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Ring-a-Ding-Ding!

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Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 7, 1961
RecordedDecember 19–21, 1960 Los Angeles
Genre
Length30:38
LabelReprise
FS 1001
Frank Sinatra chronology
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
(1961)
Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
(1961)
Come Swing with Me!
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Mojo[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 7, 2011
RecordedDecember 19–21, 1960 Los Angeles
GenreVocal jazz, classic pop
Length44:08
LabelReprise Records

Ring-a-Ding-Ding! is the twentieth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released on May 7, 1961.[4] It was the inaugural record on Sinatra's Reprise label and, as the initial concept was "an album without ballads", it consisted only of uptempo swing numbers.

The title track was written specifically for Sinatra by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. The song "Have You Met Miss Jones?" was recorded for the album, though left off the final track listing. Ring-a-Ding-Ding! reached No. 4; it was given favorable reviews by Stereo Review, and, although a similar album (Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!) was released by Capitol a mere two months prior, Ring-A-Ding-Ding! managed to maintain a 35-week stay on the charts. In the UK, the album reached No. 8 and stayed for 9 weeks on the chart.

The album was remastered and reissued by Concord Records on June 7, 2011, to mark its 50th anniversary. The newest CD makes a change to earlier releases, in that the original reverberation effect on Sinatra's voice has been decreased for a more natural sound.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ring-a-Ding Ding!"Jimmy Van Heusen; Sammy Cahn2:44
2."Let's Fall in Love"Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler2:11
3."Be Careful, It's My Heart"Irving Berlin2:04
4."A Foggy Day"George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin2:17
5."A Fine Romance"Jerome Kern; Dorothy Fields2:11
6."In the Still of the Night"Cole Porter3:25
7."The Coffee Song"Bob Hilliard; Dick Miles2:51
8."When I Take My Sugar to Tea"Irving Kahal; Sammy Fain; Pierre Norman2:05
9."Let's Face the Music and Dance"Irving Berlin2:58
10."You'd Be So Easy to Love"Cole Porter2:24
11."You and the Night and the Music"Arthur Schwartz; Howard Dietz2:36
12."I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"Irving Berlin2:52
Total length:30:38
1991 CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"James F. Hanley2:48
14."The Last Dance"Jimmy Van Heusen; Sammy Cahn2:46
15."The Second Time Around"Jimmy Van Heusen; Sammy Cahn3:03
Total length:39:15
2011 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (Outtake Bonus Track)James F. Hanley3:00
14."Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Previously Unreleased Outtake)Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart10:18
Total length:43:56

Selected personnel

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Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6:

19-December-1960 (Monday) - Hollywood.

Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Amo, Herman Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards (perc).

Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10

20-December-1960 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.

Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sasson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Amo, Hennan Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards.

Tracks, 8, 11, 12, 13

21-December-1960 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.

Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Ray Triscari, John Anderson (tpt); Dick Nash, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Emo Neufeld, James Getzoff, Elliot Fisher, Amerigo Marino, Joe Stepansky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Victor Amo, Herman Clebanoff, Ben Gill (vln); Alex Neiman, Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn (vln); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort, Joe Mondragon (b); Irving Cottler (d); Larry Bunker, Emil Richards (perc). Johnny Mandel, Dick Reynolds (arr).[6]

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Andrew Male Mojo, January 2010, Issue 194.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Ring-a-Ding-Ding! at AllMusic
  5. ^ Review: Frank Sinatra - "Ring-A-Ding Ding!"
  6. ^ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN 978-0274963768.