1956
Amanda: Ah! Here is the Sinatra as I knew him. The kind of music you would hear at casinos and get up and swing to (please don't make this into something dirty; let's be mature about this people)! I actually had this entire album already on my iPod so this album was nothing new to me. Even if you haven't heard Sinatra sing these songs, you have probably listened to other people sing these classic songs which include "Pennies from Heaven" or "You Make Me Feel So Young" (I prefer when Rosemary Clooney sings this one; I also liked it better when Stewie sang it:)). The songs are golden and even if there are a bit overdone, you forget it the second you hear this famous crooner sing them!
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Brie: I cannot believe that Frank Sinatra was 40 years old when he recorded this album! Brings a new meaning to the song "You Make Me Feel So Young", doesn't it? I felt slightly jaded after listening to the last Sinatra album, In The Wee Small Hours, but I am glad to say that good old Frankie redeemed himself with this one! Aah, so many classics on this album. From the previously mentioned "You Make Me Feel So Young" to "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Makin' Whoopee", these songs have been covered many times and by extension, became classics. I can't wait to add this album to my collection!!!
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It's great that the book has "In The Wee Small Hours", and this, but how did they leave out what most Sinatra-philes say was his true masterpiece: "Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely"?
ReplyDeleteFrank Sinatra - "You Make Me Feel So Young"
ReplyDeleteStandout track from the album Songs For Swingin' Lovers! (1956)
Album 7 of 1001 Albums You Must Hear
As a piece of songwriting, this has an interesting hook or two, and is well arranged and sung. But it is the only song from this album I would have any use for. Overproduced big-band crooner swing is how I would describe this album. Anyway this is what passed for entertainment in the 1950s and maybe some people still like it, so to each their own. The last two tracks are great songs, but like the rest of the album I didn't care for how they were done here; Anything Goes is a fun song in De-Lovely and elsewhere, but Sinatra and his producer basically suck the life out of it.