On July 16, 2012, Robert Kreinar aka Bob Babbitt died aged 74. He was musician (bass), member of the “Motown Records” studio band The Funk Brothers, MFSB for “Philadelphia International Records”, and founding member of Scorpion. As a session musician Babbitt recorded for Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Gloria Gaynor, Robert Palmer, Alice Cooper, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Spinners, Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Freda Payne, The Temptations, and The Main Ingredient. “Bass Player” magazine ranked Babbitt at number 59 on its list of the “100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time”.
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Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano: Bittersweet
On April 10, 2009, “Universal Music Australia” label released “Bittersweet”, album by Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano. It was recorded in 2009, at “Mad Hatter Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Mark Isham.
Personnel:
- Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Kate Ceberano – vocal
- Alan Pasqua – piano
- Tom Warrington – bass
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Bernie Kirsh – recording, mixing
- Buck Snow, Melissa Kirkland – recording assistant, mixing
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Tyler Parkinson – design
- Michael Doven – photography
- Donna Isham – executive producer
Track listing:
- My One and Only Love – Frank Sinatra
- Skylark – Anita O’Day
- In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington
- In My Solitude – Paul Robeson
- Night and Day – Cole Porter
- I Wanna Be Loved – The Andrew Sisters
- Easy Living – Ralph Rainger
- Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
- Do It Again – Irène Bordoni
- Every Time We Say Good Bye – Cole Porter
Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding-Ding
In March 1961, “Reprise” label released “Ring-a-Ding-Ding!”, album by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded December 1960, in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
- Frank Sinatra- vocals
- Bill Miller – piano
- Emil Richards- vibraphone
- Don Fagerquist, John Anderson – trumpet
- Frank Rosolino- trombone
- Bud Shank- flute
- Johnny Mandel- arrangements, conductor
- Felix Slatkin- conductor
Track listing:
- Ring-a-Ding Ding! – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
- Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
- Be Careful, It’s My Heart – Irving Berlin
- A Foggy Day – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- A Fine Romance – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
- In the Still of the Night – Cole Porter
- The Coffee Song – Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles
- When I Take My Sugar to Tea – Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Pierre Norman
- Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
- You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
- You and the Night and the Music – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
- I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
Frank Sinatra: Softly as I Love You
In November 1964, “Reprise” label released “Softly, as I Leave You”, album by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded August 1962 – October 1964, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen and Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
- Frank Sinatra- vocals
- Neal Hefti- conductor
- Nelson Riddle- arranger, conductor
- Marty Paich- arranger
- Ernie Freeman- arranger
- Billy May- arranger
Track listing:
- Emily – Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer
- Here’s to the Losers – Robert Wells, Jack Segal
- Dear Heart – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Henry Mancini
- Come Blow Your Horn – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
- Love Isn’t Just for the Young – Bernard Knee
- I Can’t Believe I’m Losing You – Don Costa, Phil Zeller
- Pass Me By – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
- Softly, as I Leave You – Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVito, Giorgio Calabrese
- Then Suddenly Love – Ray Alfred, Paul Vance
- Available – Sammy Cahn, Ned Wynn, L.B. Marks
- Talk to Me Baby – Robert E. Dolan, Johnny Mercer
- The Look of Love – Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen
Frank Sinatra: September Of My Years
In September 1965, “Reprise” label released “September of My Years”, the 38th Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1965, in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
- Frank Sinatra– vocals
- Gordon Jenkins– arranger, conductor
Track listing:
- The September of My Years – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
- How Old Am I? – Gordon Jenkins
- Don’t Wait Too Long – Sunny Skylar
- It Gets Lonely Early – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
- This Is All I Ask – Gordon Jenkins
- Last Night When We Were Young – Harold Arlen, Y. Harburg
- The Man in the Looking Glass – Bart Howard
- It Was a Very Good Year – Ervin Drake
- When the Wind Was Green – Henry Stinson
- Hello, Young Lovers – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
- I See It Now – Alec Wilder, William Engvick
- Once Upon a Time – Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
- September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
Glen Campbell
On August 8, 2017, Glen Travis Campbell died aged 81. He was country and rock singer, musician, songwriter, television host, and actor. Campbell released more than 70 albums; sold 45 million records and won 12 “RIAA” Gold albums, four Platinum and one double-Platinum album. In 1967 Campbell won four “Grammy Awards” in the country and pop categories. In 2000, 2004 and 2009, Campbell won “Grammy Hall of Fame Awards and in 2012, he won the “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. He also won awards for “Male Vocalist of the Year” the “Country Music Association (CMA)” and the “Academy of Country Music (ACM)”, and took the “CMA’s” top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In his 50 years long career, Campbell has recorded and performed with many famous musicians including Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, The Monkees, Nancy Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Jan and Dean, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Phil Spector, Ricky Nelson and The Beach Boys.
Frank Sinatra: The World We Knew
In August 1967, “Reprise” label released “The World We Knew”, album by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded in July 1967, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen and H.B. Barnum.
Personnel:
- Frank Sinatra- vocals
- Nancy Sinatra- vocal
- Billy Strange- vocals, guitars
- B. Barnum- piano, arrangements
- Ernie Freeman- piano
- Gordon Jenkins- arrangements, conductor
- Claus Ogerman- arrangements, orchestration
Track listing:
- The World We Knew (Over and Over) – Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman
- Somethin’ Stupid – Carson Parks
- This Is My Love – James Harbert
- Born Free – Don Black, John Barry
- Don’t Sleep in the Subway – Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
- This Town – Lee Hazlewood
- This Is My Song – Charlie Chaplin
- You Are There – Harry Sukman, Paul Francis Webster
- Drinking Again – Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber
- Some Enchanted Evening – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: It Might as Well Be Swing
In August 1964, “Reprise” label released “It Might as Well Be Swing”, studio album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. It was recorded June 9–12, 1964, Hollywood, and was produced by Sony Burke.
Personnel:
- Frank Sinatra- vocals
- Count Basie- piano
- Quincy Jones- arranger, conductor
- Al Porcino, Don Rader, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons, George Cohn and Harry “Sweets” Edison- trumpets
- Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Henderson Chambers and Kenny Shroyer – trombones
- Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, Marshal Royal, Frank Wessand Eric Dixon – reeds
- Emil Richards – vibraphone
- George Catlett – double bass
- Freddie Green- guitar
- Sonny Payne- drums
- Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Thelma Beach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure and James Getzoff – violins
- Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin and Stan Harris –
- violasEdgar Lustgarten and Ann Goodman – cellos
- Lowell Frank – engineer
- Ted Allen – cover photo
Track listing:
- Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
- I Wish You Love – Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, Albert Beach
- I Believe in You – Frank Loesser
- More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell
- I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
- Hello Dolly – Jerry Herman
- I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
- The Best Is Yet to Come – Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
- The Good Life – Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon
- Wives and Lovers – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Frank Sinatra: Some Nice Things I’ve Missed
In July 1974, “Reprise” label released “Some Nice Things I’ve Missed”, the 54th Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded December 1973 – May 1974, in Hollywood, and was produced by Don Costa, Jimmy Bowen and Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
- Frank Sinatra– vocals
- Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins– arranger
Track listing:
- You Turned My World Around – Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- The Summer Knows – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
- I’m Gonna Make It All the Way – Floyd Huddleston
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree – Russell Brown, Irwin Levine
- Satisfy Me One More Time – Floyd Huddleston
- If – David Gates
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? – Alan and Marilyn Bergman,Michel Legrand
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
Leon Russell
On November 13, 2016, Claude Russell Bridges aka Leon Russell died aged 74. He was musician (piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, baritone horn) and songwriter, with successful solo career. His best known track “A Song for You ”,has been recorded and performed by more than 100 music acts. Russell has recorded and performed with many famous musicians including The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, John Lennon, Ringo Starr ,George Harrison, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Rolling Stones. In 2011, Russell was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”
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