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That's Life (Frank Sinatra album)

That's Life is a 1966 album by Frank Sinatra, supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman. The album is notable for its title song, "That's Life", which proved to be a top five hit for Sinatra at a time when rock music dominated the music charts. That's Life was released on CD in October 1986.

Track listing

  1. "That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 3:07
  2. "I Will Wait for You" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy) – 2:16
  3. "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)" (From Doctor Zhivago) (Paul Francis Webster, Maurice Jarre) – 2:19
  4. "Sand and Sea" (Gilbert Bécaud, Maurice Vidalin, Mack David) – 2:29
  5. "What Now My Love" (Bécaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Delanoë) – 2:32
  6. "Winchester Cathedral" (Geoff Stephens) – 2:38
  7. "Give Her Love" (Jim Harbert) – 2:14
  8. "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) – 2:42
  9. "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 2:34
  10. "You're Gonna Hear from Me" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 2:51
Notes
  • Jacques Demy is also known as Jean Louis Demy
  • Jim Harbert is also known as James Harbert
  • Dean Kay is also known as Dean Kay Thompson
  • The orchestra on "Tell Her (...Each Day)" features 10 violins
  • The orchestra on "That's Life" features 12 violins
  • The orchestra on tracks 2–7 and 9+10 features 8 violins

Certifications

Personnel

Vocalists

  • Frank Sinatra – lead vocals (all tracks)
  • Betty Allan – background vocals (8)
  • Betty Jean Baker – background vocals (1, 8)
  • Ella Halloran – background vocals (8)
  • Jack Halloran – background vocals (8)
  • Gwenn Johnson – background vocals (1)
  • Bill Kanady – background vocals (8)
  • Loulie Jean Norman – background vocals (8)
  • Thurl Ravenscroft – background vocals (8)
  • Paul Sandberg – background vocals (8)
  • Jackie Ward – background vocals (1)

Leaders

String section

  • Chuck Berghofer – string bass (3, 5–8)
  • Norman Botnick – viola (1)
  • Ray Brown – string bass (1)
  • Joseph DiFiore – viola (1)
  • Joseph DiTullio – cello (1)
  • Jesse Ehrlich – cello (2–10)
  • Anne Goodman – cello (8)
  • Elizabeth Greenschpoon – cello (2–7, 9–10)
  • Harry Hyams – viola (2, 4, 8–10)
  • Armand Kaproff – cello (1)
  • Louis Kievman – viola (2–7, 9–10)
  • Don Bagley – string bass (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Alex Neiman – viola (1, 3, 5–8)
  • Kurt Reher – cello (1)
  • Emmet Sargeant – cello (8)
  • Joseph Saxon – cello (8)
  • Frederick Seykora – cello (1)
  • Abraham Weiss – viola (1)

Horn section

  • Louis Blackburn – trombone (all tracks)
  • Bud Brisbois – trumpet (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Robert Bryant – trumpet (8)
  • Pete Carpenter – trombone (8)
  • Roy Caton – trumpet (8)
  • Buddy Collette – saxophone, woodwinds (1–2, 4, 9–10)
  • Chuck Gentry – saxophone, woodwinds (2–7, 9–10)
  • Bill Green – saxophone, woodwinds (1, 3, 5–7)
  • Dick Hyde – trombone (1–7, 9–10)
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone, woodwinds (1, 3, 5–7)
  • Andreas Kostelas – saxophone, woodwinds (2–7, 9–10)
  • Cappy Lewis – trumpet (1–7, 9–10)
  • Lew McCreary – trombone (1, 3, 5–7)
  • Jay Migliori – saxophone, woodwinds (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Ollie Mitchell – trumpet (1, 3, 5–7)
  • Al Porcino – trumpet (2–7, 9–10)
  • Willie Schwartz – saxophone, woodwinds (1–2, 4–7, 9–10)
  • Ken Shroyer – bass trombone (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Tony Terran – trumpet (all tracks)
  • David Wells – trombone (2–7, 9–10)

Rhythm section

  • Hal Blaine – drums (1–2, 4, 8–10)
  • Eddie Brackett Jr. – drums (3, 5–7), percussion (8, additional on 1)
  • Russell Bridges – piano (8)
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar (8)
  • Frank Capp – percussion (8)
  • Al Casey – acoustic guitar (1)
  • Victor Feldman – percussion (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Bobby Gibbons – guitar (2, 4, 9–10)
  • John Gray – guitar (8)
  • Larry Knechtel – Fender bass (1)
  • Michael Melvoin – organ (1–7, 9–10)
  • Bill Miller – piano (all tracks)
  • Louis Morell – guitar (2–7, 9–10, acoustic on 1)
  • Bill Pitman – guitar (8)
  • Ray Pohlman – electric guitar (1)
  • Emil Richards – percussion (3, 5–8)
  • Tommy Tedesco – guitar (3, 5–7)

References