''Moonlight Sinatra'' is a

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Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

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in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the

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, and were arranged and conducted by

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 vocalists at Capitol Records, including ...

and his orchestra. ''Moonlight Sinatra'' marked Sinatra's final collaboration with Riddle. The title of the album is a reference to

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

's ''

Moonlight Sonata The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked ''Quasi una fantasia'', Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi. Although known throu ...

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Track listing

#" Moonlight Becomes You" ( Johnny Burke,

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 Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for ...

) – 2:46 #" Moon Song" (

Sam Coslow Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 – April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher and market analyst. Coslow was born in New York City. He began writing songs as a teenager. He contributed songs to Broadway revues, ...

, Arthur Johnston) – 3:03 #"

Moonlight Serenade "Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and perfo ...

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Glenn Miller Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombonist, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces ...

Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...

) – 3:26 #" Reaching for the Moon" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Acade ...

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I Wished on the Moon "I Wished on the Moon" is a song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Dorothy Parker. Bing Crosby sang the song in ''The Big Broadcast of 1936''. Crosby recorded the song on August 14, 1935 with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and it reache ...

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Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Parker ros ...

Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger ( Reichenthal; October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942) was an American composer of popular music principally for films. Biography Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, United States, Rainger initially embarked on a legal career, ...

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Oh, You Crazy Moon ''Oh, You Crazy Moon'' or ''Oh! You Crazy Moon'' is a traditional pop song by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was recorded by Tommy Dorsey in 1939, with at least six other recorded versions following Dorsey's in 1939. It was reco ...

" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12 #" The Moon Got in My Eyes" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52 #"Moonlight Mood" (

Harold Adamson Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980)Larkin, pp. 41-42 was an American lyricist from the 1930s through the 1960s. Early life Adamson, the son of building contractor Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, ...

Peter DeRose Peter DeRose (or De Rose) (March 10, 1896 – April 23, 1953) was an American composer of jazz and pop music during the era of Tin Pan Alley. In 1970, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Biography A native of New York City, a s ...

) – 3:08 #"Moon Love" (

Mack David Mack David (July 5, 1912 – December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and the early 1970s. David was credited with writing ...

André Kostelanetz Andre Kostelanetz (; December 22, 1901 – January 13, 1980) was a Russian-American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music. Biography Abram Naumovich Kostelyanetz was born ...

) (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony) – 4:14 #"The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" ( Fred E. Ahlert,

Edgar Leslie Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter. Biography Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1885. He studied at the Cooper Union in New York. He published his first song in 1909, starting a ...

) – 3:04

Personnel

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*Bill Miller – Piano *

Al Viola Alfred Viola (June 16, 1919 – February 21, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist who worked with Frank Sinatra for 25 years. He played the mandolin on the soundtrack of the film ''The Godfather''. Biography Viola grew up in an Italian famil ...

– Guitar * Ralph Pena, Eddie Gilbert – Bass * Irving Cottler – Drums Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10: 30-November-1965 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. United Recording "A" (from 8 to 11 P.M.). Cappy Lewis (tpt); Urbie Green, Tom Shepard, Tommy Pederson (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Lloyd Hildebrand, Jack Marsh (bsn); Norman Benno, Gene Cipriano (oboe); Willie Schwartz, Ronny Lang (fl); Justin Gordon, Chuck Gentry, Harry Klee (wwd); Gerald Vinci, Alex Beller, Thelma Beach, Marshall Sasson, Nathan Ross, Anatol Kaminsky, Bonnie Douglas, James Getzoff, Jacques Gasselin, Emo Neufeld, Ralph Schaeffer, Victor Amo, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, David Frisina, Alex Murray, Israel Baker, Victor Bay (vln); Paul Robyn, Alex Neiman, Barbara Simons, Allan Harshman, Stanley Harris, Alvin Dinkin (via); Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten, Harold Schneier, Anne Goodman, Nino Rosso (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Vincent Terri, Al Viola (g); Ralph Pena, Eddie Gilbert (b); Irving Cottler (d);

Victor Feldman Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...

(perc); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond). Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9: 29-November-1965 (Monday) - Hollywood. Tommy Pederson, Urbie Green (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, William Hinshaw, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Ted Nash, Ronny Lang (cit); Jules Jacob (oboe); Lloyd Hildebrand, Jack Marsh (bsn); Willie Schwartz, Gene Cipriano, Chuck Gentry, Harry Klee (sax); Gerald Vinci, Emil Briano, Ambrose Russo, Herman Clebanoff, Tibor Zelig, Thelma Beach, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, John De Voogdt, Darrel Terwilliger, Marshall Sosson, Victor Amo, Alex Murray, Ralph Schaeffer, William Kurasch, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Nathan Ross (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Maxine Johnson, Barbara Simons, Joseph Di Fiore, Alvin Dinkin (via); Kurt Reher, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin, Harold Schneier, Jesse Ehrlich, Nino Rosso (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Ralph Pena, Eddie Gilbert (b); Irving Cottler (d);

Larry Bunker Lawrence Benjamin Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. ...

(perc); Nelson Riddle (arr/cond).

Charts

References

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