Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners | ||||
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Released | March 1964 | |||
Recorded | April 29, 1963, January 27–28, 1964, Hollywood | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop | |||
Length | 32:29 | |||
Label | Reprise FS 1011 | |||
Producer | Sonny Burke | |||
Frank Sinatra chronology | ||||
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Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (or simply Academy Award Winners) is a 1964 album by Frank Sinatra, focusing on songs that won the Academy Award for Best Song. The orchestra is arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.[1]
Reception
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing for Allmusic.com gave the album a lukewarm review, describing it as a 'professional and stylish album' but saying that it 'only yields a handful of true gems'. Erlewine found neither Sinatra or Riddle at fault, but said that the record plays as 'a series of individual moments, not as a cohesive collection'. Erlewine praises "The Way You Look Tonight" as one of Sinatra's 'classic performances', and rates "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "All the Way" highly.[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 2:16
- "Moon River" (Mancini, Mercer) - 3:20
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 3:22
- "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:46
- "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) - 1:51
- "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 3:54
- "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:53
- "It Might As Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:26
- "The Continental" (Herb Magidson, Con Conrad) - 3:14
- "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Webster, Fain) - 3:22
- "All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:27
Complete Personnel
[edit]Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 10:
28-January-1964 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Don Fagerquist, Cappy Lewis (tpt); Tommy Pederson, Dick Noel, Tom Shepard (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Champ Webb, Justin Gordon, Joe Koch (wwd); Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, Gerald Vinci, Bonnie Douglas, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Joe Stepansky (vln); Louis Kievman, Paul Robyn (via); Nino Rosso, Kurt Reher, David Pratt (vlc); Kathryn Julye (g); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola, Laurindo Almeida (g); Ralph Pena (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc).
Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 9:
27-January-1964 (Monday) - Hollywood.
Conte Candoli, Cappy Lewis, Don Fagerquist, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Tom Shepard, Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (alt/fl); Justin Gordon (sax/clt); Joe Koch (sax/clt/b-clt); Champ Webb (sax/fl/clt/oboe); Emo Neufeld, Victor Amo, Marshall Sasson, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci, Carl LaMag- na, Jacques Gasselin, Alex Beller, Victor Bay (vln); Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Kurt Reher, Nino Rosso (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Ralph Pena (b); Irving Cottler (d/bells); Emil Richards (perc/tymp ).
Track 11:
29-April-1963 (Monday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Shorty Sherock, Don Fagerquist, Irving Bush, Mickey Mangano (tpt); Tommy Pederson, Dick Noel, Ed Kusby (tbn); Ken Shroyer (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, James Decker (fr-h); Willie Schwartz (alt/fl/cit); Harry Klee (sax/fl/cit); Plas Johnson (sax/fl/cit); Champ Webb (oboe/cit); Joe Koch (cit/ b-clt); Emo Neufeld, Anatol Kaminsky, Israel Baker, Gerald Vinci, James Getzoff, Victor Amo, Paul Shure, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross,· Alex Beller, Joe Stepansky, Alex Murray (vln); Paul Robyn, Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Stanley Harris (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Ray Kramer, Nino Rosso, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners at AllMusic
- ^ "Frank Sinatra: Sings Academy Award Winners" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 170. 13 June 1964. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.