Ring-a-Ding-Ding! is the twentieth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released on May 7, 1961.[4] It was the inaugural record on Sinatra's Reprise label and, as the initial concept was "an album without ballads", it consisted only of uptempo swing numbers.
The title track was written specifically for Sinatra by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. The song "Have You Met Miss Jones?" was recorded for the album, though left off the final track listing. Ring-a-Ding-Ding! reached No. 4; it was given favorable reviews by Stereo Review, and, although a similar album (Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!) was released by Capitol a mere two months prior, Ring-A-Ding-Ding! managed to maintain a 35-week stay on the charts. In the UK, the album reached No. 8 and stayed for 9 weeks on the chart.
The album was remastered and reissued by Concord Records on June 7, 2011, to mark its 50th anniversary. The newest CD makes a change to earlier releases, in that the original reverberation effect on Sinatra's voice has been decreased for a more natural sound.[5]
Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Amo, Herman Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards (perc).
Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10
20-December-1960 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.
Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sasson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Amo, Hennan Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards.
Tracks, 8, 11, 12, 13
21-December-1960 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.
Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Amo, Herman Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (vln); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards (perc). Johnny Mandel, Dick Reynolds (arr).[6]
