The V-Discs

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Let Me Love You Tonight
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-18)
recording of:
Let Me Love You Tonight (on 1944-10-18)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
René Touzet (Cuban-born American composer, pianist and bandleader)
2:42
2Just Close Your Eyes
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-10-18)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (on 1944-10-18)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-10-18)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-18)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 976 (2))
recording of:
Just Close Your Eyes (on 1944-10-18)
lyricist:
John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott) and Richard Rodgers (composer)
composer:
Sam Mineo (swing pianist)
cover recording of:
Just Close Your Eyes (on 1944-10-18)
lyricist:
John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott) and Richard Rodgers (composer)
composer:
Sam Mineo (swing pianist)
1:38
3If You Are but a Dream
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-23)
orchestra:
Raymond Paige And His Orchestra (on 1944-10-23)
recording of:
If You Are but a Dream (on 1944-10-23)
lyricist and composer:
Nat Bonx, Jack Fulton (US jazz trombonist, composer & vocalist) and Moe Jaffe (songwriter / bandleader)
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
3:45
4Strange Music
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-23)
orchestra:
Raymond Paige And His Orchestra (on 1944-10-23)
recording of:
Song of Norway: Strange Music (on 1944-10-23)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist), Edvard Grieg (composer) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte V, op. 54: No. 4: Notturno
is based on:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VIII, op. 65: No. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (for piano)
part of:
Song of Norway
3:27
5Cradle Song (Brahms' Lullaby)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-23)
orchestra:
Raymond Paige And His Orchestra (on 1944-10-23)
recording of:
The Cradle Song (Brahms’ Lullaby) (on 1944-10-23)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
translator:
Natalia Macfarren
translated version of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gute Nacht" (for voice and piano)
2:37
6Dick Haymes, Dick Todd and Como
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-10-23)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-10-23)
orchestra:
Raymond Paige And His Orchestra (on 1944-10-23)
conductor:
Raymond Paige (on 1944-10-23)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Dick Haymes, Dick Todd and Como (on 1944-10-23)
additional lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
parody version of:
Sunday, Monday or Always
2:40
7None but the Lonely Heart
bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1945-01-31)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-01-31), Arthur Kafton (on 1945-01-31) and Jack Sewell (on 1945-01-31)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-01-31)
French horn:
James Stagliano (on 1945-01-31)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-01-31)
harp:
Irma Clow (on 1945-01-31)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1945-01-31)
trombone:
Carl Loeffler (on 1945-01-31), Jimmy Skiles (on 1945-01-31) and Joe Yukl (on 1945-01-31)
trumpet:
Donald Anderson (trumpet) (on 1945-01-31), Charles Griffard (on 1945-01-31) and Leonard Mach (on 1945-01-31)
viola:
Allan Harshman (on 1945-01-31), Paul Lowenkron (on 1945-01-31) and Garry White (on 1945-01-31)
violin:
Billy Artz (on 1945-01-31), Verne Buck (on 1945-01-31), Raymond Cerf (violinist) (on 1945-01-31), Peter Ellis (violinist) (on 1945-01-31), Sam Freed, Jr. (Violinist) (on 1945-01-31), George Kast (on 1945-01-31), Sol Kindler (on 1945-01-31), Samuel Levine (violinist) (on 1945-01-31), Achille Mierlot Jr. (violinist) (on 1945-01-31), William Miller (violinist) (on 1945-01-31), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-01-31) and Nicholas Pisani (on 1945-01-31)
woodwind:
Heinie Beau (on 1945-01-31), Mannie Gershman (on 1945-01-31), Leonard Hartman (on 1945-01-31), Herbie Haymer (on 1945-01-31) and Harold Lawson (on 1945-01-31)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-01-31)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-01-31)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Vine Street Playhouse in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-01-31)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1343)
cover recording of:
None but the Lonely Heart (on 1945-01-31)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
translator:
Bill Westbrook (translator)
publisher:
Sands Music Corp.
is based on:
6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал) (original for voice and piano)
3:27
8Ol' Man River
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-04-04)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1945-04-04)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
4:10
9Homesick, That's All
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-09-26)
recording of:
Homesick, That's All (on 1945-09-26)
writer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
Mayfair Music, Inc.
3:14
10The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-09-26)
performer:
Dinah Shore (on 1945-09-26)
recording of:
The Night Is Young and You're so Beautiful (on 1945-09-26)
writer:
Irving Kahal (in 1936) and Dana Suesse (in 1936)
composer:
Dana Suesse
2:11
11Aren't You Glad You're You
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-10-03)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-10-03)
performer:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) and Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
recorded at:
Vine Street Playhouse in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-10-03)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1597 (1))
recording of:
Aren’t You Glad You’re You? (on 1945-10-03)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1945)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1945)
2:08
12You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-10-03)
recording of:
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (on 1945-10-03)
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1930)
composer:
Pierre Norman Connor (in 1930) and Sammy Fain (in 1930)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1930)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
1:37
13I'll Never Smile Again
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-10-24)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1945-10-24)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-10-24)
vocals:
Hal Hopper (on 1945-10-24), June Hutton (on 1945-10-24), Chuck Lowry (on 1945-10-24), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (on 1945-10-24) and Clark Yocum (on 1945-10-24)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (on 1945-10-24)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-10-24)
arranger:
Fred Stulce
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-24)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1623 (1))
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1945-10-24)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:26
14Without a Song
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-10-24)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-10-24)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-24)
recording of:
Without a Song (on 1945-10-24)
lyricist:
Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Vincent Youmans
arranger:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., CBS Miller Catalog, Inc., Chappell & Co., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., Johnny Mathis Music, Inc., LSQ Music Co., Miller Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
Great Day!
2:20
15Was the Last Time I Saw You (The Last Time)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-11-07)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-11-07)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1945-11-07)
recording of:
The Last Time I Saw You (on 1945-11-07)
writer:
Marjorie Goetschius and Edna Osser
3:02
16Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-10-31)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-10-31)
vocals:
Hal Hopper (on 1945-10-31), June Hutton (on 1945-10-31), Chuck Lowry (on 1945-10-31), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (on 1945-10-31) and Clark Yocum (on 1945-10-31)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-10-31)
performer:
The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (on 1945-10-31)
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-31)
cover recording of:
Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow (on 1945-10-31)
lyricist:
Jay Milton
composer:
Leo "Ukie" Sherin
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
recording of:
Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow (on 1945-10-31)
lyricist:
Jay Milton
composer:
Leo "Ukie" Sherin
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
2:28
17Oh! What It Seemed to Be
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-11-14)
performer:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-11-14)
recorded at:
Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1945-11-14)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: JDB-VP 1708 (2))
recording of:
Oh, What It Seemed to Be (on 1945-11-14)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Frankie Carle and George David Weiss
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Santly-Joy, Inc. and The Songwriters Guild
2:56
18Over the Rainbow
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-05-01)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-05-01), Arthur Kafton (on 1945-05-01) and John Sewell (on 1945-05-01)
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1945-05-01)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-05-01)
French horn:
James Stagliano (on 1945-05-01)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-05-01)
harp:
Irma Clow (on 1945-05-01)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1945-05-01)
saxophone:
Leonard Hartman (on 1945-05-01), Herbie Haymer (on 1945-05-01), Heine Beau (on 1945-05-01), Manny Gershman (on 1945-05-01) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1945-05-01)
trombone:
Carl Loeffler (on 1945-05-01), Jimmy Skiles (on 1945-05-01) and Paul Weigand (on 1945-05-01)
trumpet:
Charles Griffard (on 1945-05-01), Leonard Mach (on 1945-05-01) and Horace Nelson (on 1945-05-01)
viola:
Allan Harshman (on 1945-05-01), Maurice Perlmutter (on 1945-05-01) and Dave Sterkin (on 1945-05-01)
violin:
Victor Arno (on 1945-05-01), Peter Ellis (violinist) (on 1945-05-01), Sam Freed (on 1945-05-01), Gerald Joyce (on 1945-05-01), George Kast (on 1945-05-01), Sol Kindler (on 1945-05-01), Samuel Levine (violinist) (on 1945-05-01), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-05-01), Nick Pisani (on 1945-05-01), Ted Rosen (on 1945-05-01), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-05-01) and Olcott Vail (on 1945-05-01)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-05-01)
vocals and performer:
Ken Lane Singers (on 1945-05-01)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-05-01)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (on 1945-05-01)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
3:16
19Where Is My Bess
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-01-16)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-01-16)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1946-01-16)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (on 1946-01-16)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III
cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (on 1946-01-16)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III
3:09
20My Romance
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-01-23)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-01-23)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) and Dinah Shore (on 1946-01-23)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1946-01-23)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: JDB 46 (1))
cover recording of:
My Romance (on 1946-01-23)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Jumbo
3:14
21The Song Is You
spoken vocals:
Bob Hope (in 1946)
recording of:
The Song Is You (in 1946)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co.
3:35
22I Fall in Love With You Ev'ry Day
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-04-10)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-04-10)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1946-04-10)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
I Fall in Love With You Ev'ry Day (on 1946-04-10)
writer:
Arthur Altman, Frank Loesser and Manning Sherwin
publisher:
Stept, Inc.
1:47
23They Say It's Wonderful
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-04-24)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-04-24)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1946-04-24)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”) (on 1946-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
2:38
24You Are Too Beautiful
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-04-24)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-04-24)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Axel Stordahl’s Orchestra
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1946-04-24)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: JDB 110 (2))
recording of:
You Are Too Beautiful (on 1946-04-24)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Williamson Music Company, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
2:54
25Come Rain or Come Shine
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-06-05)
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (on 1946-06-05)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
2:28
26Stormy Weather
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-11-03)
recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1947-11-03)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
3:52

Credits

Release

art direction:Howard Fritzson
Tony Sellari (graphic designer)
liner notes:Will Friedwald (Author, Music Critic)
George Simon (US jazz writer, critic & drummer)
Charles L. Granata (Author)
Roy Hemming (Author)
producer:Didier C. Deutsch
mastering:Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
mastered at:Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
ASIN:US: B000009NY9 [info]

Release Group

Wikidata:Q7726886 [info]