Frank Sinatra: 16 Most Requested Songs – A Columbia Era Compilation for Casual Listeners
In 1995, as Frank Sinatra celebrated his 80th birthday, the market was flooded with compilation releases as both official and unofficial labels sought to capitalize on the renewed interest in The Voice and his legacy. Some of these collections became essential anthologies, while others went relatively unnoticed—yet all had something to offer different segments of Sinatra’s audience.
“16 Most Requested Songs” falls into the latter category. It is part of a Sony Music series that also featured volumes dedicated to Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday, among many others. This collection focuses on Sinatra’s Columbia years, presenting a selection of essential tracks with no surprises for collectors and some notable omissions. The album is clearly aimed at casual listeners who might only want two or three Sinatra albums in their collection, featuring the most obvious hits from this era.
The tracklist is arranged chronologically, beginning with All or Nothing at All—recorded with Harry James in 1939—and concluding with Birth of the Blues, one of the last songs he recorded before Columbia terminated his contract. Along the way, we find major milestones such as Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week (1944), Put Your Dreams Away, Nancy (1945), and the epic Soliloquy (1950). As mentioned earlier, some essential gems like If You Are But a Dream and I’m a Fool to Want You are missing, but for the general public, this remains a well-rounded selection.
Also worth noting are the liner notes by journalist Arnold Jay Smith—who contributed to The New York Times, Billboard, and Variety—as well as the album cover, created by illustrator Bill Nelson.
Tracklist
- All or Nothing at All
- You’ll Never Know
- Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week
- Dream
- Put Your Dreams Away
- Day by Day
- Nancy
- Oh! What It Seemed to Be
- Soliloquy
- Five Minutes More
- The Things We Did Last Summer
- The Coffee Song
- Time After Time
- Mam’selle
- Fools Rush In
- Birth of the Blues
Article written by Mahnuel Muñoz. Al Mal Tiempo Frank Sinatra (Blog) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574582459302
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