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Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers

Track listing:
  1. You Make Me Feel So Young 2:57
  2. It Happened In Monterey 2:37
  3. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me 2:19
  4. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me 2:49
  5. Too Marvelous For Words 2:32
  6. Old Devil Moon 3:57
  7. Pennies From Heaven 2:45
  8. Love Is Here To Stay 2:42
  9. I've Got You Under My Skin 3:45
  10. I Thought About You 2:32
  11. We'll Be Together Again 4:27
  12. Makin' Whoopee 3:08
  13. Swingin' Down The Lane 2:54
  14. Anything Goes 2:44
  15. How About You? 2:46

Notes


Oct 17, 1955 - Jan 16, 1956

After the ballad-heavy In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle returned to up-tempo, swing material with Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, arguably the vocalist's greatest swing set. Like Sinatra's previous Capitol albums, Songs for Swingin' Lovers! consists of reinterpreted pop standards, ranging from the ten-year-old "You Make Me Feel So Young" to the 20-year-old "Pennies From Heaven" and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Sinatra is supremely confident throughout the album, singing with authority and joy. That joy is replicated in Riddle's arrangements, which manage to rethink these standards in fresh yet reverent ways. Working with a core rhythm section and a full string orchestra, Riddle writes scores that are surprisingly subtle. "I've Got You Under My Skin," with its breathtaking middle section, is a perfect example of how Sinatra works with the band. Both swing hard, stretching out the rhythms and melodies but never losing sight of the original song. Songs for Swingin' Lovers! never loses momentum. The great songs keep coming and the performances are all stellar, resulting in one of Sinatra's true classics.