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3 Sessions displayed for album: Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits: The Early Years [clear results]
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DateLocationType
14 Nov 1944 New YorkColumbia II Studio Session
Conductor: Axel Stordahl
Frank Sinatra (vocalist), The Bobby Tucker Singers [Jewel Bowman, Claude Reese, Pauline Dugart, Rae Whitney, Kathleen Garnes, Phil Reep, Darrell Woodyard, John Hubert] (vocalists), Red Solomon (trumpet), Sammy Shapiro (trumpet), Carl Poole (trumpet), Charlie Small (trombone), Anthony Russo (trombone), John D’Agostino (trombone), Karl Chlupsa (frenchhorn), Bernie Kaufman (saxophone/woodwinds), Pete Pumiglio (saxophone/woodwinds), Hank Ross (saxophone/woodwinds), Artie Baker (saxophone/woodwinds), Harry Feldman (saxophone/woodwinds), Fred Buldrini (violin), Raoul Poliakin (violin), Sid Harris (violin), Gene Orloff (violin), Leonard Kanter (violin), Seymour Miroff (violin), Bernard Kundell (violin), William Lockwood (violin), Harold Micklin (violin), Julius Brand (violin), Arthur Loeserman (violin), Murray Kellner (violin), Morris Kahan (viola), Sol Rumberg (violin), Sol Pfaff (viola), George Poliakin (violoncello), Emmerick Gara (violoncello), Avron Twerdowky (viloncello), Ruth Hill Bergman (harp), Billy Rowland (piano), Matty Golizio (guitar), Ward Lay (string bass), Johnny Blowers (drums)

CO33808-1
If You Are But A Dream (3:06 alternate)  -  Nat Bonx, Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

CO33808-2
If You Are But A Dream (3:04)  -  Nat Bonx, Jack Fulton, Moe Jaffe
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Movie Soundtracks

CO33809-1
Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) (2:42)  -  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Key Release 1945 Saturday Night - Navy V-Disc
Key Release 1945 Saturday Night - Army V-Disc
Key Release 1958 Love Is A Kick - 33-12" Album

CO33809-PB2
Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) (2:45 playback/alt.)  -  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

CO33810-1
There's No You (3:25)  -  Tom Adair, Hal Hopper
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Key Release 1945 Dream - 78-10" Single

XCO33811-1
White Christmas (3:21)  -  Irving Berlin
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Frank Sinatra with The Bobby Tucker Singers.
Key Release 1944 White Christmas - 78-10" Single
1945 White Christmas - 78-10" Single

XCO33811-PB
White Christmas (3:28 playback/alt.)  -  Irving Berlin
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Frank Sinatra with The Bobby Tucker Singers.

28 May 1946 Hollywood (2nd personnel lineup)Columbia II Studio Session
Conductor: Axel Stordahl
Frank Sinatra (vocalist), The Pied Pipers [June Hutton, Hal Hopper, Chuck Lowry, Clark Yocum] (vocalists), Ray Linn (trumpet), William Schaeffer (trombone), Heinie Beau (saxophone/woodwinds), Fred Stulce (saxophone/woodwinds), Herbie Haymer (saxophone/woodwinds), Fred Dornbach (saxophone/woodwinds), Mark McIntyre (piano/celeste), Allan Reuss (guitar), Art Shapiro (string bass), Ray Hagan (drums)

HCO1852-1
Could 'Ja? (2:27)  -  Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Frank Sinatra with The Pied Pipers.
Key Release 1949 That Lucky Old Sun - 78-10" Single

HCO1853-1
Five Minutes More (2:36)  -  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Key Release 1946 Five Minutes More - 78-10" Single
1958 Love Is A Kick - 33-12" Album

HCO1853-2
Five Minutes More (2:30 edit)  -  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Dubbing of Take 1, with celeste intro cut.

HCO1853-PB
Five Minutes More (2:43 playback/alt.)  -  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

24 Jul 1946 HollywoodColumbia II Studio Session
Conductor: Axel Stordahl
Frank Sinatra (vocalist), Zeke Zarchy (trumpet), Donald Anderson (trumpet), Ray Linn (trumpet, claves [on "The Coffee Song"]), William Schaeffer (trombone), Les Jenkins (trombone), Edward Kusby (trombone), Richard Perissi (frenchhorn), Heinie Beau (saxophone/woodwinds), Jules Kinsler (saxophone/woodwinds), Fred Stulce (saxophone/woodwinds), Herbie Haymer (saxophone/woodwinds), Fred Dornbach (saxophone/woodwinds, maracas [on "The Coffee Song"]), Samuel Cytron [Levine] (violin), Samuel Middleman (violin), William Bloom (violin), Gerard Joyce (violin), Harry Bluestone (violin), Olcott Vail (violin), Werner Callies (violin), Morris King (violin), Mischa Russell (violin), George Kast (violin), Peter Ellis (violin), Samuel Freed Jr. (violin), David Sterkin (viola), Paul Robyn (viola), Stanley Spiegelman (viola), Fred Goerner (violoncello), Jack Sewell (violoncello), Cy Bernard (violoncello), May Hogan Cambern (harp), Mark McIntyre (piano/celeste), Dave Barbour (guitar), Phil Stephens (string bass), Ray Hagan (drums)

HCO1922-1
The Things We Did Last Summer (3:15)  -  Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

HCO1923-1
You'll Know When It Happens (2:52)  -  John Jacob Loeb, Carmen Lombardo
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Files state: "Rejected by Sinatra."

HCO1924-1
This Is The Night (3:18)  -  Lewis Bellin, Redd Evans
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Key Release 1946 This Is The Night - 78-10" Single
1950 Peachtree Street - 78-10" Single

HCO1924-2
This Is The Night (3:12 alternate)  -  Lewis Bellin, Redd Evans
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

HCO1925-1
The Coffee Song (2:29)  -  Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl
Key Release 1946 The Coffee Song - 78-10" Single
2000 Super Hits - CD Album
Movie Soundtracks

HCO1925-2
The Coffee Song (2:30 alternate)  -  Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

HCO1925-PB
The Coffee Song (2:30 playback/alt.)  -  Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles
Arrangement: Axel Stordahl

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