Recorded: 1960-1965 *
Charted: December 25, 1965

* See Notes.

Rating:

Genre: traditional pop

Quotable: --

Album Tracks, Disc 1:

1. Put Your Dreams Away for Another Day
2. All or Nothing at All
3. I’ll Never Smile Again
4. There Are Such Things
5. I’ll Be Seeing You
6. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
7. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
8. Night and Day
9. Oh! What It Seemed to Be
10. Soliloquy
11. Nancy with the Laughing Face
12. The House I Live In
13. From Here to Eternity

Album Tracks, Disc 2:

1. Come Fly with Me
2. How Little It Matters How Little We Know
3. Learnin’ the Blues
4. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
5. Young at Heart
6. Witchcraft
7. All the Way
8. Love and Marriage
9. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
10. Ring-a-Ding Ding
11. The Second Time Around
12. The Summit
13. The Oldest Established
14. Luck Be a Lady
15. Call Me Irresponsible
16. Fly Me to the Moon
17. Softly, As I Leave You
18. My Kind of Town
19. The September of My Years

Sales:

1 million
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1 million

Peak:

9
9

Singles/Hit Songs: *

• All or Nothing at All (recorded 9/17/39) #1 US. Platinum single.
• I’ll Be Seeing You (recorded 2/26/40) #4 US, #12 AC
• I’ll Never Smile Again (6/29/40) #1 US. Platinum single.
• The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else (8/31/40) #11 US
• Night and Day (3/28/42) #16 US
• There Are Such Things (10/24/42) #1 US. Platinum single.
• Nancy with the Laughing Face (12/8/45) #10 US
• The House I Live In (1/19/46) #22 US
• Oh! What It Seemed to Be (2/16/46) #1 US
• From Here to Eternity (9/26/53) #15 US
• Young at Heart (2/13/54) #2 US, #12 UK. Platinum single.
• Learnin’ the Blues (5/7/55) #1 US, #2 UK
• Love and Marriage (11/5/55) #5 US, #3 UK
• How Little It Matters How Little We Know (5/19/56) #13 US
• All the Way (10/28/57) #2 US, #3 UK
• Witchcraft (1/20/58) #6 US, #12 UK
• The Second Time Around (3/6/61) #50 US
• Call Me Irresponsible (4/6/63) #78 US, #20 AC
• Softly, As I Leave You (9/5/64) #27 US, #4 AC

Notes: This album is not a true compilation in that it features versions of Sinatra’s hits which were rerecorded between 1960 and 1965. The originals date back as far as 1939; the chart information above is for the original songs.

Awards:

“That in itself isn’t bad. Many of the new versions are quite enjoyable, with lively, inspired vocals. However, there is also an intrusive narration from Sinatra that runs throughout the album. Although it does offer some amusing anecdotes and gives a sense of his long, complex history, the narration prevents the album from being a consistently engaging listen” (Erlewine).

However, Grammy voters thought it was the best album of 1966, giving Sinatra a rare coup of two consecutive Grammys for Album of the Year; September of My Years, released just a few months before A Man and His Music, won for 1965.