# She Shot Me Down

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She Shot Me Down is a 1981 album by American singer Frank Sinatra.
This was the final album Sinatra recorded for the record label he founded, Reprise Records, and generally considered an artistic triumph that evokes the best of Sinatra during this stage of his career. The album, however, was not a commercial success.
She Shot Me Down harks back to the triumphs of Sinatra's Capitol years, a thought-provoking set of torch songs with soaring strings, lyrics fraught with loss and regret, and heart-rending, world-weary vocals.
Of the recordings chosen for the album, the only remake of a previous recording by Sinatra himself was the medley of Harold Arlen's and Ira Gershwin's "The Gal that Got Away" with Rodgers and Hart's "It Never Entered My Mind" Sinatra would bring this medley to his concert set-list with much success, evident especially during the live concerts filmed in The Dominican Republic for Concert for the Americas. (Another remake was "She Shot Me Down," originally recorded by Sinatra on June 4, 1973 but, aside from appearing on bootleg records, this version was not officially released until 2021, when it appeared on Reprise Rarities, Volume 4.)

## Track listing

* "Good Thing Going (Going Gone)" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:53
* "Hey Look, No Crying" (Jule Styne, Susan Birkenhead) – 5:27
* "Thanks for the Memory" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 4:25
* "A Long Night" (Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon) – 3:44
* "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono) – 3:24
* "Monday Morning Quarterback" (Don Costa, Pamela Phillips-Oland) – 4:38
* "South - To a Warmer Place" (Wilder, McGlohon) – 3:45
* "I Loved Her" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:04
* Medley: "The Gal that Got Away"/"It Never Entered My Mind" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin)/(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:50

## Complete Personnel

* Frank Sinatra - vocals
* Gordon Jenkins - arranger, conductor
* Don Costa - arranger, conductor
* Nelson Riddle - arranger
* Vincent Falcone Jr. - conductor
Track 1 (Good Thing Going):
19-August-1981 (Wednesday)- New York. Columbia Studios (from 3 to 6 P.M.).
Al De Risi, Joe Ferrante, Charles Turner (tpt); Bob Alexander (tbn); Paul Faulise (b-tbn); Joseph De Angelis, Donald Corrado (fr-h/tuba); Robert Steen, Bernie Kaufman, Sidney Cooper, Al Klink, Sol Schlinger (wwd); Joe Malin, Carmel Malin, Gene Orloff, Tony Posk, Max Hollander, Fred Buldrini, Leo Kahn, Max Cahn (vln); Mitsue Takayama, Michael Spivakowsky (via); Richard Bock, Julius Ehrenwerth (vlc); Nanette Kramer (harp); Bernie Leighton (p/F-Rhodes); Tony Mottola, Vinnie Bell, Bucky Pizzarelli (g); Frank Bruno, Gene Cherico (b); Irving Cottler (d); Joe Cocuzzo (perc); Jack Jennings (vibes). Don Costa (arr).
Tracks 2, 6:
10-September-1981 (Thursday) - New York. Columbia Studios (from 12 M to 3 A.M).
Charles Turner (tpt/flg-h); Joseph De Angelis, Sharon Moe, Donald Corrado (fr- h); Sidney Cooper, Robert Steen, Al Klink, Bernie Kaufman, Sol Schlinger, Wally Kane (wwd); Joe Malin, Anahid Ajemian, Fred Buldrini, Gerald Tarack, Tony Posk, Carmel Malin, Peter Buonconsiglio, Secondo Proto, Pamela Posk, Sanford Allen, LaMar Alsop, Elliot Magaziner, Peter Dimitriades, Max Hollander, Stanley Hunte, Garvey Winterton (vln); Richard Maximoff, Mitsue Takayama, Harold Coletta, Theodore Israel, George Brown, Vincent Liota (via); Frederick Zlotkin, Jesse Levy, Anthony Sophos, Julius Ehrenwerth (vlc); Nanette Kramer (harp); Vincent Falcone (p); Tony Mottola (g); Gene Cherico, Frank Bruno, John Miller (b); Irving Cottler (d); Ted Sommer (perc).
Tracks 3, 4, 8:
20-July-1981 (Monday) - New York. Columbia Studios (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Charles Turner (tpt/flg-h); Sharon Moe, Donald Corrado, Joseph De Angelis (fr- h); Robert Steen, Al Klink, Sidney Cooper, Sol Schlinger, Bernie Kaufinan, Phil Bodner, Wally Kane (wwd); Joe Malin, Pamela Posk, Christopher Tarle, James Burnham, Lesley Heller, Maura Giannini, Max Cahn, Sanford Allen, Elliot Magaziner, Julius Brand, Peter Buonconsiglio, Carmel Malin, Secondo Proto, George Wozniak, Fred Buldrini, Paul Gershman (vln); Theodore Israel, Selig Posner, George Brown, Michael Spivakowsky, Vincent Liota, Rose Tillotson (via); Julius Ehrenwerth, Anthony Sophos, Richard Bock, Jesse Levy (vie); Gloria Agostini (harp); Vincent Falcone (p); Tony Mottola (g); Gene Cherico, Frank Bruno, Dick Romoff (b); Irving Cottler (d); Ted Sommer (perc).
Tracks 5, 9:
8-April-1981 (Wednesday) - Hollywood. Wally Heider Studios (7:00 to 10: 15 P.M.).
Charles Turner, Warren Luening, Jerry Hey, Allen Vizzutti (tpt/tlg-h); Joe Howard, Dick Noel, Bill Reichenbach, Lloyd Ulyate (tbn); Richard Perissi, Henry Sigismonti, Vincent DeRosa (fr-h); Jack Marsh, Louise Dissman, Arnold Koblentz, Wayne Songer, Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz, John Lowe, Bill Hood (sax/wwd); Gerald Vinci, John Sambuco, Haim Shtrum, Marcia Van Dyke, Isabelle Daskoff, Thelma Beach, Dixie Blackstone, Joseph Livoti, Stuart Canin, Marvin Limonick, Anatol Kaminsky, Nathan Ross, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Assa Drori, Walter Edelstein (vln); Roland Kato, Myra Kestenbaum, Alan De Veritch, Pamela Goldsmith, Linn Subotnick, Louis Kievman (via); Armand Kaproff, Robert Lee Adcock, Selene Hurford, Douglas Davis (vlc); Catherine Gotthoffer (harp); Vincent Falcone (p); Tony Mottola (g); Gene Cherico, Chuck Domanico (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc). Gordon Jenkins, Nelson Riddle (arr).
Track 7 (South - To a Warmer Place):
21-July-1981 (Tuesday) - New York. Columbia Studios (8-11pm)
Charles Turner (tpt/flg-h); Joseph De Angelis, Donald Corrado, Sharon Moe (fr- h); Sidney Cooper, Robert Steen, Al Klink, Bernie Kaufman, Sol Schlinger, Phil Bodner, Wally Kane (wwd); Joe Malin, Lesley Heller, Maura Giannini, Max Cahn, James Burnham, Christopher Tarle, Sanford Allen, Carmel Malin, Secondo Proto, Julius Brand, Elliot Magaziner, Kathryn Kienke, Joseph Diamante, Peter Buonconsiglio, George Wozniak, Pamela Posk (vln); Rose Tillotson, Vincent Liota, Theodore Israel, Selig Posner, George Brown, Seymour Berman (vla); Jesse Levy, Richard Bock, Anthony Sophos, Julius Ehrenwerth (vlc); Gloria Agostini (harp); Vincent Falcone (p); Tony Mottola (g); Gene Cherico, Homer Mensch, Frank Bruno (b); Irving Cottler (d); Ted Sommer (perc).

## Recording dates

* April 8, 1981 - "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", "The Gal that Got Away"/"It Never Entered My Mind"
* July 20, 1981 - "Thanks for the Memory", "A Long Night", "I Loved Her"
* July 21, 1981 - "South - To a Warmer Place"
* August 19, 1981 - "Good Thing Going (Going Gone)"
* September 10, 1981 - "Hey Look, No Cryin'", "Monday Morning Quarterback"