Close to You (Frank Sinatra album)

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Close to You
Close to You cover
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released 1957
Recorded April 4-November 1, 1956
Capitol Studio A Hollywood
Genre Jazz Vocal
Length 54:12
Label Capitol Records
Producer(s) Voyle Gilmore
Professional reviews
Frank Sinatra chronology
This Is Sinatra!
(1956)
Close to You
(1957)
A Swingin’ Affair!
(1957)


Close to You is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1957.

The album was recorded over a period of eight months and five different sessions. It features the Hollywood String Quartet.

[edit] Original LP track listing

  1. "Close to You" (Al Hoffman, Carl G. Lampl, Jerry Livingston) – 3:37
  2. "P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 4:21
  3. "Love Locked Out" (Kester, Noble) – 2:41
  4. "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:20
  5. "It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:34
  6. "Don't Like Goodbyes" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 4:51
  7. "With Every Breath I Take" (L. Rainger, Robin) – 3:38
  8. "Blame It on My Youth" (Heyman, Levant) – 2:58
  9. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:13
  10. "I've Had My Moments" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:47
  11. "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (Adamson, McHugh) – 3:25
  12. "The End of a Love Affair" (Redding) – 4:11
  13. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:00
  14. "There's a Flaw in My Flue (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:41
  15. "Wait Till You See Her" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:08

The last three songs are bonus tracks on the compact disc release, Close To You And More.

[edit] Personnel