On March 4, 1946, “Columbia” label released “The Voice of Frank Sinatra”, the debut Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded July 1945 in Hollywood, in December 1945, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Richards.

Personnel:

• Frank Sinatra – vocal
• Axel Stordahl – arrangements, conductor

Hollywood session:

• George Van Eps – guitar
• Mark McIntyre – piano
• John Ryan – bass
• Ray Hagan – drums
• Jack Mayhew – flute
• Mischa Russell, David Frisina – violin
• Sam Freed – viola
• Fred Goerner – cello

New York City session:

• Matty Golizio – guitar
• Bill Clifton – piano
• Frank Siravo – bass
• Nat Polen – drums
• Mitch Miller – oboe
• Leonard Posner. Raoul Polikian – violin
• Sidney Brecher – viola
• Anthony Sophos – cello

Track listing:

10-inch LP release

1. You Go to My Head – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
2. Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
3. Those Foolish Things – Hot Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link
4. Why Shouldn’t I? – Cole Porter
5. I Don’t Know Why – Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert
6. Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Conelly
7. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
8. Paradise – Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford