fly me to the moon by frank sinatra was released in 1964.
fly me to the moon by frank sinatra was released in 1964.
when was fly me to the moon by frank sinatra released?
1964
in 1963, sinatra reunited with nelson riddle for "the concert sinatra", an ambitious album featuring a 73-piece symphony orchestra arranged and conducted by riddle. the concert was recorded on a motion picture scoring soundstage with the use of multiple synchronized recording machines that employed an optical signal onto 35 mm film designed for movie soundtracks. granata considers the album to have been "impeachable" [sic], "one of the very best of the sinatra-riddle ballad albums", in which sinatra displayed an impressive vocal range, particularly in "ol' man river", in which he darkened the hue. in 1964 the song "my kind of town" was nominated for the academy award for best original song. sinatra released "softly, as i leave you", and collaborated with bing crosby and fred waring on "america, i hear you singing", a collection of patriotic songs recorded as a tribute to the assassinated president john f. kennedy. sinatra increasingly became involved in charitable pursuits in this period. in 1961 and 1962 he went to mexico, with the sole purpose of putting on performances for mexican charities, and in july 1964 he was present for the dedication of the frank sinatra international youth center for arab and jewish children in nazareth.
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in 1957, sinatra released "close to you", "a swingin' affair!" and "where are you?"—his first album in stereo, with gordon jenkins. granata considers "close to you" to have been thematically his closest concept album to perfection during the "golden" era, and nelson riddle's finest work, which was "extremely progressive" by the standards of the day. it is structured like a three-act play, each commencing with the songs "with every breath i take", "blame it on my youth" and "it could happen to you". for granata, sinatra's "a swingin' affair!" and swing music predecessor "songs for swingin' lovers!" solidified "sinatra's image as a 'swinger', from both a musical and visual standpoint". buddy collette considered the swing albums to have been heavily influenced by sammy davis, jr., and stated that when he worked with sinatra in the mid-1960s he approached a song much differently than he had done in the early 1950s. on june 9, 1957, he performed in a 62-minute concert conducted by riddle at the seattle civic auditorium, his first appearance in seattle since 1945. the recording was first released as a bootleg, but in 1999 artanis entertainment group officially released it as the "sinatra '57 in concert" live album, after sinatra's death. in 1958 sinatra released the concept album "come fly with me" with billy may, designed as a musical world tour. it reached the top spot on the billboard album chart in its second week, remaining at the top for five weeks, and was nominated for the grammy award for album of the year at the inaugural grammy awards. the title song, "come fly with me", written especially for him, would become one of his best known standards. on may 29 he recorded seven songs in a single session, more than double the usual yield of a recording session, and an eighth was planned, "lush life", but sinatra found it too technically demanding. in september, sinatra released "frank sinatra sings for only the lonely", a stark collection of introspective saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads which proved a huge commercial success, spending 120 weeks on billboards album chart and peaking at no. 1. cuts from this lp, such as "angel eyes" and "one for my baby (and one more for the road)", would remain staples of the "saloon song" segments of sinatra's concerts.
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