The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952
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The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952 is a
The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings
.
Content
These recordings comprise the first phase of Sinatra's solo career, after his apprenticeship in the
Nature Boy." The rest of the recordings featured instrumental backing with few exceptions arranged by Axel Stordahl
, Sinatra's mainstay during the Columbia period. The bulk of the selections on this package date from the 1940s, with only the disc four covering the declining years of his career while on the label in the 1950s.
Beginning with disc four track five, Columbia simultaneously released these records as
Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra
, catalogue CL-6143.
Disc two track 22, "
Sweet Lorraine," features Sinatra with the 1946 Metronome All-Stars: Charlie Shavers, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney, Nat King Cole, Bob Ahern, Eddie Safranski, and Buddy Rich. Disc three- track 2, "My Romance," is a duet with Dinah Shore, and disc three -track 23, "Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk," is a duet with Doris Day
.
Select personnel
- vocals
- arrangements
- Felix Slatkin — violin
- Eleanor Slatkin — cello
- Mitch Miller — oboe
- Johnny Guarnieri, Bill Miller — piano
- Dave Barbour, Barney Kessel, Allan Reuss, George Van Eps — guitars
- Bob Haggart — bass
- Nick Fatool, Alvin Stoller — drums
Track listing
Columbia 78 catalogue numbers and chart positions taken from Sinatra Family website singles discography
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " The House I Live In" (Columbia 36886 Billboard #22) | Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson | 3:18 |
| 23. | "Day By Day" (Columbia 36905 Billboard #5) | Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston, Axel Stordahl | 3:08 |
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Always" (The Complete Recordings Columbia CXK 48673) | Irving Berlin | 2:55 |
| 24. | "Mam'selle" (Columbia 37343 Billboard #1) | Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding | 3:19 |
Disc three
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Some Enchanted Evening" (Columbia 38446 Billboard #6) | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers | 3:07 |
| 22. | "The Hucklebuck" (Columbia 38486 Billboard #10) | Charlie Parker, Roy Alfred, Andy Gibson | 3:00 |
| 23. | "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" (Columbia 38513 Billboard #17) | Irving Berlin | 2:59 |
| 24. | "It All Depends on You" (Columbia 38550) | Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson | 2:43 |
Disc four
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Donald Wolf | 2:33 | |
| 26. | "Why Try to Change Me Now" (Columbia 39882) | Cy Coleman, Joseph A. McCarthy | 2:47 |
‡denotes United Kingdom release
References
- AllMusic
- ^ Harris, John (March 1996). "Frank Sinatra: The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952". Q: 122.
