Francis A. & Edward K.
General information
Artist
Release date(s)
1968
1988
1999
1988
1999
Recorded
December 11–12, 1967
Record Label
Producer
Sonny Burke
Track information
Discs
1
Total tracks
8
Length
35:14
Reception
Chronology
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Francis A. & Edward K. is a 1968 studio album by Frank Sinatra; it is Sinatra's fifty-third studio album. Sinatra performed this album with Duke Ellington and his big band. The album was arranged and conducted by Billy May.
Track listing[]
- "Follow Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:56
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:15
- "All I Need Is the Girl" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 5:01
- "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 4:14
- "I Like the Sunrise" (Duke Ellington) – 5:02
- "Yellow Days" (Álvaro Carrillo, Alan Bernstein) – 5:00
- "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 4:29
- "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Lerner) – 3:22
- “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (Duke Ellington) - 0:32
Reception[]
Allmusic scored the album at two and half stars, claiming the much-anticipated collaboration with the jazz giants "didn't quite match its high expectations." The album's performanced between Sinatra and Ellington were uneven, "varying between robust, expressive performances and thin singing."[1]
Francis A. & Edward K. peaked the Billboard 200 charts at #78.[2]
Personnel[]
Sonny Burke | Audio Production, Producer |
Jeff Castleman | Double Bass |
Stan Cornyn | Liner Notes |
Duke Ellington | Piano |
Duke Ellington's Orchestra | Perforance |
Lee Herschberg | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
Billy May | arranger, conductor |
Frank Sinatra | Vocals |
Ed Thrasher | Art Direction |