FRANK SINATRA Back with New Album, and Some Re-Releases

     MUSIC NEWS- On June 2, Capitol/EMI Records and Frank Sinatra Enterprises will release Classic Sinatra II, the long-awaited follow-up to the double platinum 2000 release, Classic Sinatra.   Featuring 20 classic recordings spanning from 1954 to 1961, the new CD also offers a previously unreleased recording.    Released in 2000, Capitol/EMI’s Classic Sinatrahas sold over two million copies in the US alone and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. Classic Sinatra II features 21 additional signature tracks, including 15 from the legendary concept albums Sinatra recorded for Capitol between 1954 and 1961, various singles, and a previously unreleased recording. Classic Sinatra IIshowcases a selection of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ most loved recordings from his Capitol concept albums, including “Moonlight In Vermont,” “Pennies From Heaven,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” and “All Of Me.”  In addition, the set features four 1950s singles: “Love And Marriage,” “(Love Is) The Tender Trap,” “Learnin’ The Blues,” and “High Hopes.” Plus a 1956 recording of “Memories Of You” and a previously unreleased recording, “This Can’t Be Love". During his lifetime, Sinatra won 10 Grammy Awards. When awarded the Grammy Legend Award in 1994, he was introduced by U2 singer Bono, who said, "His songs are his home and he lets you in, but you know that to sing like that you've got to have lost a couple of fights. To know tenderness and romance you've got to have had your heart broken."

Born Francis Albert Sinatra on December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, NJ, Frank Sinatra was a titan of 20th Century entertainment, with record-breaking successes in both music and film. With a legendary career spanning more than six decades, Sinatra was truly “The Entertainer of the 20th Century.” Also known as “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” “The Chairman of the Board” and “The Voice,” Sinatra has sold more than more than 150 million albums around the world, and racked up 31 gold and nine platinum albums (including three that went multi-platinum), one gold single, and two gold and platinum videos in the United States alone. He is the only artist to chart in Billboard’s Top Ten for seven consecutive decades.

Separately, from Concord Music, we have the reissue release of Frank Sinatra’s My Way 40th Anniversary Edition and the new release of Live At The Meadowlands (released May 5)! My Way 40th Anniversary Edition included two previously unreleased tracks, “For Once In My Life” and a live version of “My Way” and Live At The Meadowlands features 18 previously unreleased live tracks.

Check out these clips-

Frank Sinatra Audio Streams:

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” Live from Live At The Meadowlands Arena, here

“ New York  New York” from Live At The Meadowlands Arena, here  

“My Way” Video Stream, here  

 Live At The Meadowlands, is the legendary 1986 live album that spotlights Sinatra back in his New Jersey stomping grounds, wooing a sold-out crowd. The My Way album was produced by Don Costa and Sonny Burke.  My Way was originally released in March 1969 and features a varied collection of contemporary pop songs, including Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” The Beatles’ “Yesterday,” Ray Charles’ “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” and the iconic title track, “My Way,” which would become his career theme song.

My Way 40th Anniversary Edition Track List-

1.       Watch What Happens

2.       Didn’t We

3.       Hallelujah I Love Her So

4.       Yesterday

5.       All My Tomorrows

6.       My Way

7.       A Day In The Life Of A Fool

8.       For Once In My Life

9.       If You Go Away

10.   Mrs. Robinson

            Bonus Tracks:

11.   For Once In My Life (Rehearsal, NBC Studio 2/Burbank, August 13, 1969)

12.   My Way (Live, Reunion Arena/Dallas, TX, October 24, 1987)

 Live At The Meadowlands Arena Track Listing

1.       Overture

2.       “Without A Song”

3.       “Where Or When”

4.       “For Once In My Life”

5.       “Nice ’N’ Easy”

6.       “My Heart Stood Still”

7.       “Change Partners”

8.       “It Was A Very Good Year”

9.       “You Make Me Feel So Young”

10.   “The Gal That Got Away”

11.   “Theme From

New York, New York”

12.   Monologue

13.   “Come Rain Or Come Shine”

14.   “Bewitched”

15.   “Moonlight In Vermont”

16.   “ L.A. Is My Lady”

17.   “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”

18.   “Someone To Watch Over Me”

19.   “One For My Baby”

20.   “Mack The Knife”s.

Frank Sinatra: Classic Sinatra II  track list-

1. Something's Gotta Give

2. Too Marvelous For Words

3. Love And Marriage

4. From This Moment On

5. (Love Is) The Tender Trap

6. I Get Along Without You Very Well

7. All Of Me

8. I Thought About You

9. Moonlight In Vermont

10. High Hopes

11. Learnin' The Blues

12. Here's That Rainy Day

13. Pennies From Heaven

14. I've Got A Crush On You

15. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

16. Memories Of You

17. Love Is Here To Stay

18. When The World Was Young

19. Just One Of Those Things

20. Angel Eyes

Bonus Track

21. This Can’t Be Love (Previously unreleased recording)