The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952

Original Release Date:  October 31, 1995

Track Listing

• 1. Close to You
• 2. People Will Say We're in Love [From Oklahoma!]
• 3. If You Are But a Dream
• 4. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)
• 5. White Christmas [From Holiday Inn White Christmas]
• 6. I Fall in Love Too Easily [From Anchors Aweigh]
• 7. Ol' Man River [From Show Boat]
• 8. Stormy Weather [From Cotton Club Parade of 1933]
• 9. Embraceable You [From Girl Crazy]
• 10. She's Funny That Way
• 11. My Melancholy Baby [From Birth of the Blues]
• 12. Where or When [From Babes in Arms]
• 13. All the Things You Are [From Very Warm for May]
• 14. I Should Care [From Thrill of a Romance]
• 15. Dream [From Her Highness and the Bellboy]
• 16. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)
• 17. Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz]
• 18. If I Loved You [From Carousel]
• 19. Someone to Watch Over Me [From Oh, Kay!]
• 20. You Go to My Head
• 21. These Foolish Things [From Spread It Abroad]
• 22. The House I Live In
• 23. Day by Day
• 24. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
• 25. Full Moon and Empty Arms
• 26. Oh! What It Seemed to Be
• 27. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
• 28. Why Shouldn't I? [From Jubilee]
• 29. Try a Little Tenderness
• 30. Begin the Beguine [From Jubilee]
• 31. They Say It's Wonderful
• 32. That Old Black Magic [From Star Spangled Rhythm]
• 33. How Deep Is the Ocean?
• 34. Home on the Range
• 35. Five Minutes More [From Sweetheart of Sigma Chi]
• 36. The Things We Did Last Summer
• 37. Among My Souvenirs [Alternate Take]
• 38. September Song [From Knickerbocker Holiday]
• 39. Blue Skies [From Blue Skies]
• 40. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
• 41. Lost in the Stars [From Lost in the Stars]
• 42. There's No Business Like Show Business [From Annie Get Your Gun]
• 43. Time After Time
• 44. The Brooklyn Bridge [From It Happened in Brooklyn]
• 45. Sweet Lorraine
• 46. Always [Alternate Take]
• 47. Mam'selle [From the Razor's Edge]
• 48. Stella by Starlight [From the Uninvited]
• 49. My Romance [From Jumbo]
• 50. If I Had You
• 51. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [From The Sky's the Limit]
• 52. But Beautiful [From Road to Rio]
• 53. You're My Girl [From High Button Shoes]
• 54. All of Me [From Meet Danny Wilson]
• 55. Night and Day [From the Gay Divorcee]
• 56. S'posin'
• 57. The Night We Called It a Day
• 58. The Song Is You [From Music in the Air]
• 59. What'll I Do?
• 60. The Music Stopped [From Higher and Higher]
• 61. Fools Rush In [Alternate Take]
• 62. I've Got a Crush on You [From Strike Up the Band]
• 63. Body and Soul [From Three's A Crowd]
• 64. I'm Glad There Is You
• 65. Autumn in New York
• 66. Nature Boy
• 67. Once in Love with Amy [From Where's Charley?]
• 68. Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific]
• 69. The Hucklebuck
• 70. Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk
• 71. It All Depends on You [From Big Boy]
• 72. Bye Bye Baby [From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]
• 73. Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
• 74. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
• 75. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
• 76. American Beauty Rose
• 77. Should I? [From Lord Byron of Broadway]
• 78. You Do Something to Me [From Fifty Million Frenchmen]
• 79. Lover [From Love Me Tonight]
• 80. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) [From Meet Danny
• 81. London by Night
• 82. Meet Me at the Copa
• 83. April in Paris [From Walk a Little Faster]
• 84. I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest
• 85. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)
• 86. I Am Loved [From Out of This World]
• 87. Hello, Young Lovers [From The King and I]
• 88. We Kiss in a Shadow [From The King and I]
• 89. I'm a Fool to Want You
• 90. Love Me
• 91. Deep Night
• 92. I Could Write a Book [From Pal Joey]
• 93. I Hear a Rhapsody
• 94. My Girl
• 95. Birth of the Blues [From George White's Scandals of 1924]
• 96. Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
• 97. Why Try to Change Me Now?

Credits

• Sergey Rachmaninov: Composer
• Ray Conniff: Arranger
• Percy Faith: Arranger, Conductor
• Frank Sinatra: Vocals, Liner Notes
• Arthur Baker: Clarinet, Saxophone
• Will Bradley: Trombone
• Johnny Hodges: Sax (Alto)
• Barney Kessel: Guitar
• Yank Lawson: Trumpet
• David Mann: Piano, Celeste
• Ted Nash: Saxophone
• Herbie Nichols: Composer
• Buddy Rich: Trumpet
• Willie Smith: Saxophone
• Charlie Shavers: Trombone
• Dave Barbour: Guitar
• Lawrence Brown: Trombone
• Billy Butterfield: Trumpet
• Lee Castle: Trumpet
• Ziggy Elman: Trumpet
• Johnny Guarnieri: Bass, Piano, Arranger, Celeste
• Bob Haggart: Bass
• Bernie Leighton: Piano, Celeste
• Ray Linn: Trumpet
• Buddy Morrow: Trombone
• Sy Oliver: Arranger
• Babe Russin: Saxophone
• Al Caiola: Guitar
• George Van Eps: Guitar
• Stan Freeman: Piano, Celeste
• Alec Wilder: Arranger, Conductor
• Mitch Miller: Director, Oboe, A&R
• Earl Robinson: Composer
• Nancy Sinatra: Liner Notes
• George Siravo: Arranger
• Robert Maxwell: Harp
• Felix Slatkin: Violin
• Si Zentner: Trombone
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Abato: Saxophone
• Bob Ahern: Guitar
• Victor Arno: Violin
• George Arus: Trombone
• George Avakian: Producer
• Seymour Barab: Cello
• Robert Barene: Violin
• John Barrows: Horn
• Edward Bergman: Violin
• Ruth Berman: Harp
• Cy Bernard: Cello
• John Best: Trumpet
• Johnny Blowers: Drums
• Harry Bluestone: Violin
• Hoyt Bohannon: Trombone
• Perry Botkin: Guitar
• Maurice Brown: Cello
• Frederick Buldrini: Violin
• Johnny Burke: Composer
• Ernie Caceres: Saxophone
• Sammy Cahn: Composer
• Nick Caiazza: Saxophone
• Harry Carney: Sax (Baritone)
• Frank Carroll: Bass
• John Cave: Horn
• Mac Ceppos: Violin
• Frank Chase: Saxophone
• Nat King Cole: Piano
• Harold Coletta: Viola
• Conrad Gozzo: Trumpet
• Sid Cooper: Arranger, Saxophone
• Didier C. Deutsch: Producer
• Richard Dickler: Viola
• Kurt Dieterle: Violin
• Jimmy Dorsey: Composer
• Art Drelinger: Saxophone
• Ed Druzinsky: Harp
• Walter Edelstein: Violin
• Arnold Eidus: Violin
• Nick Fatool: Drums
• Harold Feldman: Saxophone
• Freddie Fox: Horn
• Will Friedwald: Liner Notes, Consultant, Interviewer
• David Frisina: Violin
• Harold Furmanski: Viola
• Louis Gabowitz: Violin
• Chuck Gentry: Saxophone
• Manny Green: Violin
• Chris Griffin: Trumpet
• Gordon Griffin: Trumpet
• Sid Harris: Violin
• Allan Harshman: Viola
• Herbie Haymer: Saxophone
• Julius Held: Violin
• Abraham Hochstein: Viola
• Hugo Winterhalter: Director
• Clyde Hurley: Trumpet
• William Hymanson: Viola
• Isadore Zir: Viola
• Les Jenkins: Trombone
• Jerry Jerome: Saxophone
• Armand Karpoff: Cello
• George Kast: Violin
• Harry Katzman: Violin
• Buddy Kaye: Composer
• Ken Lane: Piano, Celeste
• Jules Kinsler: Saxophone
• Bob Kitsis: Piano, Celeste
• Harry Klee: Saxophone
• Phil Kraus: Drums
• Leo Kruczek: Violin
• Bernard Kundell: Violin
• Eugene Lamas: Violin
• Harry Lawson: Saxophone
• Sam Levine: Violin
• Norman Leyden: Arranger
• Dan Lube: Violin
• Rebecca Lynch: Violin
• Jimmy Lytell: Saxophone
• Vito Mangano: Trumpet
• Dave Mankovitz: Viola
• Paul Mann: Composer
• Jimmy Maxwell: Trumpet
• John Mayhew: Flute
• Paul Mertz: Composer
• Nuncio "Toots" Mondello: Saxophone
• Tony Mottola: Guitar
• Alexander Neiman: Viola
• George Ockner: Violin
• Gene Orloff: Violin
• John Owens: Trumpet
• Richard Perissi: Horn
• Raoul Poliakin: Violin
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Leonard Posner: Violin
• Jimmy Powell: Saxophone
• Jimmy Priddy: Trombone
• Samuel Rand: Violin
• Bill Rank: Trombone
• Milt Raskin: Piano, Celeste
• Allan Reuss: Guitar
• George Ricci: Cello
• Les Robinson: Saxophone
• Paul Robyn: Viola
• Ted Rosen: Violin
• Mischa Russell: Violin
• Antoine Russo: Trombone
• John Ryan: Bass
• Art Ryerson: Guitar
• Julius Schachter: Violin
• Bill Schaeffer: Trombone
• Gunther Schuller: Horn
• George Seaberg: Trumpet
• Leonard Selic: Viola
• Norris "Bunny" Shawker: Drums
• Jack Shulman: Violin
• Phil Silvers: Composer
• Joseph Singer: Horn
• Charles Small: Trombone
• Terry Snyder: Drums
• Anthony Sophos: Cello
• Marshall Sosson: Violin
• Phil Stephens: Bass
• David Sterkin: Viola
• Ann Mason Stockton: Harp
• Alvin Stoller: Drums
• Axel Stordahl: Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Director
• Fred Stulce: Saxophone
• Julius Tannenbaum: Cello
• Harry Urbont: Violin
• James Van Heusen: Composer
• Gerald Vinci: Violin
• George David Weiss: Composer
• Paul Weston: Composer
• Hy White: Guitar
• Mark Wilder: Archival Restoration
• Milt Yaner: Saxophone
• Vincent DeRosa: Horn
• Alex Beller: Violin
• Samuel Cytron: Violin
• Eleanor Slatkin: Cello
• Donald Anderson: Trumpet
• Morris Bercov: Saxophone
• Julius Brand: Violin
• Charlie Butterfield: Trombone
• Irma Clow: Harp
• Milton DeLugg: Accordion
• Solomon Deutsch: Viola
• Charles Griffard: Trumpet
• Ray Hagan: Drums
• Stanley Harris: Viola
• Joe Higgins: Producer
• Gerald Joyce: Violin
• Murray Kellner: Violin
• Sol Kindler: Violin
• Leonard Mach: Trumpet
• Frank Miller: Cello
• Richard L. Noel: Trombone
• Felix Orlewitz: Violin
• Gary Pacheco: Executive Producer
• Pullman Pederson: Trombone
• Max Polikoff: Violin
• Kurt Reher: Violin
• Jack Rose: Mandolin
• Herman Shertzer: Saxophone
• Melvin "Red" Solomon: Trumpet
• Jack Zyde: Violin
• Theodore Adoff: Viola
• Tony Faso: Trumpet
• Carl Loeffler: Trombone
• Spinoza Paeff: Viola
• Nick Pisani: Violin
• Pete Pumiglio: Saxophone
• Billy Rowland: Piano, Celeste
• William Spear: Viola
• Avron Twerdowsky: Cello
• Olcott Vail: Violin
• Andrew Ferretti: Trumpet
• George T. Simon: Producer
• Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Performer
• Herman Alpert: Bass
• Larry Alpeter: Trombone
• Benjamin Altman: Violin
• Sal Amato: Saxophone
• John Augustine: Violin
• Harry Azen: Violin
• Russell Banzer: Saxophone
• Henry Beau: Saxophone
• Peter Beilman: Trombone
• Harry Berv: Trumpet
• William Bloom: Violin
• Harry Blostein: Violin
• David Bonnee: Saxophone
• Milton Bornstein: Violin
• Albert Borodkin: Cello
• Sidney Brecher: Viola
• Samuel Bytron: Violin
• Nick Cajazza: Saxophone
• Emmett Callen: Saxophone
• Werner Callies: Violin
• May Hogan Cambern: Harp
• Fred Camelia: Cello
• Samuel Carmell: Violin
• Karl Chlupse: Horn
• William Clifton: Piano, Celeste
• Murray Cohan: Saxophone
• Cy Coolidge: Trombone
• John d'Agostino: Trombone
• Fred Dornbach: Saxophone
• Louis Druzinsky: Viola
• Peter Ellis: Violin
• Samuel Finkel: Violin
• George Forbes: Piano, Celeste
• Sam Freed: Violin, Viola
• Al Freistadt: Saxophone
• Harold Freistadt: Trumpet
• John Fulton: Saxophone
• Emmerick Gara: Cello
• Paul Geil: Trumpet
• Albert Geltzer: Trumpet
• Emanuel Gershman: Saxophone
• Phil Giardino: Trombone
• Fred Glantz: Saxophone
• Fred Goerner: Cello
• Matty Golizio: Guitar
• Marty Golodner: Violin
• Max Gralnick: Mandolin
• Jack Greenberg: Saxophone
• Bernard Greenhouse: Cello
• Robert Hackett: Trumpet
• Walter Hagen: Violin
• Morris Haigh: Violin
• Howard Halbert: Violin
• Dave Hallett: Trombone
• Leonard Hartman: Saxophone
• Max Herman: Trumpet
• Maurice Hershaft: Violin
• Harry Hoffman: Violin
• Harry Holtzer: Trumpet
• Jimmy Horvath: Saxophone
• Bruce Hudson: Trumpet
• David Jefferson: Violin
• Arthur Kafton: Cello
• Morris Kahn: Viola
• Leonid Kanter: Violin
• Daniel Karpilowsky: Violin
• Bernard Kaufman: Saxophone
• Zelik Kaufman: Violin
• Howard Kay: Violin
• Harold Keinz: Saxophone
• Jack Kimmel: Bass
• Morris King: Violin
• Sylvan Kirsner: Violin
• Emanuel Klein: Trumpet
• Samuel Koty: Trombone
• Edward Kuczborski: Trombone
• Tom Lassoff: Violin
• John Lausen: Trumpet
• Frank Leithner: Piano, Celeste
• Simon Leutner: Trombone
• William Lockwood: Violin
• Arthur Loesserman: Violin
• Don Logiudice: Saxophone
• Milton Lomask: Violin, Contractor
• Paul Lowenkron: Viola
• William May: Trumpet
• Robert McGarity: Trombone
• Mark McIntyre: Piano, Celeste
• Dale McMickle: Trumpet
• Reggie Merrill: Saxophone
• Harold Micklin: Violin
• Sam Middleman: Violin
• Achilles Mierlot: Violin
• William Miller: Piano, Violin, Celeste
• Seymour Miroff: Violin
• Sy Morris: Violin
• Horace Nelson: Trumpet
• Henry Nosco: Violin
• Nicholas Ochi-Albi: Cello
• Fred Olson: Violin
• Alex Ores: Violin
• Louis Palange: Saxophone
• Maurice Perlmutter: Viola
• Anthony Perrotti: Violin
• Fred Pfeifer: Saxophone
• Merle Pitt: Violin
• Nat Polen: Drums
• George Polikian: Cello
• Carl Poole: Trumpet
• Gene Powers: Violin
• Irving Prager: Violin
• William Pritchard: Trombone
• Joe Quadri: Violin
• Van Ramsey: Trumpet
• Albert Raskin: Saxophone
• William Rausch: Trombone
• Elaine Vito Ricci: Harp
• Meyer Rosen: Harp
• Henry Ross: Saxophone
• Sol Rumberg: Viola
• Victor Salvi: Harp
• Jack Satterfield: Trombone
• Pinky Savitt: Trumpet
• John Saxon: Cello
• Harry Schuchman: Saxophone
• Cheryl Scott: Harp
• Jack Sewell: Cello
• Seymour Shaffer: Trombone
• Aaron Shapinsky: Cello
• Sammy Shapiro: Trumpet
• Buddy Sheppard: Violin
• Sam Shoobe: Bass
• Phillip Shuken: Saxophone
• Frank Siravo: Bass
• James Skiles: Trombone
• Joe Small: Saxophone
• Zelly Smirnoff: Violin
• Elmer Smithers: Trombone
• Melven Soloman: Trumpet
• Russ Solomon: Trumpet
• Stanley Spiegelman: Viola
• James Stagliano: Horn
• William Stegmeyer: Saxophone
• Wolfe Taninbaum: Saxophone
• Harry Terrill: Saxophone
• Oreste Tomasso: Violin
• William Versaci: Saxophone
• Paul Weigand: Trombone
• Abraham Weiss: Viola
• Wesley Webb West: Guitar (Steel)
• Garry White: Viola
• Herbert Winfield: Trombone
• Joe Yukl: Trombone
• Rubin Zarchy: Trumpet
• Philip Zolkind: Saxophone
• Jack Baker: Composer
• Tom "Curly" Ruff: Engineer
• Tony Sellari: Art Direction
• Darcy Proper: Archival Restoration
• Joel Whitburn: Chart Information
• Charles Granata: Liner Notes, Project Director, Interviewer
• Roy Hemming: Liner Notes
• Arthur Shapiro: Bass
• Dave Mann: Piano, Celeste, Liner Notes
• Robert Constanzo: Package Manager
• Harold Furmansky: Viola
• Morty Palitz: Producer
• Lou Shoobe: Contractor
• Fred Fox: Horn
• Michael Stoner: Composer
• Eddie Powell: Saxophone
• Anthony Russo: Trombone
• Ernie Burnett: Composer
• George Fragos: Composer
• Robert Haggart: Bass
• Ruth Lowe: Composer
• George Norton: Composer
• Bill Miller: Piano, Celeste
• James Maxwell: Trumpet
• Martin Block: Composer
• Artie Feldman: Saxophone
• Dick Gasparre: Composer
• William Schaefer: Trombone
• Philip Stephens: Bass
• William McLeish Smith: Saxophone
• Manie Sachs: A&R
• Mannie Green: Violin
• Harold Green: Composer
• Arthur Smith: Saxophone
• Allen Lewis: Composer
• Arthur Smith Trio: Saxophone
• Joe Siracusa: Drums
• Don Anderson: Trumpet
• David Mankowitz: Viola
• Joe Ross: Contractor
• Frank Miller: Cello
• Ted Mossman: Composer
• Bernard Kessel: Guitar
• Mitchell Ayers: Director, Producer
• George Brown: Viola
• Broadus Erle: Violin
• Milton Prinz: Cello