Frank Sinatra – Come Swing with Me!

SIDE A:

1) DAY BY DAY
2) SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
3) ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
4) FIVE MINUTES MORE
5) AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE
6) YES INDEED!

SIDE B:

1) ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
2) DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME
3) THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
4) LOVER
5) PAPER DOLL
6) I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE
7) FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE (*)

Frank Sinatra’s dissatisfaction with his Capitol contract led him to start his own label called Reprise. This LP underlines an important transitional period in Frank Sinatra’s career. Come Swing with Me!, recorded during March 20-22, 1961, marks Sinatra’s final swing session for Capitol (as his next and final album for the label, Point of No Return, was a collection of torch songs).

As Richard Havers stated in his 2004 biography Sinatra: “Between 1954 and 1959, Capitol had released 11 Sinatra albums, excluding his compilations, Christmas, and movie recordings; Frank was prolific. Then, after No One Cares came out in August 1959, the well went dry. Frank was unhappy with his deal, and he went on strike. With the level of success he was enjoying, he wanted to negotiate a new deal where he had a greater share of the profits. Capitol had baulked at this and by the time Alan Livingston returned to the label there was something of an impasse. Frank was refusing to record any more material until his demands had been satisfied.”