Come Dance With Me:
Sinatra on Capitol

capitol CDP 7 48468 2

Recorded on December 9, 22, 23, 1958, the album was the second such collaboration between Sinatra and arranger-conductor Billy May. While May did 9 of the arrangements, the other three were handled by Heinie Beau. Come Dance With Me reminds us that the singer's roots were firmly planted in the big dance bands of the late 1930s and early 40s, specifically those of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.

May provides a suitable framework for Sinatra to reinterpret that shared past in light of a musical present they were both engaged in defining. The title song earned Frank a "Grammy" for best solo vocal and the album was also voted album of the year in 1959...

TRACKS:

• 1. Come Dance With Me (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)


• 2. Something's Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer)


• 3. Just In Time (Jule Styne-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)


• 4. Dancing In The Dark (Arthur Schwartz-Howard Dietz)


• 5. Too Close For Comfort (Jerry Bock-Lawrence Holofcener-George D. Weiss)


• 6. I Could Have Danced All Night (Frederick Loewe-Alan J. Lerner)


• 7. Saturday Night (Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn)


• 8. Day In-Day Out (Rube Bloom-Johnny Mercer)


• 9. Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin)


• 10. Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Robert Wright-George Forrest)


• 11. The Song Is You (Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II)


• 12. The Last Dance (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)


• 13. It All Depends On You (B.G. DeSylva-Lew Brown-Ray Henderson)


• 14. Nothing In Common (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)*


• 15. Same Old Song And Dance (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn-Bobby Worth)


• 16. How Are Ya' Fixed For Love (Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)*

*duet with Keely Smith