''The Capitol Years'' is a 1990 compilation album of the U.S. singer

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the " Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and ...

. Released to coincide with Sinatra's 75th birthday, this three-disc set has an abundance of classic Sinatra performances from his career with

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of not ...

, which spanned the years 1953 to 1961.

Track listing

Disc one

I've Got the World on a String "I've Got The World on a String" is a 1932 popular jazz song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the Cotton Club series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of th ...

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Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...

, Ted Koehler) - 2:10 #:Recorded on April 30, 1953 #"Lean Baby" (Roy Alfred,

Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad'' (1968), '' Batman'' (with ''Batgirl'' them ...

) - 2:33 #:Recorded on April 2, 1953 #"I Love You" (Harry Archer,

Harlan Thompson Harlan Thompson (24 September 1890 – 29 October 1966) was an American theatre director, screenwriter, lyricist, film director, and film and television producer. He wrote the Broadway hit ''Little Jessie James'' (1923–24), and several other B ...

) - 2:27 #" South of the Border" ( Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) – 2:50 #:Recorded on April 30, 1953 #"From Here to Eternity" (Freddie Karger, Robert Wells) - 2:59 #:Recorded on May 2, 1953 #" They Can't Take That Away from Me" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 2 ...

) - 1:57 #:Recorded on November 5, 1953 #" I Get a Kick Out of You" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to ...

) - 2:53 #:Recorded on November 6, 1953 #" Young at Heart" (

Carolyn Leigh Carolyn Leigh (August 21, 1926 – November 19, 1983) was an American lyricist for Broadway, film, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and " The Best Is Yet to Come". With ...

, Johnny Richards) - 2:59 #:Recorded on December 9, 1953 #" Three Coins in the Fountain" (

Jule Styne Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also becam ...

, Sammy Cahn) - 3:04 #:Recorded on March 1, 1954 #" All of Me" ( Gerald Marks,

Seymour Simons Seymour Simons (January 14, 1896 – February 12, 1949) was an American pianist, composer, orchestra leader, and radio producer. Biography Simons born in Detroit, Michigan, was originally trained in engineering and went to work as a researc ...

) - 2:07 #"

Taking a Chance on Love "Taking a Chance on Love" is a popular song from the 1940 Broadway musical '' Cabin in the Sky''. It was introduced by Ethel Waters playing the role of Petunia Jackson both on Broadway and later in the 1943 MGM musical Cabin in the Sky (film). ...

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Vernon Duke Vernon Duke ( 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer/songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for " Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I Can' ...

, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) - 2:19 #:Recorded on April 19, 1954 #" Someone to Watch Over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 2:56 #:Recorded on September 23, 1954 #"

What Is This Thing Called Love? "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical '' Wake Up and Dream''. It was first performed by Elsie Carlisle in March 1929. The song has become a popular jazz standard and one of Porter's most ...

" (Porter) - 2:35 #:Recorded on February 16, 1955 #"

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" is a 1955 popular song composed by David Mann, with lyrics by Bob Hilliard. It was introduced as the title track of Frank Sinatra's 1955 album ''In the Wee Small Hours''. Background Mann and Hilliard wro ...

" ( Bob Hilliard, David Mann) - 2:59 #:Recorded on February 17, 1954 #" Learnin' the Blues" (Delores Vicki Silvers) - 3:00 #:Recorded on March 23, 1955 #"Our Town" (Cahn,

Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Life and care ...

) - 3:15 #"

Love and Marriage "Love and Marriage" is a 1955 song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is published by Barton Music Corporation (ASCAP). Frank Sinatra versions "Love and Marriage" was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 televis ...

" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:38 #:Recorded on August 15, 1955 #" (Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:57 #:Recorded on September 13, 1955 #"Weep They Will" ( Bill Carey, Carey Fischer) - 3:16 #:Recorded on October 17, 1955 #"

I Thought About You "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Background It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and form ...

" (Van Heusen,

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallic ...

) – 2:30 #" You Make Me Feel So Young" ( Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) – 2:57 #" Memories of You" (

Andy Razaf Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was an American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". Biography Razaf was born in Wash ...

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote '' Shuffle Along'', one of the first B ...

) - 2:53 #:Recorded on January 9, 1956 #" I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) - 3:43 #:Recorded on January 12, 1956 #"

Too Marvelous for Words "Too Marvelous for Words" is a popular song written in 1937. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting. It was introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander in the 1937 Warner Brothers film '' Ready, Willing and Able'', ...

" (Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) - 2:27 #:Recorded on January 16, 1956 #"Don't Like Goodbyes" (

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

) - 4:50 #:Recorded on March 8, 1956 #"(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" (Leigh, Philip Springer) - 2:39 #:Recorded on April 5, 1956

Disc two

#" Hey! Jealous Lover" ( Sammy Cahn, Kay Twomey, Bee Walker) - 2:21 #:Recorded on April 9, 1956 #" You're Sensational" (Porter) - 2:16 #:Recorded on April 5, 1956 #" Close to You" (

Al Hoffman Al Hoffman (September 25, 1902 – July 21, 1960) was an American song composer. He was a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, usually co-writing with others and responsible for number-one hits through each decade, many of wh ...

, Carl G. Lampl, Jerry Livingston) - 3:56 #:Recorded on November 1, 1956 #"

Stars Fell on Alabama "Stars Fell on Alabama" is a 1934 jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. History The title of the song appears to have been borrowed from the title of the 1934 book of the same name by Carl Carmer. It refers to ...

" ( Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) - 2:35 #"I Got Plenty Of Nothing" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) - 3:14 #:Recorded on November 15, 1956 #"

I Wish I Were in Love Again "I Wish I Were in Love Again" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical ''Babes in Arms''. In the original show, Dolores, the Sheriff's daughter (played by Grace McDonald), talks to Gus, her former boyfriend (Rolly Pickert), who tries t ...

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Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most well-known American ...

Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", " Bewitched, B ...

) - 2:28 #:Recorded on November 20, 1956 #" The Lady Is a Tramp" (Rodgers, Hart) - 3:14 #" Night and Day" (Porter) - 3:59 #"The Lonesome Road" ( Gene Austin,

Nat Shilkret Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American musician, composer, conductor and musical director. Early career Shilkret (originally named Natan Schüldkraut) was born in New York City, United States, to parents ...

) - 3:53 #" If I Had You" ( Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 2:35 #:Recorded on November 26, 1956 #" Where Are You?" ( Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:30 #"I'm a Fool to Want You" (

, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) – 4:51 #:Recorded on May 1, 1957 #"

Witchcraft Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have ...

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Cy Coleman Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. Life and career Coleman was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City, United States, to Eastern European Jewish parents ...

) - 2:52 #"Something Wonderful Happens in Summer" ( Joe Bushkin,

John DeVries John DeVries (December 2, 1915 – April 17, 1992) was an American lyricist, interior designer and illustrator. He was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania in 1915. Collaborating with the pianist Joe Bushkin, he wrote the lyrics for many songs, the most ...

) - 3:12 #:Recorded on May 20, 1957 #" All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:52 #"

Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) "Chicago" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and published in 1922. The original sheet music variously spelled the title "Todd'ling" or "Toddling." The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known versions are by Frank Sinat ...

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Fred Fisher Fred Fisher (born Alfred Breitenbach, September 30, 1875 – January 14, 1942) was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Biography Fisher was born in Cologne, Germany. His parents were Max and Theodora Breitenb ...

) - 2:12 #:Recorded on August 13, 1957 #" Let's Get Away from It All" (

Matt Dennis Matthew Loveland Dennis (February 11, 1914 – June 21, 2002) was an American singer, pianist, band leader, arranger, and writer of music for popular songs. Biography Dennis was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His mother was a violi ...

, Tom Adair) – 2:11 #:Recorded on October 1, 1957 #" Autumn in New York" (

) – 4:37 #:Recorded on October 3, 1957 #" Come Fly with Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:19 #:Recorded on October 8, 1957 #"

Everybody Loves Somebody "Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane, and made famous by Dean Martin who recorded and released his version in 1964. History Although written almost 20 years earlier, by 1964 the song had al ...

" ( Sam Coslow, Ken Lane, Irving Taylor) - 3:42 #"It's the Same Old Dream" (Cahn, Styne) - 3:02 #:Recorded on November 25, 1957 #"

Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" is a 1943 song written by Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, and Stephan Weiss. Frank Sinatra first recorded the song for commercial release by Columbia Records on May 1, 1945, having previously recorded it for a V-Di ...

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Ruth Lowe Ruth Lowe (August 12, 1914 – January 4, 1981) was a Canadian pianist and songwriter. She composed the first ''Billboard'' top 80 song "I'll Never Smile Again". Early life Born in Toronto but raised in Glendale, California, Lowe returned to ...

, Paul Mann, George David Weiss) - 3:12 #:Recorded on December 11, 1957 #"Here Goes" (Otto Cesana, Cahn) - 2:42 #:Recorded on March 3, 1958 #" Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent,

) - 3:44 #:Recorded on May 29, 1957

Disc three

#" Ebb Tide" (

Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of parliament (MP), suspected spy, and fraudster. Early i ...

Carl Sigman Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in t ...

) - 3:18 #" Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Cahn, Styne) - 3:59 #"Only the Lonely" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 4:31 #:Recorded on May 29, 1958 #" One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" (Arlen, Mercer) - 4:04 #:Recorded on June 26, 1958 #"To Love and Be Loved" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:56 #"I Couldn't Care Less" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:58 #:Recorded on October 15, 1958 #"

The Song Is You "The Song Is You" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for their musical ''Music in the Air'' (1932) and sung in that show by Tullio Carminati. In the subsequent 1934 f ...

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Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in the musical theater for almost 40 years. He won eight ...

Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...

) - 2:42 #" Just In Time" ( Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Styne) - 2:23 #:Recorded on December 9, 1958 #" Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Cahn, Styne) - 1:54 #:Recorded on December 22, 1958 #" Come Dance With Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:59 #:Recorded on December 23, 1958 #"

French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion (french: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army which comprises several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, airborne troops. It was created in 1831 to allow foreign nationals into the French Army ...

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Aaron Schroeder Aaron Harold Schroeder (September 7, 1926 – December 2, 2009) was an American songwriter and music publisher. Early years Born in Brooklyn, Schroeder graduated from the school now known as the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art ...

, Guy Wood) - 2:01 #:Recorded on December 29, 1958 #"

The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" is a popular song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was recorded by Isham Jones' Orchestra on December 21, 1923, at Brunswick Studios in New York City, and published on January ...

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Isham Jones Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Career Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, United States, to a musical and mining family. His father, Richard Isham Jone ...

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo ...

) - 3:03 #"

Here's That Rainy Day "Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke that was published in 1953. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical '' Carnival in Flanders''. Frank Sinatra Frank Sinat ...

" ( Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) - 4:19 #:Recorded on March 25, 1959 #" High Hopes" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:42 #:Recorded on May 8, 1959 #"When No One Cares" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 2:42 #" I'll Never Smile Again" (

) - 3:43 #:Recorded on May 14, 1959 #" I've Got a Crush on You" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 2:16 #" Embraceable You" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 3:23 #:Recorded on March 3, 1960 #"Nice 'N' Easy" (

Alan Bergman Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated telev ...

, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence) - 2:45 #:Recorded on April 13, 1960 #"I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" (Clarence Gaskill, McHugh) - 2:25 #:Recorded on August 23, 1960 #" On the Sunny Side of the Street" ( Dorothy Fields, McHugh) - 2:41 #:Recorded on March 20, 1961 #" I've Heard That Song Before" (Cahn, Styne) - 2:30 #:Recorded on March 21, 1961 #"

Almost Like Being In Love "Almost Like Being in Love" is a show tune with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It was written for the score of their 1947 musical ''Brigadoon''. The song was first sung by David Brooks and Marion Bell, in the Broadway ...

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Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre b ...

Frederick Loewe Frederick Loewe (, originally German Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988) was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including ''Brigadoon'', '' ...

) - 2:02 #:Recorded on March 22, 1960 #" I'll Be Seeing You" (

Sammy Fain Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatre ...

, Irving Kahal) - 2:46 #:Recorded on September 11, 1961 #"

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, published in 1932 for the Broadway show ''Earl Carroll's Vanities'' (1932). The song has become a jazz and blues standard. Popular recordings ...

" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:58 #:Recorded on March 6, 1962

Personnel

– vocals *

Gordon Jenkins Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Lo ...

– arranger, conductor *

Skip Martin Lloyd Vernon "Skip" Martin (May 14, 1916, in Robinson, Illinois – February 12, 1976, in Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger. Background Martin was active principally as an arranger for so ...

– arranger *

– arranger, conductor *

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many world-famous vocalists at Capitol Recor ...

– arranger, conductor * Felix Slatkin – conductor * Axel Stordahl – conductor * Heinie Beau – arranger *

Ron Furmanek Ron Furmanek is an American Grammy nominated music producer and filmographer who has produced over 200 CDs. His most recent work, which includes six Kingston Trio titles, is currently released on RichKat Records, through Collectors Choice Music ...

– box set compiler and producer

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Capitol Years 1990 compilation albums Frank Sinatra compilation albums Capitol Records compilation albums