Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra album)

Strangers in the Night
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	1966
Recorded	April 11–May 16, 1966, Hollywood
Genre	Traditional pop music, Vocal jazz
Length	27:10
Label	Reprise
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
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Frank Sinatra chronology
Moonlight Sinatra (1966) Strangers in the Night (1966) Sinatra at the Sands (1966)

Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	January 26, 2010
Recorded	April 11-May 16, 1966, Hollywood, Los Angeles, April 18, 1985, Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Traditional pop music, Vocal jazz
Length	35:21
Label	Concord Records
Producer	Nelson Riddle, Sonny Burke
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Strangers in the Night is a 1966 studio album by Frank Sinatra.

The album marked Sinatra's return to #1 on the pop album charts in the mid-1960s, and it 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 Grammy Awards for his efforts on this album, including the Record of the Year for the title track "Strangers in the Night", as well as Best Male Vocal Performance for the same song. (He also won a further Grammy award 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 1 million copies sold in the U.S. It is the only "regular" Sinatra album to achieve this mark (the others to do so have been greatest hits/compilation albums, Christmas albums, or the end-of-career "Duets" albums).

Also, this album has been reissued as a "Deluxe Edition" on January 26, 2010. Including 3 bonus tracks (2 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").

Track listing

1. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 2:25
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 performance at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1985
12. "All or Nothing at All" - 3:40 live performance at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1985
13. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" [Alternate Take] - 2:17

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1966	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)	1

Personnel

• Frank Sinatra - vocals
• Nelson Riddle - arranger, conductor
• Ernie Freeman - arranger of track #1 "Strangers in the Night"

The Nelson Riddle Orchestra

Preceded by What Now My Love by Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass

Billboard 200 number-one album July 23 - July 29, 1966

Succeeded by Yesterday and Today by The Beatles