Editing Frank Sinatra (section)

=== 1953–1960: Career revival and the Capitol years ===
[[File:Nelson Riddle 1958.JPG|thumb|[[Nelson Riddle]], Sinatra's album arranger for Capitol Records]]
The release of the film ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' in August 1953 marked the beginning of a remarkable career revival.{{sfn|Kidder|Oppenheim|2008|p=157}} [[Tom Santopietro]] notes that Sinatra began to bury himself in his work, with an "unparalleled frenetic schedule of recordings, movies and concerts",{{Sfn|Santopietro|2008|p=187}} in what authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan describe as "a new and brilliant phase".{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2010|p=188}} 

On March 13, 1953, Sinatra met with Capitol Records vice president [[Alan Livingston]] and signed a seven-year recording contract.{{sfn|Kaplan|2011|pp=601}} His first session for Capitol took place at KHJ studios at Studio C, 5515 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, with Axel Stordahl conducting.{{sfn|Kaplan|2011|pp=604, 615}} The session produced four recordings, including "[[I'm Walking Behind You]]",{{sfn|Kaplan|2011|p=604}} Sinatra's first Capitol single.{{sfn|Sinatra|1986|p=101}} 

After spending two weeks on location in Hawaii filming ''From Here to Eternity'', Sinatra returned to KHJ on April 30 for his first recording session with [[Nelson Riddle]], an established arranger and conductor at Capitol who was Nat King Cole's musical director.{{sfn|Kaplan|2011|pp=614–615, 618}} After recording the first song, "[[I've Got the World on a String]]", Sinatra offered Riddle a rare expression of praise, "Beautiful!",{{sfn|Kaplan|2011|p=616}} and after listening to the playbacks, he could not hide his enthusiasm, exclaiming, "I'm back, baby, I'm back!"{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2010|p=191}}

[[File:Frank Sinatra (1957 Pal Joey publicity photo).jpg|thumb|Sinatra in 1957 publicity shot]]
In subsequent sessions in May and November 1953,{{sfn|Kline|1990|p=33}} Sinatra and Riddle developed and refined their musical collaboration, with Sinatra providing specific guidance on the arrangements.{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2010|p=191}} Sinatra's first album for Capitol, ''[[Songs for Young Lovers]]'', was released on January 4, 1954, and included "[[A Foggy Day]]", "[[I Get a Kick Out of You]]", "[[My Funny Valentine]]", "[[Violets for Your Furs]]", and "[[They Can't Take That Away from Me]]",{{sfnm|1a1=Kline|1y=1990|1p=18|2a1=Granata|2y=2003|2p=91}} songs which became staples of his later concerts.<ref name="SS" /><ref name="SC57" /> 

That same month, Sinatra released the single "[[Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)|Young at Heart]]", which reached No. 2 and was awarded Song of the Year.{{sfnm|1a1=Sinatra|1y=1986|1p=103|2a1=O'Brien|2y=2014}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sinatrafamily.com/single/young-at-heart-125/|title=Young at Heart|publisher=Sinatra Discography|access-date=September 5, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925104833/http://sinatrafamily.com/single/young-at-heart-125/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/young-at-heart-mw0000867619/awards|title=Young at Heart album awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 5, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925232314/http://www.allmusic.com/album/young-at-heart-mw0000867619/awards|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Sinatra was not very enthusiastic about the song initially. His friend, Jimmy Van Heusen, convinced him that the song would be a success.{{sfn|O'Brien|2014}} ''Young at Heart'' was produced by Day's husband at the time, [[Marty Melcher]], whom Sinatra detested. Their feud grew worse when Melcher suggested that Day sing "Young at Heart" as the film's title song when Sinatra's recording of the song was already a hit—Day conceded that she did not care whose voice was heard singing the film's title song. Because of the rift, the ''Young at Heart'' soundtrack album contains all the songs heard in the film but the title ''Young at Heart''. Sinatra's hit recording is heard at the beginning and end of the film.{{sfn|Bret|2014|p=63}}}} In March, he recorded and released the single "[[Three Coins in the Fountain (song)|Three Coins in the Fountain]]", a "powerful ballad"<ref name="Inc.1954">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|date=May 8, 1954|page=22|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429120208/https://books.google.com/books?id=YB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|url-status=live}}</ref> that reached No. 4.{{sfn|Kline|1990|p=19}} Sinatra's second album with Riddle, ''[[Swing Easy!]]'', which reflected his "love for the jazz idiom" according to Granata,{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=91}} was released on August 2 of that year and included "[[Just One of Those Things (song)|Just One of Those Things]]", "[[Taking a Chance on Love]]", "[[Get Happy (song)|Get Happy]]", and "[[All of Me (Ruth Etting song)|All of Me]]".{{sfn|Kline|1990|p=19}}<ref name="Inc.1965">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=The Sinatra Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT117|date=November 20, 1965|page=117|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429084115/https://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT117|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Swing Easy!'' was named Album of the Year by ''Billboard'', and he was named "Favorite Male Vocalist" by ''Billboard'', ''DownBeat'', and ''[[Metronome]]'' that year.{{sfnm|1a1=Sinatra|1y=1986|1p=103|2a1=Evanier|2y=2011|2p=99}}<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Artists Favorites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|date=November 13, 1954|page=42|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429112532/https://books.google.com/books?id=LCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Sinatra came to consider Riddle "the greatest arranger in the world",{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2010|p=192}} and Riddle, who considered Sinatra, "a perfectionist",{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2010|p=191}} said: "It's not only that his intuitions as to tempo, phrasing, and even configuration are amazingly right, but his taste is so impeccable{{nbsp}}... There is still no one who can approach him."{{sfn|Summers|Swan|2010|p=192}}

Sinatra became one of Las Vegas's pioneer [[concert residency|residency]] entertainers,<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service, Volume 29 – Las Vegas Playground And Kennedy Campaign|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eN8zAQAAIAAJ|date=May 1998|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=745|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429140318/https://books.google.com/books?id=eN8zAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> and a prominent figure on the Vegas scene [[Las Vegas in the 1950s|throughout the 1950s]] and 1960s onwards, a period described by Rojek as the "high-water mark" of Sinatra's "hedonism and self-absorption". Rojek notes that the [[Rat Pack]] "provided an outlet for gregarious banter and wisecracks" but argues that it was Sinatra's vehicle, possessing an "unassailable command over the other performers".{{sfn|Rojek|2004|p=136}} Sinatra would fly to Las Vegas from Los Angeles in Van Heusen's plane.{{sfn|Sinatra|2011|p=97}} On October 4, 1953, Sinatra made his first performance at the [[Sands Hotel and Casino]], after an invitation by the manager [[Jack Entratter]].{{sfn|Clarke|2004|p=189}}{{sfn|Ainlay|Gabaldon|2003|p=108}} Sinatra typically performed there three times a year and later acquired a share in the hotel.{{sfnm|1a1=Kelley|1y=1986|1p=243|2a1=Kaplan|2y=2011|2p=656}}{{efn|Sinatra bought a two percent share in the hotel for $54,000.{{sfn|Kaplan|2011|p=656}} At one point the share reached nine percent.{{Sfn|Kelley|1986|p=245}} He was reportedly ordered to sell his interest in the Sands in 1963, due to his association with mobster [[Sam Giancana]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881720/sinatra_drives_golf_cart_through_sands/|title=Sinatra Hit in Mouth in Vegas Melee|work=The Times ([[San Mateo, California]])|date=September 12, 1967|page=8|access-date=July 29, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030014852/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881720/sinatra-drives-golf-cart-through-sands/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>}}

[[File:Frank Sinatra (circa 1955 in Capitol Studios).jpg|thumb|Sinatra recording at [[Capitol Studios]], {{circa|1955}}]]
In 1955, Sinatra released ''[[In the Wee Small Hours]]'', his first 12" LP,{{Sfn|Smith|2009|p=18}} featuring songs such as "[[In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning]]", "[[Mood Indigo]]", "[[Glad to Be Unhappy]]" and "[[When Your Lover Has Gone]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-wee-small-hours-mw0000650776|title=In the Wee Small Hours|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204131932/http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-wee-small-hours-mw0000650776|archive-date=February 4, 2014}}</ref> According to Granata it was the first [[concept album]] of his to make a "single persuasive statement", with an extended program and "melancholy mood".{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=91}} Sinatra embarked on his first tour of Australia the same year.{{sfn|Sinatra|1986|p=302}} 

Another collaboration with Riddle resulted in ''[[Songs for Swingin' Lovers!]]'', sometimes seen as one of his best albums, which was released in March 1956.{{Sfn|Weatherford|2001|p=14}} It features a recording of "[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]" by [[Cole Porter]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_i5f3jhD9UC|title=The New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century: 1900–1929 – A New Family and A New Fame|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2002|page=3072|isbn=978-1-57958-290-6|access-date=August 28, 2017|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202454/https://books.google.com/books?id=1_i5f3jhD9UC|url-status=live}}</ref> which reportedly took 22 takes to perfect.{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=102}}

His February 1956 recording sessions inaugurated the studios at the [[Capitol Records Building]],{{sfn|Gigliotti|2002|p=22}} complete with a 56-piece symphonic orchestra.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=117}} According to Granata, his recordings of "Night and Day", "Oh! Look at Me Now", and "[[From This Moment On (Cole Porter song)|From This Moment On]]" revealed "powerful sexual overtones, stunningly achieved through the mounting tension and release of Sinatra's best-teasing vocal lines", while his recording of "River, Stay 'Way from My Door" in April demonstrated his "brilliance as a syncopational improviser".{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=98}} 

Riddle said that Sinatra took "particular delight" in singing "The Lady is a Tramp", commenting that he "always sang that song with a certain amount of salaciousness", making "cue tricks" with the lyrics.{{sfn|Friedwald|1995|p=236}} His penchant for conducting was displayed again in 1956's ''[[Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color]]'', an instrumental album that has been interpreted to be a catharsis to his failed relationship with Gardner.{{sfn|Gigliotti|2002|pp=21–22}} Sinatra also sang at [[1956 Democratic National Convention|that year's Democratic National Convention]] and performed with [[The Dorsey Brothers]] for a week soon afterward at the Paramount Theatre.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=95}}

[[File:Pal Joey trailer1957.ogv|thumb|left|upright=0.9|thumbtime=120|Sinatra introducing his character to the audience in the 1957 trailer for the film ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'']]
In 1957, Sinatra released ''[[Close to You (Frank Sinatra album)|Close to You]]'', ''[[A Swingin' Affair!]]'', and ''[[Where Are You? (Frank Sinatra album)|Where Are You?]]''—his first album in stereo, with [[Gordon Jenkins]].{{sfn|Morrell|2013|p=40}} Granata considers "Close to You" to have been thematically his closest concept album to perfection during the "golden" era, and Nelson Riddle's finest work, which was "extremely progressive" by the standards of the day. It is structured like a three-act play, each commencing with the songs "[[With Every Breath I Take]]", "[[Blame It on My Youth]]" and "[[It Could Happen to You (song)|It Could Happen to You]]".{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=121}} For Granata, Sinatra's ''A Swingin' Affair!'' and ''Songs for Swingin' Lovers!'' solidified "Sinatra's image as a 'swinger', from both a musical and visual standpoint." [[Buddy Collette]] considered the swing albums to have been heavily influenced by [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] and stated that when he worked with Sinatra in the mid-1960s, he approached a song much differently than he had done in the early 1950s.{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=102}} 

On June 9, 1957, he performed in a 62-minute concert conducted by Riddle at the [[McCaw Hall|Seattle Civic Auditorium]],{{sfn|Levinson|2001|p=138}} his first appearance in [[Seattle]] since 1945.<ref name="SC57">''Sinatra '57 in Concert'' (1999), [[Artanis Entertainment Group]].</ref> The recording was first released as a bootleg, but [[Artanis Entertainment Group]] officially released it as ''[[Sinatra '57 in Concert]]'' in 1999, after Sinatra's death.<ref name="LAT99">{{cite web|author=Hilburn, Robert|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-11-ca-45246-story.html|title=Getting a Kick Out of Sinatra, Live in Concert in 1957|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 11, 1999|access-date=October 5, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210220825/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/11/entertainment/ca-45246|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In 1958, Sinatra released the concept album ''[[Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra album)|Come Fly with Me]]'' with [[Billy May]], designed as a musical world tour.{{Sfnm|1a1=Mirtle|1y=1998|1pp=154–155|2a1=Turner|2y=2004|2p=107}} It reached the top spot on the ''Billboard'' album chart in its second week, remaining at the top for five weeks,{{sfn|Whitburn|2001|p=797}} and was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] at the [[1st Grammy Awards|inaugural Grammy Awards]].{{Sfn|Mirtle|1998|p=155}} The title song, "[[Come Fly with Me (1957 song)|Come Fly With Me]]", written especially for him, would become one of his best-known standards.<ref>{{cite book|title=London Theatre Record, Volume 7, Issues 14–26 – Sammy Cahn Words And Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uClaAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=I. Herbert|page=888|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427042307/https://books.google.com/books?id=uClaAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 29, he recorded seven songs in a single session, more than double the usual yield of a recording session, and an eighth, "[[Lush Life (jazz song)|Lush Life]]", was abandoned as Sinatra found it too technically demanding.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=141–142}} In September, Sinatra released ''[[Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely]]'', a stark collection of introspective{{efn|Granata noted that Riddle himself believed that the album came across as darker and more introspective than normal due to the death of his own mother who had recently died earlier in the month that it was recorded.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=139}}}} saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads, which proved a huge commercial success, spending 120 weeks on ''Billboard''{{'}}s album chart and peaking at No. {{nbsp}}1.{{sfn|Ackelson|1992|p=11}} Cuts from this LP, such as "[[Angel Eyes (1946 song)|Angel Eyes]]" and "[[One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)]]", would remain staples of the "saloon song" segments of Sinatra's concerts.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition{{nbsp}}– Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQbF9lTBwgC&pg=PA22|date=November 1, 2007|publisher=Canongate Books|isbn=978-1-84767-643-6|page=22|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429125201/https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQbF9lTBwgC&pg=PA22|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Frank Sinatra2, Pal Joey.jpg|thumb|Sinatra in ''Pal Joey'' (1957)]]
In 1959, Sinatra released ''[[Come Dance with Me! (album)|Come Dance with Me!]]'', a highly successful, critically acclaimed album that stayed on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Pop album chart for 140 weeks, peaking at No. 2. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as well as [[Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male|Best Vocal Performance, Male]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Arrangement|Best Arrangement]] for Billy May.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=143}} 

He released ''[[No One Cares]]'' in the same year, a collection of "brooding, lonely" torch songs, which critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] thought was "nearly as good as its predecessor ''Where Are You?'', but lacked the "lush" arrangements of it and the "grandiose melancholy" of ''Only the Lonely''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-one-cares-mw0000312462|title=No One Cares|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 12, 2015|archive-date=October 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012093455/http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-one-cares-mw0000312462|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the words of Kelley, by 1959, Sinatra was "not simply the leader of the Rat Pack" but had "assumed the position of ''il padrone'' in Hollywood." He was asked by 20th Century Fox to be the master of ceremonies at a luncheon attended by Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] on September 19, 1959.{{sfn|Kelley|1986|pp=287–288}} ''[[Nice 'n' Easy]]'', a collection of ballads, topped the ''Billboard'' chart in October 1960 and remained in the charts for 86 weeks,{{Sfn|Fuchs|Prigozy|2007|p=101}} winning critical plaudits.{{Sfn|Campbell|2008|p=220}}<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Cap Captures Honors at Disc Jockey Poll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lx0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2|date=December 19, 1960|page=2|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429111245/https://books.google.com/books?id=lx0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2|url-status=live}}</ref>