Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra album)

Strangers in the Night
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	May 30, 1966 (LP) October 1990 (CD)
Recorded	April 11 – May 16, 1966, Hollywood
Genre	Traditional pop, vocal jazz
Length	27:10
Label	Reprise FS 1017
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Frank Sinatra chronology
Moonlight Sinatra (1966) Strangers in the Night (1966) Sinatra at the Sands (1966)
Singles from Strangers in the Night
"Strangers in the Night" Released: 1966 "Summer Wind" Released: 1966

Strangers in the Night is a 1966 studio album by Frank Sinatra. It marked Sinatra's return to #1 on the pop album charts in the mid-1960s, and consolidated the comeback he started in 1966. Combining pop hits with show tunes and standards, the album creates a balance between big band and pop instrumentation. The single "Strangers in the Night" also reached #1 on the pop single charts, while "Summer Wind" would slowly become a classic, used for television commercials and mood-setting entrances by the 2000s.

At the Grammy Awards of 1967 Sinatra garnered two Grammys for his efforts on this album, including the Record of the Year for the title track, as well as Best Male Vocal Performance for the same song. (He also won a further Grammy that same year, the Album of the Year for A Man and His Music). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track won him the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist.

This is the final album Sinatra performed with long-time arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra.

Strangers in the Night has been certified platinum for one million copies sold in the US. Aside from his Christmas output, it remains Sinatra's only solo studio album to achieve this certification to date.

Also, this album has been reissued as a "Deluxe Edition" on January 26, 2010. Including three bonus tracks (two recorded tracks of "Strangers in the Night" and "All or Nothing at All" performed at the Budokan Hall from 1985, and an alternate take of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby").

In this 2010 version the audio channels are inverted.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic (1966 original)	link

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic (2010 reissue)	link

Track listing

1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 2:35
2. "Summer Wind" (Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer) – 2:53
3. "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 3:57
4. "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 3:07
5. "You're Driving Me Crazy!" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:15
6. "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane) – 3:17
7. "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:30
8. "Downtown" (Hatch) – 2:14
9. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Donaldson, Kahn) – 2:08
10. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:24

    Bonus tracks included on the 2010 reissue:

11. "Strangers in the Night" - 2:14 (Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1985)
12. "All or Nothing at All" - 3:40 (Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1985)
13. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Alternate take) - 2:17

Chart positions

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra - vocals
• Nelson Riddle - arranger, conductor
• Glen Campbell - guitar
• Leon Russell - piano

Arranger: Ernie Freeman (Track 1)

• The Nelson Riddle Orchestra