The Voice of Frank Sinatra

The Voice of Frank Sinatra

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Axel Stordahl

Release date(s)

March 4, 1946

Recorded

July 30, 1945 - December 7, 1945

Record Label

Columbia

Producer

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

8

Length

24:01

Singles

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Reception

Allmusic

4 / 5

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The Voice of Frank Sinatra, sometimes referred to as just The Voice, is the very first studio album by Frank Sinatra. The Voice was recorded in 1945 and released in 1946.

Track Listing

10" release

Side one

1. "You Go to My Head" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) – 3:00
2. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:18
3. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) – 3:08
4. "Why Shouldn't I?" (Cole Porter) – 2:53

Side two

1. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) – 2:46
2. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:08
3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:11
4. "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown, G. Clifford) – 2:37

12" release

Side one

1. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) – 2:46
2. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:08
3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:11
4. "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown, G. Clifford) – 2:37
5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) – 3:08
6. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin)

Side two

1. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting)
2. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom) – 3:01
3. "Over The Rainbow" (Harburg, Harold Arlen)
4. "That Old Black Magic" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
5. "Spring is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:42
6. "Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)

CD release

1. "You Go to My Head" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) – 3:00
2. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:18
3. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) – 3:08
4. "Why Shouldn't I?" (Cole Porter) – 2:53
5. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) – 2:46
6. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly) – 3:08
7. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:11
8. "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown, G. Clifford) – 2:37
9. "Mam'selle" (Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding) – 3:26
10. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 3:19
11. "If I Had You" (Ted Shapiro, Campbell, Connelly) – 3:01
12. "The Nearness of You" (N. Washington, Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:41
13. "Spring is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:42
14. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom) – 3:01
15. "When You Awake" (Henry Nemo) – 3:07
16. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:09
17. "Always" (Irving Berlin) – 2:55
18. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (alternate take) – 3:32

Reception

Allmusic gave the album a four out of five stars, praising the Axel Stordahl's arrangements and Sinatra's "utter seriousness" with the lyrics as they "gave the songs unusual depth of meaning."

Personnel

Personnel
Fred E. Ahlert	Composer	Herman Alpert	Bass
Henry Beau	Saxophone	Alex Beller	Violin
Steven Berkowitz	A&R	Irving Berlin	Composer
Cy Bernard	Cello	Rube Bloom	Composer
Johnny Blowers	Drums	Harry Bluestone	Violin
Stacey Boyle	Sound Effects, Vault Research	Sidney Brecher	Viola
Lew Brown	Composer	Nacio Herb Brown	Composer
Werner Callies	Violin	May Hogan Cambern	Harp
Jimmy Campbell	Composer	Hoagy Carmichael	Composer
Matt Cavaluzzo	Transfers	Gordon Clifford	Composer
William Clifton	Piano	Harold Coletta	Viola
Reginald Connelly	Composer	J. Fred Coots	Composer
Bing Crosby	Composer	Samuel Cytron	Violin
Vincent DeRosa	French Horn	Didier C. Deutsch	Compilation Producer, Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
Peter Ellis	Violin	Sammy Fain	Composer
David Frisina	Violin	Howard Fritzson	Art Direction
George Gershwin	Composer	Ira Gershwin	Composer
Haven Gillespie	Composer	Fred Goerner	Cello
Matty Golizio	Guitar	Mack Gordon	Composer
Edmund Goulding	Composer	Charles Granata	Liner Notes, Project Director, Reissue Producer
Johnny Guarnieri	Celeste, Piano	Ray Hagan	Drums
Dave Hallett	Trombone	Lorenz Hart	Composer
Herbie Haymer	Saxophone	William Hymanson	Viola
George Jenkins	Trombone	David Jeselson	Violin
Gerald Joyce	Violin	George Kast	Violin
Matthew Kelly	Vault Research	Morris King	Violin
Julius Kinsler	Flute, Saxophone	Eric Kohler	Design
Fong Y. Lee	Packaging Manager	David Lewis	Composer
Jonathan Lewis	Composer	Wayne Lewis	Composer
Harry Link	Composer	Ray Linn	Trumpet
Leonard Mach	Trumpet	Holt Marvell	Composer
Patti Matheny	Artist Coordination	John Mayhew	Flute
Mark McIntyre	Celeste, Piano	Johnny Mercer	Composer
Andreas Meyer	Compilation Producer, Digital Mastering, Reissue Producer, Sonic Restoration, Transfers	Mitch Miller	Oboe
Henry Nemo	Composer	Pullman Pederson	Trombone
Maurice Perlmutter	Viola	Nick Pisani	Violin
Nat Polen	Drums	Raoul Poliakin	Violin
Cole Porter	Composer	Leonard Posner	Violin
Gene Powers	Violin	Allan Reuss	Guitar
George Ricci	Cello	Bill Richards	Producer
Richard Rodgers	Composer	Mischa Russell	Violin
John Ryan	Bass	Darren Salmieri	Artist Coordination
Jack Sewell	Cello	Ted Shapiro	Composer
Frank Sinatra	Composer, Vocals	Frank Siravo	Bass
Felix Slatkin	Violin	Zelly Smirnoff	Violin
Anthony Sophos	Cello	William Spear	Viola
Philip Stephens	Bass	David Sterkin	Viola
Axel Stordahl	Arranger, Conductor, Director	Jack Strachey	Composer
Oreste Tomasso	Violin	Roy Turk	Composer
Olcott Vail	Violin	George Van Eps	Guitar
Gerald Vinci	Violin	Ned Washington	Composer
Harry Woods	Composer	Victor Young	Composer
Rubin Zarchy	Trumpet