A Voice on Air (1935-1955) > Frank Sinatra


Recording Details

Type
Audio / Radio Cast / (Compilation)
Method
Live
Language
English
Performer
Frank Sinatra (377)
Notes
Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955), a historic 100+ track, 4-CD deluxe box set culled from an invaluable collection of rare radio broadcasts and rehearsals immaculately restored from the original recording masters for unprecedented high-fidelity sound.

This breathtaking overview charts Frank Sinatra s evolution as a vocalist, and includes samples of his radio work from the first twenty years of his amazing career, from his first radio performance in 1935 (singing "S-H-I-N-E" with the Hoboken Four) to his last weekly series in 1955 (The Frank Sinatra Show, featuring ultra-rare performances with an in-studio quintet). From beginning to end, Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air (1935-1955) envelops the listener in the atmosphere surrounding the creation of these masterful radio performances in the 1930s, '40s and '50s.

Meticulously restored and remastered in high-resolution from the original glass and aluminum radio transcription discs and magnetic tape masters these vintage, historic recordings most of them unheard since their original broadcast in the 1940s and 1950s sound more rich and vibrant than ever before. All of the warmth and vibrancy that are hallmarks of Frank Sinatra's vocal brilliance have been preserved, and showcased with unprecedented fidelity.
Shortcode
[r30074]

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Format
4-CD
Label
Legacy
Released
2015-11-20
Barcode
888750997128
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# Tracks
97
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Shortcode
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Disc 1
1. Vintage Radio Tuning In/Major Bowes' Show Opening & S - H
2. Fred Allen Introduces Frank Sinatra and the Four Sharps & Exactly Like You
3. Moon Love (with Harry James & his Orchestra)
4. Fame and Fortune Show Opening: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You & Marie (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra/Band Chorus)
5. Deep Night (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra/Band Chorus)
6. Ruth Lowe Interview & I'll Never Smile Again/Fame and Fortune Show Opening: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
7. Frenesi (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra and the Pied Pipers)
8. East of the Sun (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra/Band Chorus)
9. Carnaval de Broadway Show Opening: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You & The One I Love (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra and the Pied Pipers)
10. Say It & Carnaval de Broadway Show Closing: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra)
11. She's Funny That Way
12. I Don't Believe in Rumors
13. Medley: I'll String Along With You/As Time Goes By
14. That Old Black Magic
15. I Heard You Cried Last Night
16. For Me and My Gal
17. Moonlight Mood
18. There Are Such Things
19. Broadway Bandbox Show Opening & All or Nothing at All (orchestral)
20. My Heart Stood Still
21. The Right Kind of Love
22. Close to You (orchestral)
Disc 2
1. Vintage Radio Tuning In/Major Bowes' Show Opening & S - H
2. Fred Allen Introduces Frank Sinatra and the Four Sharps & Exactly Like You
3. Moon Love (with Harry James & his Orchestra)
4. Fame and Fortune Show Opening: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You & Marie (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra/Band Chorus)
5. Deep Night (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra/Band Chorus)
6. Ruth Lowe Interview & I'll Never Smile Again/Fame and Fortune Show Opening: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
7. Frenesi (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra and the Pied Pipers)
8. East of the Sun (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra/Band Chorus)
9. Carnaval de Broadway Show Opening: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You & The One I Love (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra and the Pied Pipers)
10. Say It & Carnaval de Broadway Show Closing: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra)
11. She's Funny That Way
12. I Don't Believe in Rumors
13. Medley: I'll String Along With You/As Time Goes By
14. That Old Black Magic
15. I Heard You Cried Last Night
16. For Me and My Gal
17. Moonlight Mood
18. There Are Such Things
19. Broadway Bandbox Show Opening & All or Nothing at All (orchestral)
20. My Heart Stood Still
21. The Right Kind of Love
22. Close to You (orchestral)
Disc 3
1. Songs by Sinatra Show Opening: Night and Day & I'm An Old Cowhand/Tumblin' Tumbleweeds
2. Along the Navajo Trail
3. Frank Sinatra Introduction & Home on the Range
4. Frank Sinatra Introduces Louisiana Gov. Jimmie Davis & You Are My Sunshine (with Gov. Jimmie Davis)
5. Frank Sinatra Introduces Nat "King" Cole & Exactly Like You (with Nat "King" Cole & the King Cole Trio
6. Frank Sinatra Introduces Slim Gaillard & Cement Mixer (Put - ti Put
7. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (with Peggy Lee)
8. I Only Have Eyes for You (with the Benny Goodman Sextet)
9. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
10. Don't Forget Tonight Tomorrow (rehearsal) (with the Pied Pipers)
11. Sweet Lorraine (orchestral version)
12. Personality
13. Who's Sorry Now?
14. Don't Marry That Girl
15. A Salute to Al Jolson Show Opening/George Jessel Introduces Frank Sinatra & Rock - a
16. Zip - a
17. These Foolish Things (parody) (rehearsal)
18. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
19. Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) (with Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore)
20. Frank Sinatra Introduces Irving Berlin & Alexander's Ragtime Band (with Irving Berlin)
21. Help Me to Help My Neighbor & Irving Berlin Commentary on Frank Sinatra Winning the Jefferson Award
22. Frank Sinatra Introduces Johnny Mercer & Ac - Cent
23. Your Hit Parade Opening: Lucky Day & (It's Going to Be A) Great Day
24. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
25. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (with Doris Day)
26. There's No Business Like Show Business (with Doris Day)
27. Serenade of the Bells
Disc 4
1. Haunted Heart
2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
3. I'm Looking Over a Four - Leaf Clover
4. Nature Boy (orchestral version)
5. Little White Lies
6. On a Slow Boat to China
7. Light Up Time Show Opening: Lucky Day & It All Depends on You
8. Some Enchanted Evening (with Dorothy Kirsten)
9. Full Moon and Empty Arms (with Dorothy Kirsten)
10. It's Only a Paper Moon
11. Mad About You
12. A Fine Romance (with Dorothy Kirsten)
13. Dean Martin Introduces Frank Sinatra & I've Got a Crush on You
14. Why Try to Change Me Now
15. Birth of the Blues
16. To Be Perfectly Frank Show Opening: Walking and Whistlin' the Blues & I've Got the World on a String
17. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
18. A Hundred Years from Today
19. This Can't Be Love
20. Them There Eyes & To Be Perfectly Frank Closing: Walkin' and Whistlin' the Blues
21. The Frank Sinatra Show Opening: Young at Heart & Tenderly
22. Hello, Young Lovers
23. It's Alright with Me
24. Our Love Is Here to Stay
25. Gary Crosby Introduces Frank Sinatra & Sam's Song (The Happy Tune) (with Gary Crosby)
26. Half As Lovely (Twice As True)

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