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Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely

On September 8, 1958, “Capitol” label released “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely”, the fifteenth Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded May – June 1958, at “Capitol Studio A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh. “Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely” won the “Grammy Award for Best Album Cover”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocal
  • Nelson Riddle – conductor, arrangements
  • Felix Slatkin – conductor
  • Nick Volpe – cover art
  • Sammy Cahn And James Van Heusen – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
  3. What’s New – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
  4. It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Harry Tobias, Charles Kisco
  5. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  6. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  7. Blues in the Night – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer
  8. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  9. Ebb Tide – Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman
  10. Spring is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. Gone with the Wind – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
  12. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road} – Harold Arien, Johnny Mercer