''She Shot Me Down'' is a 1981 album by Frank Sinatra. This was the final album Sinatra recorded for the record label he founded, Reprise Records, and generally considered an artistic triumph that evokes the best of Sinatra during this stage of his career. The album, however, was not a commercial success. ''She Shot Me Down'' harks back to the triumphs of Sinatra's

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years, a thought-provoking set of torch songs with soaring strings, lyrics fraught with loss and regret, and heart-rending, world-weary vocals. Of the recordings chosen for the album, the only remake of a previous recording by Sinatra himself was the medley of Harold Arlen's and Ira Gershwin's "

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" Sinatra would bring this medley to his concert set-list with much success, evident especially during the live concerts filmed in

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for Concert for the Americas. (Another remake was "She Shot Me Down," originally recorded by Sinatra on June 4, 1973 but, aside from appearing on bootleg records, this version was never officially released.)

Track listing

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) – 4:25 #"A Long Night" ( Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon) – 3:44 #" Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (

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Don Costa Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including ''Sinatra and Strings'' and '' My Way''. ...

, Pamela Phillips-Oland) – 4:38 #"South - To a Warmer Place" (Wilder, McGlohon) – 3:45 #"I Loved Her" (

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" ( Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin)/( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:50

Personnel

* Frank Sinatra -

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- arranger, conductor *

- arranger, conductor * Nelson Riddle - arranger * Vincent Falcone, Jr - conductor

Recording dates

*April 8, 1981 - " Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", "

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" *July 20, 1981 - "

", "A Long Night", "I Loved Her" *July 21, 1981 - "South - To a Warmer Place" *August 19, 1981 - "Good Thing Going (Going Gone)" *September 10, 1981 - "Hey Look, No Cryin'", "Monday Morning Quarterback"

References

External links

Entry at allmusic.com

Entry at discogs.com
{{Authority control 1981 albums Frank Sinatra albums Reprise Records albums Albums produced by Don Costa Albums arranged by Gordon Jenkins Albums arranged by Don Costa Albums arranged by Nelson Riddle