The Best of the Columbia Years 1943–1952
Compilation by Frank Sinatra
Released 1995
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Close to You3:202.0 ★
- 2People Will Say We’re in Love3:22
- 3If You Are but a Dream3:06
- 4Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)2:454.0 ★
- 5White Christmas3:254.0 ★
- 6I Fall in Love Too Easily3:16
- 7Ol’ Man River4:03
- 8Stormy Weather4:16
- 9Embraceable You3:18
- 10(I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) She’s Funny That Way3:22
- 11My Melancholy Baby3:10
- 12Where or When3:15
- 13All the Things You Are3:03
- 14I Should Care3:03
- 15Dream3:04
- 16Put Your Dreams Away (for Another Day)3:09
- 17Over the Rainbow3:19
- 18If I Loved You3:07
- 19Someone to Watch Over Me3:21
- 20You Go to My Head3:02
- 21These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)3:10
- 22The House I Live In3:20
- 23Day by Day3:08
- CD 2
- 1Nancy (With the Laughing Face)3:223.0 ★
- 2Full Moon and Empty Arms3:14
- 3Oh, What It Seemed to Be3:01
- 4(I Don’t Stand) a Ghost of a Chance3:13
- 5Why Shouldn’t I?2:54
- 6Try a Little Tenderness3:11
- 7Begin the Beguine2:57
- 8They Say It’s Wonderful3:07
- 9That Old Black Magic2:34
- 10How Deep Is the Ocean (How Blue Is the Sky)2:59
- 11Home on the Range3:14
- 12Five Minutes More2:37
- 13The Things We Did Last Summer3:18
- 14Among My Souvenirs3:18
- 15September Song3:08
- 16Blue Skies2:30
- 17Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry3:26
- 18Lost in the Stars3:18
- 19There’s No Business Like Show Business3:21
- 20Time After Time3:12
- 21The Brooklyn Bridge2:38
- 22Sweet Lorraine3:10
- 23Always2:57
- 24Mam’selle3:19
- CD 3
- 1Stella by Starlight3:22
- 2My Romance3:17
- 3If I Had You3:08
- 4One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)3:07
- 5But Beautiful3:14
- 6You’re My Girl3:11
- 7All of Me2:473.0 ★
- 8Night and Day3:415.0 ★
- 9S’posin’2:48
- 10The Night We Called It a Day3:24
- 11The Song Is You3:17
- 12What’ll I Do?3:07
- 13The Music Stopped3:00
- 14Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)3:02
- 15I’ve Got a Crush on You3:17
- 16Body and Soul3:21
- 17I’m Glad There Is You3:08
- 18Autumn in New York3:17
- 19Nature Boy3:21
- 20Once in Love With Amy3:03
- 21Some Enchanted Evening3:09
- 22The Hucklebuck3:03
- 23Let’s Take an Old‐Fashioned Walk3:02
- 24It All Depends on You2:43
- CD 4
- 1Bye Bye Baby2:40
- 2Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)3:20
- 3That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)3:19
- 4Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy2:40
- 5American Beauty Rose2:37
- 6Should I (Reveal)2:26
- 7You Do Something to Me2:35
- 8Lover2:41
- 9When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)2:31
- 10London by Night3:11
- 11Meet Me at the Copa3:13
- 12April in Paris2:46
- 13I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest2:44
- 14Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You)3:11
- 15I Am Loved2:27
- 16Hello, Young Lovers3:35
- 17We Kiss in a Shadow3:38
- 18I’m a Fool to Want You2:58
- 19Love Me3:11
- 20Deep Night3:18
- 21I Could Write a Book2:44
- 22I Hear a Rhapsody3:07
- 23My Girl2:26
- 24The Birth of the Blues3:30
- 25Azure‐te (Paris Blues)2:36
- 26Why Try to Change Me Now2:47
More by Frank Sinatra
Release credits
- cello [6]
- viola [15]
- flute [8], saxophone [8]
- viola [16-17]
- trumpet [8]
- guitar [8]
- cello [16]
- arranger [2], conductor [2]
- viola [7-11, 15-17]
- viola [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1, 3.8]
- guitar [1]
- viola [8]
- violin [8]
- violin [8]
- trombone [3-5]
- harp [1.22-23, 2.1, 2.15-17]
- violin [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- cello [4-6]
- cello [1.6, 3.8]
- violin [16]
- reeds [16]
- bass [11-12, 14-18], double bass [13]
- cello [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- violin [3-5]
- clarinet [8], saxophone [2.9-10, 3.8], woodwind [7-8, 11]
- clarinet [4], saxophone [4], woodwind [2.2-3, 1.3, 1.5-6]
- cello [3, 5, 7-8], viola [8]
- cello [4]
- arranger [1.1, 1.3, 1.5-23, 2.1-11, 2.13-21, 2.23-24, 3.1-5, 3.10-14, 3.16-18, 3.20-21, 3.23, 4.4, 4.6-7, 4.10-13, 4.15-19, 4.21-23, 4.25], conductor [4.4, 4.10-11, 4.14-17, 4.19, 4.21-23, 4.25, 1.3-23, 2.1-21, 2.23-24, 3.1-7, 3.10-18, 3.21-23]
- instrument [20], performing orchestra [3]
- trumpet [2-3]
- instrument [7]
- violin [8]
- violin [2-3]
- reeds [16], saxophone [4]
- violin [3-5, 7-8]
- woodwind [1.3, 1.5-8, 2.2-3]
- instrument [2-3], piano [4-6]
- piano [8]
- producer [1.19-21, 2.4-6]
- reeds [16]
- trumpet [4.12, 4.14, 1.7-8]
- trombone [7-8]
- piano [4-5]
- bass clarinet [8]
- guitar [22]
- trumpet [8]
- cornet [15], trumpet [15-16]
- conductor [1, 5, 8], vocal [1, 5]
- violin [6-8]
- trumpet [2.1, 1.22-23]
- flute [8], saxophone [8]
- drums (drum set) [22]
- graphic design
- trombone [2.1, 1.9-18, 1.22-23]
- trumpet [3-5, 7-8]
- trumpet [9-18]
- illustration, liner notes, photography
- trumpet [22]
- trombone [3-5, 7-8]
- vocal [5]
- trumpet [15-17]
- tenor saxophone [22]
- trumpet [8]
- photography
- cello [2.1, 3.1, 1.22-23]
- violin [15-17]
- violin [8]
- liner notes
- mastering
- vocal [5]
- guitar [1.9-18, 2.8-11, 2.15-17]
- trombone [1]
- viola [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-11]
- violin [2.1, 2.15-17, 1.9-10, 1.19-23]
- instrument [7-8], piano [6]
- vocal [1]
- trombone [8]
- trombone [8]
- producer
- vocal [2]
- trumpet [13]
- arranger [8], assistant [8]
- trumpet [8]
- woodwind [1.11-12, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- saxophone [9, 13], woodwind [10]
- trumpet [11-12, 14-15]
- lead vocals [23]
- cello [4]
- bass [8]
- trombone [15-17]
- vocal [1]
- bass [22]
- harp [2.2-3, 4.16]
- cello [8]
- trombone [2.1, 2.7-11, 1.9-10, 1.22-23]
- percussion [8]
- cello [3, 5]
- woodwind [7-8]
- violin [8]
- violin [15-17]
- violin [2-3, 8, 11]
- vocal [1]
- violin [2.2-3, 4.16]
- violin [2.23, 3.8]
- bass [16]
- piano [1.22-23, 2.1]
- trombone [8]
- lead vocals [3.1-7, 3.9-24, 4.1-26, 2.1-11, 2.15-17, 1.1-23], vocal [2.3, 2.11-14, 2.18-24, 1.3, 1.20, 3.8]
- double bass [4-6]
- saxophone [2.15-16, 3.1], woodwind [17]
- cello [2.7-11, 2.15-17, 1.9-21, 3.1]
- woodwind [7-8]
- saxophone [3.1, 1.9], woodwind [1.10, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- violin [3-5, 7-8]
- viola [11-12, 14-15]
- executive
- viola [9-10, 13]
- violin [3-6]
- violin [9-10]
- trombone [16]
- producer
- piano [16]
- trombone [3.1, 2.9-10, 2.15]
- violin [1.9-18, 2.7-8, 2.11, 3.1]
- cello [1.3-8, 4.16], viola [8]
- bass trombone [8]
- arranger [3.6-7, 3.15, 3.22, 3.24, 4.1, 4.7-9, 4.11, 4.14, 2.7, 2.12, 1.4], conductor [6-9]
- producer
- guitar [1.19-21, 2.7]
- violin [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-11, 3.1]
- violin [3.1, 3.8, 2.15-17]
- photography
- woodwind [3, 5]
- reeds [16], saxophone [4]
- saxophone [9, 13], woodwind [2.1, 1.10-12, 1.14-15, 1.22-23]
- violin [1.3-5, 1.7-8, 2.2-3]
- violin [2-3]
- violin [9-10]
- violin [2.7-8, 2.11, 3.1]
- baritone saxophone [22]
- woodwind [1.3, 1.5-6, 2.2-3]
- performing orchestra [20]
- violin [16]
- instrument [16], saxophone [15], woodwind [17]
- violin [16]
- saxophone [9-10], woodwind [7-8, 11]
- arranger [24-25], saxophone [1.9, 1.13, 1.18, 3.1, 2.9-10], woodwind [1.10-12, 1.14-17, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-8, 2.11]
- saxophone [4]
- trombone [2-3]
- instrument [16], saxophone [1.18, 2.9-10, 2.15, 3.1, 3.22], woodwind [1.14-17, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.17]
- bass [9]
- violin [8]
- trumpet [16-18]
- violin [1.22-23, 2.1, 2.15-17]
- trombone [7-11, 15-17]
- conductor [4.2, 3.24]
- viola [1.6-7, 2.2-3]
- woodwind [7-8]
- harp [9-18]
- viola [16]
- violin [8]
- bass [7-8]
- bassoon [8], saxophone [8]
- bass [2.1, 1.22-23]
- trombone [16]
- cello [2.1, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.16-17, 1.11-12, 1.14-17, 1.22-23]
- violin [8]
- vocal [1]
- French horn [8]
- violin [8]
- French horn [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- arranger [3.19, 4.3], chorus master [19], conductor [4.3, 3.19]
- vocal [5]
- trombone [9-18]
- producer
- trombone [11-15]
- French horn [16]
- French horn [8]
- trombone [3-5]
- vocal [5]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- flute [19-21]
- double bass [19-21]
- cello [2.9-10, 2.15, 3.1, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.18]
- drums (drum set) [4.16, 1.3-8]
- arranger [9], piano [9]
- alto saxophone [22]
- violin [8]
- oboe [8]
- instrument [16], saxophone [2.9-10, 2.15, 3.1], woodwind [7-8, 11, 17]
- violin [3-8]
- violin [7-8]
- cello [7-11, 15-17]
- cello [8]
- flute [8], saxophone [8]
- violin [6-8]
- French horn [1.3, 1.5-8, 2.2-3]
- French horn [4]
- vocal [5]
- harp [8]
- vocal [12, 15, 17]
- vocal [1.8, 1.12-13, 1.15, 1.17, 3.22-23]
- violin [4]
- trombone [22]
- saxophone [9, 13, 18], woodwind [1.10-12, 1.14-17, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- violin [3, 5-6]
- trumpet [3.1, 1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- violin [2-6]
- viola [7-11]
- trombone [7-8, 11, 16-17]
- photography
- violin [6-8]
- trumpet [2-3]
- photography
- reeds [16], saxophone [13, 18], woodwind [11-12, 14-17]
- trumpet [7, 15-17]
- instrument [2.8, 2.11, 1.14-15], piano [2.7, 2.9-10, 2.15-17, 1.9-13, 1.18-21, 3.1]
- mastering
- violin [7-8]
- guitar [1.3-8, 2.2-6, 4.16]
- violin [16]
- viola [2.1, 3.1, 1.16-18, 1.22-23]
- trumpet [7-11]
- violin [6]
- harp [2.7-11, 3.1]
- trumpet [1.3-5, 1.7-8, 2.2-3]
- harp [7-8]
- photography
- woodwind [2-3]
- violin [1.6, 2.2-3]
- violin [1.7-8, 4.16]
- violin [3.1, 2.1, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.15-17, 1.9-23]
- conductor [5], oboe [4-6]
- conductor [20]
- producer
- viola [3, 5]
- viola [4]
- violin [3.1, 2.7, 2.15-17]
- producer
- violin [3-6]
- photography
- liner notes
- piano [22]
- drums (drum set) [2-6]
- violin [8]
- arranger [8]
- violin [1.11-12, 1.14-17, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-8, 2.11]
- woodwind [7-8]
- violin [2.9-10, 1.9-10, 1.13, 1.18, 3.1]
- arranger [5]
- violin [2.7-11, 3.1, 1.9-18]
- viola [8]
- violin [8]
- trombone [16-18]
- vocal [5]
- arranger [26], conductor [26]
- guitar [1.22-23, 2.1]
- saxophone [4], woodwind [3, 5-6]
- trombone [1.22-23, 2.1]
- violin [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1]
- vocal [5]
- bass [3.1, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.15-17], double bass [1.9-10, 2.9-10]
- photography
- trombone [1]
- vocal [5]
- bass [8]
- violin [1.3-6, 4.16, 2.2-6]
- arranger [20]
- drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.7-11, 2.15-17, 1.9-23, 3.1]
- cello [8]
- trumpet [3.1, 2.7-11]
- violin [16]
- photography
- French horn [2.7-8, 2.11, 2.15-17, 3.8]
- violin [9-10]
- viola [8]
- liner notes
- trumpet [3.1, 2.8-11, 2.15-17]
- clarinet [8], saxophone [8]
- harp [3-6]
- violin [2-3]
- violin [1]
- viola [19-21], violin [2.9-10, 2.15, 1.13, 1.18]
- violin [1.11-12, 1.14-17, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.16-17]
- piano [16-17]
- violin [7-11]
- bass [2-3]
- trumpet [3-5]
- violin [2-3]
- trombone [7-8]
- violin [1.11-18, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-8, 2.11]
- cello [7-8]
- violin [3-5, 7-8]
- trombone [2-3]
- arranger [3.24, 4.1]
- violin [1.3-8, 2.2-3]
- viola [2.2-6, 1.6-8]
- violin [1.9-18, 1.22-23, 2.1, 2.7-11, 2.15-17]
- viola [4]
- viola [3, 5]
- viola [3-5, 7]
- viola [16]
- photography
- viola [8]
- viola [15-17]
- arranger [4.2, 2.22, 3.24]
- violin [9-18]
- background vocals [2], vocal [1, 5]
- choir vocals [4.4, 4.21-22, 3.19]
- vocal [1-2]
- background vocals [1]
- vocal [18]
- vocal [11, 13]
- viola [1.6, 2.2-3]
- engineer
- guitar [9]
- art direction
- trumpet [2.1, 1.22-23]
- violin [1.9-18, 3.8]
- French horn [1, 8]
- viola [8]
- violin [1.22-23, 2.1, 2.15-17]
- violin [2-3]
- bass [3-6]
- violin [2.15-17, 3.1]
- trombone [5]
- liner notes
- violin [2.1, 2.7-11, 2.15-17, 1.22-23]
- viola [1]
- violin [3-5]
- trumpet [9-10]
- photography
- trombone [2-3]
- woodwind [16-17]
- viola [1]
- woodwind [1.6, 2.2-3]
- violin [6]
- violin [16]
Issues
F1995
T16 June 1998





