Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back

Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedOctober 1973
RecordedJune 4 – August 20, 1973 Hollywood
GenreTraditional pop
Length35:54
LabelReprise
FS 2155
ProducerDon Costa
Frank Sinatra chronology
Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1972) 		Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
(1973) 		Some Nice Things I've Missed
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back is a 1973 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra.

Sinatra returned from his brief retirement with Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. Released amidst a whirlwind of publicity, the album was a commercial success, earning gold status and peaking just outside the top-ten on the UK and Billboard album charts.

The album was accompanied by a television special, Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra, which reunited Sinatra with Gene Kelly.

Genuine first pressings of the LP came with a bonus photo of Sinatra inside the cover.

Track listing

  1. "You Will Be My Music" (Joe Raposo) – 3:52
  2. "You're So Right (For What's Wrong in My Life)" (Victoria Pike, Teddy Randazzo, Roger Joyce) – 4:03
  3. "Winners" (Theme from Maurie) (Raposo) – 2:50
  4. "Nobody Wins" (Kris Kristofferson) – 5:10
  5. "Send In the Clowns" (From A Little Night Music) (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:10
  6. "Dream Away" (From the MGM film The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing) (John Williams, Paul Williams) – 4:22
  7. "Let Me Try Again" ("Laisse-moi le temps") (Paul Anka, Sammy Cahn, Michel Jourdan) – 3:31
  8. "There Used to Be a Ballpark" (Raposo) – 3:34
  9. "Noah" (Raposo) – 4:22

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 19

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Complete Personnel

Track 1:

4-June-1973 (Monday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 7 to 11 P.M.).

Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, Arthur Maebe (fr-h); Norman Benno, Louise DiTullio, Wayne Songer, Willie Schwartz, Don Lodice, Morris Crawford (sax/wwd); James Getzoff, Harold Dicterow, Kurt Dieterle, William Hymanson, Israel Baker, Alex Murray, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Samuel Cytron, Mischa Russell, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Walter Edelstein, Arthur Brown, William Kurasch, Albert Steinberg, Alfred Lustgarten, Emo Neufeld (vln); Barbara Simons, Alex Neiman, Louis Kievman, Myra Kestenbaum, Myer Bello, Cecil Figelski (vla); Edgar Lustgarten, Armand Kaproff, Justin DiTullio (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller, Terry Trotter (p); John Morell, Al Casey (g); Mike Deasy, Jim Hughart, Eddie Gilbert (b); John Guerin (d); Gordon Jenkins (cond).

Plus: Pete Jolly (p); Al Casey, Dennis Budimir, James McAuley (g); Jim Hughart (b); John Guerin (d); Alan Estes (perc). Bill Miller (cond).

Track 2:

20-August-1973 (Monday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 7 to 10 P.M.).

Conte Candoli (tpt); Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Morris Crawford, Wayne Songer, Willie Schwartz (sax/clt); Norman Benno (fl/alt/oboe); Don Lodice (ten); Louise DiTullio (b-fl); James Getzoff, Alfred Lustgarten, William Kurasch, Judy Eaton, Gerald Vinci, Joseph Livoti, Ralph Schaeffer, Arthur Brown, Arnold Belnick, Erno Neufeld, Sally Raderman, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Nathan Ross, Joe Stepansky, Lou Raderman, Marshall Sosson, Mischa Russell (vln); Alex Neiman, Louis Kievman, Barbara Simons, Virginia Majewski, Cecil Figelski, Allan Harshman (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff (vie); Gayle Levant (harp); Pete Jolly (p); Al Viola, Al Casey, John Morell (g); Eddie Gilbert, Mike Deasy, Jim Hughart (b); John Guerin (d); Emil Richards (perc).

Tracks 3, 7:

21-June-1973 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 7 to 10 P.M.).

Charles Loper, Dick Noel, Ken Shroyer (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Richard Perissi, Gale Robinson, Sinclair Lott (fr-h); Don Lodice (ten/cit); Wayne Songer (cit); Willie Schwartz (alt/cit); Norman Benno (oboe); Louise DiTullio (b-fl); Arthur Brown, Mischa Russell, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Ralph Schaeffer, Emo Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, William Hymanson, Alex Murray, Joe Stepansky, James Getzoff (vln); Alex Neiman, Louis Kievman, Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman (via); Armand Kaproff, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Gayle Levant (harp); Terry Trotter (p); Al Casey, Al Viola, Dennis Budimir (g); Jim Hughart (b); Alan Estes (perc); John Guerin (d). PLUS: "Basic rhythm" conducted by Bill Miller: Pete Jolly (p); Al Casey, Dennis Budimir, James McAuley (g); Jim Hughart (b); John Guerin (d); Alan Estes (perc) - recorded on 25/26-July-1973 (Wed/Thu), at MGM Recording Studios, in Los Angeles

Track 4:

5-June-1973 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 7 to 10 P.M.).

Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, Arthur Maebe (fr-h); Louise DiTullio (b-fl); Wayne Songer (clt); Don Lodice (ten); Morris Crawford (clt); Willie Schwartz (alt/clt); Norman Benno (oboe); James Getzoff, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Mischa Russell, Nathan Ross, Gerald Vinci, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Alfred Lustgarten, Arthur Brown, William Hymanson, Harold Dicterow, Kurt Dieterle, Walter Edelstein, William Kurasch, Albert Steinberg, Lennie Malarsky, Erno Neufeld (vln); Allan Harshman, Myra Kestenbaum, Robert Ostrowsky, Louis Kievman, Alex Neiman, Barbara Simons (vla); Nino Rosso, Justin DiTullio, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller, Terry Trotter (p); Dennis Budimir, Al Casey (g); Mike Deasy, Jim Hughart (b); Eddie Gilbert (b/tuba); Earl Palmer (d); Gordon Jenkins (cond).

Tracks 5, 8:

22-June-1973 (Friday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 7:00 to 10:30 P.M.).

Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, Arthur Maebe (fr-h); Norman Benno (oboe); Wayne Songer, Morris Crawford (clt); Don Lodice (ten); Louise DiTullio (b-fl); Harry Klee (alt/fl/clt); Ralph Schaeffer, Mischa Russell, Harry Bluestone, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Joseph Livoti, Alex Murray, Albert Steinberg, Blanche Belnick, Joe Stepansky, Kurt Dieterle, Emo Neufeld, Harold Dicterow, Alfred Lustgarten, Arthur Brown, Marshall Sosson, Walter Edelstein, James Getzoff (vln); Alex Neiman, Barbara Simons, Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Myer Bello, Louis Kievman (vla); Armand Kaproff, Justin DiTullio, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Gayle Levant (harp); Bill Miller, Pete Jolly {p); Al Casey, Al Viola, Dennis Budimir (g); Ray Brown, Peter Mercurio (b); John Guerin (d); Gordon Jenkins (cond).

Track 6:

20-August-1973 (Monday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 7 to 10 P.M.).

Conte Candoli (tpt); Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Morris Crawford, Wayne Songer, Willie Schwartz (sax/clt); Norman Benno (fl/alt/oboe); Don Lodice (ten); Louise DiTullio (b-fl); James Getzoff, Alfred Lustgarten, William Kurasch, Judy Eaton, Gerald Vinci, Joseph Livoti, Ralph Schaeffer, Arthur Brown, Arnold Belnick, Erno Neufeld, Sally Raderman, Harry Bluestone, Walter Edelstein, Nathan Ross, Joe Stepansky, Lou Raderman, Marshall Sosson, Mischa Russell (vln); Alex Neiman, Louis Kievman, Barbara Simons, Virginia Majewski, Cecil Figelski, Allan Harshman (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Justin DiTullio, Armand Kaproff (vie); Gayle Levant (harp); Pete Jolly (p); Al Viola, Al Casey, John Morell (g); Eddie Gilbert, Mike Deasy, Jim Hughart (b); John Guerin (d); Emil Richards (perc); Gordon Jenkins (cond)

Plus: add Carol Kaye (el-b), overdubbed on 23-August- 1973 (Thu) (from 9 P.M. to 12 M). On 25-June-1973 (Mon), Pete Jolly (p) and Jim Hughart (b).

Track 9:

Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, Arthur Maebe (fr-h); Norman Benno, Louise DiTullio, Wayne Songer, Willie Schwartz, Don Lodice, Morris Crawford (sax/wwd); James Getzoff, Harold Dicterow, Kurt Dieterle, William Hymanson, Israel Baker, Alex Murray, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Samuel Cytron, Mischa Russell, Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman, Walter Edelstein, Arthur Brown, William Kurasch, Albert Steinberg, Alfred Lustgarten, Emo Neufeld (vln); Barbara Simons, Alex Neiman, Louis Kievman, Myra Kestenbaum, Myer Bello, Cecil Figelski (vla); Edgar Lustgarten, Armand Kaproff, Justin DiTullio (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller, Terry Trotter (p); John Morell, Alvin Casey (g); Mike Deasy, Jim Hughart, Eddie Gilbert (b); John Guerin (d); Gordon Jenkins (cond).

Plus: Carolyn Willis, Joe Greene, Loren Farber, Jesse Kirkland, Lisa Roberts, Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman, Lewis Morford (vocals).[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 275,276. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Cash Box. June 1, 1973. p. 38. Retrieved November 15, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Frank Sinatra – Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN 978-0274963768.