Duets

Duets

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra (feat. various artists)

Arranger

Release date(s)

November 2, 1993

Recorded

August - September,1993

Record Label

Capitol

Producer

Phil Ramone
Hank Cattaneo

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

13

Length

45:44

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Duets is the second-to-last studio album by Frank Sinatra.

After leaving nearly 40 years prior, Sinatra performed Duets with Capitol Records involved. As the title suggests, Frank Sinatra, for all the tracks int he album, sings duets with a dozen other famous singers and artists of the era.

Even with the very mixed reception of the album, Duets did quite well as it reached #2 on the Billboard albums chart; #5 in the UK.

Recording

Sinatra and the guests recorded it in the late summer of 1993 and was then released in early November of that year. However, none of the guests were actually present with Sinatra during the recording sessions. Instead, using digital audio telecommunications links, the artists involved recorded over various Sinatra songs along with the regular Sinatra vocals. This type of recording was also used for Duets II, and was used for other similar albums such as Dean Martin's 2011 album, Forever Cool.

Track Listing

1. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (with Luther Vandross) – 3:24
2. "What Now My Love" (Gilbert Becaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Leroyer) (with Aretha Franklin) – 3:15
3. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) (with Barbra Streisand) – 3:23
4. "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) (with Julio Iglesias) – 2:32
5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) (with Gloria Estefan) – 4:04
6. "Theme From New York, New York" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) (with Tony Bennett) – 3:30
7. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) (with Natalie Cole) – 3:11
8. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) (with Charles Aznavour) – 3:05
9. "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"/"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)/(Bob Hilliard, David Mann) (with Carly Simon) – 3:57
10. "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) (with Liza Minnelli) – 2:18
11. "Witchcraft" (Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman) (with Anita Baker) – 3:22
12. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) (with Bono) – 3:32
13. "All the Way"/"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Arlen, Mercer) (with Kenny G) – 6:03

Duets/Duets II: 90th Birthday Limited Collector's Edition

The repackaged Duets and Duets II.

In 2005, in commemoration for Sinatra's 90^th birthday celebration, both Duets and Duets II were released together in a box set. This box set featured all of the tracks from the original 1993 and '94 albums as well as a previously unreleased outtake from the albums, a duet of Sinatra's signature song, "My Way," featuring Luciano Pavarotti.