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The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952

Frank Sinatra

1995 · Jazz

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The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952 by Frank Sinatra

The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952 is a Jazz album by Frank Sinatra, originally released in 1995. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1-1Close To You3:18
  2. 1-2People Will Say We're In Love3:20
  3. 1-3If You Are But A Dream3:04
  4. 1-4Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)2:43
  5. 1-5White Christmas3:22
  6. 1-6I Fall In Love Too Easily3:13
  7. 1-7Ol' Man River4:00
  8. 1-8Stormy Weather4:13
  9. 1-9Embraceable You3:16
  10. 1-10(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way3:20
  11. 1-11My Melancholy Baby3:08
  12. 1-12Where Or When3:13
  13. 1-13All The Things You Are3:00
  14. 1-14I Should Care3:00
  15. 1-15Dream3:02
  16. 1-16Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)3:06
  17. 1-17Over The Rainbow3:16
  18. 1-18If I Loved You3:04
  19. 1-19Someone To Watch Over Me3:19
  20. 1-20You Go To My Head2:59
  21. 1-21These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)3:07
  22. 1-22The House I Live In3:18
  23. 1-23Day By Day3:08
  24. 2-1Nancy (With The Laughing Face)3:19
  25. 2-2Full Moon And Empty Arms3:12
  26. 2-3Oh, What It Seemed To Be2:59
  27. 2-4(I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance3:11
  28. 2-5Why Shouldn't I?2:52
  29. 2-6Try A Little Tenderness3:08
  30. 2-7Begin The Beguine2:55
  31. 2-8They Say It's Wonderful3:04
  32. 2-9That Old Black Magic2:32
  33. 2-10How Deep Is The Ocean (How Blue Is The Sky)2:56
  34. 2-11Home On The Range3:11
  35. 2-12Five Minutes More2:35
  36. 2-13The Things We Did Last Summer3:15
  37. 2-14Among My Souvenirs3:15
  38. 2-15September Song3:05
  39. 2-16Blue Skies2:28
  40. 2-17Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry3:23
  41. 2-18Lost In The Stars3:15
  42. 2-19There's No Business Like Show Business3:18
  43. 2-20Time After Time3:09
  44. 2-21The Brooklyn Bridge2:35
  45. 2-22Sweet Lorraine3:08
  46. 2-23Always2:55
  47. 2-24Mam'selle3:19
  48. 3-1Stella By Starlight3:19
  49. 3-2My Romance3:15
  50. 3-3If I Had You3:06
  51. 3-4One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)3:04
  52. 3-5But Beautiful3:12
  53. 3-6You're My Girl3:09
  54. 3-7All Of Me2:44
  55. 3-8Night And Day3:38
  56. 3-9S'posin'2:45
  57. 3-10The Night We Called It A Day3:21
  58. 3-11The Song Is You3:15
  59. 3-12What'll I Do?3:05
  60. 3-13The Music Stopped2:57
  61. 3-14Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)2:59
  62. 3-15I've Got A Crush On You3:15
  63. 3-16Body And Soul3:18
  64. 3-17I'm Glad There Is You3:06
  65. 3-18Autumn In New York3:15
  66. 3-19Nature Boy3:18
  67. 3-20Once In Love With Amy3:00
  68. 3-21Some Enchanted Evening3:07
  69. 3-22The Hucklebuck3:00
  70. 3-23Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk2:59
  71. 3-24It All Depends On You2:43
  72. 4-1Bye Bye Baby2:38
  73. 4-2Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)3:18
  74. 4-3That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)3:16
  75. 4-4Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy2:37
  76. 4-5American Beauty Rose2:34
  77. 4-6Should I (Reveal)2:24
  78. 4-7You Do Something To Me2:33
  79. 4-8Lover2:39
  80. 4-9When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)2:28
  81. 4-10London By Night3:09
  82. 4-11Meet Me At The Copa3:11
  83. 4-12April In Paris2:43
  84. 4-13I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest2:42
  85. 4-14Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)3:08
  86. 4-15I Am Loved2:25
  87. 4-16Hello, Young Lovers3:32
  88. 4-17We Kiss In A Shadow3:35
  89. 4-18I'm A Fool To Want You2:55
  90. 4-19Love Me3:09
  91. 4-20Deep Night3:16
  92. 4-21I Could Write A Book2:42
  93. 4-22I Hear A Rhapsody3:04
  94. 4-23My Girl2:24
  95. 4-24The Birth Of The Blues3:28
  96. 4-25Azure-Te (Paris Blues)2:33
  97. 4-26Why Try To Change Me Now2:47

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Big Band & Swing
  • warm
  • serene
  • romantic

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Bound-book style package with CDs on inside of front and back cover.
Archival restoration and digital mastering at Sony Music Studios, NYC.
Engineered at Sony Music Studios, NYC.
Tracks 2-11, 3-8, 3-10, and 4-11 first issued on Frank Sinatra–The Complete Recordings (opens in a new tab), CXK 48673
Tracks 1-17, 2-14, 2-23, and 3-14 alternate take first issued on Frank Sinatra–The Complete Recordings (opens in a new tab), CXK 48673
All songs previously issued on Columbia/Legacy CXK 48673.
Chart information courtesy of and Billboard Publications
Track Notes:
1-2: From "Oklahoma!"
1-3: Adapted from Rubinstein's "Romance"
1-5: From "Holiday Inn"
1-6: From "Anchors Aweigh"
1-7: From "Show Boat"
1-8: From "Cotton Club Parade Of 1933"
1-9: From "Girl Crazy"
1-11: From "Birth Of The Blues"
1-12: From "Babes In Arms"
1-13: From "Very Warm For May"
1-14: From "Thrill Of A Romance"
1-15: From "Her Highness And The Bellboy"
1-17: From "The Wizard Of Oz"
1-18: From "Carousel"
1-19: From "Oh, Kay!"
1-21: From "Spread It Abroad"
1-22: From "The House I Live In"
2-2: Based on a theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
2-4: From "Folies Bergere"
2-5, 2-7: From "Jubilee"
2-8: From "Annie Get Your Gun"
2-9: From "Star Spangled Rhythm"
2-12: From "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"
2-14: From "The Best Years Of Our Lives"
2-15: From "Knickerbocker Holiday"
2-16: From "Blue Skies"
2-17: From "Glad To See You"
2-18: From "Lost In The Stars"
2-19: From "Annie Get Your Gun"
2-20, 2-21: From "It Happened In Brooklyn"
2-24: From "The Razor's Edge"
3-1: From "The Uninvited"
3-2: From "Jumbo". With Dinah Shore and chorus.
3-4: From "The Sky's The Limit"
3-5: From "Road To Rio"
3-6: From "High Button Shoes"
3-7: From "Meet Danny Wilson"
3-8: From "Gay Divorce"
3-11: From "Music In The Air"
3-13: From "Higher And Higher"
3-15: From "Strike Up The Band"
3-16: From "Three's A Crowd"
3-20: From "Where's Charley"
3-21: From "South Pacific"
3-23: From "Miss Liberty"
3-24: From "Big Boy"
4-1: From "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
4-6: From "Lord Byron Of Broadway"
4-7: From "Fifty Million Frenchmen"
4-8: From "Love Me Tonight"
4-9: From "Meet Danny Wilson"
4-12: From "Walk A Little Faster"
4-15: From "Out Of This World"
4-16: From "The King And I"
4-21: From "Pal Joey"
4-24: From "George White's Scandals"

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