Frank Sinatra - Strangers in The Night (Classic Album US 1966)

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The album marked Sinatra's return to #1 on the pop album charts in the mid-1960s, and it consolidated the comeback he started in 1966. Combining pop hits with show tunes and standards, the album creates a balance between big band and pop instrumentation. The single "Strangers in the Night" also reached #1 on the pop single charts, while "Summer Wind" would slowly become a classic, used for television commercials and mood-setting entrances by the 2000s.

At the Grammy Awards of 1967 Sinatra garnered two Grammy Awards for his efforts on this album, including the Record of the Year for the title track "Strangers in the Night", as well as Best Male Vocal Performance for the same song. (He also won a further Grammy award that same year, the Album of the Year for A Man and His Music). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track won him the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist.

This is the final album Sinatra performed with long-time arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra.

Strangers in the Night has been certified platinum for 1 million copies sold in the U.S. It is the only "regular" Sinatra album to achieve this mark (the others to do so have been greatest hits/compilation albums, Christmas albums, or the end-of-career "Duets" albums).

Also, this album has been released as a "Deluxe Edition" on January 26, 2010. Including 3 bonus tracks (2 recorded tracks of "Strangers in the Night" and "All or Nothing at All" performed at the Budokan Hall from 1985, and an alternate take of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby").

Strangers in the Night marked Frank Sinatra's return to the top of the pop charts in the mid-'60s, and it consolidated the comeback he started in 1965. Although he later claimed he disliked the title track, the album was an inventive, rich effort from Sinatra, one that established him as a still-viable star to a wide, mainstream audience without losing the core of his sound. Combining pop hits ("Downtown," "On a Clear Day [You Can See Forever]," "Call Me") with show tunes and standards, the album creates a delicate but comfortable balance between big band and pop instrumentation. Using strings, horns, and an organ, Nelson Riddle constructed an easy, deceptively swinging sound that appealed to both Sinatra's dedicated fans and pop radio. And Sinatra's singing is relaxed, confident, and surprisingly jazzy, as he plays with the melody of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" and delivers a knockout punch with the assured, breathtaking "Summer Wind." Although he would not record another album with Riddle again, Sinatra would expand the approach of Strangers in the Night for the rest of the decade. 

01."Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 2:25
02."Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) – 2:53
03."All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 3:57
04."Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 3:07
05."You're Driving Me Crazy!" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:15
06."On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:17
07."My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:30
08."Downtown" (Hatch) – 2:14
09."Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Donaldson, Kahn) – 2:08
10."The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:24 

Bonus tracks:
11."Strangers in the Night" - 2:14 live performance at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1985
12."All or Nothing at All" - 3:40 live performance at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1985
13."Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Alternate Take) - 2:17

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