Moonlight Sinatra
1966 studio album by Frank Sinatra
Moonlight Sinatra | ||||
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Studio album by Frank Sinatra | ||||
Released | March 1966 (1966-03) | |||
Recorded | November 29–30, 1965, Hollywood | |||
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Length | 32:18 | |||
Label | Reprise FS 1018 | |||
Producer | Sonny Burke | |||
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Moonlight Sinatra is a studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the Moon, and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. Moonlight Sinatra marked Sinatra's final collaboration with Riddle.
The title of the album is a reference to Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
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Allmusic | link |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
Track listing
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:46
- "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:03
- "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26
- "Reaching for the Moon" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 2:53
- "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12
- "The Moon Got in My Eyes" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52
- "Moonlight Mood" (Harold Adamson, Peter DeRose) – 3:08
- "Moon Love" (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony) – 4:14
- "The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 3:04
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
- The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 June 1966). "Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 274. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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