# Moonlight Sinatra

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Moonlight Sinatra
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Frank Sinatra](/source/Frank_Sinatra)
| cover      = Moonlightsinatra.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1966|3}}
| recorded   = November 29–30, 1965
| venue      =
| studio     = [United Recording](/source/United_Western_Recorders) "A", Hollywood, Los Angeles
| genre      = {{hlist|[Vocal jazz](/source/Vocal_jazz)|[traditional pop](/source/traditional_pop)}}
| length     = {{duration|m=32|s=18}}
| label      = [Reprise](/source/Reprise_Records) <br />{{small|FS 1018}}
| producer   = [Sonny Burke](/source/Sonny_Burke)
| prev_title = [A Man and His Music](/source/A_Man_and_His_Music)
| prev_year  = 1965
| next_title = [Strangers in the Night](/source/Strangers_in_the_Night_(Frank_Sinatra_album))
| next_year  = 1966
}}

'''''Moonlight Sinatra''''' is a [studio album](/source/studio_album) by the American singer [Frank Sinatra](/source/Frank_Sinatra), released in March 1966. All of the tracks on the album are centered on the [Moon](/source/Moon), and were arranged and conducted by [Nelson Riddle](/source/Nelson_Riddle) and his orchestra. ''Moonlight Sinatra'' marked Sinatra's final collaboration with Riddle.

The title of the album is a reference to [Ludwig van Beethoven](/source/Ludwig_van_Beethoven)'s ''[Moonlight Sonata](/source/Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven))''.

{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r26314}}.</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=11 June 1966 |title=Frank Sinatra: ''Moonlight Sinatra'' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-06-11.pdf |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |issue=274 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225752/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-06-11.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>
}}

==Track listing==
#"[Moonlight Becomes You](/source/Moonlight_Becomes_You_(song))" ([Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist)), [Jimmy Van Heusen](/source/Jimmy_Van_Heusen)) – 2:46
#"[Moon Song](/source/Moon_Song_(1932_song))" ([Sam Coslow](/source/Sam_Coslow), [Arthur Johnston](/source/Arthur_Johnston_(composer))) – 3:03
#"[Moonlight Serenade](/source/Moonlight_Serenade)" ([Glenn Miller](/source/Glenn_Miller), [Mitchell Parish](/source/Mitchell_Parish)) – 3:26
#"[Reaching for the Moon](/source/Reaching_for_the_Moon_(song))" ([Irving Berlin](/source/Irving_Berlin)) – 3:05
#"[I Wished on the Moon](/source/I_Wished_on_the_Moon)" ([Dorothy Parker](/source/Dorothy_Parker), [Ralph Rainger](/source/Ralph_Rainger)) – 2:53
#"[Oh, You Crazy Moon](/source/Oh%2C_You_Crazy_Moon)" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:12
#"[The Moon Got in My Eyes](/source/The_Moon_Got_in_My_Eyes)" (Burke, Johnston) – 2:52
#"Moonlight Mood" ([Harold Adamson](/source/Harold_Adamson), [Peter DeRose](/source/Peter_DeRose)) – 3:08
#"Moon Love" ([Mack David](/source/Mack_David), [André Kostelanetz](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Kostelanetz)) (adapted from [Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky)'s [Fifth Symphony, Second Movement](/source/Symphony_No._5_(Tchaikovsky))) – 4:14
#"The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)" ([Fred E. Ahlert](/source/Fred_E._Ahlert), [Edgar Leslie](/source/Edgar_Leslie)) – 3:04

==Personnel==
*[Frank Sinatra](/source/Frank_Sinatra) – [vocals](/source/vocals)
*[Nelson Riddle](/source/Nelson_Riddle) – [arranger](/source/arranger), [conductor](/source/conducting)
*Bill Miller – piano
*[Al Viola](/source/Al_Viola) – guitar
*[Ralph Pena](/source/Ralph_Pena_(musician)), Eddie Gilbert – bass
*[Irving Cottler](/source/Irving_Cottler) – drums

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1966)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|34|artist=Frank Sinatra|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2025}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Frank Sinatra}}
{{Nelson Riddle}}

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Category:Frank Sinatra albums
Category:Reprise Records albums
Category:1966 albums
Category:Albums produced by Sonny Burke
Category:Albums arranged by Nelson Riddle
Category:Albums conducted by Nelson Riddle
Category:Music about the Moon

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