''Ring-a-Ding-Ding!'' is the twentieth studio album by

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, released on May 7, 1961. It was the inaugural record on Sinatra's

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label and, as the initial concept was "an album without ballads", it consisted only of uptempo swing numbers. The title track was written specifically for Sinatra by

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and

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. The song "

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" was recorded for the album, though left off the final track listing. ''Ring-a-Ding-Ding!'' reached No. 4; it was given favorable reviews by ''

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'', and, although a similar album (''

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'') was released by Capitol a mere two months prior, ''Ring-A-Ding-Ding!'' managed to maintain a 35-week stay on the charts. In the UK, the album reached No. 8 and stayed for 9 weeks on the chart. The album was remastered and reissued by

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on June 7, 2011, to mark its 50th anniversary. The newest CD makes a change to earlier releases, in that the original reverberation effect on Sinatra's voice has been decreased for a more natural sound.

Track listing

Selected personnel

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Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6: 19-December-1960 (Monday) - Hollywood. Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Erno Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Arno, Herman Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p);

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 ...

(g);

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(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. ...

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(perc); Johnny Mandel (arr/cond). Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 20-December-1960 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Erno Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sasson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Arno, Hennan Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards (perc); Johnny Mandel (arr/cond). Tracks, 8, 11, 12, 13 21-December-1960 (Wednesday) - Hollywood. Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Erno Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Arno, Herman Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (vln); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d). Larry Bunker, Emil Richards (perc); Johnny Mandel, Dick Reynolds (arr).

References

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