Blue Skies

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Band Chorus

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Blue Skies?:??Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, vocal refrain by Frank Sinatra & chorusPut Your Arms Around Me, Honey / Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer / Blue SkiesBea Wain / Tommy Dorsey and His OrchestraEP
V Disc (original)1
1.10Blue Skies3:18Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra & ChorusAll Time Greatest Hits Vol. 1Tommy Dorsey & Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)ND90310
1.10Blue Skies3:18Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraAll Time Greatest Hits: Volume 1Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
1.9Blue Skies3:19Frank Sinatra & Tommy DorseyI’ll Be Seeing YouFrank Sinatra & Tommy DorseyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-08-30
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
3.13Blue Skies3:19Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Band ChorusThe Song Is YouTommy Dorsey ♦ Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-08-30
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66353-2, 66353-2
1.9Blue Skies3:19Frank Sinatra & Tommy DorseyI’ll Be Seeing You (with barcode)Tommy Dorsey • Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66427-2, 66427-2
1.9Blue Skies3:17Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and His OrchestraThis Love of MineFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Memoir (UK reissue label)CDMOIR 511
1.4Blue Skies3:21Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraGreatest HitsFrank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor090266848720
1.2Blue Skies3:21Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraPlanet Jazz: SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1997-11-24
3.14Blue Skies3:20Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraFrank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraFrank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998-10-13
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)63285
1.14Blue Skies3:20Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraThe Popular Sinatra, Volume 3Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor09026632862
1.6Blue Skies3:16Frank Sinatra & The Tommy Dorsey OrchestraSwingdance, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-05-25
Jazz Band2260
1.9Blue Skies3:22Frank SinatraThe Golden Years of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-09-02
SohoSOHOCD004
1.13Blue Skies3:20Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey & His OrchestraFrank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey: Voice of the CenturyFrank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)09026-63928-2
1.9Blue Skies3:15Frank SinatraSignatureFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Signature (UK label, cat prefix is SIGNCD####)SIGNCD2130
2.6Blue Skies3:17Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey OrchestraThe Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey OrchestraFrank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-09-16
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876711662
1.8Blue Skies3:17Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, His Orchestra and Band ChorusA Voice in Time: 1939–1952Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-09-25
Sony Classical
1.13Blue Skies3:19Frank SinatraGold Standards: 40 Classics from the Great American SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Primo Entertainment6021
1.13Blue Skies3:21Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His OrchestraOne Night on Broadway with Irving BerlinIrving Berlin & Otto GabosAlbum + Compilation
Éditions BDMusicBDCI107
1.5Blue Skies3:19Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His OrchestraThe Timeless Sound of Big Band SwingVarious ArtistsAlbum
Compass Productions (budget compilations)A719125
90.15Blue Skies3:17Tommy Dorsey & His OrchestraThe Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band EraVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-10-24
Membran International GmbH232095
1.1Blue Skies3:15Frank SinatraPlaylist: The Very Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-11-07
4.13Blue Skies3:19Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and His OrchestraThe Voice: Over Twenty Years in Music 1939-1960Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-03-05
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233182
1.12Blue Skies3:19Tommy Dorsey & His OrchestraI'm Getting Sentimental Over YouTommy Dorsey & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Bootleg
3.11Blue Skies?:??Frank SinatraComplete Studio Recordings With Tommy DorseyFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
One Records (jazz)59802

Relationships

bass:Sid Weiss (on 1941-07-15)
drums (drum set):Buddy Rich (on 1941-07-15)
guitar:Clark Yocum (on 1941-07-15)
piano:Joe Bushkin (on 1941-07-15)
saxophone:Heinie Beau (on 1941-07-15)
Don Lodice (on 1941-07-15)
Manny Gershman (on 1941-07-15)
Bruce Snyder (on 1941-07-15)
Fred Stulce (on 1941-07-15)
trombone:George Arus (on 1941-07-15)
Dave Jacobs (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-07-15)
Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-07-15)
trumpet:Jimmy Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1941-07-15)
Ziggy Elman (on 1941-07-15)
Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1941-07-15)
Al Stearns (on 1941-07-15)
choir vocals:[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
lead vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1941-07-15)
vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
conductor:Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1941-07-15)
arranger:Sy Oliver
recorded at:RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1941-07-15)
part of:V Disc (by matrix number) (number: x) (order: 2759)
recording of:Blue Skies (, on 1941-07-15)

Related works

Blue Skies

lyricist and composer:Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Irving Berlin Music Company
Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
referred to in medleys:Bing Crosby Medley
later versions:All Day Long (Blue Skies)
is the basis for:Blue Skies (Burger setting)
Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)
arrangements:A Tribute to Dorsey, Miller and Teagarden
Blue Skies (for violin and piano, Kreisler)