Sinatra Swings

Sinatra Swings (originally titled Swing Along with Me) is the twenty-second studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra with Billy May and his Orchestra, released in July 1961.

ReleasedJuly 1961

RecordedMay 18, 19, 23, 1961

StudioUnited (Hollywood, Los Angeles)

Genre

• Vocal jazz
• traditional pop

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Sinatra Swings
Original cover
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	July 1961
Recorded	May 18, 19, 23, 1961
Studio	United (Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Genre	Vocal jazz traditional pop
Length	33:02
Label	Reprise FS 1002
Producer	Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
Come Swing with Me! (1961) Sinatra Swings (1961) I Remember Tommy (1961)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
New Record Mirror	5/5[4]

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The album's two titles derive from the fact that Capitol thought the album, originally titled Swing Along With Me, was too close in sound and title to Sinatra's earlier Capitol album Come Swing with Me! that the label sought, and was granted, a court order requiring Reprise to change the title of this, only his second Reprise album, to Sinatra Swings. Reprise was not required to recall LPs already shipped, but had to print new labels and jackets.^[5] All compact disc releases have retained the artwork with the alternate title intact.

It was advertised on the record sleeve as featuring "twelve of the most uninhibited Sinatra things ever recorded." The tracks were arranged and conducted by Billy May and his orchestra. Sinatra had a small hit with the single "Granada" included on this album.