Frank Sinatra Frankly Sentimental

The romantic luster of the greatest songs by Berlin, Mercer, Cahn & Styne and the Gershwins is magnificently enveloped in Frank Sinatra's warm, distinctive vocal styling. This 'Love Songs' collection features fifteen sentimental classics, digitally restored and remastered for outstanding sound, that tenderly illustrate why Sinatra was the consummate master of the art of ballad singing.

Recorded in 1955, this superbly arranged and sung set of slow ballads can lay claim to being the world's first 'concept album.' Of course, in classical music, song cycles had been around since Schubert, but a whole set of pop tunes arranged around a central theme or mood was something new in popular music. With the advent of the LP in 1953, commercial pop music was beginning to take itself seriously.

Recorded in 1955, this superbly arranged and sung set of slow ballads can lay claim to being the world's first 'concept album.' Of course, in classical music, song cycles had been around since Schubert, but a whole set of pop tunes arranged around a central theme or mood was something new in popular music. With the advent of the LP in 1953, commercial pop music was beginning to take itself seriously.

Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important musical figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Elvis Presley and the Beatles. In a professional career lasting 60 years, he demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain his appeal and pursue his musical goals despite countervailing trends. He came to the fore during the swing era of the 1930s and '40s, helped to define the "sing era" of the '40s and '50s, and continued to attract listeners during the rock era that began in the mid-'50s. He scored his first number one hit in 1940 and was still making million-selling recordings in 1994.

Francis Albert Sinatra (English: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - May 14, 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American singer (singer) of Italian descent, film actor, film director, producer, showman, conductor, political activist. Winner of the Oscar Film Award, eleven-time winner of the Grammy Music Award, four-time winner of the Golden Globe Award. He was awarded the highest civilian award of the United States — the Congressional Gold Medal (1997).

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

Sinatra insisted that Styne and Cahn be hired to write the songs for his first MGM musical, Anchors Aweigh, and over the course of his career, the singer recorded more songs by Cahn (a lyricist who worked with several composers) than by any other songwriter. Anchors Aweigh, in which Sinatra was paired with Gene Kelly, was released in July 1945 and went on to become the most successful film of the year. Sinatra returned to radio in September with a new show bearing an old name, Songs by Sinatra. It ran weekly for the next two seasons, concluding in June 1947. Among his eight Top Ten hits in 1946 were two that hit number one ("Oh! What It Seemed to Be" and Styne and Cahn's "Five Minutes More"), as well as "They Say It's Wonderful" and "The Girl That I Marry" from Irving Berlin's musical Annie Get Your Gun, Jerome Kern's "All Through the Day," and Kurt Weill's "September Song." He also topped the album charts with the collection The Voice of Frank Sinatra.

Newly remastered! The voice of "Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra is one of those that has written history in pop music of the 20th Century