Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First

Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First, referred to as Sinatra-Basie, is a 1962 studio album of Frank Sinatra. The album is Sinatra's thirty-seventh studio album.

As the title suggests, this is Sinatra's first collaboration with Count Basie and his orchestra.

Track listing

 * 1) "Pennies from Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) – 3:29
 * 2) "Please Be Kind" (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn) – 2:43
 * 3) "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:37
 * 4) "Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses" (Jimmy Steiger, Tommy Malie) – 2:32
 * 5) "My Kind of Girl" (Leslie Bricusse) – 4:37
 * 6) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 3:31
 * 7) "Nice Work if You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
 * 8) "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Vicki Silvers) – 4:25
 * 9) "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Fred Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2:36
 * 10) "I Won't Dance" (Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach) – 4:07

Reception
Allmusic gave Sinatra-Basie a positive four out of five star rating, praising the album's rhythm with its percussion and Sinatra's "free singing" used throughout the album, giving it a very loose and free feel.

Mogo gave the album a perfect five out of five score.

Sinatra-Basie peaked #5 on the Billboard 200 charts in 1963.