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Softly, as I Leave You (album)

December 15, 2023

Softly, as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Arranged by Ernie Freeman, several tracks such as "Softly, as I Leave You", "Then Suddenly Love" and "Available" departed from Sinatra's signature vocal jazz style by flirting with a more contemporary pop sound. The rest of the album is pieced together with leftovers from various early-'60s sessions, from many different arrangers and conductors.

Softly, as I Leave You
Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedNovember 1964 (LP)
February 1989 (CD)
RecordedAugust 27, 1962 – July 17 and October 3, 1964, Los Angeles[1]
Genre
Length33:33
LabelReprise
FS 1013
ProducerJimmy Bowen, Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
12 Songs of Christmas
(1964) 		Softly, as I Leave You
(1964) 		Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
(1965)
Singles from Softly, as I Leave You
  1. "Softly, as I Leave You"
    Released: 1964

The title track was the first of at least four attempts to mimic the chart success of Dean Martin's #1 hit "Everybody Loves Somebody", using a driving beat, heavy strings and choral tracks. Sinatra, arranger Ernie Freeman and producer Jimmy Bowen would incorporate the same sound to songs like "When Somebody Loves You", "Tell Her You Love Her (Each Day)" and "Somewhere in Your Heart" with only minor chart success.

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Track listing edit

  1. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 2:58
  2. "Here's to the Losers" (Robert Wells, Jack Segal) – 3:05
  3. "Dear Heart" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Henry Mancini) – 2:43
  4. "Come Blow Your Horn" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:07
  5. "Love Isn't Just for the Young" (Bernard Knee, Herb Miller)[2] – 2:57
  6. "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You" (Don Costa, Phil Zeller) – 2:43
  7. "Pass Me By" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:25
  8. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese) – 2:50
  9. "Then Suddenly Love" (Roy Alfred, Paul Vance) – 2:15
  10. "Available" (Cahn, Ned Wynn, L.B. Marks)[3] – 2:47
  11. "Talk to Me Baby" (Robert Emmett Dolan, Mercer) – 3:00
  12. "The Look of Love" (Cahn, Van Heusen)[4] – 2:43
Notes
  • Tracks 1, 3 and 7 recorded on October 3, 1964
  • Tracks 8, 9 and 10 recorded on July 17, 1964
  • Uncredited Background Singers perform on Tracks 1, 3 and 7-10[5][6]
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 1, 3 and 6-7 includes 9 Violins[7][8]
  • Tracks 2 and 5 recorded on July 31, 1963[2][9]
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 2, 5 and 8-10 includes 12 Violins[10][11]
  • "Come Blow Your Horn" recorded on January 21, 1963[12]
  • Jimmy Van Heusen is also known as James Van Heusen
  • The Orchestra on Tracks 4 and 12 includes 10 Violins[4][12]
  • "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You" recorded on April 8, 1964[7]
  • Tracks 8-10 recorded on July 17, 1964[3][10][11]
  • "Talk to Me Baby" recorded on December 3, 1963
  • The Orchestra on "Talk to Me Baby" includes 14 Violins[13]
  • Robert Emmett Dolan is also known as Robert Dolan[13]
  • "The Look of Love" recorded on August 27, 1962[4]

Personnel edit

Main edit

Strings edit

  • LeRoy Collins - viola (2, 5)[2][9]
  • Joe Comfort - string bass (4)[12]
  • Joseph DiFiore - viola (8-10)[3][10][11]
  • Joseph DiTullio - cello (12)[4]
  • Justin DiTullio - cello (2, 5, 8-10, 12)
  • Alvin Dinkin - viola (1, 3, 7-11)[5][6]
  • Cecil Figelsky - viola (2, 5)
  • Eddie Gilbert - string bass (11)[13]
  • Anne Goodman - cello (1, 3, 6-10)
  • Stanley Harris - viola (2, 4-5, 11-12)
  • Allan Harshman - viola (2, 4-5, 12)
  • Armand Kaproff - cello (1-3, 5-7)
  • Louis Kievman - viola (2, 5)
  • Ray Kramer - cello (2, 4-5, 11)
  • Edgar Lustgarten - cello (1, 3, 7, 11-12)[8]
  • Virginia Majewski - viola (1-3, 5, 7, 11)
  • Joe Mondragon - string bass (2, 5, 8–10)
  • Alex Neiman - viola (6, 8-10, 12)[7]
  • Gareth Nuttycombe - viola (8-10)
  • Ralph Peña - string bass (1, 3, 6-7, 12)
  • David Pratt - cello (6)
  • Kurt Reher - cello (4, 8-11)
  • Paul Robyn - viola (4, 6, 11)
  • Nino Rosso - cello (11-12)
  • Emmett Sargeant - cello (8-10)
  • Eleanor Slatkin - cello (2, 4-5)

Horns and Woodwinds edit

  • Harry Betts - trombone (12)[4]
  • Hoyt Bohannon - trombone (11)[13]
  • Robert Bryant - trumpet (8-10)[3][10][11]
  • Conte Candoli - trumpet (2, 5)[2][9]
  • Pete Candoli - trumpet (6)[7]
  • John Cave - French horn (1, 3-4, 7, 11)[5][8]
  • Gene Cipriano - saxophone (1, 3-4, 7), flute (4),[12] woodwinds (1, 3, 7)[6]
  • Buddy Collette - woodwinds (8–10)
  • Bob Cooper - saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet (2, 5)
  • Vincent DeRosa - French horn (1, 3-4, 7, 11)
  • Henry Edison - trumpet (6)
  • Don Fagerquist - trumpet (4, 12)
  • Chuck Gentry - saxophone (1, 3, 7, 11), bass clarinet (11), woodwinds (1, 3, 7)
  • Arthur Gleghorn - saxophone, flute (11)
  • Conrad Gozzo - trumpet (12)
  • Herman Gunkler - saxophone, flute (12)
  • William Hinshaw - French horn (6)
  • Paul Horn - saxophone, flute, clarinet (2, 5)
  • Joe Howard - trombone (2, 5)
  • Jules Jacob - oboe (11), saxophone (11-12), clarinet, bass clarinet (12)
  • Plas Johnson - saxophone (1, 3-4, 7, 12), flute (12), clarinet (4), woodwinds (1, 3, 6-7)
  • Harry Klee - saxophone (1-5, 7, 11), flute (2, 4-5, 11), clarinet (4), woodwinds (1, 3, 6-7)
  • Joe Koch - saxophone, bass clarinet (4, 12), woodwinds (6)
  • Ronny Lang - saxophone, flute (12)
  • Richard Leith - trombone (2, 5)
  • Cappy Lewis - trumpet (1, 3-4, 6-7)
  • Sinclair Lott - French horn (12)
  • Arthur Maebe - French horn (12)
  • Gail Martin - trombone (6)
  • Dick Nash - trombone (2, 4-6, 11-12)
  • Ted Nash - saxophone, flute (2, 5)
  • Jack Nimitz - clarinet (2, 5), saxophone, bass clarinet (2, 5, 11)
  • Dick Noel - trombone (4, 11-12)
  • Tommy Pederson - trombone (6)
  • Richard Perissi - French horn (1-3, 5, 7, 12)
  • Al Porcino - trumpet (2, 5, 12)
  • George Roberts - bass trombone (4, 11)
  • Willie Schwartz - saxophone (1, 3-4, 7, 11), clarinet (4, 11), flute (4), woodwinds (1, 3, 6-7)
  • George Seaberg - trumpet (4)
  • Tom Shepard - trombone (4, 6)
  • Shorty Sherock - trumpet (4, 6)
  • Gene Sherry - French horn (2, 5-6)
  • Ken Shroyer - bass trombone (1, 3, 7, 12)
  • George Smith - saxophone, clarinet (11)
  • Ray Triscari - trumpet (2, 5)
  • Champ Webb - woodwinds (6)
  • Stu Williamson - trumpet (2, 5, 12)

Other Instrumentalists edit

References edit

  1. ^ Albin, Steve. “Frank...The Reprise Years”. Jazz Discography. 20 March 2016. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Sinatra/reprise.php
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sinatra, Frank. “Love Isn’t Just for the Young”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Love%20Isn’t%20Just%20For%20the%20Young
  3. ^ a b c d e f Sinatra, Frank. “Available”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Available
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Sinatra, Frank. “The Look of Love”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/The%20Look%20of%20Love
  5. ^ a b c d Sinatra, Frank. “Emily”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Emily
  6. ^ a b c d e Sinatra, Frank. “Dear Heart”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Dear%20Heart
  7. ^ a b c d e f Sinatra, Frank. “I Can’t Believe I’m Losing You”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/I%20Can’t%20Believe%20I’m%20Losing%20You
  8. ^ a b c d e Sinatra, Frank. “Pass Me By”. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Pass%20Me%20By
  9. ^ a b c d Sinatra, Frank. “Here’s to the Losers”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Here’s%20to%20the%20Losers
  10. ^ a b c d e f Sinatra, Frank. “Softly As I Leave You”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Softly%20As%20I%20Leave%20You
  11. ^ a b c d e f Sinatra, Frank. “Then Suddenly Love”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Then%20Suddenly%20Love
  12. ^ a b c d e Sinatra, Frank. “Come Blow Your Horn”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Come%20Blow%20Your%20Horn
  13. ^ a b c d e f Sinatra, Frank. “Talk to Me Baby”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Talk%20to%20Me%20Baby

December 15, 2023
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Softly as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra Arranged by Ernie Freeman several tracks such as Softly as I Leave You Then Suddenly Love and Available departed from Sinatra s signature vocal jazz style by flirting with a more contemporary pop sound The rest of the album is pieced together with leftovers from various early 60s sessions from many different arrangers and conductors Softly as I Leave YouStudio album by Frank SinatraReleasedNovember 1964 LP February 1989 CD RecordedAugust 27 1962 July 17 and October 3 1964 Los Angeles 1 GenreTraditional popvocal jazzLength33 33LabelReprise FS 1013ProducerJimmy Bowen Sonny BurkeFrank Sinatra chronology12 Songs of Christmas 1964 Softly as I Leave You 1964 Sinatra 65 The Singer Today 1965 Singles from Softly as I Leave You Softly as I Leave You Released 1964The title track was the first of at least four attempts to mimic the chart success of Dean Martin s 1 hit Everybody Loves Somebody using a driving beat heavy strings and choral tracks Sinatra arranger Ernie Freeman and producer Jimmy Bowen would incorporate the same sound to songs like When Somebody Loves You Tell Her You Love Her Each Day and Somewhere in Your Heart with only minor chart success Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusiclinkContents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2 1 Main 2 2 Strings 2 3 Horns and Woodwinds 2 4 Other Instrumentalists 3 ReferencesTrack listing edit Emily Johnny Mandel Johnny Mercer 2 58 Here s to the Losers Robert Wells Jack Segal 3 05 Dear Heart Jay Livingston Ray Evans Henry Mancini 2 43 Come Blow Your Horn Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen 3 07 Love Isn t Just for the Young Bernard Knee Herb Miller 2 2 57 I Can t Believe I m Losing You Don Costa Phil Zeller 2 43 Pass Me By Cy Coleman Carolyn Leigh 2 25 Softly as I Leave You Hal Shaper Antonio DeVita Giorgio Calabrese 2 50 Then Suddenly Love Roy Alfred Paul Vance 2 15 Available Cahn Ned Wynn L B Marks 3 2 47 Talk to Me Baby Robert Emmett Dolan Mercer 3 00 The Look of Love Cahn Van Heusen 4 2 43NotesTracks 1 3 and 7 recorded on October 3 1964 Tracks 8 9 and 10 recorded on July 17 1964 Uncredited Background Singers perform on Tracks 1 3 and 7 10 5 6 The Orchestra on Tracks 1 3 and 6 7 includes 9 Violins 7 8 Tracks 2 and 5 recorded on July 31 1963 2 9 The Orchestra on Tracks 2 5 and 8 10 includes 12 Violins 10 11 Come Blow Your Horn recorded on January 21 1963 12 Jimmy Van Heusen is also known as James Van Heusen The Orchestra on Tracks 4 and 12 includes 10 Violins 4 12 I Can t Believe I m Losing You recorded on April 8 1964 7 Tracks 8 10 recorded on July 17 1964 3 10 11 Talk to Me Baby recorded on December 3 1963 The Orchestra on Talk to Me Baby includes 14 Violins 13 Robert Emmett Dolan is also known as Robert Dolan 13 The Look of Love recorded on August 27 1962 4 Personnel editMain edit Frank Sinatra vocals 2 4 6 11 12 lead on 1 3 7 10 Don Costa arranger 6 11 7 conductor 11 13 Ernie Freeman arranger conductor 8 10 3 10 11 Neal Hefti conductor 12 4 Billy May arranger 7 8 Marty Paich arranger conductor 2 5 2 9 Nelson Riddle arranger 1 3 4 6 12 conductor 1 3 4 6 7 6 Strings edit LeRoy Collins viola 2 5 2 9 Joe Comfort string bass 4 12 Joseph DiFiore viola 8 10 3 10 11 Joseph DiTullio cello 12 4 Justin DiTullio cello 2 5 8 10 12 Alvin Dinkin viola 1 3 7 11 5 6 Cecil Figelsky viola 2 5 Eddie Gilbert string bass 11 13 Anne Goodman cello 1 3 6 10 Stanley Harris viola 2 4 5 11 12 Allan Harshman viola 2 4 5 12 Armand Kaproff cello 1 3 5 7 Louis Kievman viola 2 5 Ray Kramer cello 2 4 5 11 Edgar Lustgarten cello 1 3 7 11 12 8 Virginia Majewski viola 1 3 5 7 11 Joe Mondragon string bass 2 5 8 10 Alex Neiman viola 6 8 10 12 7 Gareth Nuttycombe viola 8 10 Ralph Pena string bass 1 3 6 7 12 David Pratt cello 6 Kurt Reher cello 4 8 11 Paul Robyn viola 4 6 11 Nino Rosso cello 11 12 Emmett Sargeant cello 8 10 Eleanor Slatkin cello 2 4 5 Horns and Woodwinds edit Harry Betts trombone 12 4 Hoyt Bohannon trombone 11 13 Robert Bryant trumpet 8 10 3 10 11 Conte Candoli trumpet 2 5 2 9 Pete Candoli trumpet 6 7 John Cave French horn 1 3 4 7 11 5 8 Gene Cipriano saxophone 1 3 4 7 flute 4 12 woodwinds 1 3 7 6 Buddy Collette woodwinds 8 10 Bob Cooper saxophone clarinet bass clarinet 2 5 Vincent DeRosa French horn 1 3 4 7 11 Henry Edison trumpet 6 Don Fagerquist trumpet 4 12 Chuck Gentry saxophone 1 3 7 11 bass clarinet 11 woodwinds 1 3 7 Arthur Gleghorn saxophone flute 11 Conrad Gozzo trumpet 12 Herman Gunkler saxophone flute 12 William Hinshaw French horn 6 Paul Horn saxophone flute clarinet 2 5 Joe Howard trombone 2 5 Jules Jacob oboe 11 saxophone 11 12 clarinet bass clarinet 12 Plas Johnson saxophone 1 3 4 7 12 flute 12 clarinet 4 woodwinds 1 3 6 7 Harry Klee saxophone 1 5 7 11 flute 2 4 5 11 clarinet 4 woodwinds 1 3 6 7 Joe Koch saxophone bass clarinet 4 12 woodwinds 6 Ronny Lang saxophone flute 12 Richard Leith trombone 2 5 Cappy Lewis trumpet 1 3 4 6 7 Sinclair Lott French horn 12 Arthur Maebe French horn 12 Gail Martin trombone 6 Dick Nash trombone 2 4 6 11 12 Ted Nash saxophone flute 2 5 Jack Nimitz clarinet 2 5 saxophone bass clarinet 2 5 11 Dick Noel trombone 4 11 12 Tommy Pederson trombone 6 Richard Perissi French horn 1 3 5 7 12 Al Porcino trumpet 2 5 12 George Roberts bass trombone 4 11 Willie Schwartz saxophone 1 3 4 7 11 clarinet 4 11 flute 4 woodwinds 1 3 6 7 George Seaberg trumpet 4 Tom Shepard trombone 4 6 Shorty Sherock trumpet 4 6 Gene Sherry French horn 2 5 6 Ken Shroyer bass trombone 1 3 7 12 George Smith saxophone clarinet 11 Ray Triscari trumpet 2 5 Champ Webb woodwinds 6 Stu Williamson trumpet 2 5 12 Other Instrumentalists edit Dale Anderson congas timpani 2 5 2 Hal Blaine drums 8 10 3 10 11 Irv Cottler drums 1 3 5 7 11 12 chimes 12 4 Aida Dagort harp 4 12 Frank Flynn timpani bells 12 Carl Fortina accordion 11 13 Gene Garf piano 8 10 Bobby Gibbons guitar 1 3 7 11 5 6 Al Hendrickson guitar 2 5 8 10 Kathryn Julye harp 2 5 6 11 7 Mel Lewis drums 4 Bill Miller piano All Tracks Verlye Mills harp 12 Emil Richards percussion 1 3 6 11 timpani 4 Ray Sherman piano 1 3 7 10 Ann Mason Stockton harp 1 3 7 8 Tommy Tedesco guitar 1 3 7 10 Vincent Terri guitar 1 3 7 Al Viola guitar 1 3 4 6 7 11 12 References edit Albin Steve Frank The Reprise Years Jazz Discography 20 March 2016 http www jazzdiscography com Artists Sinatra reprise php a b c d e f Sinatra Frank Love Isn t Just for the Young Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Love 20Isn t 20Just 20For 20the 20Young a b c d e f Sinatra Frank Available Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Available a b c d e f g Sinatra Frank The Look of Love Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 The 20Look 20of 20Love a b c d Sinatra Frank Emily Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Emily a b c d e Sinatra Frank Dear Heart Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Dear 20Heart a b c d e f Sinatra Frank I Can t Believe I m Losing You Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 I 20Can t 20Believe 20I m 20Losing 20You a b c d e Sinatra Frank Pass Me By https sinatrafamily com session 0 Pass 20Me 20By a b c d Sinatra Frank Here s to the Losers Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Here s 20to 20the 20Losers a b c d e f Sinatra Frank Softly As I Leave You Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Softly 20As 20I 20Leave 20You a b c d e f Sinatra Frank Then Suddenly Love Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Then 20Suddenly 20Love a b c d e Sinatra Frank Come Blow Your Horn Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Come 20Blow 20Your 20Horn a b c d e f Sinatra Frank Talk to Me Baby Frank Sinatra Sessionography https sinatrafamily com session 0 Talk 20to 20Me 20Baby Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Softly as I Leave You album amp oldid 1185721165, wikipedia, wiki, 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