Frank Sinatra's 45-year recording career and the songs he recorded: his professional biography as a recording artist; the evolution of his vocal technique and performance style; sources and variety of songs recorded; his 12 most-recorded composers and lyricists (20 others are discussed briefly); his interaction with his six major sources of orchestration; his recording sessions; a review of all albums referenced; and the technical and commercial side of his career.
Supporting the research are a master song list (approximately 1,250 recordings), songs by publication date, composer and lyricist indexes, every arrangers work (listing each conductor and orchestra), a detailed list of recording sessions--in order--plus radio, television and film work, and three album lists, showing contents, order of first releases, label sequence and producers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The Man
2: The Singer
3: The Songs
Introduction to Master Song List
Master Song List
Catalog of Songs by Date Published
4: The Composers
Index to Composers
5: The Lyricists
Index to Lyricists
6: The Arrangers
Catalog of Arrangers
7: The Sessions
Catalog of Recording Sessions
The Cities for the Sessions
8: The Albums; plus singles and special discs
Introduction to the Three Album Lists
Albums #I: Contents; alphabetical by LP title
Albums #2: Titles by Release Date; with Notes
Albums #3: Titles by Label; with Producers
Index to Text
