That's Life (Frank Sinatra album)
That's Life is a 1966 album by Frank Sinatra, supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman. The album is notable for its title song, "That's Life", which proved to be a top five hit for Sinatra in a time when rock music dominated the music charts.
The album was released on CD two weeks before Sinatra died at age 82.Track listing
- "That's Life" – 3:07
- "I Will Wait for You" – 2:16
- "Somewhere My Love " – 2:19
- "Sand and Sea" – 2:29
- "What Now My Love" – 2:32
- "Winchester Cathedral" – 2:38
- "Give Her Love" – 2:14
- "Tell Her " – 2:42
- "The Impossible Dream " – 2:34
- "You're Gonna Hear from Me" – 2:51
;Notes
- Dean Kay is also known as Dean Kay Thompson
- The Orchestra on “That’s Life” includes 12 Violins
- Jacques Demy is also known as Jean Louis Demy
- The Orchestra on Tracks 2-7 and 9-10 includes 8 Violins
- Jim Harbert is also known as James Harbert
- The Orchestra on “Tell Her ” includes 10 Violins
Personnel
Vocalists
- Frank Sinatra - lead vocals
- Betty Allan - background vocals
- Betty Jean Baker - background vocals
- Ella Halloran - background vocals
- Jack Halloran - background vocals
- Gwenn Johnson - background vocals
- Bill Kanady - background vocals
- Loulie Jean Norman - background vocals
- Thurl Ravenscroft - background vocals
- Paul Sandberg - background vocals
- Jackie Ward - background vocals
Leaders
- Ernie Freeman - arranger, conductor, piano
- Gordon Jenkins - conductor
- Donnie Lanier - conductor
String Section
- Chuck Berghofer - string bass
- Norman Botnick - viola
- Ray Brown - string bass
- Joseph DiFiore - viola
- Joseph DiTullio - cello
- Jesse Ehrlich - cello
- Anne Goodman - cello
- Elizabeth Greenschpoon - cello
- Harry Hyams - viola
- Armand Kaproff - cello
- Louis Kievman - viola
- Donald Langley - string bass
- Alex Neiman - viola
- Kurt Reher - cello
- Emmet Sargeant - cello
- Joseph Saxon - cello
- Frederick Seykora - cello
- Abraham Weiss - viola
Horn Section
- Louis Blackburn - trombone
- Bud Brisbois - trumpet
- Robert Bryant - trumpet
- Pete Carpenter - trombone
- Roy Caton - trumpet
- Buddy Collette - saxophone, woodwinds
- Chuck Gentry - saxophone, woodwinds
- Bill Green - saxophone, woodwinds
- Dick Hyde - trombone
- Plas Johnson - saxophone, woodwinds
- Andreas Kostelas - saxophone, woodwinds
- Cappy Lewis - trumpet
- Lew McCreary - trombone
- Jay Migliori - saxophone, woodwinds
- Oliver Mitchell - trumpet
- Al Porcino - trumpet
- Willie Schwartz - saxophone, woodwinds
- Ken Shroyer - bass trombone
- Anthony Terran - trumpet
- David Wells - trombone
Other Instrumentalists
- Hal Blaine - drums
- Eddie Brackett Jr. - drums, percussion
- Russell Bridges - piano
- Dennis Budimir - guitar
- Frank Capp - percussion
- Alvin Casey - acoustic guitar
- Gary Coleman - vibes
- Victor Feldman - percussion
- Bobby Gibbons - guitar
- John Gray - guitar
- Lawrence Knechtel - Fender bass
- Michael Melvoin - Organ played by
- Bill Miller - piano
- Louis Morell - guitar
- Bill Pittman - guitar
- Ray Pohlman - electric guitar
- Emil Richards - percussion
- Tommy Tedesco - guitar