Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter

Compilation of Sinatra's recordings of Porter songs, taken from the albums recorded for Capitol, released from 1954 to 1961

Orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
Recorded from November 6, 1953 to August 22, 1960

  • LP, 1965 [Capitol DW-2301 (stereo); W-2301 (mono)]
  • LP, 1969 [Capitol DT-2301 (stereo); T-2301 (mono)]
  • LP, 1972 [Capitol Gold Medal Award Ltd Collector's Edition SMAS94408 as "The Cole Porter Songbook"]
  • Compact Disc, 1991 [Capitol C2-96611] (44:06)
  • Cassette, 1991 [Capitol C4-96611]
  • Compact Disc, 1998 [Jazz Heritage Society 515023Z]

    • Selections

    (Recording date follows song title)

    • "I've Got You Under My Skin" (January 12, 1955) (3:43)
    • "I Concentrate on You" (August 22, 1960) (2:24)
    • "What is This Thing Called Love?" (February 16, 1955) (2:33)
    • "You Do Something to Me" (August 22, 1960) (1:34)
    • "At Long Last Love" (November 20, 1956) (2:24)
    • "Anything Goes" (January 16, 1956) (2:42)
    • "Night and Day" (November 26, 1956) (3:59)
    • "Just One of Those Things" (April 7, 1954) (3:14)
    • "I Get a Kick Out of You" (November 6, 1953) (2:53)
    • "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (November 28, 1956) (2:04)
    • "I Love Paris" (April 12, 1960) (1:51)
    • "From This Moment On" (November 28, 1956) (3:51)

    The Cole Porter Songbook

    Releases from 1972 include these bonus tracks, probably from the soundtrack recordings of High Society (1956) and Can-Can (1960)

    • "C'est Magnifique" (1960) (2:01)
    • "It's All Right With Me" (1960) (4:14)
    • "You're Sensational" (1956) (2:16)

    Releases from 1991 include this bonus track

    • "Mind If I Make Love To You" (1956) (2:23)

    Note: An abridged version of this collection has also been released on LP by Capitol's budget label as "My Cole Porter" [Pickwick SPC-3463].  It drops these three songs from the original twelve song release: "You Do Something to Me", "At Long Last Love", and "I Love Paris".

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