Softly, As I Leave You

Softly, as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Arranged by Ernie Freeman, several tracks such as "Softly, as I Leave You", "Then Suddenly Love" and "Available" departed from Sinatra's signature vocal jazz style by flirting with a more contemporary pop sound. The rest of the album is pieced together with leftovers from various early 1960s sessions, from many different arrangers and conductors. The title track was the first of at least four attempts to mimic the chart success of Dean Martin's number 1 hit "Everybody Loves Somebody", using a driving beat, heavy strings and choral tracks. Sinatra, arranger Ernie Freeman and producer Jimmy Bowen would incorporate the same sound to songs like "When Somebody Loves You", "Tell Her You Love Her" and "Somewhere in Your Heart" with only minor chart success. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softly,...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)