- Included among the Record Descriptions of Favorite Albums (Part 1).
- Strangers in the Night includes the #1 song “Strangers in the Night”, Frank Sinatra’s first chart-topping single since 1958.
Frank Sinatra – Strangers in the Night (1966): Frank Sinatra was the most popular vocalist in the world for decades and is probably the most important person of the 20th Century in all of music. Frank Sinatra’s musical career began in 1939; as the featured vocalist for bandleader Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra recorded 16 Top Ten hits, including the #1 song “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940) that was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Frank Sinatra managed to stay at the top of his game for 60 years and was still recording million-selling hits in 1994. After rock and roll began to eclipse the older generation of vocalists in the mid-1950’s, Frank Sinatra began a comeback by the mid-1960’s that included a Top Ten hit, “It Was a Very Good Year”. The accompanying album, A Man and His Music won the Grammy in 1966 for Album of the Year.
Strangers in the Night was Frank Sinatra’s follow-up album to A Man and His Music and includes the #1 song “Strangers in the Night”, Frank Sinatra’s first chart-topping single since 1958; the next track on the album, “Summer Wind” made the Top 25. “Strangers in the Night” won two Grammys in 1966. Strangers in the Night offers a mixture of contemporary songs like “Downtown”, “On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)”, and “Call Me”; and classic songs from the big-band era such as “All or Nothing at All”, “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” (previously recorded by Ricky Nelson), and “My Baby Just Cares for Me”. Strangers in the Night was the final album that Frank Sinatra recorded with his long-time arranger and conductor Nelson Riddle. My copy of Strangers in the Night is an Asian release on red vinyl.