This Is Sinatra Volume 2
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This Is Sinatra Volume 2 is an album by American
singer Frank Sinatra
, released in 1958.
Another collection of Sinatra singles and B-sides with backings courtesy of Nelson Riddle
, following 1956's This Is Sinatra!
. It also included seven new tracks, all recorded in late 1957: "I Believe," "Everybody Loves Somebody," "It's the Same Old Dream," "Time After Time," "You'll Always Be the One I Love," "If You Are But a Dream," and "Put Your Dreams Away." Since Sinatra first recorded these songs in the 1940s, and since most deal with dreams, they might have been meant for a concept album that never came to completion.
This collection is long out of print, and only appears on compact disc
in its entirety and original running order on 1994's British release, "This is Sinatra, 1953-1957," (on EMI's "Music for Pleasure" [MFP] subsidiary) and within 1998's The Capitol Years
21 disc box set, also a British release. Most of the tracks appear on the box set The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
. Others appear on the three-disc compilation The Capitol Years
.
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, released in 1958.
Another collection of Sinatra singles and B-sides with backings courtesy of Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
, following 1956's This Is Sinatra!
This Is Sinatra!
This Is Sinatra! is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1956.This is the first collection of Sinatra's singles and B-sides with Nelson Riddle. This album is now available on CD All of the tracks also appear on the box set The Complete Capitol Singles Collectionand various Capitol reissues...
. It also included seven new tracks, all recorded in late 1957: "I Believe," "Everybody Loves Somebody," "It's the Same Old Dream," "Time After Time," "You'll Always Be the One I Love," "If You Are But a Dream," and "Put Your Dreams Away." Since Sinatra first recorded these songs in the 1940s, and since most deal with dreams, they might have been meant for a concept album that never came to completion.
This collection is long out of print, and only appears on compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in its entirety and original running order on 1994's British release, "This is Sinatra, 1953-1957," (on EMI's "Music for Pleasure" [MFP] subsidiary) and within 1998's The Capitol Years
The Capitol Years (1998 Frank Sinatra album)
The Capitol Years is a 1998 box set by the American singer Frank Sinatra.This set was originally assembled by EMI, Capitol's sister company in the United Kingdom...
21 disc box set, also a British release. Most of the tracks appear on the box set The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection is a 1996 box set by the American singer Frank Sinatra.This four-disc set contains all the singles -- A-sides and B-sides—that Sinatra recorded for Capitol Records between 1953 and 1960 with the notable exception of "If You Are But A Dream" which was...
. Others appear on the three-disc compilation The Capitol Years
The Capitol Years
The Capitol Years is a 1990 compilation album of the U.S. singer Frank Sinatra.Released to coincide with Sinatra's 75th birthday, this three-disc set has an abundance of classic Sinatra performances from his career with Capitol Records, which spanned the years 1953 to 1961.-Disc One:#"I've Got the...
.
Track listing
- "Hey! Jealous Lover" (Sammy CahnSammy CahnSammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
, Kay TwomeyKay TwomeyKathleen G. "Kay" Twomey is an American songwriter and music arranger. Twomey co-wrote Serenade of the Bells, which reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on November 7, 1947 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3, and in a separate recording reached the Billboard's Best Seller...
, Bee WalkerBee WalkerBertha Walker was an American composer and pianist.Born as Bertha Wolpa in Indianapolis, Indiana, she became a ragtime pianist, demonstrating tunes in the music section of Woolworths stores, and recorded many piano rolls for the US Music Company of Chicago and occasionally for the Rythmodik Music...
) – 2:24 - "Everybody Loves SomebodyEverybody Loves Somebody"Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor and Ken Lane. By 1964, the song had already been recorded by several artists , but without much success...
" (Irving TaylorIrving Taylor (songwriter)Irving Taylor , was a Jewish-American composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He enlisted in the US Navy the day after Pearl Harbor...
, Ken LaneKen LaneKermit "Ken" Lane was an American musician from Brooklyn, New York. He was best known to audiences as Dean Martin's pianist on The Dean Martin Show in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but was already well known in the film community before that.With Irving Taylor, Lane co-wrote "Everybody Loves...
) - 3:46 - "Something Wonderful Happens In Summer" (Joe BushkinJoe BushkinJoe Bushkin was an American jazz pianist.He began his career by playing trumpet and piano with New York City dance bands. He joined Bunny Berigan's band in 1935, then left to join Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band in 1939. From the late 1930s through to the late 1940s he also worked with Eddie Condon...
, John DeVries) - 3:16 - "Half as Lovely (Twice as True)" (Lew SpenceLew SpenceLew Spence was an American songwriter.Spence received little formal musical training, and led a dance band in his hometown as a teenager. He played piano and sang in his twenties, but did not publish any songs until he was almost 30 years old...
, Sammy Gallop) - 3:09 - "You're Cheatin' Yourself (If You're Cheatin' on Me)" (Al HoffmanAl HoffmanAl Hoffman , a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame since 1984, was a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, usually co-writing with others and responsible for number one hits through each decade, many of which are still sung and recorded today...
, Dick ManningDick ManningDick Manning was a Russian-born American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman....
) – 2:38 - "You'll Always Be The One I Love" (Ticker Freeman, Sonny Skylar) - 2:59
- "You Forgot All the Words" (Bernie Wayne, E.H. Jay) - 3:24
- "How Little We Know" (Phillip Springer, Carolyn LeighCarolyn LeighCarolyn Leigh was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come."-Biography:...
) - 2:39 - "Time After TimeTime after Time (1947 song)"Time After Time" is a jazz standard written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne in 1947.It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film It Happened in Brooklyn.-Cover versions:...
" (Jule StyneJule StyneJule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
, Cahn) - 3:31 - "Crazy Love" (Cahn, Phil Tuminello) - 2:54
- "Wait for Me" (Nelson RiddleNelson RiddleNelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
, Dick Stanford) - 2:54 - "If You Are But a Dream" (Moe JaffeMoe JaffeMoe Jaffe was a songwriter and bandleader who composed more than 250 songs. He is best known for six: "Collegiate" , “The Gypsy in My Soul", “If I Had My Life to Live Over", “If You Are But a Dream", “Bell Bottom Trousers”, and “I'm My Own Grandpa".-First success:Jaffe was born into a...
, Jack FultonJack FultonJack Fulton is a frozen food retailer chain based in Darton in South Yorkshire and operating throughout the Midlands and North of England.-History:The Company was founded by Jack Fulton in 1960 as a poultry business...
, Nat Bonx) - 3:50 - "So Long, My Love" (Cahn, Lew SpenceLew SpenceLew Spence was an American songwriter.Spence received little formal musical training, and led a dance band in his hometown as a teenager. He played piano and sang in his twenties, but did not publish any songs until he was almost 30 years old...
) - 2:50 - "It's the Same Old Dream" (Styne, Cahn) - 3:06
- "I Believe" (Styne, Cahn) - 2:33
- "Put Your Dreams Away" (Paul Mann, Stephen Weiss, Ruth LoweRuth LoweRuth Lowe was a Canadian pianist and songwriter. She wrote the song "I'll Never Smile Again" after her husband died during surgery...
) - 3:12