A Swingin' Affair!
A Swingin' Affair! is the twelfth studio album by Frank Sinatra. It is sometimes mentioned as the sequel to Songs for Swingin' Lovers.
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Released | May 6, 1957 | |||
Recorded | November 15 – 28, 1956 at Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop | |||
Length | 45:31 (original 15-track album) | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
"The Lady Is a Tramp" was bumped from the original album and replaced with "No One Ever Tells You", which had been recorded months earlier. Later, "The Lady is a Tramp" appeared on the soundtrack for Pal Joey. It was restored to the album for the compact disc release.
Track listing
- "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 3:58
- "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:27
- "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:09
- "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:23
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:20
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) – 2:37
- "No One Ever Tells You" (Hub Atwood, Carroll Coates) – 3:23
- "I Won't Dance" (Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Dorothy Fields) – 3:21
- "The Lonesome Road" (Nat Shilkret, Gene Austin) – 3:53
- "At Long Last Love" (Porter) – 2:23
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter) – 2:03
- "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:21
- "From This Moment On" (Porter) – 3:50
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 2:35
- "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries) – 2:48
- CD reissue bonus track not included on the original 1957 release:
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:14
Chart positions
Chart | Year | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart[3] | 1957 | 1 |
Complete Personnel
- Frank Sinatra – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
Tracks 1, 9, 14, 16:
26-November-1956 (Monday) - Hollywood. Mickey Mangano, Harry Edison, Shorty Sherock, Ray Linn (tpt); Juan Tizol, Murray McEachern, Dick Noel (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (alt); Jules Kinsler, James Williamson (ten); Joe Koch (bar); Victor Bay, Emo Neufeld, Alex Beller, Joe Stepansky, David Frisina, Eudice Shapiro, Harold Dicterow, Alex Murray, Kurt Dieterle, Lou Raderman (vln); Stanley Harris, Maxine Johnson, Alvin Dinkin (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Nick Bonney (g); Joe Comfort (b); Irving Cottler (d).
Tracks 2, 4, 5, 10:
Mickey Mangano, Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Shorty Sherock (tpt); George Arus, Dick Noel, Ed Kusby (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (alt); Ted Nash, James Briggs (ten); Joe Koch (bar); Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Alex Beller, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Marshall Sosson, Mischa Russell, Nathan Ross, Victor Bay, Gerald Vinci (vln); Maxine Johnson, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin (vla); Eleanor Slatkin, Cy Bernard, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Nick Bonney (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d).
Tracks 3, 6, 8:
Conrad Gozzo, Harry Edison, Mickey Mangano, Mannie Klein (tpt); George Arns, Dick Noel, Ed Kusby (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Jack Dumont, Dominic Mumolo (alt); Don Raffell, Buck Skalak (ten); Paul Lawson (bar); Henry Hill, Alex Beller, Marshall Sosson, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Erno Neufeld, Walter Edelstein, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Dan Lube (vln); Maxine Johnson, Alvin Dinkin, David Sterkin (vla); Ennio Bolognini, Eleanor Slatkin, Cy Bernard (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Nick Bonney (g); Joe Comfort (b); Irving Cottler (d).
Track 7:
Ray Linn, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock, Harry Edison (tpt); Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Ed Kusby (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (alt); Champ Webb, Babe Russin (ten); Chuck Gentry (bar); Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Mischa Russell, Harry Bluestone, Henry Hill, Marshall Sosson, Arnold Bdnick, Alex Beller, Victor Bay (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Maxine Johnson (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Cy Bernard, Ennio Bolognini (vlc); Helen Hutchinson (harp); Bill Miller (p); George Van Eps (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Marilyn Lewis, Alicia Adams, Allan Davies, Ralph Brewster, John Mann, Lee Gotch (voe [1]).
Tracks 11, 12, 13, 15
Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Shorty Sherock, Ray Linn (tpt); Dick Nash, Tommy Pederson (tbn); Juan Tizol (v-tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Skeets Herfurt, Harry Klee (alt); Ted Nash, James Williamson (ten); Joe Koch (bar); Victor Bay, Emo Neufeld, Alex Beller, Victor Amo, David Frisina, Eudice Shapiro, Jacques Gasselin, Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson (vln); David Sterkin, Maxine Johnson, Alvin Dinkin (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Ennio Bolognini, Cy Bernard (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Nick Bonney (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d).
References
- A Swingin' Affair! at AllMusic
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- "The Official Charts Company – Frank Sinatra – A Swingin' Affair". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2011.