# A Man and His Music

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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.
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).

## Track listing
### Disc one

* "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" (Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss) – 3:10
* "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 4:26
* "I'll Never Smile Again" (feat. Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians) (Lowe) – 2:49
* "There Are Such Things" (George W. Meyer, Stanley Adams, Abel Baer) – 2:57
* "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:06
* "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 3:03
* "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:46
* "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 4:29
* "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss, Frankie Carle) – 3:26
* "Soliloquy" (from Carousel) (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:19
* "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Van Heusen) – 4:21
* "The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 4:40
* "From Here to Eternity" (Fred Karger, Robert Wells) – 2:44

### Disc two

* "Come Fly with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:13
* "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springers) – 2:29
* "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Vicki Silvers) – 2:31
* "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) – 2:43
* "Young at Heart" (Leigh, Johnny Richards) – 3:51
* "Witchcraft" (1965 re-recorded version) (Cy Coleman, Leigh) – 2:52
* "All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:27
* "Love and Marriage" (1965 re-recorded version) (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 1:29
* "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 3:26
* "Ring-a-Ding Ding" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 1:07
* "The Second Time Around" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:13
* "The Summit" (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.) – 5:20
* "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" (with Martin and Bing Crosby) (Frank Loesser) – 2:31
* "Luck Be a Lady" (Loesser) – 2:25
* "Call Me Irresponsible" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:45
* "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:30
* "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Tony De Vita, Giorgio Calabrese) – 2:57
* "My Kind of Town" (1965 re-recorded version) (from Robin and the 7 Hoods) (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:30
* "The September of My Years" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:22

## Personnel

* Frank Sinatra – vocals
* Count Basie and his orchestra
* Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians – backing choir
* Don Costa – arranger, conductor
* Ernie Freeman – arranger
* Neal Hefti – arranger
* Gordon Jenkins – arranger
* Johnny Mandel – arranger
* Billy May – arranger
* Sy Oliver – arranger
* Nelson Riddle – arranger
* Freddie Stulce – arranger
* Sonny Burke – conductor, producer
* Morris Stoloff
* Quincy Jones – arranger
Tracks 1, 9, 15, 19, 22,
30-April-1963 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Shorty Sherock, Irving Bush, Mickey Mangano, Kenneth Benike (tpt); Dick Nash, Tommy Pederson, Lew McCreary (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Buddy Collette (sax/fl/a-fl/cit); Joe Koch (sax/b-clt/clt); Champ Webb (sax/oboe/fl/clt/b-clt); Erno Neufeld, Victor Arno, Paul Shure, Nathan Ross, Alex Murray, Joe Stepansky, Jacques Gasselin, Israel Baker, Joachim Chassman, Alex Beller, Lou Raderman, James Getzoff (vln); Paul Robyn, Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Alex Neiman (via); Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatkin, Ray Kramer, Nino Rosso (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Bob Bain (g); Joe Comfort (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc).
Tracks 2, 8,
22-November-1961 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.
Conrad Gozzo, Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino, Robert Bryant (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, James Decker, Richard Perissi, John Cave (fr-h); Bud Shank, Abe Most, Justin Gordon (sax/fl); Russell Cheever, Arthur Smith (sax/clt); Jack Marsh (sax/bsn); Jules Jacob (oboe); Bill Usselton (b-clt); Emo Neufeld, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci, Anatol Kaminsky, Joe Stepansky, Herman Clebanoff, Nathan Ross, Israel Baker, Amerigo Marino, Paul Shure, James Getzoff, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Victor Amo, Daniel Karpilowsky (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Paul Robyn, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Stanley Harris (via); Ray Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin, Armand Kaproff, Justin DiTullio (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert, Ralph Pena (b); John Markham (d); Emil Richards (perc/tymp); a vocal group [I]. Don Costa, Nelson Riddle (arr).
Tracks 3, 13, 14, 21,
11-October-1965 (Monday) - Hollywood.
Al Porcino James Salko Pete Candoli (tpt), Tommy Pederson William Schaefer (tbn), Chuck Gentry, Buddy Collette, Justin Gordon, Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz (sax/wwd), Victor Arno, Bonnie Douglas, Thelma Beach, Joe Stepansky, Herman Clebanoff, David Frisina, Erno Neufeld, Alex Murray (vln), Stanley Harris (via), Alex Neiman (vlc), Edgar Lustgarten (vlc), Kurt Reher (vlc), Bill Miller (p), Al Viola (g), Ralph Peña (b), Irv Cottler (d),
Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7,
1-May-1961 (Monday) - Hollywood.
Conrad Gozzo, Al Porcino, Pete Candoli, Mickey Mangano (tpt); Dick Noel, Bob Pring, Dick Nash (tbn); Ken Shroyer (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa (fr-h); Ted Nash, Abe Most, Jules Jacob, Plas Johnson, Joe Koch (sax/wwd); Herman Clebanoff, Lou Klass, Emo Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Arnold Sukonick, Arnold Belnick, Joe Stepansky, James Getzoff, Gerald Vinci, Lennie Malarsky, Victor Amo, Elliot Fisher (vln); Paul Robyn, Alex Neiman, Stanley Harris (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Justin DiTullio, Ray Kramer (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort (b); John Markham (d).
Track 10,
21-February-1963 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 9 P.M. to 12 M.).
Cappy Lewis, Uan Rasey, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tom Shepard, Vernon Friley (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Harry Klee (sax/fl); Arthur Gleghorn (fl); William Kosinski, Gordon Schoneberg (oboe); Hugo Raimondi (sax/cit); Mitchell Lurie (cit); Charles Butler (b-clt); Chuck Gentry (sax/b-clt); Donald Christlieb, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson (sax); Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Joachim Chassman, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Arno, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson, Lennie Malarsky (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Armand Kaproff, Margareth Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert (tuba/b); Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio (b); Mel Lewis (d); Frank Flynn (cym/mallets); Emil Richards (tymp).
Tracks 11, 17, 18, 20, 24,
29-April-1963 (Monday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Shorty Sherock, Don Fagerquist, Irving Bush, Mickey Mangano (tpt); Tommy Pederson, Dick Noel, Ed Kusby (tbn); Ken Shroyer (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, James Decker (fr-h); Willie Schwartz (alt/fl/cit); Harry Klee (sax/fl/cit); Plas Johnson (sax/fl/cit); Champ Webb (oboe/cit); Joe Koch (cit/ b-clt); Emo Neufeld, Anatol Kaminsky, Israel Baker, Gerald Vinci, James Getzoff, Victor Amo, Paul Shure, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Joe Stepansky, Alex Murray (vln); Paul Robyn, Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Stanley Harris (via); Edgar Lustgarten, Ray Kramer, Nino Rosso, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc).
Track 12,
02-January-1964 (Thursday) - Hollywood
Jack Halloran, Thurl Ravenscroft, Robert Tebow, Bill Cole, Bill Kanady, Loulie Jean Norman, Jackie Ward, Betty Jane Baker, Sue Allen (vocalists), Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Triscari, Don Fagerquist (tpt), Hoyt Bohannon, Dick Noel (tbn), Ken Shroyer (b-tbn), George Price, Arthur Maebe (fr-h), Jules Jacob, Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz, Chuck Gentry, Joe Koch, Champ Webb (sax/wwd), Erno Neufeld, Victor Arno, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Joe Stepansky, Thelma Beach, James Getzoff, Gerald Vinci, Anatol Kaminsky (vln), Virginia Majewski, Stanley Harris (via), Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie), Kathryn Julye (harp), Carl Fortina (accordion), Bill Miler (p), Al Viola (g), Eddie Gilbert (b), Irv Cottler (d), Emil Richards (perc).
Track 16,
2-October-1962 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 7:30 to 10:30 P.M.).
Al Porcino, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard, Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons (tpt); Henry Coker, Rufus Wagner, Benny Powell (tbn); Marshall Royal (alt); Frank Wess (alt/fl); Frank Foster (ten); Eric Dixon (ten/fl); Charles Fowlkes (bar); Count Basie, Bill Miller (p); Freddie Green (g); Buddy Catlett (b); Sonny Payne (d). Neal Hefti (arr & cond).
Track 23,
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).
Track 25,
07-September-1963 (Saturday) - Las Vegas.
Bill Miller (p for FS), Ken Lane (p for Dean Martin), George Rhodes (p for Sammy Davis Jr.), Orchestra
Track 26,
29-July-1963 (Monday) - Hollywood
Bing Crosby, Dean Martin (vocalist), Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson, Conte Candoli (tpt), Joe Howard, Gail Martin, Pete Carpenter, Frank Rosolino (tbn), George Price, Sinclair Lott (fr-h), Ted Nash (sax/fl/clt), Harry Klee (sax/fl/clt), Buddy Collette (sax/fl/clt), Bob Cooper (sax/oboe/clt), Jack Nimitz (sax/ b-clt), Dan Lube, Gerald Vinci, Victor Arno, James Getzoff, Erno Neufeld, Anatol Kaminsky, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Lou Raderman, Jacques Gasselin (vln), Virginia Majewski, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin (via), Nino Rosso, Justin DiTullio, Eleanor Slatkin, Ray Kramer (vlc), Kathryn Julye (harp), Bill Miller (p), Ken Lane (c), Al Viola (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Irv Cottler (d), Larry Bunker (perc).
Track 27,
25-July-1963 (Thursday) – Hollywood. United Recording (from 2:00 to 5:30 P.M.).
Pete Candoli, Bud Brisbois, Conrad Gozzo, Mannie Klein (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Milt Bernhart (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi (fr-h); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (sax/fl/cit); Chuck Gentry (sax/cit/ b-clt); Gene Cipriano (sax/oboe/clt/b-clt); Buddy Collette (sax/fl/cit/a-fl); Dan Lube, Lou Raderman, Emo Neufeld, Anatol Kaminsky, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Paul Shure, James Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Victor Amo (vln); Virginia Majewski, Allan Harshman, Alex Neiman, Stanley Harris (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Justin DiTullio, Margaret Aue, David Pratt (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller {p); Ken Lane (eel); Al Viola (g); Ralph Pena (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (bongos/tymp). Nelson Riddle, Billy May (arr).
Track 28,
21-January-1963 (Monday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 9 P.M. to 12 P.M.).
Shorty Sherock, Cappy Lewis, Don Fagerquist, George Seaberg (tpt); Dick Noel, Tom Shepard, Dick Nash (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave (fr-h); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee (sax/fl/cit); Gene Cipriano (sax/fl); Plas Johnson (sax/cit); Joe Koch (sax/b-clt); Felix Slatkin, Emo Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci, Paul Shure, Israel Baker, Victor Amo, Jacques Gasselin, Victor Bay, Alex Beller (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman (via); Eleanor Slatkin, Kurt Reher, Ray Kramer (vlc); Aida Dagort (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort (b); Mel Lewis (d); Emil Richards (tymp).
Track 29,
09-June-1964 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.
Al Porcino, Don Rader, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Harry Edison (tpt), Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Henderson Chambers (tbn), Ken Shroyer (b-tbn), Frank Foster (ten sax), Eric Dixon (ten sax/fl), Marshall Royal (alt sax/clt), Frank Wess (alt sax/flute), Charles Fowlkes (bar sax), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Buddy Catlett (b), Sonny Payne (d), Emil Richards (vib/perc).
Track 30,
17-July-1964 (Friday) - Hollywood. United Recording (from 7 to 10:30 P.M.).
Robert Bryant (tpt); Buddy Collette (wwd); Victor Amo, Paul Shure, Lou Raderman, Sidney Sharp, Ralph Schaeffer, Lennie Malarsky, Arnold Belnick, William Kurasch, Joe Stepansky, Darrel Terwilliger, Jacques Gasselin, Marshall Sosson (vln); Alex Neiman, Gareth Nuttycombe, Joseph Di Fiore, Alvin Dinkin (via); Kurt Reher, Justin DiTullio, Emmett Sargeant, Anne Goodman (vie); Bill Miller, Gene Garf, Ray Sherman (p); Al Hendrickson, Bobby Gibbons, Tommy Tedesco (g); Joe Mondragon (b); Hal Blaine (d); Emil Richards (perc); a vocal group [l]. Ernie Freeman, Billy May (arr).
Track 31,
8-April-1964 (Wednesday) – Hollywood. United Recording (7 to 10:30 P.M).
Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Cappy Lewis, Harry Edison (tpt); Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard, Dick Nash, Gail Martin (tbn); William Hinshaw, Gene Sherry (fr-h); Willie Schwartz, Harry Klee, Plas Johnson, Champ Webb, Joe Koch (wwd); Victor Amo, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, Marshall Sosson, Jacques Gasselin, Arnold Belnick, Bonnie Douglas, Robert Konrad, Victor Bay (vln); Paul Robyn, Alex Neiman (via); Armand Kaproff, David Pratt, Anne Goodman (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Ralph Pena (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc). Nelson Riddle, Don Costa (arr).
Track 32,
27-May-1965 (Thursday) - Hollywood
Cappy Lewis (tp), Dick Nash, Tom Shepard, Tommy Pederson (tbn), George Roberts (b-tbn), Justin Gordon (sax/wwd), Willie Schwartz (sax/wwd), Harry Klee (sax/wwd), Buddy Collette (sax/wwd), Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd), Gerald Vinci, Erno Neufeld, Nathan Ross, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Alex Beller, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Victor Bay (vln), Alvin Dinkin, Barbara Simons, Stanley Harris (via), Armand Kaproff, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vlc), Kathryn Julye (harp), Bill Miller (p), Bob Bain (g), Bill Pitman (g), Mike Rubin (b), Joe Comfort (b), Irv Cottler (d)

## Charts

| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 9 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United States (RIAA) | Platinum | 1,000,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||