Frank Sinatra’s Merry Best Gathered For Ultimate Christmas, To Be Released October 6

For immediate release:

FRANK SINATRA’S MERRY BEST GATHERED FOR ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS,

TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 6

 

Features 20 Iconic Holiday Favourites from Sinatra’s Capitol and Reprise Vaults

14 SEPTEMBER 2017 (Toronto, ON) – As the holidays draw nearer, Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Capitol/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, are pleased to announce an essential new Frank Sinatra collection designed to make the season bright. Available October 6, Ultimate Christmas includes 20 warm and festive holiday classics from Sinatra’s Capitol and Reprise catalogues. The new collection also honours the Sinatra Family’s holiday traditions with three songs that feature Frank joined by his children, Frank Jr., Nancy and Tina. Ultimate Christmas is available now for pre-order in CD, digital, and 180-gram 2LP black vinyl editions, as well as a limited 2LP white vinyl edition exclusively offered for pre-order on the Sinatra Store.

Ultimate Christmas showcases Sinatra’s merry best, with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins, and Johnny Mandel, among others. The collection’s iconic recordings span 1954 to 1991, ranging from the tranquil and traditional “White Christmas”, “Silent Night”, “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, and “The First Noël”, to the rollicking “Jingle Bells”, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”, and “Mistletoe And Holly”. Sinatra’s children add their voices to “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”, “The Bells Of Christmas (Greensleeves)”, and “I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas”.

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Frank Sinatra: Ultimate Christmas Track Listing:

1. White Christmas
2. The Christmas Waltz
3. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
4. Jingle Bells
5. The First Noël
6. Mistletoe And Holly
7. The Christmas Song
8. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
11. An Old Fashioned Christmas
12. I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day
13. The Little Drummer Boy
14. Whatever Happened To Christmas
15. The Twelve Days Of Christmas – with Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina
16. The Bells Of Christmas (Greensleeves) – with Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina
17. I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas – with Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina
18. A Baby Just Like You
19. Christmas Memories
20. Silent Night

About Frank Sinatra:

Throughout his six-decade career, Frank Sinatra performed on more than 1,400 recordings and was awarded 31 gold, nine platinum, three double platinum and one triple platinum album by the Recording Industry Association of America. Sinatra demonstrated a remarkable ability to appeal to every generation and continues to do so; his artistry still influences many of today’s music superstars. The Oscar® winner also appeared in more than 60 films and produced eight motion pictures. 

Sinatra was awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Recording Academy, The Screen Actors Guild and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as the Kennedy Center Honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Today, he remains a legend and an inspiration around the world for his contributions to culture and the arts.

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