44) |
| Stella by Starlight | Ned Washington, Victor Young | Frank Sinatra | (3:20) |
| There But for You Go I | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| Almost Like Being in Love | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | Frank Sinatra | (2:42) |
| Tea for Two | Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar | Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| My Romance | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | Frank Sinatra | (2:47) |
| Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year) | Irving Gordon, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:55) |
| The Stars Will Remember | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) | |
| It All Came True [#] | Sunny Skylar | Frank Sinatra | (2:32) |
| That Old Feeling | Lew Brown, Sammy Fain | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| If I Had You | Ted Shapiro, Reginald Connelly, Jimmy Campbell | Frank Sinatra | (3:06) |
| The Nearness of You | Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | Frank Sinatra | (2:40) |
| One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | Frank Sinatra | (3:04) |
CD 7
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| But Beautiful | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | (3:12) | |
| A Fellow Needs a Girl [Alternate Take][#] | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:11) |
| So Far [Alternate Take][#] | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| It All Came True | Sunny Skylar | Frank Sinatra | (2:52) |
| Can't You Just See Yourself? | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:57) |
| You're My Girl | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:09) |
| All of Me | Frank Sinatra | (2:44) | |
| I'll Make up for Everything | Frank Sinatra | (2:55) | |
| Strange Music [Alternate Take][#] | Edvard Grieg, Robert C. Wright, George Forrest | Frank Sinatra | (3:12) |
| Laura [#] | Johnny Mercer, David Raksin | Frank Sinatra | (3:12) |
| Night and Day [#] | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (3:39) |
| My Cousin Louella | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) | |
| We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye | Harry Woods | Frank Sinatra | (3:06) |
| S'posin' | Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker | Frank Sinatra | (2:45) |
| Just for Now | Frank Sinatra | (2:59) | |
| None But the Lonely Heart | Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:23) |
| The Night We Called It a Day [#] | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | Frank Sinatra | (3:21) |
| The Song Is You | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| What'll I Do? | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| Poinciana | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) | |
| (I Offer You the Moon) Señorita | Nacio Herb Brown, Edward Heyman | Frank Sinatra | (2:44) |
| The Music Stopped | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Frank Sinatra | (2:57) |
CD 8
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Mean to Me [Alternate Take][#] | Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| Spring Is Here [Alternate Take][#] | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra | (2:43) |
| Fools Rush In [Alternate Take][#] | Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) |
| When You Awake [Alternate Take][#] | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) | |
| It Never Entered My Mind [Alternate Take][#] | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra | (3:34) |
| I've Got a Crush on You | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Frank Sinatra, Bobby Hackett | (3:16) |
| Body and Soul | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton | Frank Sinatra, Bobby Hackett | (3:20) |
| I'm Glad There Is You | Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz | Frank Sinatra | (3:07) |
| I Went Down to Virginia | Ray Evans, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:09) |
| If I Only Had a Match | Arthur Johnston, George W. Meyer | Frank Sinatra | (3:10) |
| If I Steal a Kiss | Nacio Herb Brown, Edward Heyman | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| Autumn in New York | Vernon Duke | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| Everybody Loves Somebody | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) | |
| A Little Learnin' Is a Dangerous Thing, Pt. 1 | Sy Oliver, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:24) |
| A Little Learnin' Is a Dangerous Thing, Pt.2 | Sy Oliver, |
Pearl Bailey, Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| Ever Homeward | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:28) |
| But None Like You | Ray Noble | Frank Sinatra | (3:10) |
| Catana [#] | Eddie DeLange, A.C. Newman | Frank Sinatra | (3:13) |
| Why Was I Born? | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (2:49) |
| It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | Frank Sinatra | (3:25) | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | Frank Sinatra | (3:01) | |
| White Christmas | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| For Every Man There's a Woman | Harold Arlen, Leo Robin | Frank Sinatra | (2:50) |
CD 9
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Help Yourself to My Heart [#] | Buddy Kaye | Frank Sinatra | (3:14) |
| Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | Frank Sinatra | (2:33) |
| If I Forget You | Irving Caesar | Frank Sinatra | (3:11) |
| Where Is the One? | Alec Wilder, Eddie Finckel | Frank Sinatra | (2:47) |
| When Is Sometime? | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | (2:42) |
| It Only Happens When I Dance with You | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (3:18) |
| A Fella with an Umbrella | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (2:31) |
| Nature Boy | Eden Ahbez | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:18) |
| Sunflower | Mack David | Frank Sinatra | (2:53) |
| Once in Love with Amy [#] | Frank Loesser | Frank Sinatra | (2:54) |
| Once in Love with Amy | Frank Loesser | Frank Sinatra | (3:00) |
| Why Can't You Behave? | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (3:18) |
| Bop! Goes My Heart | Walter Bishop, Jr., Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:04) |
| Comme Si Comme Sa | Frank Sinatra | (2:54) | |
| No Orchids for My Lady | Jack Strachey, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:38) |
| While the Angelus Was Ringing (Les Trois Cloches) | Frank Sinatra | (2:45) | |
| If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | (2:45) |
| Kisses and Tears [#] | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:44) |
| Some Enchanted Evening | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:07) |
| Bali Ha'i | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| The Right Girl for Me | Betty Comden, Adolph Green, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| Night After Night | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston | Frank Sinatra | (3:09) |
| The Hucklebuck | Andy Gibson, Roy Alfred | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:00) |
| It Happens Every Spring | Frank Sinatra | (3:01) |
CD 10
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk | Irving Berlin | Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, |
(2:59) |
| (Just One Way to Say) I Love You | Irving Berlin | Frank Sinatra | (2:30) |
| It All Depends on You | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Frank Sinatra | (2:43) |
| Bye Bye Baby | Leo Robin, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra, The Pastels | (2:37) |
| Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) | Joe Marsala | Frank Sinatra | (3:17) |
| Every Man Should Marry [#] | Benny Davis, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:05) |
| If I Ever Love Again | Frank Sinatra | (2:58) | |
| We're Just a Kiss Apart | Leo Robin, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (3:03) |
| Every Man Should Marry | Benny Davis, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:03) |
| The Wedding of Lili Marlene | Frank Sinatra | (3:09) | |
| That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) | Haven Gillespie, Harry Beasley Smith | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| Mad About You | Ned Washington, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:13) |
| (On the Island of) Stromboli | Frank Sinatra | (3:16) | |
| The Old Master Painter | Haven Gillespie, Harry Beasley Smith | Frank Sinatra, The Modernaires | (2:24) |
| Why Remind Me | Frank Sinatra | (3:09) | |
| Sorry | Richard Whiting, |
Frank Sinatra, The Modernaires | (3:01) |
| Sunshine Cake | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:09) |
| (We've Got A) Sure Thing | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra, The Modernaires | (3:11) |
| God's Country | Haven Gillespie, |
Frank Sinatra, Ziggy Elman | (3:05) |
| Sheila | Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | (3:15) |
| Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:37) | |
| Kisses and Tears | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra, The Modernaires, Jane Russell | (2:45) |
| When the Sun Goes Down | Frank Sinatra, The Modernaires | (3:00) | |
| American Beauty Rose | Hal David, |
Frank Sinatra, Will Bradley | (2:34) |
CD 11
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Peach Tree Street | Frank Sinatra, |
Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra | (3:09) |
| Should I? | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Frank Sinatra | (2:23) |
| You Do Something to Me | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (2:32) |
| Lover | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra | (2:38) |
| When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) | Frank Sinatra | (2:28) | |
| It's Only a Paper Moon | Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose | Frank Sinatra | (1:55) |
| My Blue Heaven | Walter Donaldson, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:25) |
| The Continental | Con Conrad, Herbert Magidson | Frank Sinatra | (2:31) |
| Goodnight Irene | Leadbelly, John A. Lomax | Frank Sinatra | (2:49) |
| Dear Little Boy of Mine | Frank Sinatra | (2:41) | |
| Life Is So Peculiar | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:07) |
| Accidents Will Happen | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | (2:58) |
| One Finger Melody | Al Hoffman, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:39) |
| Remember Me in Your Dreams | Hal David, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:30) |
| If Only She'd Looked My Way | Ivor Novello | Frank Sinatra | (2:47) |
| London by Night | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) | |
| Meet Me at the Copa [#] | Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl | Frank Sinatra | (3:10) |
| Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento) | Frank Sinatra | (2:14) | |
| April in Paris | Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg | Frank Sinatra | (2:42) |
| I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest | Frank Sinatra | (2:41) | |
| Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) | Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby | Frank Sinatra, Billy Butterfield | (3:08) |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Frank Sinatra | (2:35) |
| Take My Love | Frank Sinatra, |
Frank Sinatra | (3:16) |
| I Am Loved | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (2:24) |
| You Don't Remind Me | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (2:48) |
| Love Means Love | Frank Sinatra | (3:02) | |
| Cherry Pies Ought to Be You | Cole Porter | Frank Sinatra | (2:20) |
CD 12
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Faithful | Frank Sinatra, |
(3:13) | |
| You're Still the One | Ned Washington, Victor Young | Frank Sinatra, Stan Freeman, |
(3:02) |
| There's Something Missing | Bennie Benjamin, |
Frank Sinatra, |
(3:18) |
| Hello, Young Lovers | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:32) |
| We Kiss in a Shadow | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (3:35) |
| I Whistle a Happy Tune | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Frank Sinatra | (2:30) |
| I'm a Fool to Want You | Frank Sinatra, |
Frank Sinatra, |
(2:55) |
| Love Me | Ned Washington, Victor Young | Frank Sinatra | (3:08) |
| Mama Will Bark | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:55) | |
| It's a Long Way (From Your House to My House) | Frank Sinatra | (2:44) | |
| Castle Rock | Al Sears, Ervin Drake, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:33) |
| Farewell, Farewell to Love | George Siravo, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:54) |
| Deep Night | Rudy Vallée, |
Frank Sinatra, |
(3:16) |
| A Good Man Is Hard to Find [#] | Frank Sinatra | (2:55) | |
| I Could Write a Book | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Frank Sinatra | (2:42) |
| I Hear a Rhapsody | Frank Sinatra | (3:04) | |
| Walking in the Sunshine | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:41) | |
| My Girl | Frank Sinatra | (2:24) | |
| Feet of Clay | Hy Zaret, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:56) |
| Don't Ever Be Afraid to Go Home | Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman | Frank Sinatra | (2:28) |
| Luna Rossa (Blushing Moon) | Frank Sinatra, |
(2:40) | |
| Birth of the Blues | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Frank Sinatra | (3:27) |
| Azure-Te (Paris Blues) | Bill Davis, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:33) |
| Tennessee Newsboy (The Newsboy Blues) | Frank Sinatra | (2:34) | |
| Bim Bam Baby | Frank Sinatra | (2:20) | |
| Why Try to Change Me Now? | Cy Coleman, |
Frank Sinatra | (2:49) |


