Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! · After the sombre In the Wee Small Hours of 1955, Frank Sinatra chose a very different tone. His tenth studio album, and his fourth for Capitol, was released in March 1956 and, like the previous records, was arranged by Nelson Riddle. Existing pop standards sounded hipper and jazzier here, full of exuberance. A slow ballad, Memories of You, was recorded but left off because it did not suit an album of swinging, bright numbers.

It became the first record to top the new British albums chart, which appeared for the first time on 22 July 1956. In 2000 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Many fans rank it as his best or second-best album. The magazine Uncut later wrote that in its own day it was an answer to the rising tide of rock 'n' roll, with the rhythmic sound of Riddle's orchestra.

Listening

Track list

1. 1You Make Me Feel So Young2:57Apple Music ↗
2. 2It Happened In Monterey2:36Apple Music ↗
3. 3You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me2:19Apple Music ↗
4. 4You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me2:47Apple Music ↗
5. 5Too Marvelous for Words2:29Apple Music ↗
6. 6Old Devil Moon3:56Apple Music ↗
7. 7Pennies from Heaven2:43Apple Music ↗
8. 8Love Is Here to Stay2:41Apple Music ↗
9. 9I've Got You Under My Skin3:44Apple Music ↗
10. 10I Thought About You2:30Apple Music ↗
11. 11We'll Be Together Again4:26Apple Music ↗
12. 12Makin' Whoopee3:07Apple Music ↗
13. 13Swingin' Down the Lane2:54Apple Music ↗
14. 14Anything Goes2:43Apple Music ↗
15. 15How About You?2:47Apple Music ↗

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