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Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner

Frank Sinatra With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - CD

Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner Frank Sinatra With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra CD
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  • 1. You Walk By [#]
  • 2. This Love of Mine [#]
  • 3. Say It [#]
  • 4. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) [#]
  • 5. Medley: June in January/Clouds/You're a Sweetheart [#]
  • 6. Stardust [#]
  • 7. One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) [#]
  • 8. Let's Get Away from It All [#]
  • 9. Moon Won't Talk [#]
  • 10. World Is in My Arms [#]
  • 11. Medley: I'm Nobody's Baby/The Nearness of You/I Can't Love You Anymore
  • 12. Snootie Little Cutie [#]
  • 13. Alice Blue Gown [#]
  • 14. Prairie Night [#]
  • 15. Medley: A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody/Temptation/I Don't Know Why ...
  • 16. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You [#]
  • 17. Dig Down Deep [#]
  • 18. Last Call for Love [#]
  • 19. I'll Take Tallulah [#]
  • 20. Just as Though You Were Here [#]
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Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner by Frank Sinatra With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on CD


Bluebird certainly didn't need the "As Seen on TV" logo to sell this collection of unreleased Frank Sinatra performances. For fans of Sinatra in general and his early big-band period specifically, Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner represents a fresh outpouring of Sinatra's winning way with a song. All of the performances are live and come from his stint with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra, between June 1940 and May 1942 (the last date here was just four months before he left Dorsey for a committed solo career). Three songs are new to Sinatra's recorded repertoire, "You Walk By," "Alice Blue Gown," and "Prairie Night," each of them as fluffy as their titles suggest but each rescued by Sinatra's indomitable flair. Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers are present on several tracks, and "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" is a looser version of the original hit featuring the Dorsey musicians filling in the gaps between Sinatra's sweet vocals with their own jivey crosstalk. The highlight, ably expounded upon by Will Friedwald in his excellent liner notes, is "Say It," from a 1940 broadcast; after Dorsey's tranquil solo introduces the song, Sinatra accentuates the performance with a vocal that relaxes the melody into a pure appreciation of his own mellifluous vocalizing. Necessary for collectors and suitably enjoyable for anyone interested in his early career, Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner shows him at a pivotal point in his career; while introducing the opener, "You Walk By," the young Sinatra hilariously switches from his slangy, nasal New Jersey speaking voice to his refined, caressing singing voice. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
  • Label: RCA, RCA Records
  • Genre: VocalMusic
  • Style: Big Band, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
  • Album Type: "Best of..." / "Greatest Hits"

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  • Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner Frank Sinatra With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra CD
Young Blue Eyes: Birth of a Crooner Frank Sinatra With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra CD