American vocalist Frank Sinatra recorded 59 studio albums and 297 singles in his solo career, spanning 54 years.
Sinatra after having had stints with the quartet The Hoboken Four and with the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, launched a solo career in 1943, signing with Columbia Records; his debut album The Voice of Frank Sinatra was issued in 1946. Sinatra would achieve greater success with Capitol and Reprise Records, the former of which he released his final two albums onâÂÂDuets and Duets II. Eight compilation albums under Sinatra's name were released in his lifetime, with more albums released following his death in 1998.
Albums
Studio albums
Columbia Records introduced the LP album on June 21, 1948; prior to that albums were collections of 78s in a booklet resembling a photo album, rarely more than four records to a set. Sinatra's Capitol studio albums were released on Concepts in 1992, and the bulk of his Capitol recordings released on the 1998 album The Capitol Years.
1940s/50s
1960s
1970s/80s
1990s
Notes
Soundtrack albums
Extended play albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
Albums conducted by Sinatra
Box sets and collections
RCA Records
- 1944 Starmaker (Sinatra/Dorsey)
- 1954 Fabulous Frankie (Sinatra/Dorsey) - the double EP box set
- 1982 Frank and a Few Friends [6ÃÂLP box set]
- 1994 The Song Is You (Sinatra/Dorsey) [5-Disc box set]
- 1998 The Popular Sinatra Vols. 1-3 (Sinatra/Dorsey) [3-Disc box set]
Columbia Records
- 1966 The Essential Frank Sinatra [3-LP box set]
- 1986 ' [6-LP box set]
- 1993 ' [12-Disc box set]
- 1994 ' [2-Disc box set]
- 1994 ' [4-Disc box set]
- 2000 Frank Sinatra (aka The Collection) [3-Disc box set - Sinatra Sings His Greatest Hits, Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra, and Sinatra Sings Rodgers And Hammerstein]
- 2003 The Real Complete Columbia Years V-Discs [3-Disc - Spain]
- 2007 A Voice in Time: 1939-1952 [4-Disc box set]
- 2009 The Music of Frank Sinatra [3-Disc box set]
- 2015 A Voice on Air 1935-1955 [4-Disc box set]
GPG
- 1995 Frank Sinatra - An American Legend (5ÃÂCD box set)
Longines Symphonette Society
- 1973 The Works (10ÃÂLP box set)
Time Life MusicGPG
- 1986 Legendary Singers (2ÃÂLP live box set)
UMe
- 2014 ' (4ÃÂCD box set)
- 2016 ' (4ÃÂCD box set)
- 2018 Standing Room Only (3ÃÂCD box set)
Singles
Singles are listed with B-side immediately succeeding. Where a song is listed as (by X), or (instrumental), Sinatra does not feature. (US) Number indicates highest chart position on combined Billboard charts. The chart positions before "Mr. Success" are Pre-Billboard Hot 100.
Columbia singles (1943âÂÂ1952)
All orchestras conducted by Axel Stordahl, unless otherwise noted
Capitol singles (1953âÂÂ1962)
Reprise singles (1961âÂÂ1983)
Qwest singles (1984)
Sinatra's Qwest singles were released as part of The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995), and originally appeared on L.A. Is My Lady (1984).
Island singles (1993)
Capitol singles (posthumous)
Holiday 100 chart entries
Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over. In December 2011, Billboard began a Hot Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitored the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data", and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100. A handful of Sinatra recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.
Videography
This is a list of programs featuring Frank Sinatra that are officially sanctioned by the Sinatra estate. Most releases consist of videotaped television specials or live concerts. Like many recording artists of the era, even major stars like Elvis Presley and The Beatles, there is very little performance footage shot on actual film to create modern day high definition releases. All titles listed have been released on DVD separately and collectively in various countries, most are also on VHS and some on LaserDisc.
- The Frank Sinatra Show (ABC, 1957âÂÂ58) â at least 11 of 32 episodes released
- The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: "Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes" (1959, 59 minutes)
- ' aka The Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald (1959, 59 minutes)
- ' (1960, 59 minutes)
- ' aka Welcome Home Elvis (1960, 59 minutes)
- The Royal Festival Hall aka This is Sinatra! and Sinatra Command Performance (1962, 93 minutes)
- Frank Sinatra Spectacular â only known filmed 1960s concert by the Rat Pack, Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO, June 20, 1965; 90 minutes)
- ' (1965, 51 minutes)
- A Man and His Music Part II (1966, 51 minutes)
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967, 52 minutes)
- Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968, 52 minutes)
- Sinatra (1969, 52 minutes)
- Sinatra in Concert (1970, 51 minutes)
- Sinatra and Friends (1977, 50 minutes)
- Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra aka Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (1973, 51 minutes)
- Sinatra: The Main Event (1974, 53 minutes)
- Live from Caesars Palace (1978, 74 minutes)
- Live at Carnegie Hall (1980, 74 minutes)
- The Man and His Music (1981, 49 minutes)
- Concert for the Americas (1982, 86 minutes)
- Portrait of an Album (1985, 59 minutes)
- Sinatra in Japan (1985, 71 minutes)
- Sinatra Sings (2011, 58 minutes) â documentary narrated by Tina Sinatra
- Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015, 259 minutes) â documentary including Sinatra's three children and their mother
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links