Ring-a-Ding-Ding!

Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	March 1961
Recorded	December 19-21, 1960 Los Angeles
Genre	Vocal Jazz, Classic pop
Length	39:15
Label	Reprise
Frank Sinatra chronology
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (1961) Ring-a-Ding-Ding! (1961) Come Swing with Me! (1961)

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Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	June 7, 2011
Recorded	December 19-21, 1960 Los Angeles
Genre	Vocal Jazz, Classic pop
Length	44:08
Label	Reprise Records

Ring-a-Ding-Ding! is a 1961 album by Frank Sinatra. It was Sinatra's first for Reprise, and, as the initial concept was "an album without ballads", included only uptempo swing numbers.

The title track was written specifically for Sinatra by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. The song "Have You Met Miss Jones?" was recorded for the album, though left off the final track listing. Ring-a-Ding-Ding! reached No. 4; it was given favorable reviews by Stereo Review, and, although a similar album (Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!) was released by Capitol a mere two months prior, Ring-A-Ding-Ding! managed to maintain a 35 week stay on the charts. In the UK, the album reached No. 8 and stayed for 9 weeks on the chart.

The album was reissued by Concord Records on June 7, 2011 to mark its 50th Anniversary.

Track listing From the 1961 Album Release

1. "Ring-a-Ding Ding!" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:44
2. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:11
3. "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Irving Berlin) – 2:04
4. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:17
5. "A Fine Romance" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 2:11
6. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:25
7. "The Coffee Song" (Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles) – 2:51
8. "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Pierre Norman) – 2:05
9. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) – 2:58
10. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Porter) – 2:24
11. "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:36
12. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Berlin) – 2:52

    Bonus tracks included on the 1991 CD release:

13. "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 2:48
14. "The Last Dance" (Van Heusen, Cahn) – 2:46
15. "The Second Time Around" (Van Heusen, Cahn) – 3:03

Track listing from the 2011 Reissue Album

1. "Ring-a-Ding Ding!" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:44
2. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:11
3. "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Irving Berlin) – 2:04
4. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:17
5. "A Fine Romance" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 2:11
6. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:25
7. "The Coffee Song" (Bob Hilliard, Dick Miles) – 2:51
8. "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Pierre Norman) – 2:05
9. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) – 2:58
10. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Porter) – 2:24
11. "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:36
12. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Berlin) – 2:52

    Bonus tracks included on the 2011 reissue:

13. "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" [Outtake Bonus Track] (James F. Hanley) – 3:00
14. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" [Previously Unreleased Outtake] (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 10:18

Selected personnel

• Frank Sinatra - vocals
• Johnny Mandel - arranger, conductor
• Felix Slatkin - conductor