Moonlight Sinatra

Moonlight Sinatra is a studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the Moon, and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. Moonlight Sinatra marked Sinatra's final collaboration with Riddle.

Moonlight Sinatra
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	March 1966 (1966-03)
Recorded	November 29–30, 1965, Hollywood
Genre	Vocal jazz traditional pop
Length	32:18
Label	Reprise FS 1018
Producer	Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
A Man and His Music (1965) Moonlight Sinatra (1966) Strangers in the Night (1966)

The title of the album is a reference to Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]
Record Mirror	^[2]

Track listing

1. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:46
2. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:03
3. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26
4. "Reaching for the Moon" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 2:53
6. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12
7. "The Moon Got in My Eyes" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52
8. "Moonlight Mood" (Harold Adamson, Peter DeRose) – 3:08
9. "Moon Love" (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony) – 4:14
10. "The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 3:04

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra – vocals
• Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
• The Nelson Riddle Orchestra

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 June 1966). (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 274. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.