Moonlight Sinatra

Moonlight Sinatra
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1966 (1966-03)
RecordedNovember 29–30, 1965
StudioUnited Recording "A", Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre
Length32:18
LabelReprise
FS 1018
ProducerSonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
A Man and His Music
(1965)
Moonlight Sinatra
(1966)
Strangers in the Night
(1966)

Moonlight Sinatra is a studio album by the American singer Frank Sinatra, released in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the Moon, and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. Moonlight Sinatra marked Sinatra's final collaboration with Riddle.

The title of the album is a reference to Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Record Mirror[3]

Track listing

  1. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:46
  2. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:03
  3. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26
  4. "Reaching for the Moon" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
  5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 2:53
  6. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12
  7. "The Moon Got in My Eyes" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52
  8. "Moonlight Mood" (Harold Adamson, Peter DeRose) – 3:08
  9. "Moon Love" (Mack David, André Kostelanetz) (adapted from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony) – 4:14
  10. "The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 3:04

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1966) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 34

References

  1. ^ Moonlight Sinatra at AllMusic.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (June 11, 1966). "Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 274. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Frank Sinatra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2025.