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A Man and His Music

A Man and His Music is a 1965 double album by Frank Sinatra. It provides a brief retrospective of Sinatra's musical career. The album won the 1967 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

A Man and His Music

1965

December 19, 1960 – October 21, 1965, Los Angeles and Hollywood

104:35

Reprise
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Instead of using the original recordings, which were made for RCA, Columbia and Capitol Records, and therefore not licensed for use by his then-current label, Reprise, Sinatra used re-recorded versions for the majority of the album's songs, culling tracks from his prior Reprise albums. Three songs were specifically recorded for the project: "I'll Never Smile Again", "Come Fly with Me" and "Love and Marriage". There is also a narration from Sinatra that runs throughout the album.


Approximately 2,000 copies of this album were originally released in a special wooden slipcase containing 3D artwork on the cover in the form of a metal plaque. Each copy was numbered and contained a signed card by Sinatra himself. The packaging also included a booklet highlighting Sinatra's career. A majority of these special "Man and His Music" LP's were given away as door prizes by Sinatra at a party in Palm Springs. The party celebrated the singer's 50th birthday, as well as the airing of Sinatra's 1965 NBC television special of the same name (Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music).

- vocals

Frank Sinatra

and his orchestra

Count Basie

and his Pennsylvanians - backing choir

Fred Waring

- arranger, conductor

Don Costa

- arranger

Ernie Freeman

- arranger

Neal Hefti

- arranger

Gordon Jenkins

- arranger

Johnny Mandel

- arranger

Billy May

- arranger

Sy Oliver

- arranger

Nelson Riddle

Freddie Stulce - arranger

- conductor, producer

Sonny Burke

Morris Stoloff

Quincy Jones - arranger