Frank Sinatra by John Dominis, c. 1965
Frank Sinatra & Judy Garland c. 1946
Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin arriving at Heathrow Airport, 1961
Frank Sinatra performing at Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, 1965
A Frank Sinatra Playlist: Personal Favorites
Would ya look at that? I’ve provided you with Frank Sinatra download links again. This time I’ve compiled a selection of some of my favorites spanning most of his career from the 1930s to the 1980s. Some will be quite familiar and others you have probably never heard. Some choices are obvious and others might make you give me serious side eye. Just wanted to do this for some people who have asked and hopefully provide a more diverse ~beginner’s playlist~ than one would typically find. I apologize for the fact that some of these will overlap with previous primers.
Official Recordings #1
All Alone, 1962
Close to You, 1957
Sunday, Monday, or Always, 1943
People Will Say We’re in Love, 1943
If You Are But a Dream, 1944
P.S. I Love You, 1957
Embraceable You, 1944
My Melancholy Baby, 1949
Dream, 1945
Someone to Watch Over Me, 1946
You Go to My Head, 1946
These Foolish Things, 1946
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance, 1946
Try a Little Tenderness, 1946
Paradise, 1946
Everything Happens to Me, 1957
Begin the Beguine, 1946
Lost in the Stars, 1949
It’s the Same Old Dream, 1947
Sweet Lorraine, 1947
Always, 1946
Mam’selle, 1947
Tea for Two, 1947
Blame It on My Youth, 1957
Body and Soul, 1947
It Could Happen to You, 1957
The End of a Love Affair, 1957
*This one turned out to be almost all 40s stuff, and totally by accident I’ve included nearly every song off the album The Voice of Frank Sinatra.Official Recordings #2
From the Bottom of My Heart, 1939
I Have Dreamed, 1963
Polka Dots and Moonbeams, 1940
Don’t Worry ‘bout Me, 1954
The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else), 1940
Dindi, 1967
Mood Indigo, 1955
Do I Worry?, 1941
(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know, 1956
All I Need is the Girl, 1968
Lost in the Stars, 1963
Same Old Song and Dance, 1959
Indian Summer, 1968
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, 1967
River, Stay ‘Way from My Door, 1960
Deep in a Dream, 1955
Can’t We Be Friends?, 1955
I Concentrate on You, 1967
Soliloquy, 1963
Medley: The Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered My Mind, 1981
Brazil, 1958
It All Depends on You, 1950
I’ll Be Around, 1955
I’m A Fool to Want You, 1951
The Birth of the Blues, 1953
Why Try to Change Me Now?, 1952
Dancing on the Ceiling, 1955
Official Recordings #3
Only the Lonely, 1958
The World We Knew, 1967
Goodby (She Quietly Says), 1970
I Wish I Were in Love Again, 1957
The Night We Called It a Day, 1957
Come Rain or Come Shine, 1962
I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do), 1946
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance, 1959
This is All I Ask, 1965
Granada, 1961
Here’s That Rainy Day, 1959
I Only Have Eyes for You, 1962
Lonely Town, 1958
I Can’t Get Started, 1959
I Wanna Be Around, 1964
September in the Rain, 1961
All or Nothing at All, 1962
Ebb Tide, 1958
When the Wind was Green, 1965
I Concentrate on You, 1961
We’ll Be Together Again, 1956
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good), 1957
Memories of You, 1962
Once Upon a Time, 1965
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), 1958
All of Me, 1954Live Recordings
Deep Night (with Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra), at the University of Michigan, 1940
Marie (with Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra), at the University of Michigan, 1940
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (with Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra), 1940
Marie (with Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra), June 12, 1940*
On the Road to Mandalay, in Australia, 1959
I Wish You Love (with Count Basie & Orchestra), at the Arie Crown Expo Center, 1965
In the Wee Small Hours (with Count Basie & Orchestra), at the Arie Crown Expo Center, 1965
Don’t Worry ‘bout Me (with Count Basie & Orchestra), at the Sands Hotel & Casino, 1966
Medley (with Sammy Davis Jr.), on the Sammy Davis Jr. show, 1966
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (with Count Basie & Orchestra), at the Sands Hotel & Casino, 1966
Where or When (with Count Basie & Orchestra), at the Sands Hotel & Casino, 1966
Ol’ Man River, at Royal Festival Hall, 1962
The Lady is a Tramp, at the Orpheum, 1957
When Your Lover Has Gone, at the Orpheum, 1957
Violets for Your Furs, at the Orpheum, 1957
My Funny Valentine, at the Orpheum, 1957
Glad to Be Unhappy, at the Orpheum, 1957
It’s Always You, at the Hollywood Bowl, 1943
Embraceable You, at the Hollywood Bowl, 1943
Night and Day, at Royal Festival Hall, 1962
Send in the Clowns, at Madison Square Garden, 1974
Without a Song, at the Sands Hotel & Casino, 1961
The Moon Was Yellow (and the Night Was Young), at the Sands Hotel & Casino, 1961
Somethin’ Stupid, at Caesar’s Palace, 1982
Theme from New York, New York, at Caesar’s Palace, 1982
I Can’t Get Started, at Caesar’s Palace, 1982
*Oops, didn’t mean to include 2 versions of Marie. Oh, well. Happy birthday. I apologize for not knowing the venues of these two performances.
Radio & Soundtrack Recordings
If I Didn’t Care, 1939
Make Believe (with Jane Powell), 1947
Lover, Come Back to Me, 1943
Tenderly, 1954
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, 1954
You Took Advantage of Me, 1954
My Heart Stood Still, 1943
My Love for You, 1939
Blue Skies (with Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra), outtake from Ship Ahoy, 1942
Just One of Those Things, soundtrack of Young at Heart, 1954
I Cried for You, soundtrack of The Joker is Wild, 1957
The Lady is a Tramp, soundtrack of Pal Joey, 1957
I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night, soundtrack of Higher and Higher, 1943
The Right Girl for Me, soundtrack of Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1948
Lonesome Man Blues, soundtrack of Meet Danny Wilson, 1952
Necessity, soundtrack of unfinished film Finian’s Rainbow, 1954
The Tender Trap (piano version), soundtrack of The Tender Trap, 1955
You’re Sensational, soundtrack of High Society, 1956
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, soundtrack of Pal Joey—unused in final cut, 1957
All My Tomorrows, soundtrack of A Hole in the Head, 1959
La Ci Darem La Mano (with Kathryn Grayson), soundtrack of It Happened in Brooklyn, 1947
Frank Sinatra and his dog Ringo photographed in his Palm Springs home by John Bryson for the December 14, 1965 issue of Look magazine, which featured a profile of Sinatra’s life and career at 50.
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Album: Unknown
Plays: 769
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