The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952

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Labels: Columbia, Legacy

Bound-book style package with CDs on inside of front and back cover.

Archival restoration and digital mastering at Sony Music Studios, NYC.
Engineered at Sony Music Studios, NYC.

Tracks 2-11, 3-8, 3-10, and 4-11 first issued on Frank Sinatra–The Complete Recordings, CXK 48673
Tracks 1-17, 2-14, 2-23, and 3-14 alternate take first issued on Frank Sinatra–The Complete Recordings, CXK 48673
All songs previously issued on Columbia/Legacy CXK 48673.

Chart information courtesy of Joel Whitburn and Billboard Publications

Track Notes:
1-2: From "Oklahoma!"
1-3: Adapted from Rubinstein's "Romance"
1-5: From "Holiday Inn"
1-6: From "Anchors Aweigh"
1-7: From "Show Boat"
1-8: From "Cotton Club Parade Of 1933"
1-9: From "Girl Crazy"
1-11: From "Birth Of The Blues"
1-12: From "Babes In Arms"
1-13: From "Very Warm For May"
1-14: From "Thrill Of A Romance"
1-15: From "Her Highness And The Bellboy"
1-17: From "The Wizard Of Oz"
1-18: From "Carousel"
1-19: From "Oh, Kay!"
1-21: From "Spread It Abroad"
1-22: From "The House I Live In"
2-2: Based on a theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
2-4: From "Folies Bergere"
2-5, 2-7: From "Jubilee"
2-8: From "Annie Get Your Gun"
2-9: From "Star Spangled Rhythm"
2-12: From "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"
2-14: From "The Best Years Of Our Lives"
2-15: From "Knickerbocker Holiday"
2-16: From "Blue Skies"
2-17: From "Glad To See You"
2-18: From "Lost In The Stars"
2-19: From "Annie Get Your Gun"
2-20, 2-21: From "It Happened In Brooklyn"
2-24: From "The Razor's Edge"
3-1: From "The Uninvited"
3-2: From "Jumbo". With Dinah Shore and chorus.
3-4: From "The Sky's The Limit"
3-5: From "Road To Rio"
3-6: From "High Button Shoes"
3-7: From "Meet Danny Wilson"
3-8: From "Gay Divorce"
3-11: From "Music In The Air"
3-13: From "Higher And Higher"
3-15: From "Strike Up The Band"
3-16: From "Three's A Crowd"
3-20: From "Where's Charley"
3-21: From "South Pacific"
3-23: From "Miss Liberty"
3-24: From "Big Boy"
4-1: From "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
4-6: From "Lord Byron Of Broadway"
4-7: From "Fifty Million Frenchmen"
4-8: From "Love Me Tonight"
4-9: From "Meet Danny Wilson"
4-12: From "Walk A Little Faster"
4-15: From "Out Of This World"
4-16: From "The King And I"
4-21: From "Pal Joey"
4-24: From "George White's Scandals"

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