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Frank Sinatra discography

At Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 1957
Releases
↙Studio albums	59
↙Live albums	2
↙Compilation albums	8
↙Singles	297

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 on—Duets 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

Compilation albums

Live albums

Albums conducted by Sinatra

Box sets and collections

RCA Records

• 1944 Starmaker (Sinatra/Dorsey)
• 1954 Fabulous Frankie (Sinatra/Dorsey)
• 1957 Frankie and Tommy (Sinatra/Dorsey)
• 1958 We 3 (Sinatra/Dorsey/Stordahl)
• 1988 All Time Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-4 (Sinatra/Dorsey)
• 1994 The Song Is You (Sinatra/Dorsey) [5-Disc]
• 1996 Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey - Greatest Hits
• 1998 Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra [3-Disc]
• 2005 The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra [2-Disc]

Columbia Records

• 1953 Get Happy!
• 1955 Frankie
• 1955 The Voice
• 1956 That Old Feeling
• 1957 Adventures of the Heart
• 1957 Christmas Dreaming
• 1958 Love Is a Kick
• 1958 The Broadway Kick
• 1958 Put Your Dreams Away
• 1958 The Frank Sinatra Story in Music (No. 12 U.S. Billboard, 1 week)
• 1959 Come Back to Sorrento
• 1966 Greatest Hits: The Early Years
• 1966 Greatest Hits: The Early Years Volume Two
• 1968 Someone to Watch Over Me
• 1968 In Hollywood 1943-1949
• 1972 In The Beginning: 1943 To 1951 [2-LP]
• 1986 The Voice: The Columbia Years (1943–1952) [6-LP]
• 1987 Hello Young Lovers
• 1988 Sinatra Rarities: The Columbia Years
• 1993 The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings [12-Disc]
• 1994 The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The V-Discs [2-Disc]
• 1994 The Essence of Frank Sinatra
• 1995 16 Most Requested Songs
• 1995 The Complete Recordings Nineteen Thirty-Nine (Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra)
• 1995 I've Got a Crush on You
• 1996 Sinatra Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein
• 1997 Frank Sinatra Sings His Greatest Hits
• 1997 Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics [2-Disc]
• 1998 The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952 [4-Disc]
• 2000 Super Hits
• 2001 Love Songs
• 2003 The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years [1-Disc]
• 2003 The Real Complete Columbia Years V-Discs [3-Disc]
• 2003 Sinatra Sings Cole Porter
• 2003 Sinatra Sings George Gershwin
• 2007 A Voice in Time: 1939-1952 [4-Disc]
• 2009 From the Heart
• 2010 The Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years [2-Disc]
• 2015 A Voice on Air 1935-1955 [4 Disc]

Capitol Records

• 1954 Songs for Young Lovers
• 1954 Swing Easy!
• 1955 In the Wee Small Hours
• 1956 Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
• 1956 This Is Sinatra!
• 1957 Close to You And More
• 1957 A Swingin' Affair!
• 1957 Where Are You?
• 1957 A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
• 1958 This Is Sinatra Volume 2
• 1958 Come Fly with Me
• 1958 Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
• 1959 Look to Your Heart
• 1959 Come Dance with Me!
• 1959 No One Cares
• 1960 Nice 'n' Easy
• 1961 Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
• 1961 Come Swing with Me!
• 1961 Look Over Your Shoulder
• 1961 All the Way
• 1962 Point of No Return
• 1962 Sinatra Sings...of Love and Things
• 1962 The Great Years [3-LP]
• 1963 Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer
• 1963 Sings Rodgers and Hart
• 1963 Tell Her You Love Her (U.S. Billboard No. 129, 4 weeks)
• 1964 The Great Hits of Frank Sinatra
• 1965 Sings the Select Cole Porter
• 1966 Forever Frank
• 1967 Nevertheless I'm in Love With You
• 1967 Songs for the Young at Heart
• 1967 The Nearness of You
• 1967 Try a Little Tenderness
• 1967 September Song
• 1968 The Best Of Frank Sinatra
• 1968 The Sinatra Touch [6-LP]
• 1972 The Cole Porter Songbook
• 1972 The Great Years [3-LP]
• 1974 One More for the Road
• 1974 Round # 1 (No. 170 U.S. Billboard, 3 weeks, January 1975)
• 1987 The Frank Sinatra Collection (BPI: Silver)
• 1988 Screen Sinatra
• 1989 The Capitol Collectors Series
• 1990 The Capitol Years [3-Disc] (No. 126, 11 weeks U.S. Billboard)
• 1992 Concepts [16-Disc]
• 1992 The Best of the Capitol Years
• 1995 Sinatra 80th: All the Best [2-Disc] (No. 66, 5 weeks U.S. Billboard, BPI: Silver)
• 1996 The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [4-Disc]
• 1998 The Capitol Years [21-Disc, UK]
• 2000 Classic Sinatra: His Greatest Performances 1953-1960 (BPI: Gold)
• 2002 Classic Duets
• 2004 The Platinum Collection [3-Disc] (BPI: Silver)
• 2007 Romance: Songs From the Heart
• 2008 Sinatra at the Movies
• 2008 The Heart of the Matter (Starbucks)
• 2009 Classic Sinatra II
• 2011 Sinatra: Best of the Best (BPI: Gold)
• 2015 Ultimate Sinatra (BPI: Gold)

Reprise Records

• 1963 The Concert Sinatra
• 1964 It Might as Well Be Swing
• 1965 Sinatra '65: The Singer Today
• 1965 A Man and His Music
• 1965 My Kind of Broadway (U.S. Billboard No. 30, 16 weeks)
• 1965 September of My Years
• 1966 A Man and His Music (Part II): The Frank Sinatra CBS Television Special
• 1967 Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
• 1968 Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits
• 1972 Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
• 1973 Frank [2LP] cat.no.: K64016
• 1975 Best of Ol' Blue Eyes (BPI: Silver)
• 1977 Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man (UK No. 1, BPI: Platinum)
• 1979 Sinatra–Jobim Sessions
• 1990 The Reprise Collection [4-Disc] (No. 98, 10 weeks U.S. Billboard)
• 1991 Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years (No. 138, 27 weeks U.S. Billboard)
• 1992 Sinatra: Soundtrack To The CBS Mini-Series [2-Disc]
• 1994 The Sinatra Christmas Album
• 1995 The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings [20-Disc]
• 1996 Everything Happens to Me
• 1997 The Very Best of Frank Sinatra [2-Disc] (No. 124, 2 weeks U.S. Billboard)
• 1997 My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra [2-Disc] (BPI: 5× Platinum)
• 1998 Lucky Numbers
• 2000 Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre [4-Disc]
• 2002 Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964
• 2002 Greatest Love Songs (No. 32, 16 weeks, U.S. Billboard)
• 2004 Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection
• 2004 Romance
• 2008 Nothing but the Best (BPI: Gold)
• 2010 The Reprise Years [36-Disc]

LaserLight

• 1995 Christmas Through the Years

Star Mark Compilations

• 2008 Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits

Starlite

• 1993 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr: Rat Pack is Back

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.

With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (RCA Victor) (1940–1942)

First solo singles (Bluebird Records) (1942)

Columbia singles (1943–1952)

All orchestras conducted by Axel Stordahl, unless otherwise noted

Capitol singles (1953–1962)

Sinatra's Capitol singles were released on The Complete Capitol Singles Collection (1996). UK Singles Chart positions from 1952 onwards.

Reprise singles (1961–1983)

Sinatra's Reprise singles were released as part of The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995)

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)

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, 1957–58) – at least 11 of 32 episodes released
• The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: "Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes" (1959, 59 minutes)
• The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon With Frank Sinatra aka The Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald (1959, 59 minutes)
• The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Here's to the Ladies (1960, 59 minutes)
• The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: It's Nice to Go Traveling 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 – only known filmed 1960s concert by the Rat Pack, Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO, June 20, 1965; 90 minutes)
• Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (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) – documentary narrated by Tina Sinatra
• Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015, 259 minutes) – documentary including Sinatra's three children and their mother

See also

• List of songs recorded by Frank Sinatra
• Frank Sinatra's recorded legacy
• List of awards and nominations received by Frank Sinatra