Songs for Young Lovers

Songs for Young Lovers

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

George Siravo

Release date(s)

1954

Recorded

November 5-November 6, 1953

Record Label

Capitol

Producer

Voyle Gilmore

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

8 (12 in the CD re-release)

Length

21:42

Singles

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Reception

Allmusic

4½ / 5

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Chronology

Previous

Sing and Dance

Next

Swing Easy!

Songs for Young Lovers is the eighth studio album recorded by Frank Sinatra; it was recorded in the early November of 1953. This is also his first album released by way of Capitol Records, following a few single releases in the early 1950s.

Nelson Riddle conducted all eight the tracks within the original album, though the album was arranged by George Siravo. The album features such hits as "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and "My Funny Valentine".

In 1960 the album was released on an LP forman with four new tracks: "Someone To Watch Over Me", "My One And Only Love", "It Worries Me", and "I Can Read Between the Lines". Later in a CD release, combined with the 1954 album Swing Easy!, Songs for Young Lovers was re-released with tracks from Swing Easy!.

Track listing

1. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:31
2. "The Girl Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:38
3. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:39
4. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:10
5. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 2:55
6. "Little Girl Blue" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:54
7. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:58
8. "Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:05

1960 Track Listing

1. "The Girl Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:38
2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:58
3. "Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:05
4. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:56
5. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 3:11
6. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:54
7. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:10
8. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:39
9. "It Worries Me" (Bix Reichner, Reichel Schulz, Carl Sigman) - 2:52
10. "I Can Read Between The Lines" (David Franklin, Ramon Getzov) - 2:47
11. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 2:55
12. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:31

Reception

Allmusic gave the album a four and a half out of five stars, claiming "Sinatra and Riddle create an intimate, romantic atmosphere on the record, breathing new life into standards." Sinatra and Riddle's new found freedom gave the album detail and complexity compared the both's respective arrangements previously.

Personnel

Personnel
Tom Adair	Composer
Matt Dennis	Composer
David Franklin	Composer
R. Getzov	Composer
Voyle Gilmore	Producer
Bickley S. Reichmer	Composer
Fritz Schulz-Reichel	Composer
Nelson Riddle	Arranger, conductor
Carl Sigman	Composer
Frank Sinatra	Vocals