Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain
By Mahnuel Muñoz
On June 12, 1962, Frank Sinatra began recording the album “Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain.“
The starting premise is simple: songs written by British composers; but, to be honest, one of the songs, “Now Is The Hour“, is the work of a New Zealander.
The album is recorded at the CTS studios in London and the arrangements are by the prestigious British arranger Robert Farnon. Even though Frank Sinatra’s voice is not at its best (the singer is completing an extensive and exhausting world tour at that time), the album does not disappoint and in fact offers us unforgettable moments such as “The Very Thought Of You“, “London By Night” “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square” or “A Garden In The Rain“
In 2014 Universal released an essential box set with three CDs and a DVD titled “Sinatra London“, which includes the complete album, extensive fragments of the recording sessions, a program broadcast on British radio in October 1962 to promote the LP with commentary. by Frank himself) and several concerts held on British soil in different years.
“The Very Thought of You” (Ray Noble) – 3:31
“We’ll Gather Lilacs in the Spring” (Ivor Novello) – 3:11
“If I Had You” (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:05
“Now Is the Hour” (Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart) – 2:48
“The Gypsy” (Billy Reid) – 3:18
“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:52
“A Garden in the Rain” (James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons) – 3:22
“London by Night” (Carroll Coates) – 3:17
“We’ll Meet Again” (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 3:42
“I’ll Follow My Secret Heart” (Noël Coward) – 3:16
Additional track not included on original release, first released in Japan on LP in 1985, and later on CD worldwide.
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