Swing Easy!
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| Studio album by Frank Sinatra | ||
| Released | 1954 | |
| Recorded | April 7, April 19, 1954 Hollywood | |
| Genre | Classic pop | |
| Length | 19:17 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Voyle Gilmore | |
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| Frank Sinatra chronology | ||
| Songs For Young Lovers (1954) | Swing Easy! (1954) |
In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
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Swing Easy! is a 1954 album by Frank Sinatra, his second released under the Capitol label. It was released as a 10" LP consisting of eight songs, the maximum playing time available to a ten-inch record side being under fourteen minutes.
His second album on Capitol and the first with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, using a swing band format for the instrumentation. As the title implies, the record concentrates on up-tempo swingers done with a light touch. Again, the songs were all standards -- "Just One of Those Things," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," "All of Me" -- that benefited from the new thematic setting, the new arrangements, and, of course, Sinatra's increasingly playful and textured vocals.
This album is currently available on compact disc as a double album with Songs For Young Lovers, also initially released in the ten-inch format. It is also available as an expanded disc by import.
[edit] Original LP Track listing
| Track | Song Title | Originally By |
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| 1. | Just One of Those Things | Cole Porter |
| 2. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) | Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young |
| 3. | Sunday | Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller and Jule Styne |
| 4. | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | Harry Barris, Ted Koehler and Billy Moll |
| 5. | Taking a Chance on Love | Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter and John Latouche |
| 6. | Jeepers Creepers | Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer |
| 7. | Get Happy | Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen |
| 8. | All of Me | Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons |
[edit] Expanded CD Track listing
| Track | Song Title | Originally By |
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| 1. | Jeepers Creepers | Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer |
| 2. | Taking a Chance on Love | Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter and John Latouche |
| 3. | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | Harry Barris, Ted Koehler and Billy Moll |
| 4. | Lean Baby | Roy Alfred and Billy May |
| 5. | I Love You | Harry Archer and Harlan Thompson |
| 6. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) | Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young |
| 7. | Get Happy | Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen |
| 8. | All of Me | Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks |
| 9. | How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me | Tyree Glenn and Allan Roberts |
| 10. | Why Should I Cry Over You? | Chester Conn and Ned Miller |
| 11. | Sunday | Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller and Jule Styne |
| 12. | Just One of Those Things | Cole Porter |
[edit] Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - Vocals
- Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Conductor
