American vocalist Frank Sinatra recorded 59 studio albums and 297 singles in his solo career, spanning 54 years.
Sinatra after having had stints with the quartet The Hoboken Four and with the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, launched a solo career in 1943, signing with Columbia Records; his debut album The Voice of Frank Sinatra was issued in 1946. Sinatra would achieve greater success with Capitol and Reprise Records, the former of which he released his final two albums on—Duets and Duets II. Eight compilation albums under Sinatra's name were released in his lifetime, with more albums released following his death in 1998.
Albums Studio albums Columbia Records introduced the modern Long Play record on June 21, 1948; prior to that, record albums were sets of 78 rpm records in cardboard and paper sleeves, resembling a photo album, usually containing two to four records per album. Sinatra's Capitol studio albums were released on Concepts in 1992, and the bulk of his Capitol recordings released on the 1998 album The Capitol Years. 1940s/50s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers: Swing Easy!: CAN* Cycles: My Way: A Man Alone: Watertown: Sinatra & Company: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back: Some Nice Things I've Missed: L.A. Is My Lady: Duets: Duets II: http://chumtribute.com/chumtribute-albums.html UKAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra Released: March 4, 1946 Label: Columbia 1 — — Songs by Sinatra Released: April 1947 Label: Columbia 2 — — Christmas Songs by Sinatra Released: November 1948 Label: Columbia 7 — — Frankly Sentimental Released: June 20, 1949 Label: Columbia — — — Dedicated to You Released: March 1950 Label: Columbia — — — Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra Released: October 16, 1950 Label: Columbia — — — Songs for Young Lovers Released: January 1954 Label: Capitol 3 — — Swing Easy! Released: August 2, 1954 Label: Capitol 3 — 5 BPI: Gold In the Wee Small Hours Released: April 1955 Label: Capitol 2 — — RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Released: March 1956 Label: Capitol 2 — 1 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold Close to You Released: January 1957 Label: Capitol 5 — 2 A Swingin' Affair! Released: June 1957 Label: Capitol 2 — 1 Where Are You? Released: September 1957 Label: Capitol 3 — — A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra Released: September 21, 1957 Label: Capitol 18 — 93 RIAA: Platinum ("A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra]") RIAA: Platinum ("The Sinatra Christmas Album") BPI: Silver (2007 version) Come Fly with Me Released: January 1958 Label: Capitol 1 — 2 RIAA: Gold Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely Released: September 1958 Label: Capitol 1 — 5 RIAA: Gold Come Dance with Me! Released: January 1959 Label: Capitol 2 1 2 RIAA: Gold No One Cares Released: July 1959 Label: Capitol 2The Billboard Albums, 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 956. . — —
1960s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers: Swing Easy!: CAN Cycles: My Way: A Man Alone: Watertown: Sinatra & Company: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back: Some Nice Things I've Missed: L.A. Is My Lady: Duets: Duets II: UKAll except noted: Nice 'n' Easy Released: July 1960 Label: Capitol 1 1 2 RIAA: Gold Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! Released: January 1961 Label: Capitol 3 — 6 Ring-a-Ding-Ding! Released: March 1961 Label: Reprise 4 — 9 Come Swing with Me! Released: July 1961 Label: Capitol 8 — 13 Swing Along With Me Released: July 1961 Label: Reprise 6 — 8 I Remember Tommy Released: October 1961 Label: Reprise 3 — 10 Sinatra and Strings Released: January 1962 Label: Reprise 8 — 6 Point of No Return Released: March 1962 Label: Capitol 19 — — Sinatra and Swingin' Brass Released: July 1962 Label: Reprise 18 — 14 All Alone Released: October 1962 Label: Reprise 25 — — Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain Released: November 1962 Label: Reprise — — 12 Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First Released: December 10, 1962 Label: Reprise 16 — 2 The Concert Sinatra Released: May 1963 Label: Reprise 6 — 8 Sinatra's Sinatra Released: August 1963 Label: Reprise 8 — 7 RIAA: Gold Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners Released: March 1964 Label: Reprise 10 — — America, I Hear You Singing Released: April 1964 Label: Reprise 116 — — It Might as Well Be Swing Released: August 1964 Label: Reprise 13 — 17 12 Songs of Christmas Released: August 1964 Label: Reprise— — — Softly, as I Leave You Released: November 1964 Label: Reprise 19 — 20 September of My Years Released: August 1965 Label: Reprise 5 — — RIAA: Gold My Kind of Broadway Released: November 1965 Label: Reprise 30 — — A Man and His Music Released: November 1965 Label: Reprise 9 — — RIAA: Platinum Moonlight Sinatra Released: March 1966 Label: Reprise 34 — — Strangers in the Night Released: May 1966 Label: Reprise 1 — 4 RIAA: Platinum That's Life Released: December 31, 1966 Label: Reprise 6 — 22 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Released: March 1967 Label: Reprise 19 — — The World We Knew Released: August 1967 Label: Reprise 24 — 28 Francis A. & Edward K. Released: January 1968 Label: Reprise 78 — — The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas Released: September 1968 Label: Reprise— — — Cycles Released: November 1968 Label: Reprise 18 9 — RIAA: Gold My Way Released: March 1969 Label: Reprise 11 9 2 RIAA: Gold ARIA: 3× Platinum BVMI: Gold A Man Alone Released: August 1969 Label: Reprise 30 19 18 Sinatra Jobim Released: 1969 Label: Reprise 8-track only - just a few thousand released — — —
1970s/80s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers: Swing Easy!: AUS CAN Cycles: My Way: A Man Alone: Watertown: Sinatra & Company: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back: Some Nice Things I've Missed: L.A. Is My Lady: Duets: Duets II: UKAll except noted: Watertown Released: March 1970 Label: Reprise 101 — 60 14 Sinatra & Company Released: March 1971 Label: Reprise 73 23 65 9 Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back Released: September 1973 Label: Reprise 13 19 20 12 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold Some Nice Things I've Missed Released: July 1974 Label: Reprise 48 28 41 35BPI: Silver Trilogy: Past Present Future Released: March 1980 Label: Reprise 17 62 — — RIAA: Gold She Shot Me Down Released: November 1981 Label: Reprise 52 — — — L.A. Is My Lady Released: August 1984 Label: Qwest 58 66 75 41
1990s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers: Swing Easy!: AUS CAN Duets: Duets II: UKAll except noted: Duets Released: November 2, 1993 Label: Capitol 2 2 21 5RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum CRIA: 2× Platinum Duets II Released: November 15, 1994 Label: Capitol 9 16 28 29 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver CRIA: Platinum
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Soundtrack albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers: Swing Easy!: CAN* Cycles: My Way: A Man Alone: Watertown: Sinatra & Company: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back: Some Nice Things I've Missed: L.A. Is My Lady: Duets: Duets II: http://chumtribute.com/chumtribute-albums.html UKAll except noted: Young at Heart Released: November 1, 1954 Label: Columbia 15 — — High Society Released: July 1956 Label: Capitol Records 5 — — Pal Joey Released: 1957 Label: Capitol Records 2 — —
Extended play albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USAll except noted: The Voice of Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers: Swing Easy!: CAN* Cycles: My Way: A Man Alone: Watertown: Sinatra & Company: Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back: Some Nice Things I've Missed: L.A. Is My Lady: Duets: Duets II: http://chumtribute.com/chumtribute-albums.html UKAll except noted: Frank Sinatra Sings Irving Berlin Released: 1952 Label: Columbia — — — Sings Hits From: South Pacific/Oklahoma! Released: 1952 Label: Columbia — — — Sinatra Sings Cole Porter Released: 1953 Label: Columbia — — — Frank Sinatra Sings George Gershwin Released: 1953 Label: Columbia — — — Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Carousel' Sung by Frank Sinatra Released: 1953 Label: Columbia — — — Frank Sings Jerome Kern Released: 1953 Label: Columbia — — — Young-at-Heart Released: 1954 Label: Capitol Records — — — Swing Easy! Part 1 Released: 1954 Label: Capitol Records — — — Swing Easy! Part 2 Released: 1954 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs For Young Lovers (Part 1) Released: 1954 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs For Young Lovers (Part 2) Released: 1954 Label: Capitol Records — — — Sinatra Sings Rodgers and Hart Released: 1954 Label: Columbia — — — Nancy Released: January 1, 1955 Label: Columbia — — — Session with Sinatra Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — The Voice Released: 1955 Label: Columbia — — — The Voice - Vol. 2 Released: 1955 Label: Columbia — — — The Voice - Vol. 3 Released: 1955 Label: Columbia — — — In the Wee Small Hours (Parts 1 & 2) Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — In the Wee Small Hours (Parts 3 & 4) Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — In the Wee Small Hours (Parts 1) Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — In the Wee Small Hours (Parts 2) Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — In the Wee Small Hours (Parts 3) Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — In the Wee Small Hours (Parts 4) Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — Sings Songs from His Warner Bros. Picture "Young at Heart" Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — Melody of Love Released: 1955 Label: Capitol Records — — — Frankie, Vol. 1 Released: 1955 Label: Columbia — — — Frankie, Vol. 2 Released: 1955 Label: Columbia — — — Frankie, Vol. 3 Released: 1955 Label: Columbia — — — Close to You (Parts 1) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Close to You (Parts 2) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Close to You (Parts 3) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Close to You (Parts 4) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Close to You (Parts 1 & 2) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Close to You (Parts 3 & 4) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Parts 1) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Parts 2) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Parts 3) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Parts 4) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Parts 1 & 2) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Parts 3 & 4) Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Hey! Jealous Lover Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — Producers' Showcase Presents: Our Town by Thornton Wilder Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — 3 Coins in the Fountain Released: 1956 Label: Capitol Records — — — The Nearness of You Released: 1956 Label: Columbia — — — That Old Feeling Released: 1956 Label: Columbia — — — A Fellow Needs a Girl Released: 1956 Label: Columbia — — — A Swingin' Affair! (Part 1) Released: 1957 Label: Capitol Records — — — A Swingin' Affair! (Part 2) Released: 1957 Label: Capitol Records — — — A Swingin' Affair! (Part 3) Released: 1957 Label: Capitol Records — — — A Swingin' Affair! (Part 4) Released: 1957 Label: Capitol Records — — — Adventures of the Heart Released: 1957 Label: Columbia — — — Adventures of the Heart, Part 2 Released: 1957 Label: Columbia — — — Christmas Dreaming - Vol. I Released: 1957 Label: Columbia — — — Christmas Dreaming - Vol. II Released: 1957 Label: Columbia — — — A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (Part 1) Released: 1957