Ring-a-Ding-Ding!

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Ring-a-Ding-Ding! is a 1961 album by Frank Sinatra. It was the inaugural record on Sinatra's Reprise label and, as the initial concept was "an album without ballads", it 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 remastered and reissued by Concord Records on June 7, 2011, to mark its 50th Anniversary. The newest CD is an improvement on earlier releases as the original reverberation effect on Sinatra's voice has been decreased for a more natural sound. But as with the first CD issue, the channels are reversed from the original LP and tape releases. From its first issue on CD, the brass is on the left and saxes on the right, whereas on open reel tape and LP issues, the brass is on the right with saxes on the left.

Track listing

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

1991 CD bonuses

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

2011 reissue bonuses

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
• Don Fagerquist - trumpet
• John Anderson - trumpet
• Frank Rosolino - trombone
• Bud Shank - flute
• Bill Miller - piano
• Emil Richards - vibraphone