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1964 studio album by Frank Sinatra
Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (or simply Academy Award Winners ) is a 1964 album by Frank Sinatra , focusing on songs that won the Academy Award for Best Song . The orchestra is arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle .[1]
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing for Allmusic.com gave the album a lukewarm review, describing it as a 'professional and stylish album' but saying that it 'only yields a handful of true gems'. Erlewine found neither Sinatra or Riddle at fault, but said that the record plays as 'a series of individual moments, not as a cohesive collection'. Erlewine praises "The Way You Look Tonight" as one of Sinatra's 'classic performances', and rates "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "All the Way" highly.[1]
Track listing
"Days of Wine and Roses " (Henry Mancini , Johnny Mercer ) - 2:16
"Moon River " (Mancini, Mercer) - 3:20
"The Way You Look Tonight " (Jerome Kern , Dorothy Fields ) - 3:22
"Three Coins in the Fountain " (Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ) - 3:46
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening " (Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael ) - 1:51
"Secret Love " (Paul Francis Webster , Sammy Fain ) - 3:54
"Swinging on a Star " (Johnny Burke , Jimmy Van Heusen ) - 2:53
"It Might As Well Be Spring " (Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II ) - 3:26
"The Continental " (Herb Magidson , Con Conrad ) - 3:14
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing " (Webster, Fain) - 3:22
"All the Way " (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:27
Personnel
References
Studio albums
Columbia Capitol Reprise Qwest
Live albums Compilations Soundtrack albums Other albums Box sets Tribute albums Tribute films Videography Digital
Reprise Rarities (Volume 1)
Reprise Rarities (Volume 2)
Reprise Rarities (Volume 3)
Reprise Rarities (Volume 4)
Reprise Rarities (Volume 5)
Related
Albums
The Music from Oklahoma! (Capitol , 1955)
The Tender Touch (Capitol, 1956)
Hey...Let Yourself Go! (Capitol, 1957)
C'mon...Get Happy! (Capitol, 1957)
Sea of Dreams (Capitol, 1958)
The Joy of Living (Capitol, 1959)
Sing a Song with Riddle (Capitol, 1959)
Music of the Motion Picture "Can Can" (Capitol, 1960)
Original Music from The TV Show The Untouchables (Capitol, 1960)
Dance to the Music of "Tenderloin" (Capitol, 1961)
Love Tide (Capitol, 1961)
Magic Moments from "The Gay Life" (Capitol, 1961)
Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Capitol, 1962)
Love Is a Game of Poker (Capitol, 1962)
More Hit TV Themes (Capitol, 1963)
The Best of Nelson Riddle (Capitol, 1963)
White on White, Shangri-La, Charade & Other Hits of 1964 (Reprise , 1964)
Original Music from The Rogues (RCA , 1964)
Interprets Great Music, Great Films, Great Sounds (Reprise, 1964)
NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole (Reprise, 1966)
Music for Wives and Lovers (Solid State , 1967)
The Bright and the Beautiful (Liberty , 1967)
The Riddle of Today (Liberty, 1968)
British Columbia Suite (Capilano, 1969)
Nelson Riddle Conducts The 101 Strings (Marble Arch, 1970)
Communication (MPS, 1971)
Changing Colors (MPS, 1972)
With Nat King Cole With Ella Fitzgerald With Linda Ronstadt With Frank Sinatra
Swing Easy! (Capitol, 1954)
Songs for Young Lovers (Capitol, 1954)
In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955)
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol, 1956)
Close to You (Capitol, 1956)
A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol, 1956)
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Capitol, 1958)
Nice 'n' Easy (Capitol, 1960)
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1960)
The Concert Sinatra (1963)
Sinatra's Sinatra (1963)
Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (Reprise, 1964)
Strangers in the Night (Reprise, 1966)
Moonlight Sinatra (Reprise, 1966)
With Keely Smith With others
Shirley Bassey , Let's Face the Music (Columbia , 1962)
Rosemary Clooney , Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (RCA Victor , 1961)
Bing Crosby , Return to Paradise Islands (Reprise, 1964)
Judy Garland , Judy (1956)
Antônio Carlos Jobim , The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965)
Peggy Lee , The Man I Love (Capitol, 1957)
Dean Martin , This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, 1960)
Johnny Mathis , I'll Buy You a Star (Capitol, 1962)
Oscar Peterson , Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (Verve, 1964)
Mavis Rivers , Take a Number (Capitol, 1959)
Tommy Sands , When I'm Thinking of You (Capitol, 1959)
Dinah Shore , Dinah, Yes Indeed! (Capitol, 1959)
Phil Silvers , Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957)