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Frank Sinatra: Strangers In The Night

On May 30, 1966, “Reprise” label released “Strangers in the Night”, the 43rd Frank Sinatra album. It was recorded April – May 1966, in Hollywood, and was produced by Jimmy Bowen. At the 1967 “Grammy Awards”, Frank Sinatra won “Record of the Year” and “Best Male Vocal Performance”. Ernie Freeman’s arrangement of the title track won him the “Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist”, and Eddie Brackett and Lee Herschberg’s engineering earned them the “Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical”. The album was certified Platinum in Us by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Frank Sinatra – vocals
  • The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
  • Glen Campbell, Al Viola – guitar
  • Artie Kane – Hammond B3 organ
  • Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Ray Triscari – trumpet
  • Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard – trombone
  • George Roberts – bass trombone
  • Chuck Gentry, Bill Green, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Ronny Lang – saxophone
  • Vincent DeRosa, Henry Sigismonti, Gale Robinson, Richard Perissi – French horn
  • Bill Green, Andreas Kostelas – flute
  • Sidney Sharp, Lennie Malarsky, William Kurasch, Ralph Schaeffer, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Robert Sushe, John De Voogdt, Bernard Kundell, Tibor Zelig, Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Herman Clebanoff, James Getzoff, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci Gerald Vinci, William Weiss, Harry Bluestone – violin
  • Harry Hyams, Joseph Di Fiore, Darrel Terwilliger, Alex Neiman, Joseph Saxon, Jesse Ehrlich, Emmet Sargeant, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Armand Kaproff – viola
  • Justin DiTullio, Elizabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff – vielle
  • Bill Miller, Michel Rubini – piano
  • Alvin Casey, William Pitman, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
  • Chuck Berghofer, Ralph Pefla – bass
  • Hal Blaine, Irving Cottler – drums
  • Eddie Brackett Jr., Emil Richards – percussion
  • Ernie Freeman – arrangements
  • Donnie Lanier, Nelson Riddle – conductor

Track listing:

  1. Strangers in the Night (from the “Universal” picture “A Man Could Get Killed” – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
  2. Summer Wind – Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
  3. All or Nothing at All – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
  4. Call Me – Tony Hatch
  5. You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
  6. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) – Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
  7. My baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  8. Downtown – Tony Hatch
  9. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
  10. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Chet Baker: (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You

On November 3, 1958, “Riverside” label released “(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You”, album by Chet Baker. It was recorded in August 1958, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer.

Personnel:

  • Chet Baker – vocals, trumpet
  • Kenny Drew – piano
  • George Morrow – bass 
  • Sam Jones – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums 
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – photography

Track listing:

  1. Do It the Hard Way – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  2. I’m Old Fashioned – Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer
  3. You’re Driving Me Crazy – Walter Donaldson
  4. It Could Happen to You – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  5. My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. The More I See You – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
  7. Everything Happen to Me – Man Fennis, Tom Adair
  8. Dancing on the Ceiling – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  9. How Long Has This Been Going On – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  10. Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, E.Y. Harbirg