A selection of hits of the legendary artist Frank Sinatra ...
Today we will remember the best songs Frank Sinatra, however - for starters I will talk a little about the performer itself ... You can rightfully say, and it is unlikely that someone will challenge that Frank Sinatra is a real legend! His creativity is invaluable: even today, after a huge number of years, the music of Sinatra causes all the same resonance ... He is one of the most popular ever existing singers ... A great American songwriter, actor and just an outstanding person ... Frank Sinatra justifies the icon as for young and for the mature generation. The musical piggy bank of the artist has, in general, more than a thousand works! Of course, choose the best of them - the task is quite serious (if not to say "impossible"). However, we decided to take such responsibility! So: Below, the Frank Sinatry itself is one of the most significant in the quarry itself, and one of the most popular compositions of this legendary person in the whole world, who will certainly melt the ice in the heart of everyone ... perhaps, let's start!
Early entries ...
Speed with large groups of Sinatra began in the late 1930s. During this period, the artist joined Harry James, and soon he released his first number one called "All or Nothing AT All". Yes, this work can not be called solo number ... The song was recorded together with Tommy Dorsey and The Pied Pipers, exactly three months after Frank joined the group.
In 1942, the Solna Swimming went in 1942 ... after three months he became idol, and after a year - a real pop idol, releasing a number of hits, many of whom did not lose their relevance to this day!
In 1945, the light saw the "house in which I live" is a short film with a duration of 10 minutes, in which the synatra starred. In the film, he performs the title song. Later, his record became a national hit ...
Frank Sinatra in the 50s
We all know the legendary song of Sinatra "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)", which once again reminds how his wife and the older daughter were called ... But did you know that she was written in co-authorship with comic filomer Silvers? But there are several songs that are more related to the name of Sinatra than "nancy ..." for example, the 1953 classic "I'Ve Got the World On a String"!This song was a popular jazz hit back in 1932! And so, in the 50s she became the first recorded by Frank after the transition to Capitol Records together with the orchestra under the control of Nelson Riddle ... And today "I'Ve Got The World On a String" remains one of the fundamental songs about the lost love ...
But there is another legendary song about love in the repertoire of Sinatra, and it is called "I'Ve Got You Under My Skin" ... the song was recorded in January 1956, and Frank's vocals in it - an incredibly awesome ...
The song "Witchcraft", recorded in May 1957, got into the top 10 USA in January 1958 and is one of those songs Frank Sinatra, who are ideal for his vocals ...
"Come Fly With ME" became a capital track to Frank's album released in early 1958 ... The composition perfectly conveys America's mood, while Pilly Maja squating saxophones add a light of this masterpiece ...
The famous "IT's Nice To Go Traveling" also deserves places in our list ...
The song "Lady IS A TRAMP" was as if created for Sinatra, with a supper, restrained arrangement of Riddle ...
And "Here's That Rainy Day", song written by Jimmy Van Hyuzen and Johnny Berk? She also became a bright imprint in the repertoire of Sinatra 50s ...
The decade of the charming compositions "Angel Eyes" and "The Nearness of You" ...
By the way: we can again enjoy the delightful arrangement of Riddle ...
Hits born in the 60s ...
According to many, the album The Concert Sinatra, released in 1963, became one of the most successful Frank's early career in REPRISE! The huge orchestra softened the velvet artist vocal, and the spectacular arrangements of Nelson created a unique atmosphere for some of his best songs ... One of these is the famous "I Have Dreamed":
"Tonight I will not swing. Today's evening for serious ... "," the cover of the wonderful september of my years, released in just a couple of months after Sinatra '65: The Singer Today ... The album marked the return to thematically oriented melodies ... Despite all the difficulties, September of My Years became the most artistically And a commercially successful Frank album from the moment of the founding of his Reprise label - but only in America. Unfortunately, he failed to penetrate into the British charts ... The album is a reflection of the lived life of the artist, and at the same time - in him, Frank looks to the future. Here are many new songs, but in the hands of Frank they sound like a classic ... The album was entered the song "IT Was a Very Good Year", originally written in 1961 for the group The Kingston TRIO ... The Sinatra version became a real hit: the artist tells about The relationship of a man with girls in different years of his life: at age 17, in 21 and 35 years old. The best years in his life, as the lyrical hero himself believes ...
In December 1967, Sinatra worked with another great jazz genius, Duke Ellington! Together they recorded the album, which entered the song "Indian Summer": the arrangement is modern and at the same time old-fashioned, as it should be the song of 1919! It must be "Ellington's Effect" ...
Some argue that this is one of the best songs that Frank ever recorded for REPRISE! Saxophone Solo Johnny Khodheles, of course, adds Sharma: Frank himself was so admired by him while writing that when the solo ended, he was late for half a second ...
Classic recent years ...
The last two songs Frank Sinatra on our list are so inextricably linked with the name of the artist that they can hardly be represented ...
Probably, the name of Frank Sinatra is associated with "My Way" more than with any other song ... The composition has long occupied high places in the musical charts on both sides of the Atlantic! The most interesting thing is that the original version was executed by Claude Francois in 1967: it was called "Comme d'Habitude". Sinatra presented his version several years later:
"New York, New York ..." - this is probably one of the legendary later hits of Sinatra ... This composition did not just decorated the repertoire of the artist, but also became an unofficial anthem of New York! Frank's vocals sounds gentle and triumphantly, gently and boldly at the same time ... This is a bright pattern of the fact that with pride can be called a classic ...