Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra album)
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| Studio album by Frank Sinatra | |||||
| Released | 1966 | ||||
| Recorded | April 11–May 16, 1966, Hollywood | ||||
| Genre | Vocal Jazz, Classic pop | ||||
| Length | 27:10 | ||||
| Label | Reprise Records | ||||
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Strangers In The Night is a 1966 (see 1966 in music) album by Frank Sinatra.
The album marked Sinatra's return to #1 on the pop album charts in the mid-1960s, and it consolidated the comeback he started in 1966. Combining pop hits with show tunes and standards, the album creates a balance between big band and pop instrumentation. The single "Strangers in the Night" also reached #1 on the pop single charts, while "Summer Wind" would slowly become a classic, used for television commercials and mood-setting entrances by the 2000s.
At the Grammy Awards of 1967 Sinatra garnered three Grammy Awards for his efforts on this album, including the Album of the Year and Record of the Year for the title track "Strangers in the Night", as well as Best Male Vocal Performance for the same song. Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track won him the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist.
This is the final album Sinatra performed with long-time arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra.
Strangers in the Night has been certified platinum for 1 million copies sold in the U.S. It is the only "regular" Sinatra album to achieve this mark (the others to do so have been greatest hits/compilation albums, Christmas albums, or the end-of-career "Duets" albums).
[edit] Track listing
- "Strangers in the Night" (Avo Uvezian, Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 2:25
- "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) – 2:53
- "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 3:57
- "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 3:07
- "You're Driving Me Crazy!" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:15
- "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:17
- "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:30
- "Downtown" (Hatch) – 2:14
- "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Donaldson, Kahn) – 2:08
- "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:24
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1966 | Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) | 1 |
[edit] Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - vocals
- Nelson Riddle - arranger, conductor
- Ernie Freeman
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
| Preceded by What Now My Love by Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass |
Billboard 200 number-one album July 23 - July 29, 1966 |
Succeeded by Yesterday and Today by The Beatles |
