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March 8, 1956
- Sinatra first stood before a microphone in Capitol Studios on March 8, 1956, when he began recording material that eventually came out on the 1957 album Close To You.
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Frank Sinatra's musical career began in the swing era in 1935, and ended in 1995, although he did briefly retire in 1971, before returning to music in 1973. [1] Sinatra is one of the most influential music artists of the 20th century, and has sold 150 million records worldwide, [2] making him one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.
In 1960, Sinatra left Capitol Records to start his own record label, Reprise Records, releasing a string of successful albums. He collaborated with Count Basie on Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962) and It Might as Well Be Swing (1964).
The following is a sortable table of songs recorded by Frank Sinatra: The column Song lists the song title. The column Year lists the year in which the song was recorded.
Song TitleYear (s) RecordedSongwriters1950 (television)Harold Arlen, Johnny MercerAccidents Will Happen1950Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen1946, 1957Ad-Lib Blues1954 (film)Yip Harburg, Burton Lane- The Beating Heart of Hollywood
- Frank Sinatra… Conducts?
- Groundbreaking Recording Techniques
- There in Spirit
Located in the beating heart of Hollywood, at 1750 Vine Street, and housed within a 13-story office building shaped like a tower of stacked LPs, Capitol Studios officially opened in early 1956. It contained four recording studios of various sizes, ranging from the largest, A, through to the smallest, D. Many world-famous performers have gone throug...
Ironically, though, for his first recording session at Capitol Studios, held in February 1956, Sinatra was not booked to sing. Rather, he picked up a conductor’s baton and commanded a 60-piece symphony orchestra for an instrumental album. Comprised of compositions by leading Hollywood composers/arrangers, among them Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Gordon...
Capitol Studios distinguished itself by being one of the first US recording facilities to use magnetic tape rather than record directly to disc, a feature that helped to give Sinatra’s recordings a warmer sound. Also, very importantly, the studio used a groundbreaking Neumann U47 capacitor valve microphone that captured every nuance of Sinatra’s vo...
The singer they called The Voice may be long gone, but the long-running studio is still active today, and, amazingly, the famous Neumann microphone he sang into remains in use. Many of those that have been privileged enough to record in Studio A say they can still feel Sinatra’s presence. That’s understandable. The singer’s history is inextricably ...
- Charles Waring
4 days ago · A strike by the American Federation of Musicians against the major record companies curtailed Sinatra’s recording output during most of 1943–44. His solo recording career for Columbia Records began in earnest in November 1944, when he compensated for lost time by recording dozens of sides within a three-month period.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Frank Sinatra was an American singer and motion picture actor and one of the most sought-after performers in the entertainment industry. He is cons...
- American singer and actor Frank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
- American singer and actor Frank Sinatra recorded numerous songs over the course of his career, many of which were beloved by his fans. Some of his...
- American singer and actor Frank Sinatra died on May 14, 1998, in Los Angeles, California.
May 26, 2019 · Frank Sinatra at His Peak. The mid-1950s arguably marked the pinnacle of Frank Sinatra’s remarkable 7-decade career.
Apr 2, 2014 · Sinatra's popularity began to slide in the postwar years, however, leading to a loss of his recording and film contracts in the early 1950s.
