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Softly, as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. This album was Sinatra's first tentative attempt to come to terms with rock and roll music. Arranged by Ernie Freeman, "Softly, as I Leave You", "Then Suddenly Love" and "Available" are definitely stabs at incorporating rock and roll into Sinatra's middle-of-the-road pop sound, featuring drum kits, backing vocals and keyboards.

Softly, as I Leave You
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1964 (LP)
February 1989 (CD)
RecordedAugust 27, 1962 – October 3, 1964, Los Angeles[1]
Genre
  • Traditional pop
  • vocal jazz
Length33:33
LabelReprise
FS-1013
ProducerJimmy Bowen, Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
12 Songs of Christmas
(1964)
Softly, as I Leave You
(1964)
Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
(1965)
Singles from Softly, as I Leave You
  1. "Softly, as I Leave You"
    Released: 1964

The rest of the album is pieced together with leftovers from various early-'60s sessions, from many different arrangers and conductors, giving the album a rather uneven feel.

The title track was the first of at least four attempts to mimic the chart success of Dean Martin's #1 hit "Everybody Loves Somebody", using a driving beat, heavy strings and choral tracks. Sinatra, arranger Ernie Freeman and producer Jimmy Bowen would incorporate the same sound to songs like "When Somebody Loves You", "Tell Her You Love Her (Each Day)" and "Somewhere in Your Heart" with only minor chart success.

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Track listing


  1. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 2:58
  2. "Here's to the Losers" (Robert Wells, Jack Segal) – 3:05
  3. "Dear Heart" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Henry Mancini) – 2:43
  4. "Come Blow Your Horn" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:07
  5. "Love Isn't Just for the Young" (Bernard Knee, Herb Miller)[2] – 2:57
  6. "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You" (Don Costa, Phil Zeller) – 2:43
  7. "Pass Me By" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:25
  8. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVita, Giorgio Calabrese) – 2:50
  9. "Then Suddenly Love" (Roy Alfred, Paul Vance) – 2:15
  10. "Available" (Cahn, Ned Wynn, L.B. Marks)[3] – 2:47
  11. "Talk to Me Baby" (Robert Emmett Dolan, Mercer) – 3:00
  12. "The Look of Love" (Cahn, Van Heusen)[4] – 2:43
Notes

Personnel



Main



Strings



Horns and Woodwinds



Other Instrumentalists



References


  1. Albin, Steve. “Frank...The Reprise Years”. Jazz Discography. 20 March 2016. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Sinatra/reprise.php
  2. Sinatra, Frank. “Love Isn’t Just for the Young”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Love%20Isn’t%20Just%20For%20the%20Young
  3. Sinatra, Frank. “Available”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Available
  4. Sinatra, Frank. “The Look of Love”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/The%20Look%20of%20Love
  5. Sinatra, Frank. “Emily”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Emily
  6. Sinatra, Frank. “Dear Heart”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Dear%20Heart
  7. Sinatra, Frank. “I Can’t Believe I’m Losing You”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/I%20Can’t%20Believe%20I’m%20Losing%20You
  8. Sinatra, Frank. “Pass Me By”. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Pass%20Me%20By
  9. Sinatra, Frank. “Here’s to the Losers”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Here’s%20to%20the%20Losers
  10. Sinatra, Frank. “Softly As I Leave You”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Softly%20As%20I%20Leave%20You
  11. Sinatra, Frank. “Then Suddenly Love”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Then%20Suddenly%20Love
  12. Sinatra, Frank. “Come Blow Your Horn”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Come%20Blow%20Your%20Horn
  13. Sinatra, Frank. “Talk to Me Baby”. Frank Sinatra Sessionography. https://sinatrafamily.com/session/-/-/-/-/0/Talk%20to%20Me%20Baby



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