Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain

1962 studio album by Frank Sinatra

Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain

Studio album by

Frank Sinatra

Released| 1962
Recorded| June 12–14, 1962, London
Genre|

* Vocal jazz
* traditional pop

Length| 35:12 (Original UK mono release)
Label| Reprise
R 1006 (mono LP), R9-1006 (stereo LP)[1]
Frank Sinatra chronology
| Sinatra and Swingin' Brass
(1962)  | Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain
(1962)  | Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
(1962)

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Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. It was released on LP in Great Britain, but not in the United States. A US release would not come until the compact disc released in the early 1990s. All tracks were available on The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings.

Arranged by Robert Farnon, the album was recorded in London in June 1962 at CTS Studios by Eric Tomlinson,[3] a renowned recording and film industry dubbing engineer,[4] who would go on to record the soundtracks to dozens of feature films including Oliver! (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and the original Star Wars trilogy (1977; 1980; 1983).[5]

It is Sinatra's only UK studio album, though there were three other radio performances that were recorded and later released.

Sinatra was tired after touring, and had a sore throat: he was apparently not very happy with his voice.

## Track listing

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1. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 3:31
2. "We'll Gather Lilacs in the Spring" (Ivor Novello) – 3:11
3. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:05
4. "Now Is the Hour" (Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart) – 2:48
5. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 3:18
6. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:52
7. "A Garden in the Rain" (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:22
8. "London by Night" (Carroll Coates) – 3:17
9. "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 3:42
10. "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (Noël Coward) – 3:16[1]

Additional track not included on original release, first released in Japan on LP in 1985,[6] and later on CD worldwide:

1. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic E. Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 3:01

## Complete personnel

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* Frank Sinatra \- Vocals
* Robert Farnon \- Arranger, Conductor[1]

Tracks 1, 3, 7, 10:

12-June-1962 (Tuesday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.

Stan Roderick, Stan Reynolds, Basil Jones, Derrick Abbott (tpt); Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Burns, Douglas Robinson (alt/cit); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eaden, William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (vla); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).

Tracks 2, 4, 9:

14-June-1962 (Thursday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.

Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/ eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Bums, Douglas Robinson (alt/cit); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eader., William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (via); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).

Tracks 5, 6, 8, 11:

13-June-1962 (Wednesday) - London, England. C.T.S. Studios.

Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Wally Smith, Ray Premru (tbn); Harry Mier (oboe/ eng-h); Geoffrey Gilbert, Norman Knight (fl/picc); Robert Burns, Douglas Robinson (alt/clt); Keith Bird (ten/b-clt); Frank Reedy (ten/con-cit); Ronnie Ross (bar/cit); Alec Firman, Sid Sax, William Miller, Paul Scherman, Leonard Dight, John Sharp, Joseph Hitchener, George French, W. Farron, Eric Eaden, William Monro (vln); John Meek, Keith Cummings, Steven Shingles, Morris Gilbert (vla); Francisco Gabarro, Henry Elman (vlc); Renata Stein, John Marson (harp); Bill Miller (p); Gordon Franks (p/cel); Dave Goldberg (g); Lenny Bush (b); Bobby Midgeley (perc).[7]

## Notes

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Sinatra recorded the album, a collection of all British material, in June 1962, towards the end of a long tour raising money for children's charities that had started back in April, and included performances in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Rome, Athens, Milan. It was the only studio album he recorded outside of the United States. It was recorded at CTS Studios, at its original Bayswater location.[8] Sinatra spent three nights there, working on the tracks for the recording.

Sinatra had made his first visit to the UK in the summer of 1950, when he topped the bill at the London Palladium, and enjoyed playing in Britain. When he toured the UK in 1953, at venues that ran from Tooting Granada to Blackpool Opera House, his star had been fading, but the time of this recording, he was a record label owner (Reprise),[9] no longer recording for Capitol.[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
2. ^ Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain at AllMusic
3. ^ "Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
4. ^ "Eric Tomlinson, recording engineer - obituary". The Telegraph. 2015-12-16. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
5. ^ "Eric Tomlinson". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
6. ^ "Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain (1985, Vinyl)". Discogs.
7. ^ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN 978-0274963768.
8. ^ "CTS closure is another blow for UK recording - PSNEurope". PSNEurope. 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
9. ^ Ol' Blue Eyes of Bayswater, Radio Two, January 2011, presented by Paul Sexton [1] [2]
10. ^ "Frank Sinatra - the Reprise Years".

## Further reading

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* Hunter, Nigel (June 23, 1962). "This Was an Evening I'll Never Forget; Nigel Hunter Attends a Sinatra Recording Session". Disc. p. 4.

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